FAMOUS DAIRY COWS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 8

FAMOUS DAIRY COWS.

W-M tTtgi yield -oft Mr. : James/ Barn's. *?-: : -':turevShorthorn /cow,'-Redmond, at.:the;.Hasti per week," or-between' 20 and 211b, of • finished *%:;^tuttor.- of-:the -worst -cow.:in: tho :'' was equivalent, to-5.461b. or about Olb.of. finished w/^ , fb'nttor':w :: ;r;V>r;>vv , y■•'■.• •.'■•' : - -A. ■• ■■■;' ■"■,,"'''' :--\s V> v,;j- Orie ; strango"point-suggested .by. tho -,results ). ; over,7o per cent, of, the w^/^airy-cbws/in'/Hawko'sßay' belong to,what:has V ; t- ; V,beotfJ"tornied '.'tho .'"milk- and "water-',: category. 'S/' Out'of!'the' : !seven'.cows /entered, five, gave .milk t : : ; ;"'f-;that , 'was i .too,"pobr to'pass..the legal .standard, , - r,; :■'; -and -could■ hot lawfully .'bo : sold' as milk* oxcopt ■■•'•. Ono would' be'.'sorry: to ~;v:;' : believe'that .the. accidental .figures, recqrded.'.at true '.criterion :of the- whole ■:'-.•!'•''"./province,-'/forAnothing' such';as;.this ,-has..;cver, ';.v"- ,' before 'beont-discovbred. in- Now Zealand.. ■iThe :.y '-''possibilily'-thatr'.tho. tests-word ■/■ inaccurately -V-'-'ivitaken'-is : scarcoly;.:.tenable,, becauso/.they wcro &'■-.' , ; . taken■■ by,itho.•factory! manager, who;' in view ■y '■' ■'•■■: of the - extraordinary.lowne'ss of ..the test, would |ifv-ho>a been svl're*to'. ; bo: specially careful, to; verify *•;:''•- f-niHreadingS.:;;'Nor -was- the milk /allowed; to' % :«-'starid. any: time/bef ore, ; tho testing..to lotr'tho - : :S'TOTeam?rise,;-and"thus':escapo getting into..tho milk.:was ;takeU\ directly "''vfl'Vfrom; tho/milker/to'- the'tester: Art explanaK.:': k :3Hqni4howevei'r!'is; offered by tho ■judge, '/Mr., t ; Vi.V?:Eaglei:'Ho suggests that some of tho exhibitors i: : r'.'«'milked'''their"cows at.hbmc,':early/in;,the'.'■ after-' : p'.'.i noon of tne - .prccedih'g4ay, before'driving .'thbm, V;. -:'V-!to -lth'e shbw< ground,- and-that, in ■- consequence,- ■•'-: •'■'-] when, evening timo^camo,'.and ".the .'show-officials v ■'■'.[ .i"attem,p.t'od : td/milk; the' cows, dry,in "accbrdailco "/ rt ; : .with'-.tho irulcs'fof'-. thprcoritests, these 'cowsr-re-. -^^~■•'fu'seA':to'{lb,t.v'downi m 'ilk-:for•'a' second '.time - - in/ f V; ;'v'..the\ : sameSh'alf::.day;;;''This, ; however , ,?\wo'uld : .bb -milking"; time> next morning;''but.would tend."to/ bo.poor- in; fat, ?sSffiand:<thus'spoil'.the::test. ; ;:iThO! exhibitors -cori;K:':" corned ,-will I know; whether this .explanation"'fits S;;:;:'in : with;the':fac^ii-,;! : - ';•■.':•'■•;'-,;■.:' i'C , ':^:'.v'i>ltiiis" 1 ,-:said' : '.tnat'; a'/.leading'/Jersey;v".breeder ;:-.'.;;,w'ahted':to':buy" tho:. Sh6r,thpni/cow'; which,won. ,;■ '//i.tlri'Host,^^ ?•'/■!■■;; the''f6wri.eri'.f(-HisJ;'intention'.was to-'breed'grades :;;-;': ffrom'her experimentally/Sho;was a'bip-framed ;-v.':;./cOT|r„:.'on'd : He'' believed /that sho -would throw . : j.:^.i''.>aliiable^ i dairjJng'prjpgeny; i if.:iTOey,;blood l wore' -.-.--'. used to*'impfoye'vhor;:t'est.-'■.jt.-is said,"; however,' «" /-.i'-to*bo.: : Mr.'^Barr.v^s..'int«ntion"lto'carry'- ont this |i-v-S;experinient 'a most :/;:;ij;:com'mbHdable'-;'decisiou.; : >;.THe,. imDrovemcnt.''of ::;.... -thoso/m'eh.'/whol win; these/contests: arid :/;;:•';/ /possess cqws;wjll;.see,.to;it;that / -;.v! ■: ;:'nrptVmated\'s6::'a3 .toApasv down: or ' improve '/';<; i.thoir!;bwn.';gbod;.;qli^