HERD TESTING
MARCH AVERAGES POVERTY BAY ASSOCIATION Tin 1 March averages of flu* Poverty Hay Group Herd Testing Association, made availaJde by tlm souior testing oliicer, Mr. M. Without, iml ion to that the butter-fat supplies among the tested herds kept it]) very well last month, and even with about 800 more cows the association average was about .'iilb. ahead of the average for March last year. With -Ibid cows tested last month, the average was 27.201 b, of fat. compared with 2li.odlb. over 1592 cows for March last year. A summary of the figures is as follows:- —- NO. 1 GROUP
ASSOCIATION FIGURES Summary 2303 570 4.7 27.20
No. COW! s. Hi milk. test. 11) fat. 11 iolu'st herd 12 701 (i.l 46.27 Lowest herd 4S r.12 4.o 20.04 Highest cow — 20 7.0 60,00 Lowest cow — ;i 4.6 4.14 (I roup avg. ms 046 4.6 20.10 NO. 2 (iKOUP No. cows, lit milk. test. Hi fat. Highest herd •14 600 6,0 41.64 Lowest herd •14 667 4.4 15.70 Highest cow — 20 6.4 56.68 Lowest; cow — 6 6.6 4.77 (iroup avg. 124.4 621 4.0 25.61
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17233, 12 April 1930, Page 11
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184HERD TESTING Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17233, 12 April 1930, Page 11
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