HERD TESTING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20142, 11 January 1940, Page 11

HERD TESTING

EAST COAST FIGURES DECEMBER—JANUARY GISBORNE’S GOOD PLACE Figures issued by the Bay of Plenty and East Coast Herd Improvement Association for the period ended January 2 are now available, and reveal that the Gisborne group stands well up in the list of producing groups, both in regard to group average and the highest returns from individual herds. The association average for the period was 8241 b of milk, testing 4.4. and yielding 361 bof butterfat, the total number of cows under test being 27,218. The statistics applying to groups in this district are as under: —

Cows Milk Test Fat G isborne 481 817 4.5 37 Manutuke .. 555 820 4.7 38 Patutahi 098 773 4.7 30 Te Karaka .. 71G 736 4.0 34 Waiapu 551 G8G 4.0 32 Wairoa 747 752 4.0 30 Tolaga Bay 880 755 4.0 34 Highest Herd under 21 Cows Gisborne . . .. 17 990 5.2 52 Manutuke 18 705 4.8 34 Patutahi .... 11 843 5.1 43 Waiapu 19 793 4.9 39 Wairoa 20 G59 5 2 34 Highest Herd. 21 to 50 Cows Gisborne 24 8 09 5.0 43 Manutuke 28 819 5.3 44 Patutahi .... 30 850 5.2 44 Te Karaka .. 45 1117 4.0 51 Waiapu 48 754 4.9 37 Wairoa 21 854 5.4 52 Tolaga Bay .. 48 £09 4.7 43 Highest Herd, 51 to 100 Cows Gisborne .... 54 828 4.6 33 Manutuke .... 90 930 4.7 44 Patutahi 74 790 5.0 39 Te Karaka .. 51 678 5.1 S3 Waiapu GO 814 4.9 40 Wairoa 52 981 3.9 38 Tolaga Bay .. 57 851 4.4 37 Highest Herd, 100 Cows and Over Wairoa 102 G40 4.8 30 Tolaga Bay .. 104 798 4.5 36