INCREASE IN DAIRY COWS.
According to figures supplied by Mr. Dynes Fulton there has been an increase of cows milked in the Dominion amounting to over 300,000 head during the past two years. Against this the average production per cow has been gradually decreasing for the past three years, having receded from 2181 b. in 1929-30 to 2011 b. in 1930-31 and approximately 1851 b. in the present year. Mr. Fulton gives as one reason that considerable area of sheep country which has been diverted to dairying is not yet in condition to give maximum results. Another reason is that the large increase naturally caused a greater percentage of heifers to be included. The chief reason in his opinion is the decrease in the amount of fertilizer used. In the year 1929-30, which was the peak year in production per cow, the fertilizer used amounted to 4.3 cwt. per cow. The following year the fertilizer used dropped to 3.4 cwt. per cow, and last year 2.8 cwt. per cow was the quantity used.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3399, 28 July 1932, Page 2
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173INCREASE IN DAIRY COWS. King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3399, 28 July 1932, Page 2
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