Perif´ericos

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the recording af 21,0

0

0 C O \t' S , r e sproent in� a sub s i dy of almost

thirty shill ings p e r c ow. In the same s e tt son the Government grant to the Group Herd l'e st ing movement which recorded

400 , 000 cows 1ncludinr�

41 ,

oc.o p edigre e s wa s

£20, 000.

MUch of thio grant wus used to

fi

nance inve s t igational work

which yielded informat i on of

vuluc

to the industry as a whol e. �or thes

e

ren sons t he Mini s t er of Agriculture dec ided t o termina t e Government recording, and on 3rd Janua�, 1951 , the N. Z. Dairy Board wa s as

k

ed to take control of all he rd recording ( " N. Z. Dairy Export er " , l95l a ) . The Board

agre ed and on January 2� th a meeti�� of rep r e s entat ives of the Depertmen� of t�riculture, Herd Reco rding Council and Breed

soc i eties was held, at which prel iminary details for the

change-over were d i scus sed. I t was proposed that a Pedigree ·r e s t ing C ommi t t e e be s e t

up

on whi ch e ach Breed Soci ety would b e repre sent ed, and the sugg e s ted dat e of the change-over was l s t Augu s t , 1�51. Fol l owill.G an unsuc cessful app eal by the

Bre eds Feder£,t ion to the �-�ini ster of

Ag

ri culture for the

cont inuc t i on of Government t e s t ing , the dec i s ion to abandon the

c. o. R. Emd o. H. ·r. systems was made finully on l et March, 1961.

11. t ita me et ing on �.�a rch 2nd, the Herd Recording

c ouncil re solved '' thE: t as from

August, 195�

the re shall be two syst ems of herd recordine of fered by the Herd Improvement

A

s

s

oci

a

ti

o

n

s

,

( a)

the ordina ry Group Herd ·rest and

(

b

)

an Of'f'i c ial Pedigree Test which shul l include a minimwn of two check t e s t s • . . . "

( Herd

R

e cording C ouncil , l95la

)

. Further, to � dv i s e the c ounc il on

all

m&tt ers connect ed wit

h

p e digree

test ine a Pe

d

igree 'l.'e s t iilE� commit too was set up c omp r i s ing :

The Chai rman of the Herd .i�c c ording Council ( Chairman) .

•rhe Direct

o

r of H e ru Improvement.

The Sup e rvi sor of Gov ernment Herd Recording.

A M&nuger rep re s enting the Herd Improvement Associations.

A repre s ent a t ive of e:.:- ch of the f'our maj or Breed Associat-

ions.

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The A�i strat ive Officer, Herd Recording Department

(as

Secretary

) (

ibid

)

.

The breeders were thus given strong repre s entation and have, in fa c t , more control over the Offic ial Pedigre e 'l'e s t than they

had over the c. 0. R. and o. H. ·r. sy stems.

The Offi c i al Pedigre e 'l' e s t was based on the

rules

of the exi s t ing Sp e c i al Pedigree Group Test

(

see p.

42 ) .

In resp onse t o the demands o f the Bre ed

As

sociations for better authenticat ion of records, however, the nunmer of check-tests wa s increased from one t o two per s e� so� Further check-tests coul d be obt a ined if payment was mod e for the addit ional service.

In a ccordanc e with l ong-

s

tanding Grouv T e s t policy all cows in t he herd must be recorded.

2.

current of nerd

The pre sent mechani sm of administrat ion of herd recording i s shown s chema t i celly in Figure

2.

The New Zealand Dai ry Board , through the l i c enc e s issued by th e Herd Recording c ounc il control s al l herd rcc ordine act ivi t i e s , the council b e in� a s s i s t e d on t echni cal matt ers by the Standing Advisor,y c ommit t e e , and on p edigree recording by the Pedigree T est ing c ommittee. The six Herd I mprovement Asso ciat ions which carry out the recording are l ic enced by the Herd Recording Council

and op erate und er the C ouncil ' s uniform rul e s. The Associations, which are Incorporat ed societ i e s , have d i rect representation on the Herd Recording Counc il. E�ch Herd Improvement Association hc s a Management C onrni t te e , ele cted j o intly by the dairy

compani e s and the herd- t est inG �roup s , and l evies fee s on i ts memb ers accord ing t o tho cost s of recording. To enabl e certain

informa t ion to b e collected and suppl ie d to the Dairy Board ' s Herd Hecordine Dep artment , the Associat ions are assist ed

financially by the Boar�

Sinc e the ins t i tu·t ion of the Herd Improvement Pl an in 1939 h erd recor<lillf: hus b e en financ ed e g_ually by Government v.nd Da iry noard grant s

(

s ee App endix VII ) . In

J .'

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N. Z . DA I RY BOA RD

DAIRY INDUSTRY PROMOT ION

DAIRV RESE'I\ � VfLLS PU R< HA5E BOX POOL E TC. . CONSIJLTII"Go OFFIC ERS

_ HE RD RECORDING COUNCIL

P£01�REE TESTINIO CO M M ITl"E'E MANACir!HE NT CO,..MITTE£5 G ROUP C.OHVENORC:,

FIG . 2 . SCHEMbTI C REPRESENTbT I O N O F THE ORSANi bbTION OF HERL RECORL I NG IN NEvr ZEALJ.,N1.

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