ESTABLISHING STATE HERDS.
a\breeder's.view. The action of the Government in purchasing animals for the establishment of studs of pedigree dairy cafctlu lias met a rather mixed reception from the farmers, but has received the praise of one 'iTrell-kriown Taranaki man. Speaking at Hawera, subsequent to the Minister's. , announcement -that tho State had purchased:' .ten . Holsteiri.'.cows at £40. each, .Mr. Newton .King,,, of Now Plymouth, said that probably tho averago production per cow in New Zealand -was worth £6 10s. per year. The Dominion was lagging behind in not purchasing some better cattle to put tjio average up. Mr. King proceeded to say that lie thought that the Government should spend another £10,000 ''' in importing pedigree cattle from America. Iflero were hundreds of people' who wanted cattle, but could not get them at the price private brooders offered them at.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 871, 18 July 1910, Page 10
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139ESTABLISHING STATE HERDS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 871, 18 July 1910, Page 10
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