HERD IMPROVEMENT
TESTING IN WAIRARAPA. i • FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER. The Wellington-Hawke’s Bay Herd Improvement Association reports having tested 33.926 cows in November and the average cow produced 8741 b milk of 4.5 average test, yielding 39.35 lb butterfat. The 33,926 cows were divided into 51 groups, the highest groups being the Waihakeke-Parkvale and South Featherston Groups which tied for first place with an average of 441bs of butterfat per cow. The highest herd in the Association was one of 13 cows which averaged 581 b fat and the highest cow in the Association produced 981 b butterfat for the 30-day period. The following are the local group figures for the month of November: — Group. Group Av. Highest Highest Herd av. Cow.
<2 W £ f 2 w o O m £ ffl Whareama 985 41 29 53 87 Greytown DalefieldG70 41 75 49 97 Matarawa G19 40 58 47 78 Clareville Taumata429 41 45 52 81 Kokotau Battersea-Mor-380 41 36 51 81 ison’s Bush (141 39 37 49 79 Martinborough 605 40 12hs > 44 84 Lower Valley Western Lake646 33 95 44 79 Kaiwaiwai South Feather 505 40 51 46 81 ston 1451 44 174 56 94 Pahautea Waihakeke405 38 54 47 72 Parkvale 62G 44 51 49 86
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 December 1939, Page 7
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