POVERTY BAY HERD TESTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19247, 12 February 1937, Page 9

POVERTY BAY HERD TESTS

FIGURES FOB FEBRUARY AVERAGE 30.69L8. OF FAT HIGHEST HERD AT 48LB. The average buttcrfat production by .herds, tested last month by the Poverty Bav Group Herd-Testing Association . was 30.091 b, an increase of 1.531 b of butterfat over February last year. Nearly 1000 more cows were tested last month than a year ago.

The highest herd, one of 20 cows, was in the Ngatapa-Patutahi group, and averaged over 481 b of butterfat with an average test of . r >.4 per cent. The highest cows, one in the Puha-Te Karaka group and another in the Waipaoa-Uisborne group, produced over 681 b in the month. A summary of the figures is given as follows by the secretary, Mr. M. Whitman:— TTNTROTO-TAIIUNGA.

Cows. Milk. Test Fat. lb. lb. Highest herd 8 89(5 4.9 44 Highest cow 1260 5.1 64 Group av’ge. 193 782 4.9 39 NG ATAPA-PAT.UTA HI Highest herd 2G 891 5.4 48 Highest cow 930 7.2 67 Group av'ge. 650 712 4.7 34 PUHA-TE K Alt AKA. Highest herd 39 833 5.0 42 Highest cow 1170 5.8 68 Group av’ge. 576 685 4.8 33 At A NUT TJ KE-WAIN G AKE. Highest herd 10 831 5.5 46 Highest cow . 1020 6.2 63 Group av’ge 1055 693 4.7 33 WA1PAOA GISBORNE. Highest herd Highest cow . 24 824 1200 4.8 5.7 40 68 Group av’ge. . 984 657 4.7 32 COAST-TOT,AG A BAY. Highest herd . 42 811 5.1 42 Highest cow . 1200 5.2 62 Group av’ge. . 1084 650 4.8 31 WAIAPU No. 1 Highest herd . 12 650 5.6 37 Highest cow . 1200 5.2 62 Cl roup av’ge. . 903 520 4.8 25 WAIAPU No. 2 Highest herd . 15 640 5.3 34 Highest cow . 960 6.5 62 Group av’ge. . 685 519 4.8 25 ASSOCIATION average. January, 1937 6130 639 4.79 30.69 January, 193(5 5171 (ill 4.77 29.16