VALUABLE JERSEY BULL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 14, 22 May 1939, Page 6

VALUABLE JERSEY BULL

o taranaki importation GRANDSON OF WORLD CHAMPION An important and valuable addition to the already strong representation of the Jersey breed in, Taranaki is announced in the decision of Mr H. C. Sampson. Hillsborough, to import a young bull of a orld-f anions producing strain. The importation is from the noted stud of Messrs B. H. Bull and Son, Brampton t Ontario, and he is a grandson of the world's champion Jersey cow Brampton Basalua. This cow, in 1933, produced 1312.3 lb of butterfat from 19 012.31b of milk. She also holds the record for continuous production over a, period of six years. .From photographs and description she appears to possess true Jersey type, a characteristic which in Mr Sampson's opinion is essential for the breeding of quality male stock. The young bull he is importing is .out of a gold medallist daughter of Basalua, who has her own record of (5111b fat in 305 days. Her name is Brampton Caramba. Recently Messrs Bull and Son set a price of 2000 guineas on, the sim of the young bull. _ At present in milk on his attrae-. tive property. Mr Sampson has two daughters and 12 granddaughters of the famous New Zealand bull, Vaga,_ bond of Oaklands. It. is his intention to use these cows as the foundation. fo r his stud and to mate them with the Canadian importation. MANAWATU JERSEY SALE At the dispersal sale of Mr H. J. Lancaster's Heatherlea Jersey Herd last week the 49 lots sold realised an average of 23% guineas. The bull Heatherlea lloyalist topped the list at 100 guineas, and highest price for a cow was 53 guineas for Heatherlea Treasure. Eleven heifers averaged near]j' 22 guineas each, the top beast making 30 guineas. OlTers for yearling bulls did not reach the vendors' limits. FIRST EXPORT OF BUTTER The question of when butter was first exported from New Zealand is settled by the following paragraph which appeared in the .Family Herald on July 9, 1870: "A hundred casks of butter arrived from New Zealand, were landed in good condition and have been freeh' purchased by the tnatlc at about 10-' l a pound. This is the first occasion on which a shipment lias been made from our Australian colonies, and is possibly the forerunner of a trade which ma3 r be of importance to the population of the Mother Country and of these territories..'' BUTCHER PROSECUTED Early last month, a Liverpool butcher and his assistant were prose, euted I) 3* the New Zealand Meat Producers' Board and fined for selling Australian lamb as New Zealand. Actually, the lamb was branded "Empire,'' but it was proved that it came from Australia. The however, advertised it as New Zealand, and the suspicions of a rival butcher were aroused lw the price at which it was offered. So he sent n friend along to buy a shoulder of lamb, and a receipt was given stating that the lamb was New Zealand. BREVITIES A t3 T pica] modern porker is, pro_ JiKcd b3' crossing a Large White boar with a Berkshire or Middle White sow. The chief eflect of basic slag on a pasture is to encourage clovers and make the herbage more palatable. When cows eat the bark of trees it is often a sign that they are suf« fering from a lack of minerals in their diet. The later in the spring grass is sown the larger should be the quantit>- of seed per acre. To make cows' milk more suitable for piglings add to each pint a giij of warm water and a teaspoonful of sugar. Good meadow hay may be reckoned to liayq a, equivalent of 1 and a starclY" equivalent of 40.