JERSEY CATTLE

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2794, 12 June 1916, Page 8

JERSEY CATTLE

ANNUAL ; MEETING OF BREEDERS. , Theannual ".meeting of the New . Zealand Jersey; Cattle Breeders' Association ■will be heldyat"Hawera on July 13. Tho following Vextracts.'are taken from the annual . tepprt'i^ "Membership.—During tlie year, thirty, nine new -members were elected, .and eighteen names were removed from the register on | account of the resignations or deaths of the. members, thus leaving a total membership of 330. "Knance— I The net profits for the year amounted to .C 97 12s.'2d. "During/ the past twelve months 97 cows have-been awarded certificates by the New-Zealnn'd Department of ,Agn-. ; culture as.:the result of the semi-official test conducted'by' that Department. The average production of these 97 cows was ' as follows:—.

Us. of ~ Days in Lbs. of butter- . milk. milk. fat. 42 two-year-01d5341 '■.'G538.6 366:91 .22 three-year-olds 351 7686.47* 446.81 11 four-year-olds ... 335 8459.11 457.58 19 mature 348 8790.44 484.84 97 cows (average) 345 , 7518.75 421.35 "These averages will be. found to compare very favourably with the records of Jerseys made'in other countries, where a point of high development has been reached, and it may therefore be reasonably assumed that the climate and gen-' eral environment of the Dominion is eminently suitable for the most highly J productive type of Jersey."

■ At the-meeting tho following remits from .tho Stratford branch will be brought forward:— ."That tho New Zealand Jersey Cattle Breeders' Association is of the opinion that it is in the best interests of the breeders of all live stock that 'the live stock show in Palmerston North be a Royal Show, where only prize winnersat other shops may compete—that, the Manawatu A. and P. Association be approached, and if found in favour of the proposal, that the New Zealand Jersey Breeders' Association immediately approach other breed associations and tho A, and P. Associations asking their co-operation with a view to bringing tho proposal to a successful issue. "That the N.Z.J.C.B. Association Council be urged to increase tho semi-official classes to eight, viz.', one each for junior and senior, 2, 3, 4, and 5-year-olds. "That the council again circularise breeders, prohibiting the sale of grade bulls. "That the judges' list lie cancelled, and the council to appoint new judges for a period of two years." ■' SMALL BIRD PEST By Telegraph—Press Association. Timaru, June 10. Delegates of rural local bodies held a conference on tho small birds'pest. Several conferences have been held in the past, but have been resultless. It was decided to ask the Minister of Agriculture to instruct the Department's chemist to endeavour to discover an effective poison which would not betray itself by its taste, as those in use do. It was resolved in the meantime to continue the practice of buying eggs and heads.