JERSEYS FOR TARANAKI.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1643, 9 January 1913, Page 10

JERSEYS FOR TARANAKI.

! MORE PEDIGREE STOCK. Writing'.from- the Hotel 'flu, Simplon, Geneva, air. M. Bill has forwarded a mhparticulars of tho consignment of live Jersey : cattle coming out for J. 11. Corrignn, of Hawera. "This consignment," says Mr. Hill, "should in time help to improve tho dairy herds of New Zealand to a very great extent,; as on both siro and; dam side every animal is full bf the best' • strains butter-fat producers we have in England. Tho following are the names, anil pedigrees of the consignment:—Westivocd llaron, 18 'months oldj siro Davenport, and ' Butterfly 2nd, reecrro. champion at Suffolk .show,, 1912,' reserve, champion at Norfolk show,'l9l2, '•third 'prize at London Royal Dairy Show, 1912,! won special prize for bull bred on best .butter-fat producing lines. .- He descends on the s.ire's side, from ;Mon, Plais-. er's King, who .won, first -jirize at tho, Royal Jersey Association : Show," August,', 19M, also "that great cow, Eonzel's Pet 11th,, who. won Butter-fat test, at Royal Jersey. Association Show, 1904,' rccord 21b. l'ljoz.' butter-fat from 301b. milk in 24 hours, 154 days after calving - . Also that great bull Eminent 2nd, who won first State s prize of JSSO shown with his pro- . pony at' th« Royal Jersey Association Show, 1901 and 1902, also the Goddington p'iirse of .£2,j at the May.Show, 1902. He was afterwards exported to the United States of America, and sold for X2OOO. His dam, Butterfly 2nd, won E.J.C. Society's prize at Royal Counties' Show, 1912; re;cord, 21b. 7}oz, butter-fat in a day from, 3Blb. 'milk; 124 days after calving. ."Robin flood, calved June 12, 1911. Sire Britan-nious, dam La Robletter 9th. This bull, through his' Sire, descends from such noted animals as Noble of Oaklands, who was sokl for ,£3OOO, and Lady Viola,- who at twelve : years of age was sold for .£1400; also' Golden Maid's Prince, who i? a son of...the ; champion butter-fat cow Golden Maid, who w;as got by that great, bull Golden Lad. From his darn's side he descends ;from such noted butter-fat pro-/ (Ulcers', as Trial of Oaklands, Agatha's > Flying Fox, Lord Wolseley, and - Crown Princess.. , .. , ■ 1 - . "Charming Valentine, calved July 31, 1911,:'served-' by'-'Wcstwood Baron. Sire ..Barrister's -Valentine, dam Charm. This, heifei'-is descended on: tho 'sireVside from sucn noted butter-fat producers as Barrister, and Chief Justice. > "Wcstwood Belle, calved August 1, 1911. _Sire Crown Prince, dam L'Anmone Belle. This heifer's breeding is full of the-.best butter-fat strains both on sire and'dam iide. ■ .. ' .. . ; 'CWestwood Purity, calved July 21, 1911. Sire Crown Prince, dam Primrose Phyllis. ■This heifer won first prize at Sussex Show, second prize at Norfolk Show, and reserve champion at Essex Show in 1912. Like Wcstwood Belle, sho claims Crown Prince as' her-sire." ; . THE!AGRICULTURAL MOTOR. ■ ■ ' (To the Editor.) Sir,—The New Zealand farmer is generally reckoned a' progressive man, keenly alive to. the' methods in : rigricul-, tural machinery. Now, I have lately returned from an extended trip to tho Old Country and it has struck me'since I arrived back here, that at.least in ono respect, ho is not so well abreast of tho times as usual. I refer to the use of the agricultural motor for ploughing and working tho land, in a country where the labour problem is a very serious one,, surely theso machines should be a good proposition. Whilst/ in England I witnessed a trial of ono of these agrimotors" (of Homo manufacture). Primarily the trial was intended-as a test of the con- . tinuous moving of tho, engine for 24 hours.. During that poriod and under adverse weather conditions the machine ploughed close on 21 acres. This I-looked on as a very creditable performance, having in view tho fact that the fuel cost worked out at about Is.-id. per acre. It seems to bp the general impression that thesa'mnchines can onlj- bo worked to advantage when-the area is large, and yet I saw 200 and 300-acrc men using them,, not only, for ploughing, but for harrowing, seeding, hauling, binders, etc., and driving machinery. The evolution ot the motolyas applied to agriculture, has been somewhat slower than the motor-car, but now the manufacturers have produced a reliable machine, flexible, light, and able readily to adjust itself to uneven surfaces, I feel sure it has come to stay. 1, apologise for trespassing on your space! My excuse is that I feel it is'on a matter that will be of interest to your' leaders on the land.—l am. etc., EX-AGRICOLA. If a dairy farmer were as rich as Carnegie, the chances are ho would change his occupation. And unless ho has tho wealth of tho Steel King, he can hardly afford to throw money away. Farmers who take self : cooled milk to tho, factory are squandering money, for milk cooled' in Parton's Coolers gets far better tests and makes bigger profits. -Write Albert ,T. Parton. Carterton, about his tinned cosset- Milk Coolers.—Advt. The man whose daughter had just been united to'the husband of her choice looked n little sad. "I tell' you, squire," he said to one of the wedding guests, a maii of his own age, and himself the father of a number of unmarried'girls, "I tell you it is a solemn thing,for us when our daughters marry and go away." The squire assented, not altogether heartily. "I .sup. nofe it is," lie. conceded, "but I tell'you . Jt la more solemn when tney, don't,"

LIVE STOCK SALES. . | . MeeGrs. Dalgety and Co. Teport:~At" our Wanganui safe to-day w-c . yarded 2tM sheep and 240 cattle. Competition- for all classes of sheep was good, but cattle wero somewhat dull. We quote: Mixed twotooths, 9s. 6d. to 15a. ■ lOd.: f. and f. lambs, life.; other lambs, small, ss. 6d. to ss. lid.; f. and f. ewes, 12s. 9d.; fat ewes, 14s. lOd. to 16s. 3d.; f(it wot-here, 17s. 7d. to 17s. lid.; two-tooth v.-ethers, 13s. 3d. to 14s. Bd.; forward bullocks, £7 Bs.; empty cows, £3 155.; cows and calvos, £5 to £5 35.;" weaner steers. and h-eifew, 245. 6d.; dairy cows, £4 Is. to £6 17s. 6d.; bulls, £3-17 i;. 6d. to £6 17s. 6d. The IS'ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Reduced, report having held their opening sale of the year in the I'.l'.A. yards, at Paliiatua, on Tuesday. They offered a small yarding of ■ sheep and a good entry of tattle to a good attendance of farmers and buyers. All stock offered me; with spirited competition, and the firm report a total clearance at the following rates:—Mixed lambs, fa. lid.; springing cows," £5 10s. to £5 12s: 6d.; springing heifers, £5 10s. to £6 10s.; weaners, 275. to 405.; bulls, to £4., 10s. Private sales: Weaners,,to 555. 1 ilfessrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report :—At John6otiville yesterday the usual 1 entry of beef, consisting of fair quality bullocks, sold readily at' prices ranging from £10 10s. to £11 7s. 6d. for best and £9 to £10 for the balance. A good entry of sheep'went.with keen competition, wethers making 18s. 4d. to 18s. Bd.'; heavy ewes, 17s. Bd. to 18s. Bd. ;- other ewes, 15s. 2d. to 16s. 2a.; light ewes,-Us. 2d. to 14?.; best lambs, 14s. 6d. to 16s. 3d.; medium lambs, 12s. 3d.: to 13s. . _ ' ■ ADDINGTON STOCK SALE.. •'hi .Telegrash,-Press Association.) Chrislchurch, January 8. At Addington live stock market to-day the yarding of sheep was a. record for the yards for this time of .the year. Both store and fart''sheep and lamb's formed heavy entries, fears of a. strike in the frtezing works among slaughtermen inducing farmers to send in largte .consignments of sheep and lambs. The. prices of .. storo wethers and fat lambs were easier; Fat cattle also 6old at easier rates. Fat wethers sold well-lip to late rates, but ewes, on account of their numbers, what easier. Storo cattle sold veryMvell, and thoro was a. keen demand for good dairy cows. Pigs of all classes were easier* The yarding-of -.store :eheep was a very: large one, quite eclipsing in point of number any sale held-at Addington for several months. All . classes of sheep were represented, ranging from very good to inferior, but it was noticoable that practically all were very unsatisfactory' in condition. ' The attendance w;ae large and competition in most lines-was active. The greater part of the ■' entry • consisted. *. of wethors, but apparently the supply was in excess of the demand, with the result that the' sale was a dragging one, prices for wethers suffering & decline,-equal to Is. to Is. 6d. pec head, compared with values ruling in Dcoembor. Lambs and ewes sold fairly well, and prices showed no material chancre from recent values. Wethers jealira;d 12s. 6d. to 15s. 10d.'; ewes, IDs. to 165. 1 ;' lambs, 9s.'to 14s. sd. (totalling 6700). There, was a very ,large entry of fat I lambs, and the general quality was excel-, lent. The lambs were all well grown,, though tome o/l the lots would have been 'better for a little more finish.. The export, trade was well represented by local speculators, representatives of Home firms/and•a- buyer for an Australian firm.' There was good competition among, buyers, but prices showed a dcclih-e• from.those'ruling, before the holidays, when rates per lb. ranged from 53d. to 5Jd. The limit on this' occasion was. reduced ,to 5Jd. to 6Sd. for prime medium-weights, and 5Jd. for overweights and secondary auality.'. Prices paid for freezing lambs wore 16s. 6d. to 19s. 6d; for prime, to :: 21s. 7d. for extra,' and 14s. tcf lEs:. for lighter \veights. Towards the close of the sale, -however, prices firmed, and the built of the" business was done at about 5Jd. There were £600 lambs taken for, export. Thefewas also a very heavy yarding, of fat sheep, including, p. large proportion •' of prime wethers, and , owing to the large' 3'arding' of lambs the fat sheep Kile was late in starting and; finishing. - There-was good competition for; both . ewes and 1 wethers for t export, ■" .prices for the former were well up ; to those ruling prior .to the holidays, .Ewes \'were easier in consequence of the large supply, arid aged and inferior were very dull of sale ■ towards the close. Wethers for export averaged about 3d.'per; lb., and ewes 3d. to 3Jd.'per ibi, according -to condition and skins. Though- tlio- yarding was to large, a good clearance was effected, as butchers: as well as\.'exporters, were•- free buyers. , Tho range of prices, was Prime wethers, 19s. 6d. to 235. 6d.; lighter, 13s. 6d. to 195.; prime ewes, lSa; fid. to 22s.;,others, 12s.' 6tf. to 155.; aged, 95.-to (125.,; : mcniip wethers, 9s. to 17s.' 3d. . . • .•<!,. Two -hundred and ninety head of fat cuttle were penned,. compared with 117 on December 23, and,225,0n December. 18. . The quality was fair, but' the yarding contain' ed nothing -extra owing probably to many people using laiji-b. The demand was much' easier than-at the.previous sale, but euffering a . decline equal'to'3s. per 1001b. Val-1 ues ranged from 235.. to 31s. per 1001b: Steers mado £8 to £11; extra, to £13.125.: 6d.; heifers, £6 ss. to'£9 7s.'fid.; and cows, £5 12s. 6d. to £9 17s. 6d. There was a fair entry of storo cattle, bii't several classes. were unrepresented. The demand, although not quite as keen as at tho December sales, was good, and .a clearance was made at full rates. Year; lings realised 355. to £2; fifteen to ciglftcenmonths, £3 ss. to £3 17s. 6d.; two-year steer 3, £5; two-year heifer?, £4 2s. to -£4 2s. 6d.; three-year,'heifers, £6 25.. to £6 ss.;'and dry cows,'-£l 10;*. to £-1. Eleven head of cows..made £5 25.. 6d., and four head £6 7s. 6d. each. . Dairy cows were in good demand, and;, Hold at £4 to £11 17s. 6d„ and extra to £13 ss. There, wai ' a . very* large entry'.-'of'fat pigs, and the sale was.not concluded until late in the.' afternoon.- -. All clarees. were well represented,'-' tho' yarding including some very, fine animals; N.otwithst;ind.!hg this, however, the market was far from bright, and prices for all descriptions were easier than at the - Christmas sale. Choppens realised 455. to 82s. 6d.: heavy bacon. ' ors. 525. 6d. to 605.; and lighter sorts, 465, to sfri., these prices being equivalent to 4Jd; per-lb. Porkers were in over supply, with the result that towards,the close .of the pale there a slump in values. , The host descriptions made 375, 6d. to'44s.. and Hehter ports 30s. .to 355,.' (eounl to sd. to Sid; during the en.rly part of the sale ajid '42d. to sd. towards the.clore). Storo ,pfgs were penned- in medium/numbers, l>ut the entries were confined -'to mediluni and small sorts, no laws animals being offered. There ww good demasd. more especially, for the better sorts. Prices ranged, from 225. to 2£s. Woaners, of which there was a ootrnaratively small yarding, realised 14s. to 205." ' , - ; BURNSIDE MARKET. • Ounodln, January 8. At Burnßide to-day 228 fat cattle were yarded. This number was in excess 'of Irequiroments. At the opening ; buyers operated with caution at prices about 10s. to 15s. per' head lower than* last week's rates, . while a? the salo progressed values showed a downward tendency. Best bullocks, £12 to £13; extra, to £13 10s.; medium, £10 10s. to £11 IDs.; others,-to £10., Fat sheep: 3455 penned, comprising mostly wethers, with a. fair percentage of ewes.The sale'opened at a slight reduction on last'week's rates, and . towards the close there was an easing tendency, sales being very hard to. make. Prime wethers, 20s. to 225.; extra, to 245. 6d.; medium and unfinished, 17s. 6d. to' 203.; others, to 17b.; best ewes, lEs. to 215.; extra, to 235.; others, to 17s. . , ' - Fat lambs: 924' poured. The poor Christmas and New Tear sales in the shops was responsible for a . dragging sale, butchers having largo stocks on' hand. Prices showed a decline of Is. 6d. to 2a., as. compared with the la ; st sale. Prime, to 18s. fid.; best, • 16s. to 17s. 6d.; others, to 14s. Pigs: 61 fat pigs and .57 storfis v:ere forwarded. There was the usual attendance of huyers. Prices for fats showed a decline of ss. from late rates, but stores sold much on'a par with recent prices. Baconers, £2 Bs. to £3'35.; porkers. £1 15s. to £2 55.; slips, 225. to 255.; suckers, ilss. to 18s. - - , ■ ■