HERD IMPROVEMENT
RETURNS FOR WAIRARAPA DISTRICT. The Wellington-Hawke’s Bay Herd Improvement Association reports having tested 36,133 cows in April and the average cow produced 4711 b milk of 5.4 average test yielding 25.481 b butterfat. The highest group in the association was that of Shannon Group, in which 486 cows averaged 28.81 b butterfat. The highest herd in the association was one of 10 cows which averaged 45.91 b fat and the highest cow in the association produced 781 b. butterfat for the 30 day period. The following are the local group figures for the month of April:—
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Group. Group Av. Highest Highest Herd av Cow. "tu _4_j K* M o b J ra u MastertonWhareama 1159 27.8 55 38 62 Marlinborough 561 24.9 37 31 ■) J Lower Valiev 515 27.2 44 90 71 Pahautea 301 25.7 63 29 Greytown 759 27.7 71 63 DalefieklMatarawa .. 717 26.0 58 36 til TaumataWaihnkeke 798 28.5 46 or: 70 Clareville 248 27.4 44 oo 70 Battersea-Mor-ison's Bush 442 25.3 20 26 53 KaiwaiwaiWestern Lak ' 605 9o o 54 OQ 54 I S. Featherston 1117 27.9 131 33 61 | — —
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 May 1941, Page 6
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