The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1913. HERD TESTING.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 March 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle. PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1913. HERD TESTING.

l-'fi!Tiil-:it proofs of the 'benefits and gains I'roni proper testing ol dairy herds still are heing reeeived. One of tin , latd-t is that from Kaupokoniii fiactory. where a (iovoninieiit oflieial is a herd test for farmers of that locality. I'Yoin ollicial returns we note that there are 227 suppliers to the Kaupokoiiui factory, and of these 8o belong to Ihe llerd-testing Association, or. inoi'e correctly there are So berds being reiiiilai'ly tested by the (iovernmeiit oHicial fh(>re. Thet-e 85 herds rouiprise !S7H'.I cows. The average per cow for all these for the month ol December was :i.s follows: .Milk illlbs. test :\. 70. butter fat Mo.To. The individual cow showing the host result gave 1 llOlbs of milk at a 5.0 t(vt. producing TS.Wilbs of huttei , fat. At l>s pel- Ih for hiitter i'.at I his cow earned for the month It's. The poorest of the '.]~'.i ( .) cows tested gave 2Solbs of milk. 2.f> test, and 7. libs of butter fat. She earnvd. therefore, only 7s fid. The highest leverage foi , one herd uas 11251b5. 'of milk per cow. 4.7 test. ;")2.!J.'3lbs of butter fat. This works out at t>2 13s per cow for the month. The lowest herd averaged per cow Hl!)|bs of milk. ;U0 |- ( . s l. 2(j.2r)lb,s of butter fat. eu,ualling L'J lis per ? herd.