Herd Improvement Figures For Bay And Coast Again A Record

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 24, 24 February 1948, Page 5

Herd Improvement Figures For Bay And Coast Again A Record

Again the' saying “test not type” has proved itself. The comparative figures for the Bay of Plenty Herd Improvement Association’s monthly report of December shows an increase in the number of cows under test and an increase in the test, on the same month last year. With 41,110 cows under test, each averaging 7921bs of milk, at a 4.81 test, the average of fat for the month was 38. This shows an increase in everything on December last, when only 37,160 cows were under the Association, each with an average of 7861bs of milk, at a 4.78 test, doing 38 of. fat. The statistics for the Asociation’s • districts are:—

Aongatete Cows Milk 1504 777 Test Fat 4.82 37 .Awakeri 1969 804 4.82 39 Edge'cumbe 2509 740 4.86 36 Galatea North 922 750 4.87 37 South 1277 778 4.89 38 Katikati North 1383 750 4.78 36 Katikati South 1329 774 4.91 38 Manutuke, Patutahi, Hexton 1028 764 4.64 34 Nukuhou 1681 777 5.20 40 Ohinepanea 1502 780 4.64 36 •Omokoroa 1129 808 5.06 41 •Onepu, Manawahe 1414 821 4.86 40 Opotiki 2027 790 4.89 39 Otakiri 1321 846 4.68 40 Paengaroa “A” 1357 801 4.76 38 Paengaroa “B” 1780 760 4.56 35 Papamoa “A” 1278 806 4.83 39 Papamoa “B” 1648 783 4.84 38 Taneatua 1367 798 4.71 38 Tauranga “A” 1175 728 5.14 37 Tauranga “B” 1262 805 4.73 38 Te Karaka, Ormond 817 782 4.67 36 Te Puke 1490 '826 5.00 41 Thornton 2878 82 4.47 37 Tolaga Bay, Whangara 938 803 4.81 39 Waimana 1666 858 4.96 43 Wairoa 1285 810 4.87 39 Whakatane 1174 822 4.80 39 Assn average 41,110 792 4.81 38