BUTTER-FAT COMPETITION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18235, 31 October 1922, Page 5

BUTTER-FAT COMPETITION.

I FRIES!AN COW'S RETURN. j | At, the Wairarapa and East Coast Pas- j j tar.il and Agricultaral Society's Show at Carterton there was a corn petition open to .ail rmrebred cows, -which resulted, in J a pedigree Friesian en-w outdistancing all ! other breeds in a marked degree. The conditions of tha contest vrere as fol- j ' i ow : —Tha cows had to be milked dry j ■an the mcniing c.f the first day of the ; show, iod not milked again before being; | brought on the ground, -where they ir«re" ■silked in the presence -of one of the stewards at 5 p.m. that day- The cons "ere brought, hack at- 7 a.m. on toe next morning, and milked by the same milker in the presence of the" judge. The champion eo-v this rear was Pearl, a pedigree Fnesian cqtv owned by the Bloomfieid Farm Company, Upper Hutt, and her record for this one milkinsr -was as follo-wa:—Lbs. of milk, 45: percentage of fat, 4.0; baiter-fat, 1.30. * The cow -which ■was. second iras a pedigree Jersey, -which gave: Lbs. of milk, 25: percentage of fat, 4.3; butterfat, 1.C5. The difference in the cne milkinr in favour of the Friesian kj-w ■was 201b. milk and .751b. batter-fat- ; Donblinz this difference; t» equal one day's milking gives tha Friesian cow ; 1.51b. more butter-fai in 24 hours than ! the next best breed's return. Calcidatsag the butter-fat at la 6a per lb., this . Friesian in one day gave a return in cash !of 2s 3d mere than any other breed j tasted. j To sho-w that this cot is net a short- ! r>eriod cow. she was tested as a threei vear-old by the Bloomfieid Farm Comi pany. and has an official record of 15.808 Tib. milk, and 563.331b. batter-fat : ia 365 days. -