TO IMPROVE DAIRY CATTLE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8339, 27 January 1913, Page 2

TO IMPROVE DAIRY CATTLE

JERSEY BREEDER'S SUGGESTIONS. At a meeting of the Stratford branch of the Now Zealand Jersey Breeders' Association the other day several resolutions were passed having for their objective the advancement of the Jersey breed. Two of those read as follows: '' That the council of the association urgo the Government to carry out an economic- cow breed test at ono of their farms of instruction, six representative cows of each breed to be selected, a record kept of feed, the area of pasture occupied, and a daily record of milk and butter-fat; tho test to be for a period of twelvo months. " That in future tho secretary of the association send out to every member of the "association on March 31st in each year an invitation to enter for registration all his animals then under twelvo months of age; and that a further notice be sent a month later to all who have not responded; and that it be a recommendation to the council that tho names of sires and dams of animals in register of merit be recorded in all future volumes."

A 7 arious suggestions were made for the encouragement of tbo breeding of purebred Jerseys and discouraging the use of grade bulls. Mr D. AVatkin, of Huiroa, considered that a tax of £1 should be levied upon the vendor of every grade bull sold, and each time the animal is sold; the funds so raised te be paid over to the agricultural association iu whose district the vendor resides, for tho encouragement of breeding pedigree animals.