TARANAKI HEIFERS.
REASONS FOR PREFERENCE Opinion of Morrinsville Farmer. The recent sale of Taranaki heifers at Morrinsville raised the question of why stock from that district invariably realised higher prices in the Waikato than locally-bred heifers. The subject is an interesting one and was discussed a few days ago by a reporter with a Morrinsville dairyman with Taranaki experience.
The preference was due to the sy's- ] tern of line-breeding from imported I bulls which had been going on for
nearly 50 years, he said. This fact, | coupled with the shape and colour of I the animals, had a marked influence lon Waikato buyers. In this district^ | the calves were too well nurtured on j heavily-topdressed land, and made l heavy growth, building up big bones. - ll n Taranaki the contrary was the case. The heifers were not so big. j Many Waikato farmers would coni' sider them badly done as yearlings. I However, when they reached the | Waikato as two-year heifers they l made excellent progress, and remained in milk longer than locallybred stock.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 243, 28 June 1928, Page 6
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