BETTER HERDS

Waipa Post, Volume 50, Issue 3589, 7 March 1935, Page 5

BETTER HERDS

ASSOCIATION’S JANUARY FIGURES. EFFECT OF LONG DRY SPELL. The January figures of the New Zealand Co-op. Herd Testing Association, Ltd., just released, make most interesting reading, for they afford comparisons with January of the two previous years, and when it it remembered that this year the whole of the Association’s territory experienced a particularly long spell of dry weather the figures must be accepted as decidedly gratifying, even though in every case the total is lower than for January, 1934. For instance, the average for the 99,809 cows tested during the first month of the present year was 565 lbs milk, 4.60 test .and 26 lbs fat, as compared with 1.12,088 cows tested a year ago with an average of 645 lbs milk, 4.62 test and 29.86 lbs fat, and for January, 1933, 105,721 cows tested, 623 lbs milk, 4.48 test and 27.93 lbs fat.

The best individual producer in the Association for January was a cow in the Waihi group which gave 103 lbs fat, and the best herd (22 cows in the Pio Pio group) averaged 47.13 lbs fat. Te Awamutu and neighbouring groups did averagely well, as is seen jn the following comparative figures: Hairini group’s 1192 cows averaged 576 lbs milk, 4.59 test and 26.43 lbs fat. The best herd, 96 cows, averaged 34.31 lbs fat, and the lowest 21.62 lbs fat. The best cow gave 64 lbs fat. In the Kaipaki group, 958 cows averaged 540 lbs milk, 4.78 test and 25.83 lbs fat. The best herd average was 33.50 lbs fat from 40 cows, and the lowest 20.81 lbs. The best cow produced 63 lbs fat. The 1040 cows in the Kawhia group averaged 583 lbs milk, 4.41 test and 25.75 lbs fat. The best herd, 20 cows, averaged 33.25 lbs fat, and the lowest 16.92 lbs. The best cow gave 61 lbs fat. Kiliikihi group’s 2340 cows averag ed 548 lbs milk, 4.54 test and 24.91 lbs fat. The best herd average was 36.67 lbs fat from 40 cows, and the lowest 14.37 lbs. The best cow produced 61 lbs fat. Otorohanga No. 1 group, with 2670 cows, averaged 545 lbs milk,-4.58 test and 24.97 lbs fat. The 51 cows in the best herd averaged 38.15 lbs fat, and the lowest herd averaged 16.52 lbs. The best individual producer gave 61 lbs fat. The 1801 cows in the Paterangi group averaged 509 lbs milk, 4.70 test and 23.95 lbs fat. The best herd, 86 cows, averaged 32.82 lbs fat and the lowest 15.82 lbs fat. The best cow gave 71 lbs fat. Te Awamutu group’s 707 cows averaged 558 lbs milk, 4.78 test and 26.67 lbs fat. The best herd average was 37.60 lbs fat from 71 cows, and the lowest 37.60 lbs. The best cow gave 68 lbs fat. The 1470 cows constituting the Te Kawa group averaged 520 lbs milk, 4.63 test and 24.11 lbs fat. The best herd average was 32.05 lbs fat from 59 cows, and the lowest 17.50 lbs. The best cow produced 66 lbs fat.