HERD-TESTING.
BAY OF ISLANDS RETURNS. The results of the herd-testing for the month of March by the Bay of Islands Herd Testing Association were as follows : . ~ / No. 1 Croup ;Obaeawai, Pakaraka, Remiiera iii'l Waimate North). Group average, 1199 cows, 3761b. milk, 4.9 test, 1!, 64",?. 'fat; highest herd, 55 cows, 5311b. milk 5.3 test, "28.4511). fat; lowest herd, 55 rows, 2551b. milk, 4.7 test, 11.981b. fat; highest cow, 8101b. milk, 0.2 test, fat.; lowest cow, 451b. milk, 4.0 te.M, 2.001b. fat. / No. 'A Croup (Okaih.ni, Kaikoho and Vv'aihou Valley).—Group average, 906 cows, 3781b. milk, 4.9 test, 18.741b f;it; highest herd, 24 cows, 6391b. milk, 4.0 V'-t; 25.911b fat; lowest, herd, 23 cows, 1931b. mil!:, 5.8 test. 1 i.261 b. fat ; highest cow, 6901b. milk, 6.6 test, 40.001b. fat; ]ov,( ov,. 601b. milk. 4.0 test, 2.001;.). iat. Ihe association averages, compared with th'i.-c ior Mareli of 1928 (in parentheses) v.ere as follow :—2105 cows (.1.632), 3771b. milk (372), 4.9 test {5.01, 18.691b. fat (18.58).
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20235, 20 April 1929, Page 20
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