THE RETURNS OF HERD COWS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 914, 6 September 1910, Page 8

THE RETURNS OF HERD COWS

■ J ''■■}":■ i ."Mr;: Desmond,": telegraphed onr-Feild-' : 'iiig';Cqri^poiidentj : ''''h'a's v a\'sKorttdrn^ : ,cbw. ;,.;;;;'-. -vwhicH'i"is■•; giving _?01b;- of,-; 3.!).:. tes- milk ;i. f..■'^a^/dfty.:^vHe , . !f cdnsiaers^h€rA^.a l V.vfejyi : gd6dl :.-.;..,;. cow."' :!,■'.;:;--;*. Vy'::>::;'';; .';:'•■■>■, '<...■/•• ;•;'. tv:- ; ;-: : ..■/^;::;^as'■'Utßy^-s^^d,■^'■B^t::7•appsar . : i:"," ■•"/ more, creditableJ when "worked 'out.i' l -There v.;.- ■;is no ;.world's: 'record ;:abput the. produ'c- ;, ;.: tiveness./of Mr; 'Desmond's.; but ;;it J . v fair;;yield;:; : Sixty i.'i«mndsK,6f- ;.:.,:>. milk,7cbn&inijg '3.9 per: .cent', butter-fat,' ■:.. means i.thati" the" cow: :pr'od'uces'2.3llb.:, 'of. :*.'.. butter V'ii -day,-, which ; works 'v.out • aj; :^^r:■::.lp.Bßlb.^ ; bf.;•fat:-p6r,■'.'weet■V^.'■'Adding■,■''one.-f ';:; ;/Vsixth v'tho-;amount I ,of \ buffer';which could: ■ fbe';.made';from r "the;::c6w's: producttonf"is ;;'y : vn-19.111b.; : '-: v ■.■:' ; ;;Kr:^ : ■ /-vjXfc :;.;There'are, often./reports' of the iet-iirps. ■ ■;,'.- ; of; individual;,■'pedigree ~ cowST-'ahd,-'y ; m'bs't ; ;;;',:; ! , of; these; returns "are 'American, 'obtained :.;•; iunder?conditions much: different; to'.-.tbose :• /..''.under,,which' the; New Zealand-herd.'Vofr ; ; .-- produces-,'her milk—but it. is not'••:ofte'i ~;.that:herd' :;; ; . - ;.Tvould,-be;yery; interesting' to:record..tKoaij- ;■'.',;.'■ ; and; phe;of the"vobjects;.'of drawing.'atten- •'. V s :; tion to -the above ; : item ! is. to encourage /:';.. the fofwarding.-'of/reliablo .returns. I ''The" ',;-'result,.--unless ; ;'abu'se was ■■introduced,' ; ■,:';.should; be ,to :'• encourage l farmers to : ini- ' : ; : prore . their;,herds;;:;.: ■':■:'-.;-;'.;;-' •' '-•".