WHY JERSEY'S WIN.
DRASTIC SELECTION METHODS. 3 % Stud ; 97 % Butcher. An interesting reference to the manner in which the Jersey breed was kept at such a high production state was given by Mr. E. Griffiths, of New Plymouth, to Matamata farmers on Thursday. He stated that some people wondered how the Island of Jersey could keep on breeding the best cattle in the world, when the world kept buying their best. This would be easily understood when he explained
-hat in one year there were about -500 heifer calves and the same lumber of bulls, for which registration was applied. It was the custom that preliminary registration for entry in the stud book should be made within 24 hours. When these animals were 12 months old they came before a committee of inspection, with their mothers, for examination. Out of 2500 bulls only 160 were kept on the register, and of these only 75 finally entered in the herd book. The others all went to the butchers. When they were so careful in their methods of inspection it was easy to understand how they had been so successful.
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 283, 11 April 1929, Page 7
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