Recently THE SUN published the picture of the heaviest beast seen at Westfield for some years. The above beast is claimed as Westfield’s record heavyweight. Dressed, it weighed 1,9631b5, compared with the 1,8721bs of the one the other day. It was sold by Alfred Buckland and Sons on August 21, 1927, for £27 ss, on account Thos. Hayr, of Three Kings. The buyers were W. and R. Hellaby. Christchurch claims the New Zealand record with A. J. Keith’s Friesian, which turned the scales at in 1926.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 182, 22 October 1927, Page 25 (Supplement)
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86Recently THE SUN published the picture of the heaviest beast seen at Westfield for some years. The above beast is claimed as Westfield’s record heavyweight. Dressed, it weighed 1,963lbs, compared with the 1,872lbs of the one the other day. It was sold by Alfred Buckland and Sons on August 21, 1927, for £27 5s, on account Thos. Hayr, of Three Kings. The buyers were W. and R. Hellaby. Christchurch claims the New Zealand record with A. J. Keith’s Friesian, which turned the scales at in 1926. Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 182, 22 October 1927, Page 25 (Supplement)
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