MILK-TESTING.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1492, 15 July 1912, Page 8

MILK-TESTING.

TtlK* HOLSTIOIN STANDAIiD. The Council of the New Zealand llol-stein-Frirsinn Assucintion is leported to have decided to adopt the scheme, proposed l>y -Mr. Ciuldie, Dairy t'oinniissionen for wmi-offic-ial lesh. which scheme was discir-wed by several of the llrepili'i's' Assneiiitions during show week. The elas'iilication of roivs (lccided upon for thci.-lest is as follows-.-Ctnvs under three years old shall be as livo-year-oiiK; cows from threw lo four jears ■old ;is Ihret'-yeav-olds; emvs from fiur to live years old a.s four-yeji'-iilds; cows live years ol<l and o.ver as m.aui'e. Tho yield of butter-fill rec|uired for sonii-ulKctnl icc.irds fur is as follows: —If tw'.i years old at the commencement of the Iflst, i'lO.Olb. fat; if three years old, 277.01b. fat; it' four years old, 3i:i.")lb. fat; if mature, .150.01b. fo't. A hoifer starting at test on the day when she is two. years old ;u-.before thnt date shall givo the amount of hiitlcr-fnt required for a two-year-Md. For every day sho is over two years old she shali give o.llb. fat more. This increase will be required tint.il when o.s a cow five years old she shall givo tlic requirement for u .'nature cow. Cows. enteral for the .test nuist hnvo .their mill> weighed at every milking:. An officer nf the Agricultural Department will take weights and ,-amples for four consecutive, niilkings each month, ascertain the percentage nf butter-fat, and calculate (.lie lotol for the lactation period. A charge of i' 2 per "cow fs payable to the Department of Ajfrisiilture.