N. Wairoa Herd-Testing

Northern Advocate, 21 July 1938, Page 5

N. Wairoa Herd-Testing

I Special to ‘'Northern. Acivoa f.c/1 j DARGAVILLE. This Day. | At the annual meeting of tire Nor;hern Wairoa Herd-Testing Asso-j cialion. the chairman. Mr F. Johans-j run, expressed regret in his report, that the anticipated increase in the j number of farmers taking advantage ( cf herd-testing facilities had not even-! tuated, there being only 257 in the group system. "When one takes into consideration the number of cows milked in the district over which the association

operates and less than 3000 cows are tested, one may wonder why farmers do not avail themselves of the opportunity to check up on their herds,” he added. The highest herd for the 1937-38 season was reported to be that of Mr I. Morris. Ararua. with 26 cows, averaging 36;)]bs »>f trotter far in 186 days. Mr A, McLean, of Kaiwaka, with 44 cows, averaging 3661bs in 248 days was second, and Mr T. A. Atkin, cf Turiwiri, with 36 cows, averaging 3481bs in 283 days, was third. Mr G. Thomas, of Maungaturoto, with 'an average for three years of 3411bs of butterfat in 270 days, was the winner cf the White Horse Rose Bowl. The runner-up was Mr L.

Aitken, of Turiwiri, with on average for three years of 3391 b. : The association’s profit for the y«ar, staid Mr Johansson, was £ll7, which will allow it to carry on without an increase in fees for the coming season. The association returns showed lan increase in herds from 125 last 'season to 134, with bn increase in j cows from 7046 to 7303.