COW TESTING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 898, 18 August 1910, Page 8

COW TESTING.

'■''^' ..-,-;A/ PKOPOSAL rejected; •;--':'.'' ', it -the' annual -meeting of ,the.Eltham' ~ Dairy- Company 'Mr-Murray' moved the '.':'., following resolution;' "That this meeting 'of. shareholders requests, the directors of -.the company to' institute, a'' "voluntary .. scheme by'which each cow's milk of sup- ; pliers''herds may be weighed and tested : by a competent,man;.and. also, that those ■ desirous of having their cows' records be '•:', asked ;to hand .in their 'names to. this '.-"-..meeting."-'--' -~ Mr. P. J. .Hodgson It r was "desirable,.that some attention should, be paidtp the matter.- > 'He did not, how- .' ever, see how it was possible,to,dp much :'' if the' 1 scheme.' was"only'taken/.up -by' a ..;-.half a ; dozen or so. ; ■ '.:; : The'question of haying boys to test was '"•""' voiced;, but„the chairman said his experi-. ,',>nce was that cow-testing'by boys wasan , ■absolute farce. '.:'. ,'.-' .' Mr.-'Dawes said hehad.been testing his :', cows;since last. December, and. found it ; very satisfactory and'interesting. It was . rather.;a.tedions job, and awkward if one '•:.. were pressed for: time, but a fanner could' ■ : ..easily-,;find. out the. weight of milk and -quality of each cow in his herd. >:.,' Mr."-Hodgson said that ..the manager .of. ..the 'factory,' Mr.; Boyle,',' would "test'.-any •' suppliers'cow if they'wished. Those \:had .not the .'actual, time could' get the .;', ■■: testing done at the factory, but it,was a. ■.■': thing' that should be : done, by, sharehold-

*ra-"- : ':'V'.'.' ! ;'-''. v •'• .'" "< : i''i- : /'.■■'■': ']S .'.'•': . ;The- : motion.' was. lost, only, ''a'-.- few; of those present voting either way.—Eltharu '"Argus.".:I,'1 ,' .''.