For Breeder and Dealer

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 110, 30 July 1927, Page 26

For Breeder and Dealer

An Addington Resume Stock . tor ward in good numbers at illusion saleyards this week- -W----fat pens there were plentiful generally. Fat cattle made a P v t! entry, with a considerable number . really good animals, but there » 1 strong buying power operating t? 1 was a large entry of Polled' cattle from the Wairarapa s Fat sheep were forward in fair bers except that prime sheep hardly as numerous as last week m * sheep did not sell with quite the briskness as last week wethers, but the great majority „ ” aged ewes without anything to rercT mend them in the way of quality®' condition. f or

A Worth-while Wanganui Farm Dairying in the M anganui steadily increasing, and a number iJ herds will be considerably enhaLi! this season. That dairying munerattve concern if a good butter S producing herd is maintained is .y deneed by the returns of a 50-»i~ farm within ten miles of Wane.. 11 The farm is carrying at preset cows, two bulls, three two-year 0 u heifers. 13 yearlings and two horsA, of 55 head. There is plenty « feed to carry them through win‘eReturns (not including milk and butt£ for household use, and feeding i pedigree calves on partly new an£ each day till the first week in Januarv 1927) were IO.SOOIbs butter-fat at Is v' a lb. So far this season the owner* advance butter-fat receipts ha*> totalled £612, and he fullv expels another 3d a lb butter-fat bringing the total amount to probably £743. The herd comprises pedigre* Jerseys, and herd-testing, combined with C.O.R. testing, is carefully carried out. Classifying Jersey Cattle.— At the annual meeting of the Manawatu Jersey Cattle Breeders’ Association, the question of classifying Jersey cattle according to a standard type was discussed. It was decided to circularise other clubs, stressing the advantages of the proposal. A lengthy report from the executive referred to the practice on the island of Jersey, where much had been achieved in the way of standardising. It was also suggested that the three best-known expert judges of type in the Dominion work together until all differences are adjusted, then appoint a further three recognised authorities on type, each to be associated with one of the original three. These men would then work in pairs, and as each got sufficient experience, would be placed in charge of new recruits until there were sufficient competent and standardised experts to carry on the work. —Press Association. Waikato Pedigree Values. —The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, report holding a sale of pedigree female Jersey cattle at the showgrounds, Claudelands, on Wednesday last. There was a good attendance, but the demand was weak and bidding dull. The following sales were made:— On account A. R. Clark. —Cows: “Dalethorpe Fairy” to Jas. McGovern, at 26 guineas; "Mauricana Lobelia,” to H. A. Latta. at 40 guineas: “Lonsdale’s Golden Pride,” to A. Malcolm a: 20 guineas: “Sybil’s Oxford Princess.” “Fern’s Heroine” and “Dalethorpo Queen” to C. Parker at 30 guineas each. Two heifer calves at 7 guineas each. On account of Mrs. M. Lee, the cow “Premier Katipo” to T. Kiddle at tl guineas. On account Mrs. M. the cow“Ribbonwood Tulip” and “Te Mata: Choice” to P. A. Kivvell at 37* guineas each. On account A. B. Catch pole, one-year-old empty heifer at 8* guineas, and one yearling heifer at 9 guineas.