HIGHEST HERDS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20068, 14 October 1939, Page 14

HIGHEST HERDS

DISTRICT TESTING LAST MONTH’S FIGURES GOOD WAIPAOA RETURNS ! In a list ,of group performances under the Bay ■of Plenty and East Coast Herd Improvement Association. Gisborne herds have achieved some good performances, a small one in the Waipaoa group heading the herds in the association, while another . herd of 21, also in the Waipaoa group, has the second highest average, the averages being 521 b. of butterfat in the case of the former and 491 b. in the other instance. A Wairoa herd of 1G cows had the second highest figure of the herds of up to 20 cows, the average being 481 b. of fat per cow, while the Waipaoa herd with 491 b., together with a 'Whakatane herd of 35 cows, led the section of from 21 to 50 cows. Among the herds of from 51 to 100 cows, 59 cows in the Manutuke group had the second highest figure with 451 b., the highest in that division being 461 b. put up by an Edgecumbe herd of Q 0 cows. There were few herds in the Gisborne and East Coast districts above 100 cows; one in the Tolaga Bay group with 109 cows averaging 281 b. A herd of 116 in the Edgecumbe group led the section of those with more than 100 cows with an average of 391 b. The leading herds in the various divisions have been supplied as follows by the secretary of the Herd Improvement Association, Mr. G. Kent, Whakatane:— . . 1 To 20 Cows Cows Milk Test Fat

l'b. lb. Katikati South <17 628 5.5 34 Tauranga A .. 6 885 5.0 44 Tauranga 19 693 4.2 29 Te Puke .. 20 749 4.6 34 Ohinepanea .. 19 595 4.2 24 Otakiri .. 18 635 4.4 28 Awakeri 6 1005 4.5 46 Whakatane 20 507 4.4 22 Opotiki West .. 10 618 4.6 28 O'potiki East .. 13 672 4.6 31 Waipaoa .. 4 930 5.6 52 Patutahi .. 7 904 4.7 42 Te Karaka 18 821 5.7 47 Manutuke 17 1009 4.4 45 Wairoa .. 16 909 5.3 48 Waiupu .. 15 624 4.6 28 21 To 50 Cows Cows Milk Test 'Fat l’b. lb. Katikati North 45 827 4.4 37 Katikati South 48 790 4.3 35 Tauranga A .. 49 742 4.5 34 Tauranga 32 856 4.0 34 Te Puke .. 49 928 4.4 41 Ohinepanea 21 746 4.5 34 Galatea .-. 48 602 4.2 25 Thornton 50 861 4.8 41 Otakiri .. .. 47 721 4.1 29 Edgecumbe*- ... 44 838 4.6 38 Awakeri .. 49 855 4.0 34 Whakatane 35 987 4.9 49 Waimana .. 42 698 4.7 33 Opotiki West . . 42 679 4.6 32 Opotiki East .. 24 793 5.0 39 Waipaoa .. 21 .1044 4.7 49 Tolaga Bay 3-F 905 4.2 38 Patutahi .. 37 919 4.8 44 Te Karaka 38 813 4.0 37 Manutuke 35 920 4.8 44 Wairoa .. 28 850 4.5 38 Waiupu .. 21 853 4.6 39 51 To 100 Cows Cows Milk Test Fat lb. lb. Katikati North 66 815 4.1 34 Katikati South 54 862 4.3 38 Tauranga A .. 80 886 4.1 36 Tauranga 75 846 4.5 38 Te Puke 54 888 4.0 36 Ohinepanea 99 777 4.6 36 Galatea .. 53 443 4.2 (18 Thornton 92 968 3.9 38 Otakiri 80 968 3.6 34 Edgecumbe 80 1049 4.4 46 Awakeri 100 832 4.4 37 Whakatane 76 795 4.9 39 Waimana 71 844 4.2 35 Opotiki West .. 53 765 4.3 33 Opotiki East 64 702 4.6 32 Tolaga Bay .. 71 814 4.1 33 Patutahi 66 765 4.5 34 Te Karaka 63 724 4.3 31 Manutuke 59 995 4.5 45 Wairoa .. .. 67 602 4.6 28 101 Cows and Over Cows Milk Test Fat l’b. ■lb. Katikati North 114 855 4.0 34 Katikati ’South 127 672 4.3 29 Te Puke 101 769 4.0 31 Ohinepanea ‘ .. 102 867 4.3 37 Thornton 123 915 3.7 34 Edgecumbe 116 872 4.4 39 Awakeri .. 125 731 4.4 33 Whakatane 110 641 4.4 28 Waimana 102 781 4.3 34 Tolaga Bay • • 109 632 4.4 28