PEDIGREE STOCK IMPORTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1681, 22 February 1913, Page 8

PEDIGREE STOCK IMPORTS.

: .. GIFT TO DAIEY COMPANIES. ; A valuable shipment" of purebred stock r •.canio to hand .yesterday, in the/steamer j, Matatua, which arrived from London via s ■ Auckland. j Thf> shipment includes fivo Jerseys for Mr. J. E. Corrigan, of Hawera, tho'namea j and pedigrees of w;hioh are as Snider;- 1 ; j Wcstwood Baron, 18 months old, sire „ •Davonport, and-Butterfly 2nd, reserve champion- at Suffolk show, 1912, reserve \ -champion at, Norfolk show, 1912, .third „ .".prizo nt ; London Eoyal-Dairy Show, 1912, j iron special priio. for bull "bred on best; <; ."butter-fat-producing lines. Ho descends. 0 on tho '.sjre's side .from Mon; Plaiser's j . King, who won first- prizo at the .Eoyal 0 .'Jei'sey; Association .Show,' August,' 1904, ~ also Eonzcl's Pot lltli, who ivon tho r 'bnttor-fat ■ test at'tho; Eoyal Jersey 'Association Show, 1901. His dam, Butterfly 2nd, "won E.J.C. Society's prize at the Eoyal, j . Counties' Show, 1912. Itobin Hood, calved June 12, 1911, Siro , Britamiicus. dam La - Eoblotter 9th. This bull, through his sire, descends from l ; such noted nninlals as Noble of Onklnnds, -who was sold for and Lady Viola, * . who at" twelve years "of ago" was sold for '' "jEllOO; 'alto'.'GoUlen .Maid's Prince, ' who Jj •is a eon of the champion'butter-fat cow J . Golden Maid,'who was got' -by Golden i Lad. From his dam's side he descends ® from such . butter-fit, producers hS Trial ; of Oaklands, Agatha's Flying Fox, Lord - ■.Wolseley. and Crown Princess.. ,v . ® !■ 1 ' ;,Chai'ining^Valentine," calved ; July ill,' S 1911, served", by Westivood • Baron. Siro j Barrister's Valentine, dam/Charm. ;This ;* heifer:is.dsscended..on' the sire's side from ® ' such'bntter-fat producers as,Barristerland - 'fchipf'Jltstico.. ' ~ v n . / W.estw'obd '-Belle, - ealved- August 1, • 1911.' Sire Ci'own Prince, dam L'Anmonß I ' Belle.. This heifer's breeding'is full of Ij the best butter-fat strains both on siro ' and dam side. ; "VVestivood Purity, calved July ,21." 1911. 1 Sire Crown Prince, diim Primros3 Phyllis. ® ;. Thy .hoifei' won grst'prize at Sitss-.x show, 5 second prizo at Norfolk'show, and was j : reserve .champion at Essex - show > irtv 1912. J Like' \Vestwpod Belle, slie claims Crown j Prince'as' her; sire: : ./ :' Tho; five;; purebro'd. ' Ayrshire yearling J- . bulls presents to the suppliers .of vnrious d . . North Island dairy companies by Mr... T. Clements also arrived, : T.h'e "bulls were all ' bred at Nfitherton, 1 and were elected, f ■ -principally for their milk record pedigrres. J They'are;products, of typical. Ayrshire J cows, with~deep, barrels and;good teats,. J ■ '.while the sires'are all out-of cows giving J .' well over the 1000-eullon mark. Three of - ■'them ato sired by Netherton Midland, the s ' dam of which had i rscord of 118R gal l ons i of 3.9 per cent, butter-fat. Netherton Mid- ' land's full-brother ' wo? exported to A,us- I • tralia, andjwns champion >at the Mel- ' bourno show, in 1911. , ' Ono of-tho' new;,'nrrivp's .is. sired' by- c -'Anchenbrnin Good .Gift. •*• His dam hnd a s ; l'ccSrd df ',IWS-gall6hs'-3.(J5 ipcr cent.' This I is',the' second, bull which' : has " comc to New Zealand from; Netherton, as J Mr. ■ Dunlon selected one (Good Bonus) for the New Zealand Government last; .year./ " , Tlin fifth! youngster is sired by Nether- ' ton King Arthur, the dam of -which hnd •, a Tecord of 92fl gallons of, +.5 per cent, in, . Si; Tvepk', v aiid' giving, 20Mb. of, 5,1, per cent, diti'v; at. close of. test. ', ~ J •The' full names and pedigrees of • these bulls are, ns forow;— . ' , t ' 'No. l.—Net''"rton Macviem- (95315). Sire, 1 ' Xetherton-Midland, dam Netherton 1 , '.Victoria, record last.vear. was IIJjB ,| gallons of +.28 per cent." butter-fat.'.ivln'lo ? this .'year lier record will : over lfifln gallons of 4.3f0r cent. H"'-.dam's, r»cor<l ,< • at 2i years, old was 874 gallons of 4.2 rsr 7 cent. • \ i No. 2. — . 0. 1 iNethorion IKdland; dam, .Glassork „ Nellie ll.'which, as. a nuey .'ias riven 955 S - Gallons of 3.5-1 bntter-fat:; Her Old ' Nellie, -is ,f|ne of the.hest-cows nt.Net'ier- -1 , ton.'.if net In Srot)nhd'.'. Sh<> gained Prst- j ■ prl-5 p(- Fenwick Show With a rccord of < 12 (v > Rollors'of,3.92,per cert.' '• • J No. 3.—Netherton G"od 'Rule ■ , Sire, Good Gift; dam,.Eed.Eoa>, a half- ! pilfer of ICin? Arthur. -v. ■ • ;, '• ■ N". 4.—Nethei-ton Macta.ggart • 79535) 1' < l>v Netherton Midland; dam, Wvllieland- ' ' Tina IV,.which in.hdr. first lactition gave < 991 gallons of 3.6 per cent. Afterwards > she lost ,n : ouarter, ond yet w;ifli this ' hpi'dicap lost vear she gave 979 gnllnti.s. ( No. Nej;hi'Tton..lCing Jerrr ,(a 533) j 3 < by King Artlnir; dam. CnlcraiVie Janette. ' a :'fireat milker, which in 1910 gave 992 j gallons of! 3.G2 per eppt. ;butter-fnt. In 1 .1911 she gate 1202. gallons,'.and this year 1 In 40 had given 1115 gallons, ] ;•-. and was- still at 241b.; n,'-di)v. , 1 . The' .bulls presented .by, Mr. . Clements 1 are .'to "be distributed auiong com- , ■ panics which "have Wen' goiri.g business i with Messrs;; Clements and. Co., but the , J names of,the factories have not yet been. '• • disclosed, although it is certain that Dale- ; field will bo one of the cojnpanies which ' 1 will benefit.- Mr. Clemcnta has mpde a ' , Bpecialty of 'breeding Ayrshire stock for 1 the dairy, but ho hits steadfastly set his ! • face against tho show- ring, and its mucin- 1 ■ •debated born and ,teat reqnirementa. -In • the i case of tho- present shipment,) Mr; 1 Clements has ""J>aid all. the expenses of shipment and everything, all. asks l-e- \ ing that the bulls should be mated with pood milking cows.-so - as. to-give them a fair chance;. The directors of. tlio factories concerned aro left,free to decide as to how . they think - the. best results can be obtained, and Mr. Clemonts makes no hard . and fast rules, although he has forwarded pome suggestions to Mr. E„ W. D. Eobert- . son, New Zealand representative -of ' Messrs. ■ Clements anjl Sons, who'is con- . ferring with Government experts and others with a view to having certain regulations drafted so as to'ensure the best results being gained from his principal's '■ • pressnt.; ;It is; understood that a' further' ~ shipment may: be, made" by Mr. Clemente • at-a later date. •The Vessel al«o brought .for Messrs. (Ellis Bros.,' of Bulls, four 4-tooth Southdown owes, in lamb to a. first-class English -. sire, as-well as a two-tooth ram. Thelnt-. . ter. was bred bv. Sir J. C'olenia'n, and itha ewes were bred by Mr. Oswald H. Ellis, •of Shalford.' ■ ' . ■ : ' . - For Air. J. Balsillie, nf Palmerston North," who tfcently ■ returned from a . visit to England, there are five Southdown.ewp,s and a Southdown rain. , .. The horseflesh' -,comori.<ies a Clydesdale etallion and a Clvdesdnle mare, consigned , to'the National Mortgage and Agency Co., Tunarii.