Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 078
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1’14 MILK RECORDS. but they improved rapidly during July with the coming of rain, and continued fresh and abundant during; the remainder of the grazing season. The sowing of turnips and swedes was well forward or completed in most districts by the end of May. Early sowings brairded rapidly and made satisfactory progress; but later sowings sufiered more from lack of moisture, and much resowing had to be undertaken. In many districts the crop was very irregular, and on the Whole the yield was much below average. The swedes appear to have withstood the drought better than yellow turnips. In the ease of recorded herds, other conditions militated against a higher average milk yield. As in recent years, a considerable proportion of herds which had been recorded for a period of years were entirely dispersed, or for other reasons already referred to did not continue to be recorded, while an unusually large number of ‘new herds,’ 0r herds tested for not more than three years, were included. The proportion of regular milk record herds was thereby corre- spondingly reduced. Also an unusually large proportion of recorded herds were in process of being ‘cleaned up’ with regard to tuberculosis. The following table shows for each society or circuit the number and percentage of cows and heifers of each class in 1939 :— Cowa and Heifers. Society or Circuit Nnmbw-r. Per Cent. Total. Clpss (illnlss Cllass Cliff-s Central and South Ayrshire—— l. Ayr and District . . 728 493 20 71 3* 2. Coylton and Drongan . 678 446 20 68 3* 3. Cumnock and District . 035 405 8 73 l 4. Girvan and District . . 777 574 19 74 2 5. Kilmarnock and District . 840 580 11 71 1* 6. Maybole and District . 840 529 31 65 4* 7. Ochiltree and Sorn . . 539 431 G 80 1 8. Troon and Mauchline . 605 411 11 68 2 9. Central Ayrshire No. 2 . . 799 612 12 77 S Central Scotland— 10. Carluke and District . . 777 535 29 7| 4* ll. Dunblanc and District . 797 524 13 72 2* 12. East Hilbride and District 925 556 44 60 5 l3. Falkirk and Linlithgow . G57 46:? 11 70 2 14. Strathavcn and District . 710 355 3 51 4 15. Strathendrick . . . 857 4‘29 2:2 56 3* 16. Dumhartonshire . . . 940 012 32 67 3* Dumfriesshire— 17. Mid Annnndale . . 768 443 3 58 4 18. Upper Annandale . . 841 477 47 57 6 19' Lower Nithsdale . . 784 522 33 (56 4* 20. Upper Nithsdale . . 871 562 36 (37 4* MILK RECORDS. 145 if!!! Cows and Heifers. ___________.__ Number. Per Cent. Society or Circuit. 1 01 as a 7 -x- 21. East Lothian and Border 1047 603 60 58 6 F‘f - H 0-2 llgunfermline and Kirkcaldy 891 58? 23'. Cupar-Fife and Perth 21 66 3* ' l d . . Eigilyii: 365 143 13 2* 20' Lesmaliagow . 602 39 13* ~77. Machars—NO. I. . see 335 1 9* 3.5 No. 11. . . . 756 286 62 4o . ~‘ - n . .1 1 A 'rshire John Speir)— _ “0 T\oFr‘Leiiwi)0k ( . . . 1106 640 24 63 2* 30: ‘John Speir’ . .. ser 502 57,3 2* 31. Stewarton and Montgomene 901 637 North of Scotland—1‘ d '-‘ \ " . me an 3" “11:95:? Fume?“ . . 896 53c 29 62 :13. Aberdeen, Moray and Banfl' 1208 55.3 4* 34. Aberdeenshire . . 972 608 35. and .Bute._ 622 353 17 36. Paisley and District . 8'55 467 g2 37. Renfrewshire Upper Ward . 573 294 o Rhins of Galloway— 38. Kirkcolm and District. 1237 604 128 1f; 39. Kirkniaiden and District . 1135 04.) 1 1 8* 40. Luce Valley . .' 1065 18; is 10 41. Stoneykirk and District 1133 012 63 49 6 4‘2. Stranraer and District h . 1088 528 Stewartry of Kirkcudbrig t—— * 43. Dalbeattie and New A1§Jey 1027 473 86 48 9 44. C' .tle Dou his and ew daallowayg . . . 1179 666 54 57 g 45. Castle Douglas and District 1001 444 9(1) 8 4G. Kirkcudbright and Districé. 1163 569 9 4". B r ue TW 'nholm an _ ‘ Othe'house ) . . 1226 5/8 67 4s 6* Oftallttgecoiivgsggud heifers} 41,058 23,777 1925 59% 412* es 9 1n . . Comparison with 1938 38,410 23,240 1253 62% Comparison with 1937 37,549 22,471 1307 62% 3% Comparison with 1936 36,211 22,564 1051 64¢. 3 * Comparison with 1935 34,872 20,567 1200 61 32 Comparison with 1934 32,905 20,164 998 61; 31* Comparison with 1933 32,456 19,631 1061 6 I ‘ Excluding herds tested during only a part of the recording season“ 973 cown in 1939. |
| Title | Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 078 |
