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COW TESTING

(From the Agricultural Journal.) The establishment of seini-oiivuu testuig <>i pedigree dairy stock, on J iJ;e b:iK!y outiUitid iii the .juuriul ol j last T<;:ly. ig being taken advantage e:i in a very gratifying !na<m;y. Already application:; have .icen received l»y the Dairy-produce Division from owners ia all the principal dairying districts oi' the Dominion. Holstem breeders ha ve been the chief supporters of the < s ehenie. The number of cows being entered for the seiui-oiiicial test is much larger than was anticipated wjion the new movement was in New Zealand, conclusive evidence -thac our breeders of purebred stock arc fully alive to the importance of a pedigree of performance in the advancement oi milk-producing' power of their stock, and that they were only waiting for the opportunity—now afforded by the Department—of securing a guaranteed record of the animal milk and butter fat yields of their cows and heifers, thus being able to furnish clients with the chief information desired in the purchase of a dairy sire. It is probable that several hundred purebred Holstein cows will be officially tested this season, and it is expected that about the same number of Jerseys will also be entered for semi-official testing. Both the Kol-stein-Frie.sian Association and the Jersey Breeders' Association have adopted the scheme for the utkim: and recording of the semi-official tests submitted by the Dairy-produce Division of the Department. While the movement for semi-offi-cial testing has been established wirh / every surety of success, the work ot herd-testing is proceeding in a highly ( gratifying manner. It is being taken ' up with widespread enthusiasm in Taranaki. It pressages well for the advancement of dairying that so many dairy-farmers in that province are so anxious to profit by the undoubted benefits of herd-testing thr.t they are ready to establish co-opera-tive testing association at their own expenso and under their own control. ' Co-operative testing associations have already been formed this sensein Kaitaia and Maungatapere (Axick- ; land), and Midhurst, Stratford, Lepperton, Normanby, Kaupokonui, Manutahi, arid, Ivakaram.^a In addition to these, associations' have been established at Wocdville and Kairanga, and, in the South Island, at Tai Tapu. Those, together with association -at Whangarei (Aucklard) and Stirling (Otngo), are under the control of the Dairy-produce Division, as has been the case hitherto where the principle is being introduced to new districts. A particularly pleasing feature. ».f the movement has been the undoubted success attending the of independent herd-testing associations a{ Thames Valley and at Kkotnhuna. Both associations are being continued this year with increased enthusiasm and increased support. If. is estimated that the records of from 25,000 to 30.000 cows will be compiled during the present season, and it can row he said that the cowtesting movement has been firmly established in the Dominion.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 2 October 1912, Page 7

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Tapeke kupu
460

COW TESTING Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 2 October 1912, Page 7

COW TESTING Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10712, 2 October 1912, Page 7

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