JERSEYS IN AMERICA.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5454, 29 July 1929, Page 2

JERSEYS IN AMERICA.

POPULARITY OF BREED. ' v . X COW MAKES GREAT RECORD. In view of the recently published statistics showing the advances made by the Jersey breed in New, Zealand dairying, it is interesting to note some statements made at the sixty-first annual meeting of the American Jersey and Cattle Club, held on June 5. Reports of the officers showed that in the fiscal year ended March 31 the volume of business handled was the greatest in the history of the club. Registrations of pure-bred Jerseys totalled 75,690, an increase of 12.7 per cent, over last year, during which an increase of 20 per cent, was recorded. Breeders reported an excellent demand for Jersey cattle and Jersey products throughout the entire country, with no surplus. Mr Lewis W. Morley, secretary of the club, stated that representatives of the extension department of the organisation assisted in’ forming 63 pure-bred bull associations and placed 1273 pure-bred Jersey bulls and $163 pure-bred Jersey cows and heifers during 1928, in addition to the general routine of stimulating better dairying and broader interest in the Jersey breed of cattle. Mr Morley also reported a good demand for Jerseys throughout the United States. During the year 2734 official production test records were completed by Jersey cows. r ..’hc 365-day test records showed ar, average yield of 524.621 b butter-fat per cow. This average yield represented tests completed by cows of all ages. At the present time there were 3430 cows on register of merit test. This was an increase of 6.8 per cent, over last year.

The most outstanding Jersey record of all time was completed in 1928, when Abigail of Hillside finished a 365-day test of 1197.511 b butter-fat in 23,6771 b of milk. This was the highest butter-fat and milk yield ever credited to a Jersey cow. It was her second record of more than 10001 b of butter-fat.