DAIRY COMPETITION

Northern Advocate, 1 December 1925, Page 5

DAIRY COMPETITION

MILK AND FAT PRODUCTION.

Seven teams of three cows competed i in'the dairy competition conducted in | conjunction with the Whangarei A. 1 -and P. Society's Spring Show. Super- ; visors appointed by the Soeiety paid surprise visits to the competitors' farms and took weights and samples from four successive milkings. The bottles were sealed and the testing was done under the supervision of •Government dairy inspectors, numbers only appearing on the bottles. No j entries were accepted from exhibitors « with herds of less than 10 cows. The j •winner for the second successive year i of the Whangarei Co-operative Dairy | Company's Cup for the competition J was Mr John Taylor, of Kamo, while bis Darkie was champion butterfat j cow. Following are aggregates" of milk and butterfat yielded: — . John Tavlor, Springs Flat, Kamo.— j lb. milk lb. fat. Eewa Bluebell 82.8 ' ' 4.217 DaTkie 06.5 ' • (5.562 Lucy 83 9 4.278 J. A. Cutforth, Maungatapere.— lb. milk lb. fat. Empress 02 4.692 Themy 101 5.252 I Lady • 05 5.035 I G S. B. Morrison, Maungatapere. — , lb. milk lb. fat. j •Spot 94.5 4.252 ; Plantasma 73.5 3.595 Doris • 71.5 4.075 C. H. Finlayson, Aponga.— lb. milk lb. fat. Echo 81 3.969 Dot 109 4.251 Turkey 65 3.120 A. C. Clarke, Whareora\ — lb. milk lb. fat. Wahine 81.5 3.607 , Poppy •• 72.5- ■' 3.770 Daisy 83.5 3.757 A.*C. M. Finlayson, Ngararatunua.— lb. milk lb. fat. Pet 100.4 4.919 Daisy 88.4 3.182 Scion 94.3 2.923 W. J. McKegg, Ruatangata.— lb. milk lb. fat. Jersey • 91.5 3.660 p 0 Hv 95 3.610 Diamond 92.5 3.145 C H. Finlayson, Aponga.— lb. milk lb. fat. Chips 98.5 3.250 Maori 98 3.430 Jet • 86 3.526 Dr G. Walker, Maunu.— lb. milk lb. fat. Glenview Grape .... 54.4 3.1 Abcrbrothock's Blossom 73.5 3.528 Maori Lilium 61.4 2.555 H. E. Finlayson, Kamo, and J. J. Fraser, Maungatapere, withdrew. A Featherston correspondent of the t'Wairarapa Age" gives as one explanation of the scarcity of wild duck on the lake the depredation of eels. The stomach of a fairly large eel ■which was recently killed contained H young ducks.