KAUPOKONUI TESTING ASSOCIATION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 13 July 1917, Page 2

KAUPOKONUI TESTING ASSOCIATION.

EEVIEW OF THE SEASON,

The Association average for the season is 267.07 lbs, a decrease of 16.29 lbs fat from last season. This is largely due to the long spell of dry weather. The highest individual cow (grade Jersey) for the season produced 507.56 lbs fat in 267 days; the next best cow (pedigree Holetein) produced 484.94 lbs fat in 243 days. This cow has produced over 1000 lbs fat in less than two years.One of thfe worst cows produced 11/.32 lbs fat in 256 days. Many cows would have produced less than 117 lbs rat, but were cold after being tested for three and four months. Many a farmer will tell you he has no low-producing cows, but the following may be of interest to many who read these figures:—ln taking the best producing cow in each herd tested, I find they average 374.59 lbs fat, against 175.43 lbs fat fo r the lowest cow in each herd. By going still further and taking the price of butter-fat at one shilling and sixpence, the best cows make a return of about £23 per cow, the worst about £13 per cow. The above figures include cows that have milked from 180 to 365 days.—(Contributed.)