Butter Fat Test.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8195, 23 May 1906, Page 8

Butter Fat Test.

fTo tuv Editor). t<* " Progtt'A*" t» your iairtut oi'tbt* 18th must. Thu {I*r«rt> instance* quoted will read under the nya'tem of allocating points, tn, 25 points for e?«ry jwund of butter fat yielded in four days, atid ©ae point for every "poundof tailk given io ti hour*, average of four day* io be taken, A.*> miming (in lb« instance* given by M Progress ") it i* for M liours milk. Tin* point.* will bo a#' follow#:—No. 1. I7lb» milk, 7 lest, 130 points; -No. % mtlki 6 Mat,. 280.'pomta.:; jso. 't* 23. milk, s'teat, 108 pomtejiKa.*:2, 35 'milk, A point*. ' No.. J',.'2s'milk •i tesi, l-'M point# No. '2, 3.5 test, 157 jKJirits. In the lirst inatance Fa. 2 is a decid&l wi!i«r..bdth. ia':butter fat and milk. In the sceoud group, both arc t-qual hi butter fat, but Xo, 2 win* ' with. ■ seviM' jx>i»t«,-..*Jte having' givtui &'lbs more of milk. In the third instance JS'o. 2 again wins, both in milk and butter f?it. —1 am, etci, S, Sr txi»i;s. May n. lm Kuapnbs, Feiiding.

{To the lull lor). .Sib.—lU- Mr Buchanan'* tetter in your issue of 22m\. May I correct bis figures on the abore mentioned ; a cow yielding 25 lbs of tour wr cent milk in 21 hours and giving hmbs milk in the four day* work* out 5251b* uulk 23 points Jibs butter fat in four day* 100 point*, total I'M points. %Vill ibo»e interested plertse compare. As to meanings of ifae breed iernw let me quote from a m sudani text book oa advanced agriculture (H. J, Webb, Ph.D. B.Sc.LomU A " purebred " animal is one dene ended on both sides from animals belonging to any one or the rreogrnsed pare breeds. A "crossbred" animal is otic that is the offspring of parents of two distinct breeds. A " grade " is the offspring of parentis one of which is purebred but the other is jiot. lit* " purebred," the qualification of registration set out m Mr Buchanan's clause L ensures finality. The only point to my mind a shortcoming ss not considering the food eaten by each animal during the teat, seeing that the average weight of the animals looked upop. as dairy,,breeds differs m much, which does affect the cost of producing lib of butter fat. The test is a beginning and wall open up the way for progress.—l am, etc.. Bi ttj-.k Fat,