DAIRY CATTLE.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 197, 20 August 1919, Page 14

DAIRY CATTLE.

3iIR. C. C BTTCKLATOVS SUCCESS. JIECORD FOR SOUTH OF TIIE LINE. The ?ale of Fries Van cattle held last tveek at -Mr. C. C. Bncklaad'e Monarele itud farm, near Cambridge, has set the jiairyin" people, of the Dominion some--thin" to talk about. The prioes realised Vere an easy record for high-grade d-.ury •"ca.t-tte south ot the Line. This is not lonlv a Msrh honour for the district, but 3-efleCtS credit on the Auckland province, were present from Australia, Africa, and all over the Dominion, and tiie «as keen thwughout. The prices, realised will be published in due course, when the return from the auctioneers is made available. Suffice it 'to say here that one cow brought over "£4OO~, and twin heifers realised over '£300 each.

: Chatting with the writer after the sale, .Mr. Buckland stated that though the prices realised were a record for the southern hemisphere, had the s.ime cattle : been put up in Engrlan-.l some of tiheni would have brought over the thousand mark. He believed th-.it the introducing of semiofficial testing into the Dominion Jiad aivomplir-heil wonders tor the dairying industry here- Mr. <_'udahy and himself had ihad a lr.trd to bring it tibout but had finally succeeded.

Speaking about himself and Ins Frifcfians, ilr. Buckland said that while in Canada he had studied the Friesians, and, seeing the great future of the. — dairying industry in the Dominion, had * decided to come across and go for " stud farming. The results had proved I the wisdom of the step. He had had I a hard struggle, but had achieved his | object, viz., to produce the record milk | tests for the Dominion. Becoming ( reminiscent, Mr. Buc-kland related some of his earlier experiences. As a young man in New Zealand he had lived in ' --ivha-res. and cooked his own meals for ' live years, and then pulled out with only I for a bare start. lie travelled the world looking for a chance i —to make money. Ho ultimately "drifte<l to tlie States and worked liis way ?iip the coast to Vancouver, and plunged in land. AYhen ilie had no money he took to the mountains and killed liL-Town jmeat. He saw and lived the rough tide of the Canadian life. Sometimes •he had camped out in the Canadiin -Krinter with only a tent fly above him. Ultimately he got hold of some cattle and started. The only regret which Mr. Buckland expressed over the recent sale was tluit fo many of the fine pedigree cattle were "to leave the country. He believed that _if farmers went in for better cows they -oould keey fewer, feed them better, and ■secure higher results. Some men were rpoorly feeding thiry cows wlien fifteen ".real good ones could be fed well and give better results for less work. ;He stressed the point that the royal road .to success in the dairyimr line was semiVpffioal testing and a bettor grade cow.