MORE HERD TESTING
CALF-MARKING SCHEME PROGRESSES Special to THE SUN HAMILTON, Sunday. A year of progress for the New Zealand Co-operative Herd-testing Association is announced by Mr. S. J. Sheaf, who is acting as manager to the organisation. Owing to a change in constitution, the association now is able to test the herd of any dairy farmer. Previously, the association could test only the herds of producers supplying cooperative companies. In November, 83,013 cows were tested, an increase of 11,981 cows on the same month last year, The average 30-day butter-fat production was shown to have increased. For 1928-29, the Government’s subsidy was over £3,400. Calf-marking had played an improved part. Since the scheme began in 1925, 16,000 calves had been marked. In 1925-26, 641 were marked, and in the first six months of * the current season, 5,500 were marked.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 853, 23 December 1929, Page 10
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140MORE HERD TESTING Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 853, 23 December 1929, Page 10
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