540 



Live Stock and Horse Breeding Improvement. [Sept., 



which, according to the finding of the Departmental Committee 

 on the Production and Distribution of Milk was estimated at 

 436 gallons for the year 1918 : — 



Cornparison of Average Annual Yield for Societies for the last 

 four milk-recording years. 



Year, 

 1st Oct.— 

 1st Oct. 



No. of 



Particulars of all Cows and 

 Heifers recorded. 



Particular-; of Cows recorded for 

 full year. 



Societies. 



No. of 



Cows and 

 Heifers. 



Total Yield 

 (in gal.) 



Average 



Yield 

 (in gal.) 



No. of 

 Cows. 



Total Yield 

 (in gal.). 



Average 



Yield 

 (in gal.). 



1917- 18 



1918- 19 



1919- 20 



1920- 21 



27 

 38 

 46 

 52 



19,793 

 37,880 

 61,323 

 97,903 



8,426,958 

 16,20i,941 

 29,344,887 

 48,512,380 



426 

 450 

 479 

 495 



8,755 

 17,989 

 27,266 

 48,248 



5,255,924 

 10,543,516 

 17,3t)3,347 

 30,892,620 



599 

 579 

 637 

 640 



As an illustration of the progress that has been made by 

 individual societies the following particulars of the largest 

 Society (Essex) under the Scheme are of considerable interest : — 



Year. 



Particulars of all Cows and 

 Heifers. 



Particulars of Cows recorded for 

 full year. 



No. of 



Cows and 

 Heifers. 



Yield 

 (in gal.). 



Average 



Yield 

 (in gal.). 



No. of 

 Cows. 



Yield 

 (in gal.). 



Average 



Yield 

 (in gal.). 



1917-18 



640 



342,260 



534 



407 



259,331 



637 



1918-19 



3.529 



1,811,075 



513 



2,141 



1,314,709 



614 



1919-20 



4.412 



2,299,612 



521 



2,226 ■ 



1,516,153 



681 



1920-21 



6,427 



3,566,121 



555 



3,543 



2,500,971 



708 



The following example of the great difference which exists 

 between herds in their milk producing value is of 'interest. 

 Two members of the same society had 42 cows each. All were 

 recorded for the full year. The average yield of the 42 cows 

 in one herd was 9,117 lb. and of the other 3,812 lb. The 

 approximate difference in the total yield was 21,733 gallons, 

 which at Is. per gallon represents a difference of £1,086 for 

 the same number of cows. 



The charge which was placed on milk record certificates in 

 accordance with the recommendation of Sir Beville Stanier's 

 Committee resulted as was expected in a great decrease in 

 applications for certificates: 4,374 certificates were issued as 

 compared with 16,425 in the preceding year. The decrease is 

 considerable, but the falling off of about 3,500 applications in 

 respect of yields of less than 6,000 lb. affords little ground for 

 regret. 



