YIELD TESTIN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 634, 11 October 1909, Page 10

YIELD TESTIN.

CAKTHWON'S CONTESTS: COUNT. 4 •' WHO IS "No, 2i"?/ ,-"No. 21" (whoever that may be.; among tne members' of the Dalefield Yield-testing Aseocia-' tion) ,ie'an honoured individual. On the verdict of the Dairy Commissioner's Staff he has the best herd of cows around Carte'rton. That is, .if, their'performance on last month's icai ; ing day.3 be a; true criterion. The records in ,the first interim report of. the yield-testing operations of those Dalefield -suppliers \>».ose herds were entered in the contest/ have bton tabulate-1 by the Dairy Commissioner's staff in accordance with the Minister's scheme, and xirculnted to the members of the Carterton, Yield-testing Association. They/ will prove' vory interesting, to -those those who happen to know the "various secret herd numbers. It will prove interesting also to outsidere.who will be able to .see'what manner of-performance the herds of the champion" butter-fat district can put up.;.."While No. 21, (one of the "big men") has the best herd so> far, No. 8 (ono of the "little men,' 1 with only, thirteen cows); has the best single cow in the whole five .hundred. One wonders if Uejknew her distinguished value before. ; Twenty-six.'herds ' ure taking- part. The yield of. each cow has'been calculated for the full; period (whether the cow lias been milking all that period or not) for the sake , of making, comparisons imore apparent, accurate, and in-, structive. The-average cow of the herd producing the highest record for.fat topped the list ■' at 38.831b. of butter-fat for the month, and at an average test of 3.4 l pe'f. cent. The lowest yield was from a herd which, averaged 5.C31b. of fat per cow for the. saino. period— 131b.' of (if. per cow in the one .month. Valuing'fat-'at Is. per lb., this.makes a difference ot 13s. per cow for the month of September. On a hem of thirty cows this would amount to JSI9. t !Os.,;'. ;[ .,-.,.••' J , The cow giving 'the -highest'individual yield (pr/-'thWmonth produced'.'S6.3Bl6. , 'of-fat. >. The ■lowest 'producer ,-gave-;.1U21b, ',of fa£ for.'the' sairie' time."'The' respective'vaWesr'-at Is.'per lb. for' fat would be" £2 165.; id'.'-.nnd 11s. 6d., or it would take about five cow.s' of : tlie stamp of the smaller producer to yield is. much fat as one. cow .equal-.to the best. ■•-';/.; ~ ■-':''■■-.,

j The , ; average.v.cow .',' of the'■•• association , gave' about•'MOltt'i'ofi milk,'- testing "3.s'per ,cent.,'arid yioldirig' 32:901b. 'of L fat;'-' tertainly iiidi- , , dotes-that -therO'-are many' good c'bws'fincluded l in| the number tested. The.report of the test-; ing officers is as follows:— '.■■■."'•", ' •'■:'■•'

He rd fco j 2 3 „ r 4 5 G 7" 8 ' 9 10 11 12 13 14 " 15 10 17 18 19 20 2J. 22 23~ 24 25 26^ No of'cow« 21 ■ 32 18 • 24 " 23 23 26 • 13-" . • : 18 ■ 7 ~ -18 28 . 14 15 20- 18 21 10 _ 18 15 25 19 20 30 25 25^ - Millc per oow, 1 lb- -1039 64 - 761 25 9S6 2- r ' 904-06 1067. 1080.86 1032.7- - 947.8 964.35 . ; 061.11 1077.6 . 947.7 877. 964.75 ..;973.28 .972,23 879. - ..813.75 JQ32.5, 893.52 ,735yl2 7.67.25 1138.5 1)12.3 100.0.8 . j*S:er.u;e tcst : -- "3 61 3 63 : - 3 '47 339 3.13 : x 3/56-. " .3.48 .'*3 4 3 07 3 47 3 1 3 68 -it 3 92 3 22 3 51 3-43 - '3 69 , 3 51 3 49 3 43 3 41 3 57 3 6 Average fat, IV 37 58 27 65 33-27 30-72 ; 26.97 ,34.70, 33.85 -36,76 33.05- 33.15 : 33.4-5 37.26 29.42 32.23 35.72 , 38.15 31.33 . -30.91; 27.91 38.06 31.36 25.63,. 38.83 32.58 36.03 milk, lb 1605 1027 5 1177 5 1230- '975. 1305. 1342.5 -1222.5 1155. 1440. 1530. 1005. 1305. 1155. J402.5 1087.5 914. 922.5 1245. 1230. 960- 810. .. 1297.5 1215. 1342.6 Be t com, (« t 34' 39 35 41 38 38 4~-5 42 34 34 32 J4 38 4 42 4 39 42 39 +3 33 38 4 42 4 4 Best cow, fat, lb - ' - 54 57 40 07 41 21 - 50 43 37.05 49.59 54.' 41.56 39.27 > 4S.08 52.02 .40.47 _:52.20 ' 48;51.r, -56.10 42.42 39.69 35:98 40,5?. 36.48 32.40 54.49 , 48.60 . 53.70 Wof t co«, milk, lb 855 652 5 727 5 «S0 480 793 GSQ, 457 5 937.5 585. 960 . 802 5 300 705.-, 555 652 690 547.5 - 990 750 495 . 765 720 562 5 705 "Worst cow, teMt_: - 3-6 2-5 -- 3.1 2-8 ~ 2.4 2.7 £G ., : .3,9 4.1. 3.4,-. 4.3 ; 3.1.; 2.5 _ 4.4 , 3.6 - 4.4 3.2 3.2 3.4 .2-3 2.9 3.3- 3-< . 3- 2 2 8 Worst cow, fat, lb: - 30 78 163l'~ 22-55 " 18-48 i' 11.52. 21.46 1&) -26.01- 18.76» 31.87- ; 23.15 29.76 . 20.06 13.2 25.38 24.42 20.88 22.08 18.61 21.75 16.33 26 64 18- 19-<4