RECORD SALE OF STUD STOCK.

Shannon News, 3 January 1923, Page 3

RECORD SALE OF STUD STOCK.

A 10.095 GUINEAS’ DEAL,

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report having completed, through tiheir recently established stud stock department, what must easily rank as a record deal in stud stock for the Dominion, if not for Australasia. The toial sum involved is £10,599 15/. On behalf of Messrs. Henry Collins and Co., of South Australia, tihey have sold in the Marlborough, Canterbury, Otago and Southland provinces, over 600 Merino sheep for a total of £5565. Since completing the sale of these Merinos, they have sold to Messrs. Col -lins and Co., 34 head of high-class New Zealand-bred Friesian cattle for export to South Australia at an average price approximating £l5O per head, it will thus be seen that a very fair exchange has been made between the two countries of Friesian cattle for Merino sheep.

Messrs. Collins and Co., Ltd., have now purchased over 100 head of New Zealand-bred Friesains, about 60 head of which have already been safely landed in South Australia. The next shipment is being made in January per the Moeraki, by Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd. The recent jmrchases of Friesians were made from the studs of Messrs. John Donald (Wanganui), H. W. Hoskin (Taranaki), W. I. Lovelock (Palmerston North), John Grigg (Longbeach), T. 11. Overton (Lakeside), and L. R. Stoddart (Willowby). Included are no less than five championship winners and cows with butterfat records up to 8021 b of butterfat in 365 days. The keen demand for Friesian cattle from Australia is making it very difficult to fulfil local orders, but there is no doubt that this big stud will in time prove a great advertisement for New Zealand - bred stock, as expense will not be spared in maintaining the herd at the highest level.