HIGH PRICED STOCK

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3100, 2 June 1917, Page 10

HIGH PRICED STOCK

HOLSTEIN-FH-lESIAN CALF HAKES . - .£SOO.

Major David A. Spence, ol Dunmnald, Montrose, 'has (says the "Live itock Journal") eold to Mr..U. B. Kadchfte, Tarvin, Cheshire, the six-weeks-old Bntish Holstek-Friesian bull calf Dunmna d Haeayemairschaap, the price being iaUU. This calf is a strong, handsomo, typical specimen of the breed. His sire is Major.. his prize-winning ancestors the pedigree of Dunninald Haeayemairschaap abounds in thou=and-gallon cows testing well lor butte°fat, so that Mr. Eadcliffe's acquisition and herd should havo'a great futur. Dunninald Gaatsomarrschaap, a lull brother to tlie JSOO calf, is in service in for a calf Iβ cm, riouEced, Mr. F. B. May Sattcote. Maldon E=sex, having paid .£525 for tho four'-monthe-old bull calf Wifflinwn .Tohan, bred by Mr E. ; Sehmer, I>ulborough, and by Wigginton (""Ported) . Mian out of Wigginton (imported) Saakje 10th 4s tho dam of the sire of this calf has "iv«n 1332 Bullous and 1288 gallons; as the am of the dam tf this ca has four ' fonned th" thousand-gallon yield, to be t Record being 1578 gallons in 322 ays, and as Mr. May's l.erd includes at least three 1500-gallou cows, and the t?4e Waviest milkers ia the South feex 9nnVtv it is apparent (says the Live to k Journal") that the.Saltcote her. is destined for bis deeds in the way of milk yields, and it would be no surprise if Jfr May were to be the first breerter in the country to possess a 2000-gallon official record cow, or one animal equivalent to four good ordinary milking cows in productive capacity.