MILKING SHORTHORNS

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19155, 11 November 1927, Page 11

MILKING SHORTHORNS

jrgjflTNG OF ASSOCIATION. ft. half-yearly meeting of the New Jbnd Milking Shorthorn Association ** i!m at the Show Grounds yesterJJ jf p.. V. Brown (Levin) presid*tt ff'as decided to accept the New Shorthorn Association's tattoo "Jw Association's cup for the best JrrSborthorn cow was presented to SYBowb (Doyleston). ifr R D. Duxneld (Horotm) was •JSrioWtd on winning the chamSSiinTfitb a very hno bull. Chairman said that since the j£| meeting the Association had STgood progress under Mr AW. En its 'energetic secretary. When SHlcial took over, tees and sub- ! Lions were greatly in arrears, and *Jnd since greatly unproved the £L Ho had also been successful LJidng stock for members. im i decided ' that junior judges Jfitheenior judges for three yeais Sthen become senior judges on the Emendation of three senior judges, Snudges to be picked by branches Utetion, junior judges of shows to , fcse members of the_ Association j£» being made senior judges.

Herd-Testing. Ju secretary of the Waikato Subftorincial District branch of the New je&nd Farmers' Union wrote stating ifaj'H had been resolved: "That, in liertlthe manner in which the Herdtoting Association is supporting fateden who by marking only calves end fa purebred sires, this Union is i opinion that the Breeders' Association should insist that all pedigree ten of milking breeds should be toted regularly for butter-fat, but Kt necessarily semi-officially." Bn letter added that the opinion of 6»e»cirsive was that tests, to be of uj real value for practical and sale purposes, should include the whole m uA should be conducted under irfiniry milking and feeding condition, (specially as milking three times I*j and special feeding gave yields fat were quite misleading. I tte secretary said he had replied tit probably the branch was aware U the Department of Agriculture 'ii this year commenced nn official W test in addition to the semi-offi-f eUtost, which was to embrace all the ! iWnifteliefd. This dealt with the fating of "pedigree cows exactly on tie Una tie Union had suggested, and fcwontoidvise the branch to write to Ifrßajeton, Dairy Division, Departjrtor Agriculture, Wellington, for 'tflJPj'of'tne conditions given in the He chairman said the Association ieiH-not take up the attitude that Wptision should be adopted. At the am time he thought that the man todid not test his herd would •Samite himself automatically. A motion was carried to the effect m while members agreed that herdWng should be supported they coulcH srtigree to any form of compulsion.