The conception rates of beef cattle in the Gisborne district in relation to Strain 19 inoculation

Abstract

Extract The importance of beef cattle in the economy of hill-country farming in the Gisborne district has increased considerably during the last decade. The conditions which prompted Crawford ( 1949 Crawford, R. 1949. Proc. 9th Ann. Conf. N.Z. Soc. anim. Prod., : 141–141. [Google Scholar] ) to sum up the farmers's attitude to his cattle as “agricultural implements” or which caused Barton in 1954 Barton, R. 1954. Massey Agricultural College Sheep-faming Annual, 1954: 19–19. [Google Scholar] to describe them as “adjuncts to sheep-farming; animals which were necessary but from which little direct profit could be gained”, no longer exist.