SHARP DROP
BUTTERFAT PRODUCTION EFFECT OF DRY SPELL FIGURES FROM TESTED HERDS The prolonged dry spell during the autumn had its effect on butter-fat production for March, when a sharp drop in the yield was recorded. During the month the Auckland Herd Improvement Association tested 96,684 cows, the average production being 4151 b. milk and 22.21 b. fat. For the. corresponding month last year 105,879 cows were tested, the yield averaging 4841 b. milk and _25.71b. fat. The best group in the association was Mokauiti, the 16 herds of 540 cows comprising it averaging 5131 b. milk and 3011 b. fat. Mahoenui produced. the best' herd, the 19 cows in it giving an average yield of 401 b. fat a cow. Local averages were: — Coromandel Peninsula. —21 herds, 946 cows, 3261'b. milk, 5.50' test, 181 b. fat. Matatoki-Hikutaia.—24, 1261, 461, 5.35, 25. Netherton. —20, 1024, 414, 5.03, 21. Ngatea-Turua. —Is)., 1033, 426, 4.78, 20. Paeroa.—ls, 732, 391,-5.61, 22. Waitakaruru-Patetonga. —31, 1559, 430, 5.19, 22.'
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3112, 29 April 1942, Page 5
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164SHARP DROP Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3112, 29 April 1942, Page 5
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