THE DUTCHMAN’S METHODS.
/ DAIRYING IN HOLLAND. Professor Blundell, in the ••'Agricultural Students’ Gazette” gives an interesting account of his impressions when travelling* in Holland last season. He was struck with the fertility of the pastures and the large numbqr and prosperous appearance of the cattle upon them. The Dutch farmer, he says, occupying from 50 to 100 acres as rule, feeds his cattle and milks his cows, so that each animal gets its proper quantity of food, and the performance of each cow at the milk pail is knoivn to him. In the best herds of Friesian cows the average milk yield is 850 gallons per annum, while individual cows in their prime yield up to 1200 gallons. Purebred cows are not accepted for registration unless their qualifications are satisfactory. By means, of local milk-control associations, supervised by a head controller employed by the Herd Book Association, milking records for the Herd Book are accurately ascertained.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3168, 14 March 1911, Page 2
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156THE DUTCHMAN’S METHODS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3168, 14 March 1911, Page 2
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