A DAIRYFARMERS' ARMY 1,275,000 STRONG When the call came it was in full fighting kit, ready for instant action. No ordinary army this. Its weapons were not shot nor shell, gun nor rifle, gas nor , fire, but pound after pound of butterfat —a continuous stream of it as long as required. It is an impregnable reinforcement to the Allies’ fighting force. It is the Jersey army, 1,275,000* strong; efficient, supreme, and built by farmer forel sight and the breed’s great dairy ability. . //. ' .■ • ;.. '•' :■ . ' . ■ ■ "■-V- ' * This figure represents the 39,000 Purebred Jerseys and the 1,236,000 Jersey-cross dairy cows in New - Zealand. , \ ' ' If you want to render service to your country, then make this army grow. Change to Jerseys. Write to the Secretary, Jersey Breeders’ Assn., for 1 the free colour booklet, “Jerseys and Higher Farm Incomes.” The address: Box 259, Palmerston N. N.Z. Jersey Breeders' Assn. (Inc.) P.O. BOX 259 ■ - PALMERSTON NORTH
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 59, Issue 6, 15 December 1939, Page 488
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