TESTING OF DAIRY CATTLE
SOUTH TARANAKI ASSOCIATIONS. The 5355 cows tested .by the South Taranaki Herd Testing Association m April averaged 5521 b. of milk and 27.561 b. of butter-fat. compared with' 6311 b. of milk and 30.721 b. of butter-fat averaged by 5482 cows in the March period. The highest herd average was 6311 b. of milk and 36.691 b. of butter-fat returned by 59 cows. Detailed returns are:— Group Averages.
PATEA DISTRICT HERD TESTING. ASSOCIATION’S FIGURES FOR APRIL The following figures for the April period are submitted by the Patea District Herd Testing Association:— Monthly group average: Patea, 598 cows, 4081 b. milk, 5.8 test, 26.421 b. fat; Waverley, 1376 cows, 4641 b. milk, 5.7 test, 23.621 b. fat. Highest herd average: Patea, 43 cows, 26.721 b. fat; Waverley, 26 cows, 38.071 b. fat. Lowest herd average: Patea, 19.451 b. fat; Waverley, 20.651 b. fat. Highest cow: Patea, 531 b. fat; Waverley, 681 b. fat.
Cows Milk Test Fat Normanby - TokaoraHawera 612 551 4.8 26.89 Manaia • •• 944 .601 4.7. 28.52 Kaponga - MangatokiMatapu 334 620 555 539 4.8 5.2 26.79 28.49 623 507 5.1 25.90 Awatuna-Riverlea. ... Mokoja-Manutahi ... Ohangai-Turu Turu751 985 426 556 542 540 5.1 5.0 5.1 28.43 27.19 27.54 Ararata ••••■ Highest Herds. Normanby - Tokaora - 49 651 4.7 30.53 Manaia Kaponga - Mangatoki59. 693 611 5.35.3 36.69 32.35 53 Oeo-Auroa . 35 604 5.7 34.54 Pihama . 25 626 4.9 30.52 Awatuna-Riverlea ... 69 672 5.1 34.62 Mokoia-Manutahi ... Ohangai -Turuturu- . 35 601 5.2 31.43 3213 Ararata 29 627 5.1 Lowest Herds. Normanby - Tokaora372 Hawera i. 69 5.7 21.37 Manaia . — Kaponga - Mangatoki83 592 3.6 21.63 19.88 Matapu 45 405 4.9 Oeo-Auroa 56 424 5.3 22.53 Pihama 58 389 5.4 20.96 Awatuna-Riverlea .. 68 448 5.4 24.19 Mokoia-Manutahi ... Ohangai - Turuturu38 493 ‘4.5 22.00 Ararata 46 459 4.5 20.76
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1933, Page 16
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