COW-TESTING FRAUDS.
A bombshell has been dropped into the Friesland cattle camp In the United States of America by the publication of a letter in dairying papers from the president of the Bveed Association, exposing the fraudulent practices of an official tester in carrying out tests. It appears that the official tester was detected in adding cream to the milk of a cow he owned himself, by means of a rubber bottle and tube concealed under the clothing. The matter was inves- ! tigated, and the information elicited that this man had been carrying on these fraudulent practices for some years in connection with various herds, and had been encouraged by the bonuses given by owners for large tests. In several cases owners were entirely ignorant of the fraud, j which will cause great confusion in the herd books of the society, as the records of certain cows will have to be expunged. There will also be heavy losses to breeders, who have bought the offspring of these cows at high prices on the strength of their records.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17734, 6 December 1919, Page 8
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177COW-TESTING FRAUDS. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17734, 6 December 1919, Page 8
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