FRIESIAN CATTLE.

Otaki Mail, 23 February 1923, Page 2

FRIESIAN CATTLE.

- 300 GUINEAS FOE, BULL CALF. RECORD AVERAGE FOR NX Mcs.-rs Wright. FCphcn oe and Co., Eld., report that, the fourth amnia! sale ol surplus stork held at lnvciemgill on Friday on behalf of Mr W. D. Hunt, attracted a. record attendance of breeders front all parts of the Dominion. Although there was no competition ! ruin A-ustraiia this year from the Friesian cattle, owing to the slump and the fact that many parts of that country are suffering from drought, a. wonderful : ab‘ resulted. It may, theiciorc, t • taken for granted that the popularity of ibis iirced within the Dominion i wp:-i----iy extending. Figures wen- vipplic-i at the sale showing the wonderful products •• power- of the brood—-’ F' • ? -i ■ o ami ho')c-fs have giw;> ■ be ,f lat i. : • fat in >b t year, so- ... la - givyii in Ol' r than 900 Jl/s, ain't tie be-t <f,v ere: ’ a world’s record by , w-'i ing ,11-15 tb, of butter-fat in t;o ano giving birth to tv,in cniv,- If day, after linislung her test. 'J'iie top price of the sale •• a - paid for 'd e live months’ old bull valid Ha iuti'-hi \ King liozine, bred by Mr W. jl. Ho-kin, Ma tiga'vjki, Taranaki. Thi: is the cham j ion I xiUe r-i'at bred bull of At: Iraki -xi. The records of lib- four nearest ■ xx:.- averaged SIH lbs of butter-fat. This dam gave SPI lbs of butter-fat, hi-: o,anda;» t-0 lb:-, arid In -ire'- two nearc-t daujD icaoriis avcrag, -g' lb of fat. A half ■bier t‘-tri a- a 1 gave s-'ai lb- of fat. his grand::: - P-d li.--, six j be has also a strain of br-sMing similar to Him of the cow, which ;r.' x 1143 lbs of fat in the year. Oth -r of the bull vx.ivo made up to Deigns., i - nrl the k2 calve:-- averaged £fi'i i-'s od. * Hie buve-rs representing the Auckland, j Canterbury. Otago and Southland pro j vinces. Bast year Mr Hunt offorovi a selection of his well bred heifers and these j averaged £lO5, at that time a record .■ - rage for heifers. This record was ixy-Rr beaten this year a- the line of j heifer-. iEO-t of which were y earl it g? i averaged £l3O tbs. The top prig-- -.a - 235 guineas, paid by Mr K. Sm'-dier, of “ i-unnyhuriit, ” Auckland, for Baic- ! field Wooclerest Sylvia Pauline. Other ■ high-priced heifers were sold to ’Mot r» ! Bingley Bros.. Papatoetoe. Auckland, ; at 170 guineas; Mr P. T 3 Bouebier, ! Kuraeu. Auckland, at 170 guincxx-: Mr ! V 7. Y. Dickie, Southland, at 130 guineas; • Mr T. Sherri ff, Canterbury, at 130 gain 1 east; and Mr C. -J. Payne, Dunedin, at j jO2 \ gu - -- - The annual draft of stud and flock j Romney raras was also, as usual, sold | without reserve and the prices receiv- ! e-1 were fifty per cent, iff advance of ! last year. The draft comprised 303 j two-tooth rams, and these averaged £5 7s. * The average price for the ten stud ! rams was £32 16s 3d. Mr A. H. Wright, i of Russell, Bay of Island-, paid the top 1 price of 64 guineas and othe prioe-s paid : were 61 guineas, 32{ guineas, 43 gain* | eas. etc. A large number of the flock rams j were again bought for the North Island, the- buyer? being Messrs C. F. Baker, North Auckland; G. Jury, Wairarapa; Pa- Sutherland, Wanganui; TI. Groves, Mastertoa; W. Darcy. Wanganui; K. Hammond, Wanganui; and Dolgory and Co, i -As already .tate-d the sale was a mosr successful one. the total received being £.3443. This was an increase over last year of £1500.’ Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., are also able to announce that the average price fox the heifers is record fof all b'rthds for Nerr