JERSEY CATTLE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 371, 23 April 1910, Page 7

JERSEY CATTLE.

Experience teachers! But has experience taught you the benefit of having the Jersey strain in your dairy herd? If not, beneiit .by the experience of others, Many of the large dairy farmers of the colonies have been experi-1 men ting for several years to try and find out what breed of cattle gives the best return for the season; and the agricultural societies have come to their assistance by offering prizes for the cows that could give the largest returns for several days of both milk and test. This is the latest report from the Pembroke Show, X.S.W.:—"The results of | the milking competition in connection i with the Pembroke Show credit the winning cow, Mr. Philip Bateman's Eva, with the phenomena] record of 4.2Slbs of commercial 'butter for 24 hours, equal to 2!).!)(ilbs for a week, which is believed to be several pounds above the world's record. The morning's milk weighed 17'/;>rbs, testing 11.0. and the evening's milk 141bs, testing 11.8. The committee ■has investigated the whole matter, but could find nothing irregular either in sampling or testing, and decided to pay the prize. A third sample tested 11.0 Samples have' been forwarded to Mr. O'C'allaghan, the dairy expert, to test. The second cow, Mr. Johnston's Dairymaid, winner of three previous competitions, gave 3.sl'bs, equal to 231bs per ' week, which is well up to the best Australian records. There were ten entries, all Jerseys." Surely this is conclusive proof of the value of the Jersey strain! The Jerseys which Mr. -Newton King is offering at Stratford on Wednesday, 27th April, are all first-class pedigree Jerseys, and should prove valuable acquisitions to any herd. Catalogues win be forwarded on application to the auctioneer.