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The Red Danish cattle breed of the | present day represents the highly-im-proved original Danish Island breed, crossed from time to time with hi Ils ! of the German Red Angler breed, ine ' ballum breed and Red Friesian ci.'/je Hnct 1880 no blood admixture lia.-; lieei Ipc milled, and the breed lias bun I kept absolutely pure. Generally lhe colour is a dark red, but variations do occur The average weight of the << wt is lloolli,, and the bulls weigh from 18701 b. to 20001 b. 1 A' the present time the Cheltenham J Dairy Company is turning out over i seven tons of butter per day from its Makino factory. For the first 17 days of March the output showed a substant 1 ’ 1 inciease over the same period of last year, the dili’erenee amounting to just on 37.} tons. The increase is held to be due to more cows being milked, pins better feeding and higher quality | stock. The company paid out 6d. per | lb. for February butter-fat supplies, th's being the lowest paynie'n if tbo I history of I.be company.

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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 105, 15 April 1933, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 105, 15 April 1933, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 105, 15 April 1933, Page 4