NOTES FROM PAHIATUA. WHAT IS A GRADE COW?

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 689, 14 December 1909, Page 10

NOTES FROM PAHIATUA.

WHAT IS A GRADE COW?

sJ|:y : ;!; J . : «^/:S./;i;';ißy' : :CorrosDopf!ent.) -. :.i i>'Pahiatua, ; ;Deccmber 13. : ''\ '•'' :: :p}"- : -ilht BallancSSPfiiry: Comjany."will pay 9(11 j':'v- f i6300 . (nt . -per pound;! nf %V;butter-fttt),'6]t(Decemb r erilSforjtheir November. ■"W'niilkiSupply'i ".bcVbnly'tona^'ftioro':,butter ,wero iS?;nianufncturpd.i,aunhg tho ?;;SbofrespondinK'month.last year;. ~-'- *■■'-; '■.-'. . /-:•■■■ fiS5&-The-Eexdalo -Cheese':Eactory• paid■ out nearly ", bli'-, Npyember;. 10 for. ■ a month's', supply, largest- 1 cWques ■ being .those of J. and lf?Daysh (.£&). ■ y.,..; : ■;. : Tai'af ua -:Cheese:-:Factpry, ,at Ballancp; '''■'A'ii-xecoMng-'.ii, daily.supply. of.: 1200.gallons, '..of'. ?■;■; 200 gallons;hiotp than;- their..highest supply last 3 -/.year;:-, : One -hundred:.and (twenty- cases'.of:cheese. ■' 'typre/irAiled jjiiyay.vlnst-^vcok,--.",.-.■.■',■ •: ■,-.'.' : ;';; '-■'.;.

s ;ji ?! It:.iS' estimated'--that>t&e ;dairy ! produce 'tshipr; "";' !; inod'.i'rom Nen''=isc!hlo:iul : 'U!p-to' the end:of 'NofiliQ*s4'i; !"<*easp ;of. iGWO.OOO/ovGr j.thntS'- '■; lead. ■''-: Spray.S'MtCT ■•'■petals -. -of -fall; /'at the; .season. ■

. ... - • - DECIDED OPINION.The discussion which recently, appeared in the-columns of The Dominion under tho above liea'din'g'jwas; read' /with considerable ; interest (writes our Taimerston correspondent),- and as I know that the; opinion of a real expert would bo vorj; .acceptable;; I .took an opportu. nity to interview Mr. S.'Standen, of l°cilding, the well-known; breeder of Ayrshire cattlo and 'llomnoy sheep. Mr. Standen has been breed- -. ing purobred and grades ovor.-a very long period of years, and, furthermore, ho is always ; carofnl:to.mako'.himself fully .acquainted with . a! subject before he ventures: an opinion, so that anything he says .on this • question will command . respect. I asked ;Mr. Standen if he had. seen the report in questioi-i and lie said he'had- read it with' interest'and soma little amusement. - V."What do you think of the definition of a '. grado cow as stated by Mr." E. " Eagle, jun., at the Hawera show, that a grade is a purobred ■ without a pedigree?" . ■ ' ■. "Well, both reason and the definition as laid 'down by tho best authorities show ; that ho is 1 not'correct. If he looked up these authorities ' ho .would have found a grade'cow . defined as the'result of crossing a native stock with some ■ better breed. ,If tho crossbred h'fis- more than three-fourths of. the better blood; it is called 'high grade,' and so on till tho level of pure- : bred is reached." :. • ( "And how long is that?" - : . ".Well, compilers of herd books will accept . animals at the fifth generation for entry. : This is recognised the world over."' ■ ' • "Then, in your opinion, .and also of/the - authorities ■ you' quote, the progeny of, say, a purebred bull ana any sort of a cow'would be a grade?" "Most certainly," replied .Mr; Standen. ,