HOLSTEIN FRIESIANS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 20

HOLSTEIN FRIESIANS.

BR. BUCXEBIMFS SPLENDID STUD.

WHAT !8 BEWG DONE AT KOKOTAU.

RECENT-IMPORTATIONS;

;;,-■![.' The. increased v importance which ;> : :.^ ; ;is; attached.to'the.dairy industry in the ;%;j;v;S6uth \Vairarapa is.responsible for fur;r'.'];.' ther : enterprise on tho part of farmers. pH'.'Yi iThp.i pounds,.; shillings,' .value !?,]'..||;jbf;_a;.cow.-,i5..-teing'.;l:cenly investigated; and.there;is a demand for- animals that t|'/:fC:pay, : and pay'weli.v One of the latest p;y;ir important, additional; dairy- stud, farms is the Holstein'tt'&i';■ -Friesianherd of ;Miy E., H. Buckeridge, ;i;; 'senior;' of KokotaV ' His landyis about ;<j ,'five. miles, from Carterton, and' situated |..;,:; iiWri.the rich flats, of the-. Ruamahanga. fyVj/if.lTlie.'farjnj'whicli is one of tho'finest iniNew' Zealand, 1, comprises- 421 acre's, and tV;J-".',-.;;«n .the, ■.greater; portion v of'-it-carries '0:o: ji-i a herd $e : ■, -;■*!■ hi. iro"Mws r in aredsi ; V. For .one' If■.■,;'::i^ltwelve;mbnths'alone it ran'2op cows'and; |£;: 10 '- isiP^ r *']y'l i artificiaily;;fe'di ; M.v,:;/.; : :-,''".■',' ":','■'■' ?? |jjv. a-* :Mr;v;Buckerid^Testablished :^his': farni'' iy':;'.j| ; abbut; ;v years;; Sgc^";and/; ; fe-; , .;-;! .Tounde'd ■iis;HolsfenrFriesian;herd"frbm fe- -:-;;<)f u;'*',;ii)plenient :: ftife-^-'descendi^ p;- : . ; tegj :':_;. qualities'fbi'■; ,th|i \}\r:'.'. : j '.ivyi^^k^wnj^and/^oneVoHMrr^B^cfeer , fS; : :^;Tidge's v anim'als';has; i l^;;■ ;;^;lD,ooo' : pbuMs'if vmilk intone!;seasoiii; ?i ;';. Jtbis ibeing ',*9ual : : jb! Jof :iitit-t fe ;■;';'; ; ,iter.v".<VAnoffiery ..(onl- her; .third ■caif/ ! . : is' |S&;-r/Prpducing;7b :pounds ;bl;milt per'aay.'. $£■■': ;One,of,;tio bulls, 5 ;sbn;of ; the ten is a m'agni|?.;V..,v ificent'.' animal, withi.-plen'ty of black colCompetent judges; regard him as [^^inne^ofrthe^finest;bulls-in- the : . North ilslandy: if' Zealandy .and; Mr. |;- i gyy-.:;B.upkeridge;haV already,:;:,'refusea''lso: guineas : fprr.-him:';, .-..vln. ; one way, fc^o ; veyer,;the';most; ;important r part"of"MfV iiK^:vßpckeridge's : ;Holstein;;herd is.,'his ,; ''re-'. £;:.:;:;\;cent : ampbrtation.'from; the. stud farni s ' '■fti;'.i; of^MrjVA. ;. C.; : JJamond, }'ol Brundee, j< ,, V. Wales, and'itlie -1) : ;.y:;biggest;Holstairvljreeaer : m"the Stated;" jiinportitipiis comprise teii-'heif- tl i'{;T'.' :'■ ers )'" a 'l purebred, and records appended; '°i |>:V;^cbnfined..to' five of.the heifers, : theotners ; n 'iyil:?- :no t;yet;having'arrived.in New Zealand, , ' of inWest tb;dairy,farmers. M te-S'^^^pianioiid^ll,-of Brundea. -' - : • ;<;;LThis; animal ; was ;calved' ; in 1909;'. dam, ' a p ; v;; : ;..;pianipnd I, by Eding fir," '■i'The sire of Diamond -I .-was Cheesenian, g, t;:fi; iv;also : an importeo!: bull: ' Diamond- 11. is b jigjV;. in ; 'c3lf<to imported bull, ' w .Mr; ;Lamond;\- Diamond I, .tl ; ;;thi3;'heifer, • was >»; ihcayy a ] |:;i , ; w ha ; :would: giw an : "ayerige of . m

./ißixigalloiis.a.day for,six months after. . .calVing, and.-yho would- milk from-.calf ..toCcalf.. - Eding..Lassie,-;'tho-father~of-jPianiond 11, holds' an iinbeaten Tecord .liny.tli.e ■ Australian''show ringi. Hβ has ■itakea,;BijE; firsts and' champions at'the IRoyal{Agricultural • Show in ■Sydney- ;■ lalso j; for. -two . years in. succession, vjor' Ibull Vandr his progenyj 'besides - firsfcr--'at .; ■country., shows, , this; : including . ah. award ,'of grand, champion. -He is now. nine ; years--.old, is etill being shown,-and is ; in ; the show'ring.'; it f-is; 'generally. admitted. that. Eding Las.'sie;iii.'the'finest Holstein-bull in Aus:\tra]a.Ma,".vand". the introduction .. or his -;etock|into ..New Zealand., by Mr.. Buckc-.ridgelas-animportant event in the dairyyipg>pf;thevD6nimion.. ;.";■ • ■'■ ; ; . ..',.■ Y;';.Ltini'al ; lX v :TOs -calrcd in 1908;■ dam,'. (itnporbed)i : ■ gra'iidiim': junta';."lll : V(impo.rted):. •;',L'ln ;<wlfi:.lk>-■jTransvaal,'!imported. .Transvaal '.- bypPresident' Garficld; 'from: Maggie' Cbbe'(imported). ■■ ;' .oo •'hix '.first calf,/ Maggie 'Cbbe yielded»6s3. gallons. Df milk,',-with' an average =test 0f:3.33.7.. Her e ran d dam, Margaret,' ,who : yield-.' ed 1099 gallons of milk in days,; pro-

bers.' the.earthquakes'in,, Wellington in !1848,'-'although ~ :. to:bo suroj he was then -only four years old,-and-also, those of 1857, when the-Hutt Road cracked'.up: Hβ has attended raco meetings which were held at-the' back- ofethe j ..and;;he-,has''i:keen'.. : recollection o.f ; tne^.RiddileswM^ tibn; by 1 Lord. Henry'Pctre,' .who was' associated - t with' :: HenryPSt.' Hill, another .well-known, .name ;f and : ' tho\ importation, also of Figaro by Mrl'BidWiil, the.old Wairarapa •pioneer.-,-;; For. D. number of years-uoy,'llr^;',Bucke : ndge;' has been ■making;-a;study; ; sqf. fanning; "and "in this"he. v hasVattained*.marli: : ea; success.'".

ducing 407 pounds of butter-fat; Her daily record was 75 pounds of milk per day. Nobeltgo, dam of President Gai» field,.yielded 861 gallons of.milk in one season, the equivalent .in butter-fat being 354 pounds. , : • . ...... .' Hidpefiil lIV of Brundoe. :.-,■■■ Hopeful II was ,calved in 1909; dam, Hopeful' I,; of • by .Eding Lassie (imported); The sire of Hopeful II was jGarfield. (imported): In calf,to Johan (imported). '■ Garfield's dam. Lnnta 111, . was never beaten in tho .show. ring.. _. For.four years in succession she was first and champion at the Sydnej_Jßojal. 5h0,w,..., 0 ,..5hb. has also won. at different 'country shows, and now/ wfien •seventeen; ytiars- , old, -is-still' breedin'g,';a'ii'd'a very lSeaVylmilker!. . Sho has 'given: byer 'seven gallons per clay." ■ ■ '■■;;.;:;.?iCornell, of Briindoe. ;C- - This / animal.{w,as l calyed/in'l9O9; dam, .■imtolVilrj^grand^d^in.'Ltinta , lII,'-by: Johan; ■ (imported) BtrainSv'bf;,PjSsident : Gii-'. .field!from: Maggie Cbbej'xGaTfield's from; -LuritaV III; ~* and J also;;, Lassie \ are ;:found in , .; this; heif«f, 4 4whicli v .is regarded . by. ; Mr.'; .■ possessing :th''e\attributes;pfva',cTitffiplbn 19'0_9] dam ■.^rigtij'^EigH^j;(u»'j;!Bd.iiig , .;Lassie , ' ;(im:,pbrtled)i;:;~; ilnv-'palfi'to, Cheeseman (importedj; be seeri;fromthe foregoing :, that' ;Mr;. Buckeridge has given 'a 'decided' fillip I 'to the' Holstein-Friesian breed;in New Zealand by'theso importa-. tions," and;'■'crossed with some of .his present purebred, should succeed sin further .strengthening.; the well-known milking qualities .■ of'-the-breed.."'. I?actofy;;maria'gers',.'bfi 'more ..'.than ordinary expenence'-"haye' 7 repcate3ly.: expressed the' r opinion that'the"''Holstcin' is the great'' 'cheese-producing" , 'cow., and that she may be crossed with; advantage to other : milkers', of admittedly gbod, stock, but which do not possess her own milfc iiig;'capabilities;V>;Mr:'.Buckeridge finds tliat;',,tTie •Hblsteins'are.'.'.''ypry tractable cattle.';.' They '.may; be approached, anywhere, and they'naaEo"good'becfers. ■'. :-Mr.'E., H. Buckeridge is a Now Zealandor. who has. lived:. life, but. is still^a''VeryStfetiylfmafl; Hβ was born ;.at Hutt'rsome sixty-sis .years' ago,', and, in a, short- space, of "time he was'-.mixing- , in -tho early-burly of ■ pion-. eering and mining work in the colony. He was : at;Gabriel's : .,Gully. in.1862, and was';also ..engaged inVcattle driving over fch'e-Bcaleyr ; Pass when Very young.. He ilso-saw of tho,first settle-. nent'.-flf, ; tle:.:^a'irarap/i.J l^...'He;-:feinem-