CHAMPION BUTTER COWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 497, 3 May 1909, Page 10

CHAMPION BUTTER COWS.

SYDNEY VERSUS WELLINGTON. Tho butter-fat contest at the Sydney Royal Show gives perhaps a good criterion of the best that they have around Sydney in butterfat cows. It is, therefore, interesting to all how they compare with the best that wo have around Wellington. The Sydney cows were judged on three days' produco, but at tho chief shows—Manawatu, Mastorton. and Wairarapa —the dontests covered different periods and were -judged by soveral different methods of pointing. For comparison, a common basis is necessary, and we therefore have tlio results to the basis of four days' milking, with points awarded as follow :■ —On© point for owry 101b. of milk, and 25 points for every pound of butter-fat. On this basis ' the various groups of competitors compare as follow. Tho letters after tho names indicate tho breed, namely :—A) Ayrshire;- S,-shorthorn; J, Jersey; G. Guernsey; X, crossbrcd:— Sydrwy. (Calculated as for 4 days.) - . Lbs.' "Lbs. ■' Milk. Fat. Pts. "Success." A.S. ... 275 9.666 269 "Jennie/' S. ... ... 192 9.466. £>5 "Gold," GX... ... 207 9.173 250 Masterton. j Burling's Jersey X 222 13.764 366 G. A. Jones's S.-J.... 240 12.48 336 H. Feast's"S.-X. ... 259- ' '11.396 • .310 Mrs. Benton's S. ... 250 2'nnioia J. Standen's S.-A. ... '208 7.90'4 218 H. Feast's S.-A. ' ..i 194 , 7.76./.:;;213 J. H. Billington's J.... 108 7.584 «05 Wairarapa, H. Feast's S.-A. ... 231 9M, 248 W G Carey's A. ... 200J- 9.0220 245 ADTB 'S JX. ... 187 8.789 238, Ai Osborne's AX ... 200J , 8.421 230 C. Morgan's A.X. ..; 224 8.064 J. Standen's J.X.. ... 202 .• , 8.282 - 227 W. G. Carey's AX .... 211 7.807. - 216 ' Manawatu. Griffiths -and\ "• «- v • ... wall's J. 133.5 9.073, 240 'A. Buchanan's J. ... 165.0 "8.41 a; 226 J. Murray's S.X. ... 177.0 8.319 225 C. Dermer's J. ... 160.0 8-185 220 W. P. Harre's X. ... 175.0, 8.000 218 S. R. Lancaster's J.... 148.0 .7.844 210 W. P. Harre's X. ... 197.0 17.486, 206 The figures show that on the basis of tho Manawatu; scoring tho, Sydney cows beat Wairarapa and Manawatu cows,' but were> all beaten by four of tlio Masterton cows. . The Masterton cows; however,; were, milkod.at their own homes by milkers with whom they ■ were familiar, • widi.thjs pp_ssibly I . ; gave..thcm an' advantage over . the. ooWs , in.';the,' other, contests milked in strango 'surroundings 'aud possibly by strango. milkers:,; However, ono must not make\deductions .f6r .luck't>r other advantages in a contest, but tako tho. figures as they stand. The Sydney winner, "Suecess," , has now' won the. Sydney contest ior three years in succession, so it may b©;, fairly: chimed that MasteTton possesses .four-cows, better than anything in Nott South. Wales, aud possibly fetter than anything: in all Australia. . " • rt ; . l , ' It is worthy of note in the Sydney records that, .contrary, to usual' expectation, the Guernsey orossbred gave more milk and less butter-fat than the, pure shorthorn. It is of course merely another proof of tho wide variation in individuals of a'breed. i Tho Ayrshire shorthorn, gave the heaviest milk yield on the lists', .but the New Zealand cows beat her heavily on the test.