GREAT JERSEY SALE.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1915, Page 3

GREAT JERSEY SALE.

We have at times had occasion to refer to the successful agricultural operations carried on by Mr. E. Griffiths ■■ at his farm at Bell Block—it is an object lesson of what may be accomplished on a fifty-acre farm. Though now carrying 150 grown beasts and 20 calves, the feed is more than ample, and there are fifty 1 tons of fine mangolds for sale abo/e requirements. Though Mr. Griffiths is of the opinion that he has not yet brought the farm much beyond half of its carrying capacity, he has reluctantly decided that, in order to give more time to his business, he must cease his farming pursuits, and has given instructions to Mr. Newton Kin? to sell by auction the whole of his fine herd of Jersey cattle on October 20. There is, perhaps, no better herd of Jersevs in the Dominion than that located at the Honeyfield Farm. Regardless of expense, Mr. Griffiths purchased and imported. He knows what a good Jersey is like, and has always been a strong advocate of the heavy butter-fat producer. 'Hie result is that he has a herd of very high producing Jerseys of excellent type. "Grannie's Girl," who made the 'fine year's record of 6871b fat, is as healthy and useful as ever; she is due to cake any day now. "Cowslip VIII" is a young cow with a semi-official record of*sG7lb fat in twelve months; and there are about ten others with records all exceeding 4001b fat. The imported cow "Mercedes Noble Queen," which cost well over 200 guineas and won first prize on the Island of Jersey, is in great fettle. She has twice captured the New Plymouth Show Champion Ribbon, and has each year dropped a first prize-winning heifer calf. Last season she made a semi-official test of over 4001b fat. The eight yearling heifers are a treat to'look at—they are a show in themselves. Four very highly bred yearling hulls include P.M. (the son of K.C.8.), who is full brother to "Lady Peggy," the two-year-old heifer which made the record production under semi-official test of 5341b fat. The 20 odd calves nre a very even high-class lot, and are the finest yet bred on the farm. The great feature of the herd is the preponderance of the blood of that greatest of-all Jersey bulla, "K.C.8." This season already three of his daughters and granddaughters have made semi-official tests of 0141b, UlOlb, and 0201b fat, and he has a long string of others with records over 5001b fat. Though in his fourteenth year, he is hale and hearty, and may have many years of usefulness before him. The sale will be absolutely without reserve. It is a pity to see such a grand herd being dispersed, but, as every animal will give a good butter-fat account of itself, the Jersey cause, on the other hand, may gain, for the dispersal will cause each animal to be a living advertisement on behalf of the breed in its new surroundings.