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HOKIANGA FARMER DIVIDES HIS HERD Mr A. K. Bel], of Rangi Point, Hokianga, brings progressive measures into the management of his small farm. He secures high returns from his hevd of 33—a1l handmilked—and attributes this largely to three factors— Liberal manuring, herdtesting, and the feeding of cows according to their potential production. Night and morning Mr Bell divides his herd into two parts, pasturing the high yielders on the best paddocks and the lower producing stock on the remainder of his farm. “Many cows,” he says, “even if they were fed on lucerne up to their hocks, would give no more butterfat —they have not the capacity for doing so.” Mr Bell believes that the additional trouble entailed in making the division of his herd after milking is well worth while. In his small herd there are no less than eight cows returning over 4001bs of butterfat, and the greater part average over 3001bs.
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Northern Advocate, 12 June 1936, Page 8
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