Earl Of Jersey Pleased With N.Z. Herds

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30681, 22 February 1965, Page 8

Earl Of Jersey Pleased With N.Z. Herds

Pleasure at what appeared to be the general excellence of the Jersey cattle he had seen in New Zealand was expressed by the Earl of Jersey in an interview in Christchurch. He has been visiting the Dominion for the world Jersey cattle conference held at Hamilton and Palmerston There were about 10,000

Jersey cattle on the island of Jersey today, said Lord Jersey. Although stud Jersey cattle were exchanged between breeders in various countries, the island was unable to import them and had been unable to do so by law for the last 200 years. Lord Jersey said he was a great believer in pedigree breeding—not only for milk production but also for the development of excellent progeny. He said the only quarrel Jersey breeders had with artificial insemination was that it appeared that by this process attention was paid only to the next generation of animals without sufficient thought being devoted to the long-term point of view. At home the Earl runs a herd of 50 milkers, but the size of his herd had been reduced in the last two or three years because of heavier business commitments and the consequent lack of time for management of the farm. For the next few days the Earl and Countess will tour the South Island. After a brief tour of Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan they will return home on March 17.

IN WASHINGTON, Public Health Service officials say the U.S. fall-out surveillance network was on special alert in anticipation of the second Chinese nuclear test. The network includes surface air sampling stations, weather bureau stations, and some commercial airlines which have high altitude flights. |