CHAMPION JERSEYS.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 June 1922, Page 8

CHAMPION JERSEYS.

Central Taranaki is celebrated for its Jerseys. North Taranaki is at present crowing over the excellent prices ob-1 tained for animals at Mr. Hales sale recently, and while no one in the Strat-1 ford district grudges the vendor and the! purchasers their good fortune, the fact remains that we have in this district very excellent pedigree animals to offer i to dairymen from the well-known herd I of Mr- A. L. Hooper, of Mahoe, equalling ’ anything that has come under the hammer this season in the butter-fat province. On Thursday u June 29, Newton King, Ltd., will offer about fifty of the choicest and best, a fact which can be proved by reference to the comprehensive catalogue. Mr. Hooper had an idea when he arranged the sale with the auctioneers of reserving some of his foundation cows with a view to building up the blood- on the lines he had been working on, but on second thoughts he decided to place the five animals not included in the official catalogue under the hammer. The names of these pions (it will be interesting to the Jersey fancier to know) are Cream K.C., Craigie’s Lassie, Bridge View Rose, Odctte, and Passadena of Rosy Creek. It came as a sort of wrench to Mr. Hooper to have to run the risk of losing such outstanding profitable animals, hut. recognising the business propriety and fair-deal methods which Jersey breeders advocate in furtherance of the extension of their ideas, he felt that there was no other course open to him but to invite the public, to attend and take home with them (if they wished) the parents of the splendid stock which has made ‘‘Bridge View” Farm a household name throughout (Taranaki. Mr. Hooper informed a representative of the Stratford Evening Poet .on Friday that -for the past ten years he has been building up his herd on thef best pedigree lines that he could possfibly gather. Judging from the results of his draft out last year, -and the -honors that his stock gained in the show-ring of late, he has found the right cattle. Without growing wearisome in detail, it might be well to mention that the cattle to be offered boast of blood from such notable imported bulls as Majesty Fox, Eminent’s Fountaine, K.C.8., Roberts, Campanile Sultan, Molina’s General, also the following N.Z. bred bulls, ‘Rainbow, Starlight, Heather Boy, Blizzard, Belvedere, and Sun Prince. Very many of the cows have been under semhc<jicial test, and have shown remarkable 'results, while some of the heifers are entered in the Taranaki Oaks. For instance, there is Folly’s Pet’s best for April,('o.B, and she gave 356 lbs of butter-fat to! the end of May under herd test, Pretty Maiden. Lucinda, ' Pudchra’s Queen ]47Blbs in 220 days), I Viola's Frisky (4M>lbs in 200 days), I Bridge View Lad 4 (3571bs in 265 days), : Bridge View Lass (3881bs in 273 days),, I Bridge View Pean (3481bs in 285 days)',

carrying Molina’s General blood), Perdita (one of O’Donnell’s Inaha breed, 4701bs in 327 days as a youngster), and many other good, ones; all of Bridge View breed, as Mr. Hooper will guarantee. He has some remarkable records to show, particularly in connection with his heifers, of which there are some beauties- All the cattle are in the pink of condition, having plenty of feed, and have been rugged and well attended to, so that vendors can expect to see them, paraded in wonderful nick. The lord of the harem is Whenukii Canadian Noble, bred bv Mr. Goodson, of Hawera, and the animal "boasts Noble of Oakland’s blood on both sides of his ancestral line. Another good one, Meadowvale Great Gamoge, is a grandson of Sultan’s Daisy, so that he cannot be said to lack in butter-fat qualities; Some of the bull calves also are sure to. be heard of in the near future in the sire produce stakes. It would be -well to state that the sale commences a.m. on the farm, and that the usual arrangements for . the comfort and convenience of the public have been made by the auctioneers and Mr. Hooper. , SALE AT STRATFORD. 1 Under the auspices of the Stratford Jersey Cattle Club, Messt-s. Newton King,' Ltd., will hold a sale of Jersey stock on the Stratford A. and R. grounds, Stratford, on the following day, June 30. The catalogue comprises fifty-five females and three males, the first lot to bo offered at 11 a.m. Without going into detail, which is quite impossible in the space at the command of the paper, it may be .mentioned that most of the leading breeders of the district have entered animals for auction. There, are descendants from such noted sires as K.C.8., Sunflower 6th, The Squire, Caftfpanile Sultan. Yankee Sweet, Rozel’s Sultan, Magnet’s Boy, Starlight, Molina’s General. Canadian, and others. Catalogues may be obtained from the aueti«ns»r».