DISPERSAL SALE.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16584, 25 July 1919, Page 8

DISPERSAL SALE.

I BROOKDALE STUD FLOCKS. j Among the victims of the influenza [ epidemic last summer wore several of : • Canterbury's most noted sheep breeders who belonged to the second generation, and who wore-doing good service to the ' country by the. eSorts they vers malting fcr the improvement or flocks. Nov the least enterprising was the late Mr A. "W. Rutherford. jun., of Brookdale, Parnassus, who, besides maintaining a first-class stud flock of merinos, v.":ss also devoting considerable attention to | tho breeding of halfbreds ana crossj breds. The Brookdale and Mount Beevor estates liaving recently been sold, the stud Socks were dispersed by auction yesterday by the New Zealand Farmers" Co-oporativc Association. Despite the fact that there was no ra:.way communication availab.e for >ntending buyers, and none for the car J ' riago of fiheop, there v.as an excellenw | attendance, not only of local buyers,; but also eeveral from South Canter- j burr and Ashburton. The sale was a j very successlul one, especially for tho merincts, most of which, however, wero bought by relatives of the late owner. Tho sheep were not &ot up for sale '>u*/ were, in fact, more or les3 out of condition, duo to the time cf year_ at which the salo was held, and the prices generally were considered very good. The sale was conducted by Mr Maedon aid, chief stock salesman for the New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. Association, and the work of penning tho sheep was well carri-cd out by Mr It. Hennah. A substantial luncheon was provided, the caterer being Mr J. Asllworth, of Domett. The Brookdale stud merino flock v.-as founded by tho late Mr George Rutherford, .grandfather of the late Mr A. W. Rutherford, jun., and was descended from ewes bred by tho late Mr John Murray, of Mount Crawford, South Austra'ia. Sinco then the sires used in tb~ flock havo imported ei lic-r from Australia ana Tasmania or bred by the owner. Tho English Leicester flock was founded upon ewes purchased from Mr A. W. Rutherford) een., in 1.907. The top price of the salo was guineas paid by Mr George Gerard for a three-shear merino ram, bred by Gibson's Trustees, Tasmania. Mr Norman Rutherford gavo 175 guineas and 150 guineas respectively for two rams bred by the lato Mr A. W. Rvtberford, jun.,. their sire being a Canowie ram. Tbo next best- was 110 guineas paid by Mr George Murray fcr a threeshear ram bred by Messrs J. Sloano and Son, New South Wales. Another ram of the lato 3lr Rutherford's breeding went at Go guineas to Mr W. W. Mcßae. The following wero the results of tho sale: — MERINOS. Stud Earns—Three-shear ram bred b» Gibson's Trustees, Bollevue, Tasmania, 230ga, Geo. Gerard (Snowdon); threv-shear r.ira bred by Jas. Sloane and Son, Mulwala, N<jw South "Wales, llOgs, Geo. Murray (Bia-emar. Mackenzie Country); five-shear ram bred by Canowio Station, South Australia, at 25gs, Erik Rutherford (Parnassus); five-shear rum bred by John Taylor, "Wanton, xasmania, at 20th, G. L. Rutherford (Conwmnra); threeshear rains, bred by late A. W. Rutherford, jun., at 150gs, and 1 at 175ga, Korman Rutherford; 1 at 20ga, G. O. Rutherford (Lochiel); four-ehear ram bred by Sir Geo. Clifford, at 20ge and aged ram bred by lato Mr A. W. Rutherford, oeu., at sge, J. H. Davison (St. Leonards); aged ram bred by lato A. "\V. Rutherford, jun. # ait 15gs, N. Rutherford; 1 at SOgs, L. It. C. Hacfarlane (Kaivara); .two-shear ram toed by Ist© A. W. Rutherford, sen., at 63gs, W. W. Rae (Glene of Tekoa); etud ram by Wangarolla ram, at 40gs, Geo. Gerard. Flock Rams—lo three and four-shear, at ojgs. J. 0. Coop (Little River); .25 at 4Jgs, N. Rutherford; 31 at BJg3, G. L. Rutherford ; 72 ram lambs at 4g3, J. O. Coop; 30 at 4sgs and 42ge, and 30 at 2ge, G. I* Rutherford. -Ewes—244 two, three, and four-year-old SJgo, N. Rutherford; 80 stud ewes 4igs, L. R. C. Macfarlane; 77 at 4g», E. Rutherford; 53 at 4gs, G. L. Ruheiford; 60 ewe hoggets at IJga, D.. G. Wriffht (Windermere); "0 cull ewes at 14a, H. J. Beadel (Brookdalo); 79 two-tooth, owes at 365, R. O. Duncan (Glenmaxk); 63 two-tooths 45ga, G. (5. Rutherford; 62 stud ewes at sgs, D. G. Wright; 38 .at EJgs, <3-. O. Rutherford; 186 threo, four, and five-year-old 2ga, N. Rutherford; 194 .two, three, and four-year-old at 2fgß, N. Rutherford; 181 hoggets at SOs Gd, W. O. Rutherford; '239 aged ewes at 18s Gd, R. O. Duncan; 280 aged at 21s Gd, B. O. Duncan; 333 at 265, E. B. Davison; "5 merino wethers at 21s Cd, D. G. Wright. ENGLISH LEICESTERS. 81 ewea at ljgs, G. Rutherford; C-l twotootha ait ljgs, H. J. Beodel; 107 ewo hoggets at ligs, John Fleming "(Cheviot); 160 four, eis, and eight-tooth at Sjgs, D. G. Wright; 1 ram at 2igs, J. McEeuzie; 11 at lggs, G. It. Rutherford. UNCOLNS. Five four, eix, and cigbt-tooth rams at 2gs, 10 at ljgs, G. Xi. Rutherford; 14"owes at ljgs, J. McPherson (Cheviot); 7 ram lajnta at ljgs, J. McPhereon. BORDER LEICESTERS. > Seven rams and 2 ram hoggets at ljgs, C. Latter. ROIINEY MARSH. Ewea—23 four-tooth at 2sgs, H. J. Boadel. HALFBREDS. 100 jam lambs at 2Jgs, E. Rutherford; 15 at lg, J. Nome; 41 at W. j&. ClarloEon (Christohurch); 70 lirai-cross hoggeta and 23 wethers at 3le 6d, E. Rutherford; 103 fonr,eix, and eipht-tooth halfbred owes at 2Sa Ui, E. Rutherford.