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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 97, 18 January 1921, Page 10

At a recent dairy show in England it was noticed (according to the London “Daily Telegraph”) that the herd-girl had often superseded the herd-man. Several of the cows and bulls that were most successful in form and attainments were paraded before the judges by quietly efficient women. As a rule these herd-women had served in the Land Army, where they had proved their usefulness so conclusively that the farmers had retained them after the former disbanding of his auxiliary service. It is expected that a large number of these women will appear at the popular Islington Show. It appears that before the war there were only five women instructors in dairy work, while at present they number about a hundred. The reauift of their work is shown in the increased exhibits of cheese, of many varieties and a high standard of merit, made by small holders. The dairywoman of to-day needs a sound, general education, in which chemistry and other natural sciences have their part, allied with a knowledge of the practical working of the machinery used in connection with milk, butter, and cheese.