NEW ZEALAND MILKING SHORTHORN.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 582, 9 November 1920, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND MILKING SHORTHORN.

| GREAT RECORDS. J AN HISTORIC REVIEW. ' It has been thought by many ; breeders and dairymen in various . parts of this fair Dominion of ours i that the milking Shorthorn cow had . no extended record behind her either i for milk producing qualities or for ; extended pedigrees. The Darbalara 1 breed may be a very good and im- . proved type of milking Shorthorn » cow, and may or may not be entitled • to first place amongst the milking tribe of butterfat producers. It is ; interesting sometimes to follow up j these things to a finish, and therefore I give a specimen of what can be done, . with the progeny of the imported [ stock dating away back as far as . 50 years ago and probably hundreds , of years prior to that date have pro- ; duced great returns for our English 5 cousins. Returning to our own land, . we find the Egmont View herd was i founded in Canterbury in the year 1865 by the purchase of the cow i Belle, a rich red roan, calved in 1862. 1 Belle's sire was Prime Minister 18570. . The owner said "she was a good » milker, splendid constitution, and the best cow he ever saw or owned." » Belle produced live heifer calves, i Queen Mab 1866, Moss Rose 1867, > Lady Don 1868, all of these bv Omar . Pasha 88, Venus 1869 by C0met,25807, and Motherless 1870 by President . 27087; all were heavy milkers and 1 prize winners. Belle's recorded pedi- . gree bears the following remarks, "A rich red roan, good skin, with thick . long silky hair, feminine head, good i neck and fine shoulders, back and . loins strong, well ribbed and deep flank, long quarters and tail, a good 1 twist and standing on short legs." In 1876 Grand Duchess of Halcombe . by Bth Duke of York 28480, an EngI lish-bred cow, was added to the herd. . Again in 1881 Red Duchess of Derrimut 3rd, imported from Australia, was added. This cow was either first o.' second in the National Agricultural • Show, Melbourne, 1880. The next added was the English-bred Lady Rothsay's Sweetheart, imported by Mr. Lorkworthy. The next addition . was Armathwaite Butterfly 27th. This : cow, together with the bjill Rajah, were brought from England in 1900 , by W. G. Fantham. The best three cows were selected on account of . their splendid milking qualities. AlI together there were 15 imported sires . used in "the herd from time to time, , among them being Buscot Adonis , 1500. Squire, his sire, is by Winter's i Gift by our late Sovereign's bull New , Year's Gift. This last bull held an unbeaten record, and he is also the , sire of Royal.Duke 75509, who was \ also champion of England, Scotland , and Ireland previous to being sent to the Argentine. Returning again to , the strain of the cow R/lle, mention- . Ed before as having left five daughters. Take one or two examples as • to where we find some of the descendants. Miss Rose sth No. 2167, , roan, born 23/12/95 (dam, Rose 4th; sire. Lord Nonsuch); Moss Rose 1867 —Sir Hercules; Belle—Omar Fash: luiporte/1 cow—Prime Minister; Rose Blossom Bt*i, roan, calved 1901, by Lord Hubbuck: dam Rose Blossom 6th by Lord Nonsuch- Rose Blossom 4th—Oxford Duke; Rose Blossom 4th - Sir Hercules; Roseleaf Royal Garymre; Rosebud—Count of Oxford; Moss Rose 1867*-Prime Minister: Belle. Observe in the pedigree of Moss Rose sth the connexion with Campsie Darby, red and white heifer, born August, 1920; sire Panehakua Peer out of Panehakua Moss Rose 9th; dam, Moss Rose 3rd: dam. Moss Rose, dam, Belle. You see here we arrive back at the starting point in 1862. Having said a good deal ...boul the history of the Making Shorthorns let us add one word of praise as "a result of careful breeding and selecting. From an account given of registered milking Shorthorn, Parakau Gertrude over a period of 32'•■ months under association and semi-official .test, produced 37.5001b. of milk and 1631.1911). luilioiiai. This year she has given 12.C>3. r >lb. milk under semi official test, which has produced 570.5b lb ~f iuilterfal. Ha-, in:; been milked foor 300 days the row wa.s not then ; absolutely dry. Being due within] seven weeks milkim; was slopped j This was a remarkable record, especially coiiyitlfriua (hat the com had no ' special feediim wa:> mdked only iwic? ■< day in share-milker;.', and fared ju_-t the came as othen eows. This ii- thfr' natural wav r f I proving the best, and F.ould be. the national standard, so thai ail who! hare good cows ut Lhe pail could ob-'i tain fair "-cognition uud recompeiiai I for bis good co I led ron. good judgment, and by practically demonstrating what ii good milking 7 cow requires lo be in producing the best butler i'.il return*. The really pretty show cow is sometimes not in the running when butterfat- is Ihe main object sought after. The liner these cattle are bred the greater the quantity of milk, thus setting a standard for the butterfat qualities first, and a useful animal afterwards, when aged and despised, if only to be turned into the fattening paddock. ,