HIGHER HERD TESTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17953, 3 December 1932, Page 8

HIGHER HERD TESTS

NOVEMBER RETURNS GISBORNE AVERAGE 35.1L85. November returns from the Poverty Bay Group Herd Testing Association show Uial tlm average bntterfat production from tested herds is l,[fb higher than in November Just year, despite the large increase in the number of cows under lest this season. The month's average was 55.291 b of bntterfat, compared with 34.C31U in November last year. The highest herd in the three groups averaged 50.801 b of fat per cow. and the highest individual performance was 831 b of fat. The following table shows the. summary of the figures for the three groups, 'supplied by the secretary, Mr. At. ’Whitman : -

NO. l GROUP Munuinke, Waiyoa.. Tipi to to and Ilangai’oa No. Milk Fat of cows lb. Test. lb. .1 Ugliest herds Up to TO cows 20 ft*)!) 5,1.1 ,10.80 Over TO cows 990 4.5 45.72 L iwest herd • 21 (54!) 4.0 36.44 Highest cow 83.00 Lewes; emv 0.00 Group average .1040 778 4.5 3.5.6 ft NO. 2 GROUP Ngutapa. Patutahi and Gisborne. Highest he. d Up to cows 13. §6O 45 44.C0 Over 30 cows ... 31 991 4.9 48.58 Lowest herd •... 25 613 4.2 L 6.08 } lighted vow 82.60 f.owest cow 4.00 Group average ... 1049 783 4.4 34.42 NO. 5 GROUP Motu, Te Karaka, Gisborne and Tolaga Bay Highest hol'd— Up to 30 cows 21 887 4.3 38.38 Over 30 cows 37 959 4.5 44.08 Lowest herd ... 47 607 4.6 28.53 .Highest cow ... Lowest cow ... Group average... 1278 807 4.4- 35.61 ASSOCIATION SUMMARY Nov.. 1932 ... 3367 790 4.4 35.29 Nov., 1931 ... 2706 784 4.3 34.03