The Introduction of New Herds.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43115, 9 July 1907, Page 2

The Introduction of New Herds.

To a South Island newspaper the Hon. R. McNab spoke as follows relative to his proposals to increase the productiveness of the herds of the colony : —“ We intend to put a price on each of the imported bulls and dispose of them by sale where they are wanted in dairying districts, and we are taking means at the present time to import the nucleus of purebred herds of the great milking breeds of the world to Levin, and to rear there sires of pure blood and high milking pedigree to dispose of in the dairying districts of the colony I mentioned at Palmerston North that one man in the colony had offered to purchase a herd from the best shorthorn milking strain in the world and present it to the colony. lam communicating with some others at the present time, and may get a similar offer from some of the prominent agriculturalists in connection with other breeds of cattle purely for milking purposes. We would like to secure three a| anyrate—for instance, Holsteins, shorthorns, and red polls—some of the great milking breeds, and thus enable us to ascertain first of all the class of animal that will do best in this colony or in different parts of the colony, and enable us further to supply not only sires of great value, but to give to dairymen a choice of what kind they would prefer.