HERD TESTING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 November 1938, Page 7

HERD TESTING

WAIRARAPA ASSOCIATION RETURNS.

AVERAGES FOR NOVEMBER

The November averages of the cows tested by the Wairarapa Herd Testing Association are as follow: —

Greytown No 1 Group: Cows under test. 1076; monthly group average. 9691 b milk, 41.21 b fat; highest herd average, 26 cows, 561 b fat; highest cow 831 b fat.

Greytown No 2 Group: Cows under test, 1242; monthly group average, 10491 b milk, 41.91 b fat; highest herd average, 27 cows, 581 b fat; highest cow. 951 b fat.

Gladstone Group: Cows under test. 1443; monthly group average, 9801 b milk. 45.11 b fat; highest herd average. 45 cows, 551 b fat; highest cow, 1041 b fat. Featherston Group: Cows under test, 2219; monthly group average, 9901 b milk, 421 b fa’t; highest herd average. 81 cows, 541 b fat; highest cow, 941 b fat. Martinborough Group: Cows under test, 1496; monthly group average, 9451 b milk, 39.21 b fat; highest herd average. 43 cows, 471 b fat; highest cow, 1011 b fat.

Pahautea Group: Cows under test, 616; monthly group average, 9031 b milk, 42.11 b fat; highest herd average. 24 cows, 541 b fat; highest cow, 1081 b fat. Association summary (figures for corresponding period last year given in parentheses): Cows under test 8092 (8218); monthly association average 9801 b milk (9611 b milk); 41.91 b fat (40.7 lb fat); highest herd average, 27 cows, 581 b fat (20 cows, 541 b fat); highest cow, 1081 b fat (1241 b fat).