FUTURE DAIRY CATTLE.
POSSIBLE "NEW ZEALAND" BREED. . It is not unlikely that jn some future time there will be in this country a more or less "New-Zealand" breed-of dairy cattle. At-tho State'experimental farms crossing is being tried ivitli the idea of .ascertaining if an improvement on' any of tho present distiuct breeds, can bo evolved. ' . ! : Speaking, at a gathering of "\Y aim ato Plains farmers recently, a well-known South. Turauaki farmer declared that a breed of the future would bo tho "Taranaki" cattle. . - In other parts of Taranaki experiments have been made with an, Ayrshire-Jersey cross. Some of the progeny from this cross-breeding. are now in milk, and aro reported to : liave turned out satisfactorily,. A Ivivitea farmer says that he has crossed : Holsteins and Jerseys, 'and is pleased, with the result. He is satisfied with the milk yield, and : considers that his cattle are hardy. -
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 909, 31 August 1910, Page 10
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146FUTURE DAIRY CATTLE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 909, 31 August 1910, Page 10
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