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to note the number of excellent bulls in use — many of them 

 being full pedigree animals — while inferior stock bulls were quite' 

 an exception. The judges very wisely set their faces against 

 herds in which, feeding and attendance being given without 

 regard to cost, milk yields were not produced on an economic 

 basis. They stated definitely that anything like Show condition 

 of cattle should be discouraged. In Class 1 the prize went to a 

 small herd of pedigree dairy Shorthorns, including three or four 

 good non-pedigree foundation cows — the score being 92 points 

 out of a possible 100. In Class 2 the prize went to pedigree 

 Friesians with a score of 96 points : the judges remarked that the 

 cattle were almost entirely home bred, and that the breeding, 

 feeding and general management of the herd testified to the 

 remarkable skill and ability of the owner. The daily average 

 per cow worked out at 3.75 gallons, but out of a herd of 28 cows, 

 of which five were dry. fifteen were milked three times a day. 



Mr. H.E. Rudd, Live Stock Officer to the Ministry of Agri- 

 culture for the South Eastern Province, was largely responsible 

 for this competition. It may be remarked that the growth of 

 Milk Recording Societies in this area is very satisfactory, the 

 four Societies established having more than doubled their 

 membership during the past year, while there are many applica- 

 tions from prospective members for the next season, which opens 

 on 1st October. It is hoped that there will be another competi- 

 tion next year in connection with the Show a.t Tunbridge Wells, 

 and that, in addition to another herd competition of the kind 

 just concluded, there will be special classes for individual cows, 



bulls and calves, open to members of Milk Recording Societies. 

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At a meeting of the Agricultural Wages Board on 12th August 

 (Mr. Collingwood Hope. K.C.. C.B.E.. presiding), a report was 

 > presented from the Administration Com- 

 Agncmtural dealing with the issue of p erm its of 



Wages Board. Exemption by District Wages Committees, 

 the steps taken to secure the enforcement of the Board's Orders 

 since the last meeting of the Board, and the results of the pro- 

 ceedings in six cases of prosecution which had been undertaken 

 since that meeting. 



The Board adopted a report presented by Mr. Acland from the 

 Committee on " Cottages." recommending, inter alia, the con- 

 firmation of determinations by various District Wages Com- 

 mittees of 21 cottages as defective, under the terms of the 

 Board's " Benefits and Advantages" Order, and of the deduc- 



