1922.] 



Kegister of Dairy Cattle. 



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The Ministry has decided to extend the scope of its Register 

 of Dairy Cows by including additional Sections as indicated below. 

 Resister of Tiiese additions will, it is hoped, enhance 

 Dair Cattle usefulness and value of the Register. 



The Volume No. VI., for the year ending 

 1st October, 1922, will accordingly be known as the Ministry's 

 " Register of Dairy Cattle," and will comprise: — 

 Section I. : Dairy Cows — 



(a) With certified milk records of prescribed yields [i.e., 

 8,000 lb. for one year, or 6,500 lb. average for two or more 

 consecutive years) for the year ending 1st October, 1922 ; 



(h) In respect of which Certificates of Merit have been 

 awarded. 



The object of Certificates of Merit is to encourage Dairy 

 Farmers to retain in their herds cows which, in addition to 

 being heavy milkers, are also regular breeders. Certificates of 

 Merit will be issued on application from owners in respect of 

 cows which have been entered in the Register for three consecu- 

 tive years, and which during those three years have yielded not 

 less than 24,000 lb. of milk and calved not less than three times^ 



Section II. : Pedigree Bulls for Dairy Herds — 



(a) Whose dams and sires' dams have been entered or 

 accepted for entry in the Ministry's Register of Dairy 

 Cattle; or 



(b) Having two or more daughters entered or accepted for 

 entry in the Ministry's Register of Dairy Cattle. 



The object of this Section of the Register is to encourage dairy 

 farmers to use pedigree bulls bred from milking strain, or those 

 whose female progeny have proved to be satisfactory dairy cows, 

 and also to provide dairy farmers with a list of such bulls, 

 together with the names and addresses of their breeders and 

 owners. 



The Ministry desires to direct attention to the fact that the 

 price of Volume V. of the Register of Dairy Cows for the year 

 ended 1st October, 1921, which will be ready shortly, has been 

 reduced to 2s. 6d. net, post free. Applications for copies should 

 be addressed to the Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries, Whitehall Place, S.W.I. Remittances should be by 

 Postal Order, Money Order or Cheque, made payable to the 

 Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and crossed 

 " Bank of England." 



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