"KAITOA" STUD.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 20

"KAITOA" STUD.

MR. H; B. STUCKEY'S HEREFORDS AND SOUTHDfrWNS. | : An important addition to.;'th'o num-; ber of -young New Zealand, stock-breed-. ! »rs invtho Dannevirke district is Mr'. Henry .B. Stuckey, eldest son of Mr. James ;Stuckey, formerly of Rangitumau, and known in his time as ono of j , . the principal stock-breeders in tlio Doj: . fflinion. It is Mr. Stuckey jun.'s in- ;. -tent-ion; t<> follow as much as possible J.. .' , in his father's footsteps, but he is comp 'meneihg right at the bottom 'of,'..the . ladder.;,; Ho has; up about. 875 acres o'f .l:ind,i at Awariki,< twelve miles; j . from- Dannevirke,' which' ton-years ago' . .was.all bush.. It-says a., great deal for the future of,!tho/district from a fanning point' of ': view"; that Mr. Stuckey ; inspected: lantHall ;over , the..North Island( before coming , to the 'deterjriiria'-' . tion that w^t' r appeared* to' him 'to;lie" . the Best .country',.. wasVin..''Southern Hawke's Eay. 7lVwas'low-l}u'ng c.o'untry" with plenty, of-' It was-, railier .too •heayily,: timberedvt-0: plough,; but .a .sectiqn.'hadrbpenistump;ed and', ploughed,,and:had:,'growa;,'somo' very : good crops of rape : and swedestv ;. Mr. Stuckey has;already;.the-;nucleus of a. Herelord herd with tliirty-fivo fe- ■ : males,-and Eaton. Gold, V.an ?;imported ,- bu11,,-bred by Mr. Ch'as. .T. Pulley, of .Lower... Eaton, 'Hereford.- This bull - comes of a very good family.- .His siro. . -was -Eaton; Sovereign, who took first prize, aj; tho Welsh' International. Show, of 1908; first priz'o under two years at tlio 1909 CCarmarthen Show,' and . second priza in the former class at "tho H. and W.A. Show at Worcester in ■ , . 1910. ,Ho is a good coloured bull with ■ one of. the finest heads ever seen in .New Zealand,-and full of quality. ..The females of - the. herd aro descended, from ■' . ' tho noted - prize-winners *of 'Mr". : 'Stucj'keyV Rangitumau , stock. It" is Mr. . 'Stuckey's intention to breed on a largo: iflcalo as soon as his place-is broken up. . jit can/easily be understood that'there is a ready demand' for such famous ..:stock,'.and this season,-Mr'. Stuckey has . sold out all.his.:-bulls,'and has•• nothing: left but yearlings. Naturally- Mr. Stuckey is . believer .in . Here-. ; . fords. . They arej. he .says,' :ideal beef cattle,); and running with the. sheen on - . .rough\country, ; thoy ; are splendid" • at . "breaking' downV,,tho rough areas. . They .: thrive;;well ahy.wh'erejt. says Mr. Stiick- : ey, an"d;in' his op'iiiiqriia're the'b<>st i beef .... catt-le'iSn■ Now-Zealand. ' Tn' , support of V. this-statement, ho. refers to. the clial- ■ ( jilenge fssiied by . the Hereford, Associa- .' rtion to other-beef-breeding associations . for a competitive-trial,.but which-was .;' not accepted. Herefords are said to" .fattfin^much.-.quicker. : tban, .other bpef .j . : , .cat-tie,- •.- ■ -' 1 ' i I

Tho farm is good sheep country and jlnst.; season.-, wintered, two - and«. a.. liajf : sheep. Mr. Stuckey runs liincolns and a small Southdown stud of forty. These also are from, tho Rangitumau stock. Southdown-Lincoln lambs fatten won- 1 ,dei'fully. well oil. >tho * place, and fat ''sheep liavo .gone off at top prices, whilo '"last year's'rcjccts-are this season bringing ,tho;same 'prices as -present-day fat wethers. ' Like' other well-known breeders, Mr.' Stuckey believes in constitution before anything. Ho has always been a believer in tho Lincoln sheep, but the -idea is not fetish: with him for all. purposes,- and he. thinks that ; tho Southdowh-Romiicy lamb is tho bettc-r for'freezing purposes. •