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In 1926 the Israel
Cattle Breeders' Association (ICBA) was founded. One of it's main goals
was to establish regular milk recording in all of the herds in the country
that was affiliated with the ICBA. In 1929 there were allready 11 kibbutz
herds with a total of 336 cows with official monthly recording. Also the
dairymen used to carry out their own individual checks,providing a rich
source of data on the milk and fat content of herds in the early days of
the country.
| YEAR |
Kibbutz Herds |
Total Herds |
No of Cows |
Milk Yield |
| 1934 |
11 |
12 |
1029 |
3690 |
| 1939 |
30 |
31 |
2878 |
3847 |
| 1944 |
58 |
69 |
5305 |
4227 |
| 1949 |
75 |
88 |
8733 |
4044 |
| 1954 |
180 |
198 |
14337 |
4197 |
| 1959 |
159 |
181 |
16917 |
5347 |
| 1964 |
188 |
202 |
24013 |
5694 |
| 1969 |
185 |
212 |
34132 |
6271 |
| 1974 |
184 |
214 |
47161 |
6833 |
| 1979 |
186 |
212 |
61947 |
7855 |
| 1984 |
186 |
205 |
66000 |
8734 |
| 1988 |
195 |
373 |
73132 |
9061 |
| 1989 |
195 |
479 |
72645 |
9092 |
| 1990 |
195 |
515 |
75040 |
9227 |
| 1991 |
195 |
565 |
81051 |
9368 |
| 1992 |
201 |
689 |
84816 |
9447 |
| 1993 |
202 |
771 |
91060 |
9628 |
| 1994 |
204 |
802 |
92175 |
9748 |
| 1995 |
206 |
849 |
95038 |
10086 |
| 1996 |
215 |
895 |
93103 |
10198 |
| 1997 |
217 |
954 |
93948 |
10447 |
the figures are in litres ,
the extra cows are from private family herds (moshav's)
As you can see
from the boring table above, the Israeli cow has tripled her output in
sixty years. If i tell you that here on Ein gev we surpassed the 12,000
litre mark in 1998 i think our cows deserve a pat on the rump.
(Thanx to the ICBA israeli holstien
herd book for the stats)
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