Fewer Bobby Calves
The bobby calf season in the Gisborne district, which will conclude with the collection to be made on Tuesday—instead of Monday as in the past—lias shown a decided' shrinkage in the number of calves handled. One reason for the falling-off in numbers is that fewer cows are being milked in the district, many former dairyfarmers having given up the industry. A contributing factor, no doubt, is the retention on farms of a larger proportion of heifer calves, the remaining dairy-farmers having realised that these animals, when reared, will have a high value in the face of the exnandina demand for young slock. The Government subsidy scheme for cnlf-raisine. and the urging of the Gisborne Returned Services’ Association committee have helped to bring home to breeders the prospect of an n ctual shortage in 1945 and 1940 i" the matter of milking heifers and cows,
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21547, 28 October 1944, Page 6
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147Fewer Bobby Calves Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21547, 28 October 1944, Page 6
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