Herd Testing in the North
MANGONUI ASSOCIATION The following are the August and September averages of the Mangonui Group Herd Testing Association : Group I—Kaeo (August) Group Average.—3l6 cows, 707 lbs milk, 4.5 test, 31.64 lbs fat. Highest Herd.—l 7 cows, 949 milk, 4.3 test, 40.77 fat. Owner, T. M. Lane and Sons. Lowest Herd. —23 cows, 569 milk, 4.2 test, 23.96 fat. Highest Cow.—64 fat. Owner, Mr. W. H. Lane. Group I (September) Group Average.—7o7 cows, 729 lbs milk, 4.6 test, 33.45 lbs fat. Highest Herd. —11 cows, 783 milk, 5.6 test, 43.82 fat. Owner, Mrs. J. Foster. Lowest Herd.—2s cows, 479 milk, 3.8 test, 17.92 fat. Highest Cow.—73 fat. Owner, Mr. W. H. Lane. Group ll—Kaitaia-Awanui (August) Group Average.—ls 4 cows, 625 lbs milk, 4.6 test, 28.73 lbs fat. Highest Herd.—2B cows, 905 milk, 4.4 test, 40.11 fat. Owner, Mr. H. M. Thompson. Lowest Herd.—3o cows, 470 milk, 4.6 test, 21.53 fat. Highest Cow.—62 fat. Owner, Mr. H. M. Thompson. Group II (September) Group Average.—4so cows, 699 lbs milk, 4.6 test, 32.36 lbs fat. Highest Herd. —13 cows, 693 milk, 5.6 test, 38.62 fat. Owner, Mr. E. S. Brent. Lowest Herd. —20 cows, 387 milk, 4.4 test, 16.90 fat.
f Highest Cow.—73 fat. Owner, Mr. 1 H. M. Thompson. Group lll—Awanui-Fairburns (Aug.) Group Average.—l2s cows, 733 lbs milk, 4.5 test, 32.74 lbs fat. Highest Herd.—l 6 cows, 922 milk, 4.2 test, 39.00 fat. Owner, Mr. R. Mumby. Lowest Herd.—27 cows, 629 milk, 4.3 test, 26.74 fat. Highest Cow.—64 fat. Owner, Mr. A. Adamson. Group 111 (September) Group Average.—429 cows, 764 lbs milk, 4.3 test, 32.86 lbs fat. Highest Herd.—lß cows, 1043 milk, 4.6 test, 48.33 fat. Owner. Mr. W. Blanchard. Lowest Herd.—36 cows, 644 milk, 4.0 test, 25.94 fat. Highest Cow.—7l fat. Owner, Mr. W. Blanchard. Own Samples System August Average.—l6o cows, 735 lbs milk, 3.9 test, 28.49 lbs fat. September Average.—3lo cows, 703 lbs milk, 4.C test, 28.11 lbs fat. Association Group Summary August. 4.5 test, 31.12 lbs fat. Last season, exactly the same quantity of fat per cow. September. —1586 cows, 730 milk, 4.5 test, 32.98 fat. Last season, 30.64 fat per cow.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NORAG19341102.2.31
Bibliographic details
Northland Age, Volume 4, Issue 5, 2 November 1934, Page 7
Word Count
356Herd Testing in the North Northland Age, Volume 4, Issue 5, 2 November 1934, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Northland Age. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.