WHY GO TO TARANAKI?

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 752, 1 August 1922, Page 5

WHY GO TO TARANAKI?

WE HAVE GOT JERSEYS IN FRANKLIN (By AJB) The saying that, a prophet has no honouk; in his own country is wed exemplified in the proneness of dairy farmers ito go out of their own district !tjb purchase stud ca't’tlb. They forget that almost the first Jerseys in New Zealand were imported into the Auckland Fl'ovmce and were domiciled on farms within a radius of Jrwenty miles of Pukekohe. The Jersey breeders of the Franklin district- can more than, hold their own with the breeders of other districts. By thej courtesy of the secretary we were permitted to glance (through the entries for the Pedigree Jersey Sale on 19th September. The catalogue has just gone to press, and anyone desiring a copy shc-u-'d make, an early application to the secretary # In glancing Through the various entries of this catalogue we wdre surprised to see: the quality of the stock entered 1 . We had no idea that such high standard stock was in the hands of our breeders. Let us take an exiampte. There is one bull on hiis, sire’s! side itjhat graces back ito his great gran,d_dam, a cow thatj at, the present time is the chvdmpion show cow of New Zealand with -a bdtoer-fat. record under C.O.R. of 4731b.5. The dam of It his bub put up 2971 bs : fat in 303 fl;ays pt 1 year 9 months under C.0.R..? his grand-dam 592!!bs at 4 years under C.O.R. ; his great grand-dam 364 Jibs as a 3 year old unVler C.O.R. His gjrekat grandsire sired 28 C.O.R. daughters. Let us take anotjher instance :• There is a bull entered whose -dam has .pu)t up 6601hs and Has not yet completed her test; his, grand-dam 4391bs fat. That is five generations of djams have passed the c.o.r. tpst.

These are only .two examples taken from a catalogue of 121 bulls!, half of which have C.O.R. -recofrils behind them.

There is no excuse this year for the scrub bull,. The ibu.ll that has robbed 'the New Zealand dairy farmers worse than any Jewish, capatilists’ ring ojf butter manipulators. If any farmer requires a bull this year he shoqkl wait] tifir the Pedigree Jersey when he will have a chance, of buying one from New Zealand’s very best strains.