HIGH-TESTING HERDS

Taranaki Daily News, 1 August 1931, Page 11 (Supplement)

HIGH-TESTING HERDS

LARGEST QUANTITY OF MILK FIGURES CONFIRM RATIO. TARANAKI HERD-TESTING. An analysis of the returns of the Taranaki Co-operative Group Herdtestinw Association for the past season disproves the argument that daijy farmers in their efforts to increase the butter-fat test of their herds have sacrificed the quantity of milk and proves that the higher testing herds also produce the greatest quantity of The Taranaki Association is the second largest in New Zealand, and is the only one to have ever compiled a complete 'set of figures for both milk and butter-fat produced by its 415 herds, representing 20,290 cows divided into 16 croups. The area covered by the association extends, from Awakino to Opunake on the coast, then circles th; mountain via. the 'Opunake-Eltham Road, taking in Eltham, btiatford, Toko, Kaimata and Inglewood. .. ■ The association emphasises particularly in these periods of low prices, the great importance —in fact, the absolute necessity—of testing, if the farmer is to receive the best return foi his lab’ our. It is the only reliable method of ascertaining just what each cow is yielding. It notifies the farmer of the cows which are paying for their board and exposes the drone. The movement has been the direct means of considerably increasir the average butterfat production of the dairy cows of the Dominion. (The average increase pel cow over the past four years has been 401 b of butter-fat). The, following, table shows the 16 highest buttbr-fat herds in the association, and the average weight of milk per cow in each herd;

The following table shows 19 herds, which included all herds with an ave J‘ ao-e test of 4 and under tested by the association, and. has been compiled to show the relation of milk to test with the low-testing cows, but has no bearing on the lowest butter-fat herds. These cows produced 9181 b of milk less per cow than the highest ! butter-fat cows and USlib less of fat.

Average Variation of Cows. 634 (increase) 22 (less) The following table gives the 16 herds producing the highest quantity of milk irrespective of test or fat after tqi'king the 16 highest butter-fri herds out, arid shows that they produced less than 41b milk per cow per day more than the highest butter-fat herds and 521 b per cow less of fat.

Average. — 7335 -— 311 The following tables are compiled to show the relation of milk to butter-fat in each of the 16 groups, and gives every herd in each of the groups that produced 3061 b fat or over and the figures under each group are the averages for all cows tested in that group. The asterisk indicates the highest milk in each group irrespective of test. •

£ m 0$ p n o O 51 7150 co H 5.6 402 270 ■' 55 7524 5.2 391 277 80 7351 5.1 374 287 57 7479 5.0 372 280 36 7056 5.2 368 296 60 7521 4.8 364 282 24 7310 5.0 363 274 27 7594 4.7" - 357 283 15 7595 4.7 357 277 90 ■ 7225 4.9 356 275 103 47 72427430 5.0 4.7 354 348 280 295 20 7430 4.8 357 . 286 29 5.4 354 284 49 6600 5.3 351 263 70 . 6741 O.l 345 267 S13 110,7 8o 80.5 5813 4476 Sixteen Herds Average. 50 7236 5.0 363 * 379 Excess Over Association Averages. 1552 96 lo Hio-heet Milk Production in Association. 57 7745 4.0 313 251

Cows Milk Test Fat Days 57 7745 4.0 313 251 3ft '7292 • 3.9 287 260 86 ' 6975 4.0 278 270 77 6991 3.9 276 26241 7108 3.7 266 281 58 23 6794 3.7 254 257 7498 3.8 293 281 36 7192 3.6 256 262 132 63'52 3.S 244 258 46 OSS'S 3.5 239 240 33 5052 4.0 236 255 46 6204 3.8 234 281 61 5293 ' 4.0 .224 234 50 5590 4.0 224 234 47 30 6142 3.6 224 27'3 5505 4.0 221 241 48 5153 3.9’ 200 ' 283 54 5274 3.7 195 270 55 4993 3.8 190 235 53 6318 3.8 245’ 261 Ao: sociation Average for 20,290 Cows 5684 —• 267 ■ 264

Highest Milk. 57 7745 4.0 313 251 2'3 749S 3.8 293 281 25 7414 4.5 333 296 91 73 IS 4.1 302 256 30 7292 3.9 2'87 260 62 7231 4.1 299 270 49 7621 4.4 334 2S0 34 7153 4.4 318 288 44 7239 4.7 344 288 31 7353 4.6 339 281 30 7'542 4.4 335 289 28 7162 4.7 335 277 55 7240 4.4' 321 265 41 7I0S 3.7 266 281 3(5 7192 3.6 256 262 42 7268 4.2 309 283

Lepperton. Cows Milk Test Fat Days 35 7595* 4.7 357 277 •20 7436 4.S 357 286 25 7414 4.5 333 206 37 6363 5.1 324 291 4!) 6462 4.8 311 237 30 6184 4.9 301 277 83 5969 5.1 307 271 1003 5633 4.8 273 276 New Plymouth. 36 7056 5 368 296 29 6531 5.4 354 234 •20 61 6718 S •' 347 277 6133 5.4 330 283 726P 4.1 322 323 50 5960 5.3 314 273 35 6038 5.1 310 264 1163 5310 4.3 256 273 66 69 16* Okato. 5.0 315 " 276 „ 16 • 614.1 a,3 258

62 6222 5.1 315 284 6!) 6362 4.9 313 262 35 5818 5.2 300 262 1291 5667 . 4.8 273 264 — Moa. 60 ■7521* 4.8 364 282 69 65’54 5.1 336 268 50 6614 5.0 332 275 35 6458 5.1 332 297 30 6245 5.3 331 293 26 6508 4.9 320 281 60 6291 4.9 309 288 1106 6030 4.7 285 277 Kaimata. 55 7524* 5.2 391 •277 24 7310 5.0 363 274 41 6969 5.0 346 •282 70 6741 5.1 345 267 53 6122 5.3 325 281 40 6769 4.7 - 317 302 68 6860 4.6 315 274 68 6378 4.8 305 279 1147 5744 4.7 272 265 Mokau. 30 7053* 4.8 340 271 Stratford. 47 7430* 4.7 348 295 45 7058 4.9 342 271 43' 6331 5.2 330 262 45 6447 5.0 324 260 6738 4.9 330 272 47 6577 4.8 315 268 66 7045 4.4 311 274 83 6350 4.5 308 277 40 6602 4.6 306 271 59 6113 4.9 ’302 275 5'6 6658 4.5 301 273 266 1247 6354 4.6 291 - Toko. 103 7242* 5.0 354 280 ,25 0873 4.7 322 315' 261 28 6493 4.9 264 63 6102 5.0 303 279 507 5274 4.5 239 256 Uruti. 51 7150* 5.6 402 • 270 49 6600 5.3 351 263 •24 567'8 5.8 327 270 53 6309 5.3 336257 . 29 6464 5.3 343 270 30 6272 5.1 320 •260 55 5918 5.2 308 262 26. 6157 5.2 318 •276 1092 5513 ' 5.0 275 254 Oaonui. 277594* ■' 4.7 • 357 283 40 615S. 5.3 324 260 91 7316 4.1 302 256 48 6340 4.9 313 271 103 6443 4.7 304 273 1414' 5762 4.6 -267 258 Eltham. 49 7621* n 334 280 34 ■ 7153 318 288 ■ 42 115 6797 6432 □ 4.5. , 4.6308 . 298 s 1430 5753 4.5 . 257 265 Mangatoki, : ’ ■ 80 7351 5.1 374 287 57 7479. .- .5,0 372 ... 280 90 7225 ’ 4.9 v 356 275 44 ’ 7239 4.7. 344 288 45 28 7062 .7162 4.8 .4,7 .311 335 g? 30 7542 4.4 335 289 31 7353 4.6 .339 281 21 6256 5.1 318 250 45 6563 4.8 315 269 . 55 6996 4.4 305 274' 57 7745* 4:0 313 251 32 5830 5.3 309 272. 1290 6440 4.7 301 269 Midhirflt. 38 6934. 4.9 338 •281 31 6556 5.1 331 286 55 6248 5.2 326 278 48 5960 5.4 325 269 55 7240* 4.4 321 205 30 6122 5.2 315 -269 73 6891 4.6 314 269 65 6025 5.1 310 257 1359 5918 4.8 286 268 Okoke. 42 67-18* 5.1 341 293 39 6732 4.9 329 286 46 5850 5.1 300 •278 32 6008 5.1 301 273 26 5691 5.3 30’ 250 1269 5475 4.8 261 260 Tikorangi. 53 6725 5.0 339 •278 69 6609 5.0 331 276 64 6903 4.5 309 278 77 6623 4.6 303 260 23 7498 3.8 293 281 1457 5429 4.8 258 258 Opunake. 117 6104 5.4 332 2S1 46 6668 4.8 ' 318 286 51 6250 5.0 313 295, 42 7268* 4.2 309 283 48 6472 4.7 307 292 45 5735 5.4 308 270 1228 5630 4.8 269 272