“THAT’S SOME GOING”
, TWO MILK 155 COWS
WHAT IS THE RECORD TO-DAY?
An elderly father who appeared before the Armed Forces Appeal Board in Matamata on behalf of his son’s sharemilkers stated that he himself was unable to help much. His son would not appeal and had gone to camp. The sharemilker and his wife milked 155 cows (non-stripping), and the wife had two young children to look after. They had not been able to get assistance or even a housekeeper. A member: What size plant? “A six-cow plant.” “And 155 cows?” “Yes.”
“That’s some going.” In another case it was stated that 150 cows were milked by a sharemilker, his son (aged 22) and daughter (aged 19), the production being 35,000 pounds of.butterfat.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3229, 19 February 1943, Page 5
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