JOTTINGS.
ti has been decided to hold the annual ram fair at the Showgrounds on Thursday, 7th April, 1927. Entries close with the auctioneers on April 1st. The well-bred Friesian cow is an animal possessing airge heart and lungs, a voluminous digestive apparatus, an^ it is these character- | istics that qnable her to maintain ! her position as one of the foremost I of dairy cows, and one of the most I consistent producers of milk and j hutter-fat. i The Department of Agriculture has drafted regulations for the administration of the Veterinary Surgeons' Act, passed last session, ! which provides for the registration of veterinary surgeons. • After the I 'regulations* have heen gazetted, the i Veterinary Surgeons' Board will be j constituted. I During 1925-26 the system adopted by the Dairy Division of testing ! for moisture content one box of : hutter from every cliurning for- | warded -to the grading stores was . continued, a total of 127,753 churnings for export being thus tested. These sowecl an average water content of 15.200 per cent, which is slightly higher than the preceding year's average. No complaints we^e received from Britain regarding exccss of water in New Zealand hutter. The legal limit is 16 per cent.
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North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 18 March 1927, Page 7
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