ABERDEEN-ANGUS SALE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 169, 6 April 1918, Page 12

ABERDEEN-ANGUS SALE

!' RECORD PRICE FOR A BULL. I .'By Telegraph—Press Association. : Dunedin, April 5. 1 The dispersal sale of the Gladbrook i Itud Polled Aberdeen-Angus crttle con- ' clhded to-day, when 60 lots v.ere ofl'erj ed, which realised £6383, making a i t°tal of £14,177 for the two davs, or : tin average for 160 lots of 84 1-3 guin- : 'eas. Tile highest price to-day v. as 510 guineas for, the 18-mohths-old bull Troy, by/Prince Burnish cf Bf.llindal- ; loch—l'oppy, purchased by Mr. Kinross i iWhite, of .Napier. This is believed to ! ,<be a world's record for an animal of this breed, and an Australasian record ; ' for any bovine, llossrs H. and V. White, ; of LeoneJ New South Wales, paid 465 guineas for the 17-months bull Togo, ! by the same sire, the dam being Jvne. J.ir. Kinross White bought Taffy, an 18-months. bull, by British Mark. The other three young bulls lealised 120, i ICo, and ISO guineas. Cows sold from 20 to 75 guineas; heifers rising two ; . years 31 to;-180 guineas'; calves, 12 to 50. guineas. Threp imported bulls were j sold/Guild Bros., of Temuka, bought 'British Mark for 420 guineas; J. Stevenson, of Mount ll'oyal, bought Royal !- for 155 guineas; awl N. Canjeron, Tasmania, secured Prince Burnish of Ba!- | iindailocli for 100 guineas. Of ICO lots , ■ sold, 129 go to Wellington and Hawke's ' Bay,' 14 to Australia, rud 17 remain i in . the South Island. _