BUTTERFAT INCREASE
Mr,»W. M. Singleton, director of the dairy division of the Department of Agriculture, reports that total cows in the Dominion for the season 1935-36 numbered 1,951,507, of which; 1,823,358. were in milk. These returns show a slight decline on the 1934-35 returns when 1,827,962 cows were in milk. Of the. cows in milk for the 1935-36 season 245,355, or 13.5 per cent, were under test, as compared with 14.5 per cent, for the 1934-35 season. The record of the tests for all- cows for the past season shows an advance on 1934-35 in butterfat production, the averages being as follows: —1934-35 season, days in milk 258, average butterfat production all cows 252.011b; 1935-36 season, days in milk 258, average butterfat production 257.641b. Highest group cow test, 1935-36, butterfat production for 298 days, 7931b; and highest association cow, 339 days, 6411b.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 155, 29 December 1936, Page 10
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142BUTTERFAT INCREASE Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 155, 29 December 1936, Page 10
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