TESTED PEDIGREE COWS.
GREAT TIRAU AVERAGE.
Mr. J. W. Anderson’s Herd.
A wonderful record was put up by Mr. J. W. Anderson’s herd of registered pedigree Shorthorn cows last season at Tirau under official herdtesting conditions. Mr. Anderson’s herd of 15 pedigree cows returned the wonderful average of 402.401 b of butterfat over 316 days. The herd is all of Mr. Anderson’s own breeding, and all of them but two are by bulls of his own breeding. They were handled under ordinary farm conditions, and received no forcing, being fed on pastures alone with the addition of some hay in August. One of the herd, Parakau Jean, a heifer, met with an injury to her hip just before calving, and returned 2131 b of butterfat in 260 days. This animal is not included in the figures for the herd. Details of the production of each animal are as follows: —
Parakau O.H.T. Figures. Fat. Bonnie II. .. 385 Days 299 Parakau Betty 363 307 Parakau Cherub II. (hf) 358 317 Parakau Dot (hf) 305 309 Parakau Fanny 437 298 Parakau Ida 369 289 Parakau Jeannie 506 322 Parakau Laura 353 365 Parakau Myrtle 368 271 Parakau Nettie 350 309 Parakau Poppy 434 339 Parakau Pattie 520 311 Parakau Pattie II 407 326 Parakau Ivy II. 407 357 Parakau Teanie 474 329 Average 402.4 316
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Putaruru Press, Volume XI, Issue 268, 7 September 1933, Page 6
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222TESTED PEDIGREE COWS. Putaruru Press, Volume XI, Issue 268, 7 September 1933, Page 6
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