SHOW AND SALE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 90, 14 October 1947, Page 4

SHOW AND SALE

SOUTH BAY JERSEY BREEDERS

TWO-DAY FIXTURE

The South Bay of Plenty Jersey Cattle Breeders’ Annual Show and Sale of Pedigree Jersey Bulls held at the A. and P. Showgrounds, Whakatane, on September 25 and 26 was the largest fixture of its kind yet held in the Bay. There was a record entry of 240 bulls catalogued on account of 24 Whakatane district breeders and 191 were disposed of under the hammer over the two days at an average price of 28i guineas. Awards at the Show held ih conjunction with the Sale were: — First Day Yearlings: Mr S. G. Ker’s Lot 75, 1; Mr C. H. Hill’s Lot 102 A, 2; Estate G. Hill’s Lot 60, 3; Mr Neil Reid’s Lot 65, 4. Two year olds: Mr Neil Reid’s Lot 3,1; Mr S. G. Ker’s Lot 14, 2; Mr G. R. Yeoman’s Lot 81, 3. Second Day Yearlings: Mr E. H. Hill’s Lot 184, 1; Mr S. G. Ker’s Lot 167, 2; Mr E. H. Hill’s Lot 212, 3; Mr G. W. Mexted’s Lot 160, 4. Two year olds: Mr Neil Reid’s Lot 178, 1; Mr F. R. Looney’s Lot 170, 2; Mr G. W. Mexted’s Lot 159, 3-. First Day Sales Top price on the first day was 83 .guineas for Lot 27, a yearling sold on account of Messrs. Boon and Berg to Mr W. Branson, Ngongotaha, Rotorua. This yearling was the son of a Cloverfields bred sire from an H.C. dam with a C.O.R. of 7441bs fat in 365 days at 4 years.

Other principal sales on the first day were:— Neil Reid, Taneatua, Lot 3: W. H. Anderson, Manawahe, 81gns; Estate Geo. Hill, Lot 60; A. L. Richardson, Tataraimaka, New Plymouth, 80 gns; F. R. Cooney, Waimana, Lot 44: E. J. Bridgeman, Galatea, 72£ gns;G. W. Mexted, Whakatane R.D., Lot 54: W. J. Orr, Whakatane, 67g gns; G. W. Mexted, Lot 108: A. E. Hawken, Edgecumbe, 65gns; Neil Reid, Taneatua, Lot 35: W. J. Paul, Opo.tiki, 67-Jgns; Neil Reid, Lot 92: Eric Looney, Waiotahi, 57£gns; Neil Reid, Lot 36: J. McGregor, Woodlands, Opotiki, 56gns; S. G. Ker, Whakatane, Lot 14; Burt Bros., Matata, 55gns; S. G. Ker, Lot 75: A. Mortenson, Te Puke, 55gns; G. W. Mexted, Lot 25: P. Baird, Whakatane, 53gns; H. E. Green, Taneatua, Lot 2: J. G. McCulloch, Rotorua, 51 gns; G. R. Yeoman, Taneatua, Lot 52: H. J. Eivers, Whakatane, fiOgns; Neil Reid, Lot 65: W. A. McCracken, Edgecumbe, 52ggns; Estate G. Hill, Taneatua, Lot 89: C. J. Carter, Edgecumbe, 50gns. Second Day Quotations

The best price on the second day was 85 guineas for the first prize 2 year old Lot 178—sold an account of Mr Neil Reid, Taneatua, to Mr F. R. Looney, Waimana. Other principal sales on the second day were:— E. H. Hill, Taneatua, Lot 184: Wright, Stephenson and Co. as agents, 62|-gns; F. R. Looney, Waimana, Lot 170: Black Bros., Opotiki, 60gns; G. W. Mexted, Lot 160: W. T. Law, Whakatane, 44gns; G. W.'Mexed, Lot 159: Birch Bros., 40gns; G. W. Mexted, Lot 157: W. L. Shearer, Otamarakau, 38gns; E. H. Hill, Lot 212: R. Soutar, Taneatua, 34gns; A. E. and H. C. Watkin, Whakatane, Lot 187: W. Glen and Son, Te Teko, 30gns The sale was conducted by the auctioneers in conjunction, Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co. Ltd., and N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. 1