VALUABLE HOLSTEINS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1236, 19 September 1911, Page 6

VALUABLE HOLSTEINS.

AN IMPORTANT IMPORTATION,

Mr. W. I. Lovclock, the well-known Manawatu cattle-breeder, has returned to l'aimerston -\ortli l'rom a trip to America, having spout several weeks 111 Canada and the L'nitad 'Slates inspecting herds and visiting places of interest. At Brockton, Massachusetts, lie visited tho great herds of the P. P. Pield Company and D. W. Field. These people own between them tho renowned dairy kull, Colantha Johanna Lad, whose dam put up tho world's record of 124<Kb. of butler, and over 27,0001b. of milk for one year. Mr. Lovelock purchased half a dozen of Colantha's progeny—fivo heifers and a bull. This is tho greatest number of Colantha stock that has over been sold in ona line: as a rule ths owners do not care to part with the heifers before fliey have tested thorn. After securing tlieso animals, Mr. Lovelock returned to Watcrtown and completed his orders, making up the remainder of the consignment from tho studs of Messrs. S. B. Jones and Sou, W. H. Jones, Canniff, Kuospe and Randall and Luedke—the leading breeders of Wisconsin. Tho first-named firm are very prominent breeders, and sold over 50,000 dollars worth of their high quality stock at the last Mav sales in Wisconsin. For one cow they secured 3500 dollars, lies:'lies very high prices for several others. Mr. Lovelock understood . from tho Messrs. Jones that the New Zealand Government was making importations from their herd. Again visiting Brockton, Mr. Lovelock brought his Colantha purchases along to Watertoivn, and from there tho complete consignment was taken to San Francisco by rail. The train journey of 3500 miles occupied sixteen days, and on arrival at tho. Pacific port the cattle were quarantined for thirteen days before being shipped. Notwithstanding the extreme length of tho journey the stock endured it most satisfactorily.

Tlio consignment represents the largest and most valuable lot o£ Holsteins ovct brought to New Zealand. Of them four heifers and one calf wero secured by Mr. Lovelock on bis own account, and in addition lie will receive a bull and a hei»r by the next steamer. Ho paid as much as 1000 dollars cack for a 27months heifer, and a four-months bull, both sired by tho celebrated bull Colantha Johanna Lad. The dam of tho heifer has a record of over 271b. of butter in seven days, and this heifer it was, also, that gave birth to a beautiful heifer calf during the journey across the states. Tho grandsire of this calf, on tho sire's side, . the sir® of tho only two cow 6 in the world that ever gave over 271b. of butter in seven days. This, with theso great returns to tho credit of tho sire's line, and with the yearly work on tho dam's side, Mr. Lovelock considers that tho breeding of tho calf cannot bo surpassed anywhere. Mr. Lovelock lias two other heifers by Colantlia Lad, for which ho . Mid a very high price; one is from a cow whose butter record is 2-ilb. in seven days.