BUTTERFAT RECORD
JERSEY’S WONDERFUL YIELD United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright •(Received 12.45 a.m., September 27.) SYDNEY, September 26. Richmond Honour, one of the most promising Jerseys at Haw'kesbury Agricultural College, established a new Australian butterfat record for junior three-year-olds over 273 days test. Richmond Honour gave 12,918.751 b of milk which, at an average test of 5.8 per cent., is equivalent to 843.161 b. of butterfat, easily surpassing the previous best figures of 18,9091 b of milk, equal to 624.11 b. of butterfat recorded in 1922.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19915, 27 September 1934, Page 9
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86BUTTERFAT RECORD Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19915, 27 September 1934, Page 9
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