A 500-GUINEA DAIRY COW.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1601, 19 November 1912, Page 10

A 500-GUINEA DAIRY COW.

' MILKING SHOETHOEN EECOED. The remarkable sale of the' late Mr. Geo.. Taylor's Cranford herd of milking Shorthorns was reported by cable a few weeks ago. A total of v lßl cows, calves, and .heifers aggregated .£15,187, averaging dEB 3 18s. Id., while six bulls averaged ,£sl 9s. each. The highest price was SOOgns., which was paid by Sir Gilbert Greenall for a seven-year-old cow. This cow, Waterloo Baroness, had a milk record of 10,UGlb. from October 1, 1909, to September 30, 1910; lUOllb., October 1 to September 30, 1911; 10,21651b., October 1, 1911, to August 28, 1912. One of the London -stock papers speaks of her as "a'charming cow of' great scale, and with a really magnificent udder. She drew persistent and sustained bidding, being generally regarded as the. best cow. from a purely dairy point of view, and combining this with wonderful Shorthorn character and back breeding that was irreproachable. It was not surprising that only great persistence and a long purs© should obtain the mastery. The price of 500gns. is the highest that has been paid in ■ modern times f for a cow of the dairy type." Her heifer calf was taken at IGOgns. Ten other cows sold from 200 to 300gns., and 35 from .100 to 190gns. 'If you could only see "Victor" Vats in the course of construction you would readily perceive the why and wherefore of their success. The excellence of the materials; splendid workmanship, extreme care in every detail, along with the distinctive "Victor" features place these Vats ahead of all .other, makes... Orders filled promptly. Get into'touch with" Albert J. Parton, Carterton.—Advt.