HERD TESTING
FRIESIAN GROUP RETURNS. A perusal of the annual reports of the six herd improvement associations in New Zealand for the 1940-1 season show that the highest cows tested in the Dominion during the season were the following pedigree Friesians: — Leahurst Mercena Pietertje (owned by A. E. B. Richardson, Paerata-). 24,000 lb of milk, 4 per cent test, 9691 b of butterfat in 365 days. Massey Renown Heterodyne (Massey Agricultural College, Palmerston North), 20,5801 b of milk, 4 per cent test, 8201 b of butter-fat in 338 days. Leahurst Mercena Pietertje was milked three times a day foi' a portion of the season, while Massey Renown Heterodyne was the. highest cow in the Dominion milked twice daily only.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1941, Page 7
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119HERD TESTING Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1941, Page 7
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