In New Zealand, herd recording, since the introduction of the Herd Improvement Plan in 1938, has been governed in policy by the Herd Recording Council in Wellington. In 1938 the decision was taken to extend the scope of the milk recording movement so that milk records could be used for:—

• (1) improvement through breeding;

• (2) studies on farm management, including the prevention of disease in dairy herds; and

• (3) studies on problems of nutrition on dairy farms, em-bracing not only the feeding of dairy cattle and young stock, but also such matters as the influence of soil types, pasture species, etc.

There are six Herd Improvement Associations and a representative of each Association is elected annually to the Herd Recording Council with full voting power.