TESTING THE HERDS.
MAY AVERAGES. Figures for District Groups. The averages for the 59,817 cows, tested by the New Zealand Cooperative Herd-testing Association in May i were as follow, the figures for May, 1929, being given in parentheses : Pounds of milk 311 (334), test 5.4 (5.2), pounds of butterfat 17.7 (17.09). Last May 47,831 cows were tested. The returns for the Morrinsville, Matamata and Putaruru district groups are as follow: Morrinsville. Cows 1550 (1361), pounds of milk 348 (319), test 5.5 (5.3), pounds of fat 19.41 (17.12). Waitoa.—Cows 979 (1167), pounds of milk 378 (350), test 5.3 (5.3), pounds of fat 20.2 (18.79). J Te Puninga. Cows 1547 ( —), ’ pounds of milk 347 ( —), test 5.5 ( —), pounds of fat 19.33 ( —). Patetonga. Cows 572 ( 484), pounds of milk 310 (289), test 5.7 (5.6), pounds of fat 17.71 (16.33). Ngarua.—Cows 979 (733), pounds of milk 384 (401), test 5.6 (5.5), pounds of fat 21.59 (22.21). Kiwitahi. Cows 2812 (518), pounds of milk 294 (351), test 5.6 (5.2) pounds of fat 16.64 (18.54). Walton.—Cows 770 ( —), pounds of milk 274 ( —), test 5.6 ( —), pounds of fat 15.42 (—). Waharoa. Cows 1127 (1510), pounds of milk 347 (325), test 5.5 (5.3) pounds of fat 19.21 (17.36). Te Poi.—Cows 1404 (1196), pounds of milk 303 (355), test 5.5 (4.9), pounds of fat 16.92 (17.75). Okoroire.—Cows 608 (689), pounds of milk 293 (377), test 5.9 (5.5), pounds of fat 17.33 (20.9). Tirau.—Cows 1324 (1282), pounds of milk 286 (351), test 5.7 (5.6), pounds of fat 16.42 (19.87). Hinuera. Cows 1245 (1246), pounds of milk 297 (304), test 5.4 4 (5.2), pounds of fat 16.18 (16.04). Putaruru. Cows 1120 (867), pounds of milk 300 (309), test 6.1 % (4.8), pounds of fat 15.51 (15.05). *
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Putaruru Press, Volume VIII, Issue 345, 3 July 1930, Page 8
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