STUD STOCK NOTES

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 176, 20 April 1940, Page 17

STUD STOCK NOTES

Motoring by Hewbury, between Palmerston North and Feilding, a day or so ago, I met Mr. J. F. Knight, of “Cannobie Lea,” drafting some beef cattle on the roadside. Asked how his stud A.A.’s were faring, Mr. Knight declared that his calves were the best he has ever had, and were ‘ as big as donkeys.” Subsequent inspection confirmed this statement. The 20-months bulls also have done splendidly this season and promise an excellent line next spring. , The head stud sire. Enchanter Barmar, imported from Weyland-Hofley, is now four years, and in great order: he has proved a good breeder and has thrown some splendid calves. In 1937 he won the two-year class at the Royal Show. Noteworthy Southdown Dispersal. That the excellently reputed “Leedstown” Southdown stud is to be completely dispersed by Mr. A. L. Wheeler, Marton, will arouse keen interest among the breed’s supporters throughout the Dominion. The event is to take place at the Manawatu June show; particulars of the sale appear in our auction columns of today’s issue. ' These past two seasons the flock has created a splendid showing and sales record. . , Boars to Australia. On Tuesday two fine Berkshire boars left Manawatu for Sydney, joining another two pigs of the same breed from Mr. A. M. O’Sullivan, of Cardiff, Taranaki. The Manawatu shippers were Mr. Ch P. Burmeister, of the “Kairanga stud, Kairanga, and Mr. H. E. Fieldhouse, of “Makowhai,” Rongotea. Splendid Pig Returns A Wairarapa reader has forwarded his figures for this season’s pig return. He says that he was interested to read an account of Mr. Keiller’s farm in last Saturday’s “Dominion” and then goes on to say that £5 a cow of pig returns is certainly a splendid effort. He gives the opinion that there must be a number of small dairy-farmers doing their £5 a cow. He then provides his own figures. A herd of 32 cows is miked and the. results have been gained from skim-milk and grass, a few loads of roots in winter and finally, the feeding of 60 bushels of barley fed dry (presumably the correspondent refers to crushed barley, or barley meal).

When the porkers have gone there will be left to carry over, two young sows for replacements and three stores for home consumption.

To end of last week: — £ 8. d. Stores and baconers sold bad 122 15 returned 4 Two baconers (estd. 1401b.) were ready to go off, value 7 0 0 18 porkers to go off, at 35/31 10 0 Total ■ £101 5 4