JERSEY JOTTINGS

Northern Advocate, 1 August 1938, Page 9

JERSEY JOTTINGS

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THIS COLUMN IS BEING PUBA LISHKD WITH THE SOLE IDEA OF KEEPING A LIVELY INTEREST IN THE JERSEY BREED OF CATTLE AMONGST NORTHLAND BREEDERS AND ENTHUSIASTS.

Dr. George Walker, president of the Wliangarei Jersey Club, is an inmate of a private hospital in Auckland, receiving specialist treatment to his injured limb. We are pleased to learn that the Doctor is on the road to recovery, and expects to attend the National Jersey Sale. Mr Tom Maugham, Jersey breeder, of Kaitaia. is spending a- few days in Wliangarei. He has been spending most of his time looking over some of the Jersey herds in this district. Mv Maugham is a Jersey cattle expert, and owns several high-class animals. Early maturity gives the Jersey breed an advantage over other breeds of cattle, and although many Jersey heifers are calved before reaching the age of two years, it in no way impairs their milking ability with first or subsequent calves. By choosing Jerseys, the dairy farmer adds to his income by saving feed costs, and receiving an early return for his buttorfat.

Is New Blood Needed?

Does New Zealand need fresh blood, and also should the cattle embargo be lifted? “Pedigree" is a firm believer in the testing system for all cows. It is interesting, and as a business proposition, it places the dairy farmer on a sound footing. Who wants to milk a cow for a return that is beneath the cost of production? Make your arrangements immediately. The test will toll you which animals to throw out of the herd.

Mr E. V. Ralls, Towai. was a buyer of pedigree Jerseys at the recent “Crystal Springs" sale, having the foundation of a select herd, with an eye to the honour at local shows as his objective. Some of the animals seen this winter remind one of the late Phil May's black-and-white drawing entitled, “For Three Hours They Have Been Admiring Her.” Picture two old “cockies" in a drought-stricken part of Australia, leaning over a sliprail and gazing at a skinny old cow. She was the pride of the selection! Oh boy, did she have some fine points?

Herd-Testing The following arc the season's averages and other items of interest as disclosed by the records kept by the Mangonui Group Herd Testing Association, Inc.:— ■ Association Group Average. Number of herds: 61; 2842 A and B class cows included in the average. Average yield per cow: 238.74 lbs. fat in 247 days. Highest herd of over 50 (64 cows, R. D. Hanlon): 312 lbs. fat in 263 days. Highest herd of under 50 (14 cows, V. R. Beazley): 416 lbs. fat in 285 days. Highest cow (owner R. D. Hanlon): 558 lbs. fat in 291 days. Group I Average, Number 'of herds: 17 (mostly Kaeo, Oruru. Takahue); 747 A and B class cows. Average yield per cow; 241 lbs. fat in 253 days. Highest herd of over 50 (62 cows, Leslie Bros.): 303 lbs. fat in 278 days. Highest herd of under 50 (44 cows. T. M. Lane and Sons) —292 lbs. fat in 262 days. Highest cow (Jersey. T. M. Lane & Hons): 431 lbs. fat in 295 days. Group II Average. Number of herds: 24 (mostly Kai-taia-Awanui): 1207 A and B class cows. Average yield per cow: 236 lbs. fat in 240 days. 1 Highest herd of over 50 (64 cows, R. D. Hanlon): 312 lbs. fat in 263 days, i Highest herd of under 50 (14 cows, [ V. R. Beazley): 416 lbs. fat in 285 days. Highest cow (Jersey. R. D. Hanlon): [ 558 lbs. fat in 291 days. Group 111 Average. Number of herds; 20 (Pukenui. Kaingaroa, Fairburn); 888 A and B class cows. Average yield per cow: 241 lbs. fat in 251 days. Highest herd of over 50 (95 cows, 11. Parker): 266 lbs. fat in 260 days. Highest herd of under 50 (36 cows. W. F. Blanshard); 326 lbs. fat in 277 | days. Highest cow (Jersey cross, A. W. jSpanhake); 526 lbs. fat in 363 days.