THE JERSEY

Northern Advocate, 23 June 1920, Page 7 (Supplement)

THE JE RSEY

Stintnlf'iNPnt to " The Northern Advocate." M'ham/arci, NZ . June 2-inl 10*0

I "Does it Tay to Select and Breed ? j GEO%GE HODGSON'S HERP I 1 Kaimamaku, Whakapara I J A Typical Pure-bred Jersey Herd Up till ton years ago Geo. Hodgson, of K.-iiniamaku, near Whakapara, had a mixed Dairy Herd from which lie obtained ordinary average results. He tli -n made up his mind to go in for Dairying on scientific and proper lines. His decision at that.time to-go-in entirely for Jerseys was the result, of observations made with his own" cattle. The few Jerseys that he possessed gave the results whic-i (compared with the other breeds) caused him to make this decision. The motto made then, nam-ly to allow no one to pick a beast from his herd, young or old, was never departed from, but he had paid as much as one hundred guineas a head to get good cows from other breeders. He did his own selecting entirely and never allowed what he believed to be a good cow to pass him no matter wh.u she cost so long as the value was there. To-day the most of his herd are of his own breeding.

THE BULL. Mr Hodgson early realised that the bull was half the herd. This knowledge came to him not from what be had heard or read but from practical experience. His own failures taught bint that a bull will not give results unless he has the butter fat strain behind him. His bull was 'Jp\ Humble Bee, a photo of which appears elsewhere in this issue. Bumble Bee was by Sailor Boy M\ (imported) out of Bees Wing, a one time Champion at the Auckland Show. WW Shamrock of Beachlands, by Brighton Twilish out of Golden Swan's Maid, a daughter ol Sp Golden Swan (an imported bull) was his second sire. (Golden Swan's Maid had a certificate for 541 \\\l lbs. of fat as a three-year-old.) I His next bull was a son of Golden Swan out of Lady Starlock, a cow also with a registered '' certificate" for'butter fat production Mr Hodgson has always been willing to pay the price for quality and the^ results ot his present herd given on pages 2 and 3 are a fair indication as to whether it pay** to go in for the best. The Tests were made by Mr McKenzie, Testing Expert for the Hikurangi Dairy Company. Two periods are given, namely, for the months of March and May, the latter being practically the last month of the milking season. Those who study the table should take particularly into uT consideration the age of cow, the date of calving, and the record.

Nα Die (if t'o:o Bred q5 (i.iii p.m. |q s -i « s ""■"- •- £ to 1 Lup'. on Grade. 4/12/19 1C). , , 10 17" S f>1 7<i5 5.4 4i.:;i Jcisey Gviulo 8 22/3/19 l<5 II. , . 1 r> I] « r>4 810 !>.() 5:'i.4<! 12(i.<>2 DO Dorothy Violet Pedigree 1M-/4/19 17 12' 17 VAh (i<) !)(!() 5.8 52.20 < 14.38 37 4 Moirali en Pedigree 7 27/4/19 22.'. 14 21 1.1 72 11180 I).!) 71.28 80.78 34 r> Sweet Holly Pedigree (5 10/4/1!) li) I. , '. 19i 12 <i;5 945 ii.'A 50.08 85.11 51 (i Lilac Pedigree 28/;',/19 11 7 II '.i :!8 570 4.(5 2<i.22 58.19 (1(5 7 Dtililiii Pedigree 4 1(5/4/19 14 10 I. , ! !)A -Mi f>90 4.8 :'.:'.. 12 49.(58 45 -\r««ry Grjide .1(5/4/19 1!) 12 17 Ki 1)1 91 r> 5.<) 51.24 715.8(5 45 1) Prim Grade 4 12/:{/19 l<!. , . 1.1 KiA .1.) (i:{ uir> 5.1 48.19 .103.(59 (» JO Sylvia Grade -'(I/9/1 i) 15 10 i:u 8 4<; 1590 5.(5 : 5 hS.<)4 11 Cossy Grade 28/7/19 i:{.', 5. 1 . 11 7^ 'AT 555 (i.8 ' :m)M 12 Grizelle Maxim Miii'.l Marion Pedigree Peiligree 8 ;")/»/10 14/9/1 i> ]2 7 UU <i Si (5 9 i> :',r> 2!) 525 4:',5 (1.4 8.0 33.(50 34.80 14 Verona Pedigree 8 1.V8/19 8 <t 8 5 27 405 7.0 28.35 15 Molly Grade 2O/:5/I9 12 9 12 7J 40 i!00 <;.<; .'{9.(50 91.01 1(5 .iewel Chimes Pedigree 2.'{/9/l!) 10i i) 10 (5 ;>2 480 7.0 33. (50 17 Lucy Grey Pedigree /9/19 12 -d 9 'i ■A2 480 5.<i 2(i.S8 IS Golden Sunshine Pedigree /8/19 S (5 9 5 28 420 5.<i 23.52 J!) Kalhie Nora Pedigree 14/9/1!) 9 5i 9 (5 29 4:55 (i.O 28.70 29 -S-D Ko.se Pedigree fi/11/19 11 (I 10 i 7 :u 510 5.2 2(5.52 •21 Little Minnie Pedigree 7 :il/10/19 10.', (i.V 10 (i 3:5 495 <;.<; :V2.&) 22 iSti'oiiiii.i Pedigree 23/ 10/19 11 8 10 7i :5<i 540 15.0 32.40 ,§:'■ 2?, Kilkenny Pedigree 8 21/11/19 12i 8 40 (i00 (i.o 3(5.00 24 Maxim Topsy Pedigree 28/11/19 14 10 .7 r> .10 4t) 7:?5 4.9 3(5.01 2 r> A v.-i Pedigree .10 2(5/8/19 7 5 7 5 24 :{<io 7.(5 27.3(5 2(5 Primrose Pedigree 2:")/] 0/1<) 12' f> 10 7 :!4 510 5.8 29.58 21 Baby Grade 1. - :/10/l9 i:5 8 1: , . 10 44 '()()() 5.0 33.00 28 Grade 8/5/19 20 .11.'. 17A nt (52 d:w 4.5 41.85 30.GS 29 Wti'omnti Buttercup Pedigree 4 5/5/19 8 7 7A 5 27 405 7.4 29.9(1 30 Kanio Bell Pedigree 5 ()/ ( -V19 101- (i H2 480 ,").S 27.S4 31 Blue B-Il Pedigree 5 5/V19 9 oiu.'ii day 18 270 8.0 21.(50

Ihe following Table gives Name, Breed, Date of Calving, Test, etc., of 31 Cows from Mr. George Hodgson's Herd for the Month of May

In .Milk Kaino Bell .. .. 7 months, lest 5.4 and 4M.74 fat H.ii(loci's (iiizille .. 7 months, test ">.<> and 4.").:',(5 fat Blue Hell .. .. .. Ii , months, lost- .").<; and l>7.72 fat Kiroinnas Mill icrcup .. 11 months, lest (i..S and 44,82 fat Liipfon -. 4 moiivhs, tost 4.S and 5I.S4 fat \-"\r.\i\ X months, tost (i.O and .".4.20 fat Afaxims Topsy .. .. <> uiontlis, lest 4.S and 44.(i4 fat Kiiiic .. .. .. S months, test 7.0 and .'17.80 fat •Voi:i .. .. .. 7 months, test (i.li and :!!Ui() fat Minion .. .. .. 7 months, lost <>.{) and 47.(il fat Sticky i) lnonMis, tost 4..S and .')(!.()(} fat Hossy .. .. .. S inontlis, tost (i.D and 50.40 fat Sylvia I! months, tost 5.7 and 40.IS fat .ic-wel Cliiiin-s .. .. (! months, tost <!.4 and 4(i.()8 fat li'i'i'i» .. .. .. (i months, tost 5.4 and 40.5(1 fat Kilii ■■ •• •• <> monihs, tost 0.4 and fat Bilhory (i montlis, test 4.7 and 44.41 fat Ntmnnn .. .. l> monilis, test 5.4 and 40.50 fat Silvi'nhilo liuso, 2 yiars 5 monthsj tost 5.4 and 41.M1 fat f <" i I i .. .. 5 montlis, tost 4.8 and 4±4S ft it. Verona .. .. .. s montlis, lost 5.S and 4.'!.50 fat .loss, ."> yoars .. .. 7 montlis, lost 5.0 and .''7.50 fat April -torn—First month in jnilk tost 5.1! and 5(5.28 fat I'riiii—Fiist moiit-'i in milk tost 4.4 and 54.78 fat .Most of Ilio otlu'i , <-o\vs luivo niilked through jirevious hard winter.

45 Cows for Marcßi produced 16221b5. fat Six were two-year-olds ; eight cows were due to caSve by June 4th SOME OF THE ABOVE 45: