A SMALL FARM
SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT The following facts and figures will probably be of interest to farming readers. They concern a 50-acre farm in the Opotiki district, on which 54 cows are milked. In 1913-14, 66361b of butter-fat were 1 sent to Opotiki factory, but by the 1931-32 season this had been more than doubled, the figures being 15,919 pounds. The totals are factory figures but the herd-testing figures show that of the 54 cows, 53 were A class cows and averaged 3321b of butter-fat for the season. Of these, 36 were mature cows and averaged 3611b; 10 were two-year-old heifers, with an average of 2411bs; and 'eight were three-year-olds, who averaged 2911b. The owner contends that a small farm and continuous testing of a herd is essential for success. The manure used on this farm has been super at the rate of 3cwt per acre.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 311, 26 August 1932, Page 6
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146A SMALL FARM Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 311, 26 August 1932, Page 6
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