RECORD FOR BULL CALF.
The record figure of 2000 guineas was given for a six months old bull calf at the annual draft sale of Shorthorns belonging to the famous breeder, Mr William Duthie, Collync, Abcndecnshire. The purchaser was Mr Casa res, London, the well-known Argentine exporter, and the runner-up Mr Stewart, of Millhills, Crieff. This dark roan calf is after Merry Stamp, bred by Sir H. H. Smiley, Larne. He is a perfect beauty in colour, shape, flesh and style. Twenty-four bull calves averaged £377, and twelve heifer calves almost £72, the grand total of ,36 head being £9920, and the general average of £275.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 78, 25 November 1912, Page 4
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106RECORD FOR BULL CALF. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 78, 25 November 1912, Page 4
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