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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 9, Issue 77, 22 May 1946, Page 8

STOCK SALES UNPARALLELED EVENT LARGEST CLEARING SALE OF DAIRY STOCK YET HELD IN THE DOMINION Clearing Sale on account of MESSRS. HOLDSWORTH BROS, to be held at Awaroa Station, Edgecumbe, Bay of Plenty (The major portion of which is being acquired by the Government for Rehabilitation purposes). MAY 27th 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 1946 at 10.30 a.m. each day. DAIRY CATTLE OF UNSURPASSED BREEDING. NATIONAL BULLS APPEAR FOR MANY GENERATIONS. 925 Jersey and Jersey Cross Dairy Cows 200 Rising 2-year in-calf Jersey and Jersey Ayrshire Cross Heifers 200 Yearling Heifers —Jersey and Jersey Ayrshire Cro« j 20 Pedigree Jersey Bulls 27 Pedigree Ayrshire Bulls f HORSES 10 Draught Mares and 15 Draught Geldings—all farm work 3 Unbroken Draught Fillies 3 Unbroken Draught Geldings PIGS 133 Cross Bred Breeding Sows 5 Boars 330 Store Pigs MILKING MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS 7 6-cow Ridd Milking Machines, complete with new Rubber ware; 7 Vacuum Pumps; 7 2-h.p. Electric Motors; 6 120 Gallon Lister Separator, complete with motors; 1 120Gallon Alfa Laval Separator, complete with motor; 7 Copper Milk Vats; 4 McEwan Skim Milk Pumps and Electric Motors; 3 Wallace Skim Milk Pumps and Electric Motors; 1 HO 30 Water Pump and Motor; 66 Cream Cans. Implements: 1 Farmall H Tractor 20 h.p. Steel and Rubber Wheels, 4 years work; 1 Tractor Trailing Mower Model 25; 1 Tractor Trailer; 7 McCormick-Deering Horse Mowers; 2 McCormick-Deering Side Delivery Rakes; 1 McCormick-Deering 2Horse Hay Sweep; 2 Massey-Harris 2-Horse Hay Sweeps; 1 Morrison Tractor Sweep; 1 Bamford Swath Turner; 1 Booth MacDonald Swinging Stacker; 4 Reid and Gray 9’ Topdressers; 1 Booth MacDonald Topdresser; 1 Massey-Harris Double Row Scarifier; 1 Massey-Harris Drill; 4 Planet Junior Scarifiers; 1 Bamford Diesel Engine 3 h h.p. as new; 4 Lister Engines 3 h.p.; 1 2-Stand Shearing Machine; 1 Donald Woolpress; 1 Heavy Waggon; 5 Block Tip Drays; 3 Spring Tip Carts; 1 Set Massey-Harris 16 Blade Discs; 1 P & D Duncan Semi Swamp Single Furrow Plough; 1 P & D 3 Furrow Plough; 1 3-Horse Rush Cutter; 6 Konakis; 1 Set Whakatane Harrows; 4 Sets Chain and Tripod Harrows; 1 Single Furrow Oliver Plough; 9 Sets Dray Harness; Collars; Hames; Winkers; and Chains; Pig Troughs; Sundries. ORDER OF SALE Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: Dairy Herds. Thursday: Dairy Heifers, Yearling Heifers and Bulls. Friday: Horses, Pigs, Implements and Machinery. There are seven dairy herds on the Awaroa Station. Six herds comprise good quality Jersey cows bred on the property. The seventh herd i was purchased last season as heifers, and comprises Jersey, Ayrshire and-Jersey Ayrshire cross cattle. These herds were pastured wilh Stud Jersey Bulls and Stud Ayrshire Bulls as from 12th October. The rising two-year-old heifers were pastured with Stud Ayrshire Bulls as from 15th October. For many years only the best Stud Jersey Bulls drawn from the National Sales were used for maintaining the herds, and all replacements have been reared on the property. Three years ago, Stud Ayrshire Bulls were purchased, and the rising two-year-old and yearling heifers comprise a proportion of the first cross. Arrangements can be made for an inspection of the milking machinery by communicating with the Manager, Mr F. R. Olding, ’phone 120 K, Whakatane. Luncheon Available at the Sale. Auctioneers in Conjunction, WRIGHT, STEPHENSON & CO. LTD. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO. LTD.