GROUP HERD TESTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1931, Page 4

GROUP HERD TESTING.

MILK PRODUCTION ANALYSIS,. An analysis of the average milk production of the herds under test by the Taranaki Co-operative-Herd Testing Association shows that of the 415 herds no less than 251 were either equal to or above the average milk production per cow of the 415 herds that comprised the association—ooal lbs. The milk production ranged from under 35001b5. to over 75001b5., two herds being under the former average, and seven above the latter. The following table shows the average milk production of the

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