High Prices Paid For Aberdeen Angus
DANNEVIRKE, May 1!3. Keen interest was displayed in th® sale afc Dannev/i'ke yesterday (held. in pouring rain) of 74 off eringa of .Aberdeen Angus cattle by Mr. Donald G. Grant, the well-known breeder, .at Manghtoro. The total proceeds amounted to 9491 guineas, and the average price -was 121fgns. The highest price was 505gns. for a two-and-a-half-year-old heifer in "calf to the- latest imported bull, Emperor Elect .of Donneside. » Another heifer, the saine age, realised 500gns. A three-and-a-half-year-old heifer made 400gns. Animals carfying the blood of the famous Mulbeen Embassy bull were popular with buyers and made the highest prices. The animals bought will be dispersed throughout the Dominion and niixe head of grown cattle and three calves are destined for Australia.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 May 1948, Page 3
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