Smaller Dairy Herds?
It must be that the aggregate number of cows being milked is deceasing, as the number of herds has not decreased, said Mr. I. R. Robinson, engineer-gen-eral manager to the Hutt Valley Elec-tric-Power Board in reply to questions as to why the board's revenue from milking machines showed a steady decrease in recent years. Of course, added Mr. Robinson, it might be that the plants being installed were more efficient. Mr. J. Purvis said milk production was decreasing because labour was not available.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22940, 7 May 1949, Page 4
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