HIGH PRODUCTION
CAPACITY UNDER TEST NECESSITY FOR ADEQUATE FEEDING OF STOCK There are many who argue that high production records count for nothing because they are put up under highly artificial conditions. On the other hand there are men who do not feed their cows adequately and it may be said that when some breeders improve the conditions for their animals simply because they are under test they are merely giving them conditions that they should have under ordinary circumstances. The only reason why a cow is tested is to ascertain her Inherited capacity to produce, and we do not learn that inherited capacity unless we feed her adequately; unless we give her the feed necessary to demonstrate her inherited capacity. Nothing could be gained by testing a cow if she did not receive enough feed to demonstrate what she could do. Of course, this does not mean that the dairy farmer should plan a campaign of feeding concentrates, but rather should think out to what level he can raise the standard of his feeding in order to arrive at the most economical level of production. There seems to be in New Zealand a tendency to take things too much for granted as far as the feeding of our cattle is concerned. It is true that a little more care is now being taken in the type of grass that is being fed, but progress to date has been comparatively meagre. There is yet much to be done in regard to raising the I quality of the grass feed, the stage of growth when it is fed and the question of supplying “balancing” food to nutritious grass.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21183, 2 November 1938, Page 3
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277HIGH PRODUCTION Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21183, 2 November 1938, Page 3
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