BIG PRICES FOR HEREFORD CATTLE,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1747, 12 May 1913, Page 8

BIG PRICES FOR HEREFORD CATTLE,

FIGUKES REACHED AT BUSHY PARK •STUJ; SALE. >lr. Frank .Moore's dispersal sale of Bushy Park llerefords, al Wanßnmii, brought stndmasters from Australia and all parts uf .New Zealand. Exeeplioiinily spirited bidding took _ place, the numerous buyers cvincin;; k'cen determination to secure some of the most excellent pedigree cattle ever ol'.'ered in the Dominion. Tile number of slock totalled two hundred and ninety-three animals. II is inlorestinj; to note the prices obtained, i'or instance, IJJ raws realised MijS guineas, or ;iu averse ot' about Kagiis. each. The lsrjic-t amount. l_o;;ns.. was paid by Mr. 11. Al. Campbell, .M.l'., for the Ensign cow Jx-ouorn SStli. Sevenlv-uiue calves averaged the e-|. price for a single animal beiuj; Xil) 17s.' Ten heifer and bull calves, without dams, were disposed ol at a sum oiiuivalent to ll)gus. each, forty guineas was averaged by iii yearlin;; stud bulls, while ten older bulls reali-ed npproxiniately Vlgns. per Iliad, the lii«lic.-.l (nice secured for a single bull bein;; XIDI ss. (If £1 yearling heifers, one was .-j.iltl lor .itib iis., the mreii i'lKure boiiis :it)jns ' Almost .£11)1) (.I'D!) L>.) was secured for a two-year-old heifer, whil-i the average price lor 111 ot' llicm' classic animals was close on .i&S. In the conduct of this iiij,- c!(>ariir; sale there aeled in 'onjnnelion the well-known auctioneers—Mc.-.m's Murray, Keberls and Ltd.. , Knvnian If. .lack-.on, and Co., and Williams and Kettle, Ltd. The. remarkable snece-s of th... shows how popular Kereford> have become, and the di-per-al of Mr. J-'raiik ,\lnri'*> well-know n heril -lii-uhl yiv 1 ■ tattle-breeding u considerable impel ut.