INTERESTING TO DAIRY FARMERS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 2 July 1921, Page 7

INTERESTING TO DAIRY FARMERS.

ANIMAL FOODS

At the Dominion Winter Show there will be a display of Meggitt's, Ltd., animal foods, for which Johnston and Co., are New Zealand wholesale agents. The-, firm have written giving some data relative to records established by linseed oil fed stock, owned by Mr A. W. Jones,, of Geelong. They write as follows: "Winners of the £40 prize for the best standard herd butter-fat duetion for the nine months' test, 1917—Three reserve champions, three years in succession over the nine months' official tests; two top heifers for "the nine months' test —two first prizes. Cows, typ' and utility classes, Melbourne Royal Show, for cows gaining the Government herd-testing certificates, Jersey herd again top herd, winning the £10 for the second best herd of the nine*1 months' official ..test. Names as follows: May , Queen 2nd, 11,3191b milk, average test 4-59, butterf at 519-41; Queen of Holland, 12,575, 3.44, 432-90; Bolobek Rose, j 10,048, 4.21, 423; Bolobek Bess, 10,430, j 4.04, 421.77-,: Princess Royal, 10,930, 3.78, 412,07; Pauline, * 9,931, 4.06 403.29 And again winning the re- ! serve champion prize of £5 with champion Friesian cow for butter-fat production over nine minths' test, 76 herds competing in all branches, 695 cows. Farmers, will be interested to| see the display made by Meggitt's ani- \ mal foods which have made a name for j themselves both in Australia and New : Zealand. There will also be on' exhibition samples of Day, Son and Hew.- j itt's veterinary - medicines. Free pamphlets will be available at the show stall, giving all information re- j gating to the foods, medicines, and- re- j nresentatives will be pleased to see ' any time during show week., (Published by arrangement). / i