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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 593, 13 August 1913, Page 2

Replying to a question on the subject nf the crossing of cattle for the production of butter, the N.S.W. dairy expert stated that experiments which the department had carried out with Guernsey cattle, Ayrshire cattle, and Shorthorn cattle, went to show that the best results were obtained by using purebred Guernsey bulls. The Jersey-Ayrshire is a cross that has done very well in some cases in the hands of private breeders, but the expert entertains a preference for the Jersey graded up to nearly pure, rather than the ordinary cross The culling of cows for butter purposes must depend on the total butter production of the cow for the season, he added, and "this can only be judged by weighing the cow's milk night and morning at least once a month for a year, and having the milk tested at the same time." This would cost very little, he added, as the local factory Would do the testing, and there is