PEDIGREE JERSEYS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 May 1925, Page 10

PEDIGREE JERSEYS.

MR. K. ROTHE’S SALE

A GREAT HERD

AT KAPONGA ON WEDNESDAY

(Published by arrangement.)

It is a ©owstant source of disappointment for a keen Jersey breeder to have built up a large herd of heavy producers, only to find himself unable to carry on with .semi-official testing. This is the position in which Air. K. Rotlie. of Riverlea, finds himself. Some 18 months ago Air. Rathe met with a severe accident through being goied by a bull, and never having properly recovered from the injuries he received he now finds he is forced to give np dairying. In consequence be lias decided to disperse the whole of his herd at public auction on Wednesday next-. In all lie will offer 51 head, comprising 39 cows, three two-year-ole heifers, eight yearling heifers, and his herd sire. Dainty Enigma's K.C. Line breeding in a pedigree herd is acknowledged by all the- best authorities to be that by which all the best qualities’ of cattle are perpetuated and handed down generation after generation, And this is what has been carried out by Air. K. llothe in the selection of hie herd sires and in the females he ha>s purchased in previous years. A study of the pedigrees of the'cattle will show how the A'or.opole. Dry Afonopolo., K.C.8., Twylish and Campanile's Sultan blood are strongly traced in the breeding of the herd, and showing a valuable succession of line breeding which goes to make the best results.

He has now four C.O.R. daughters and at the end of ihe i-eason will probably have seven. Dainty Enigma’s K.O. has nicked well with the heifers and shows true and correct line breeding so gratifying to the keen, breeder., and it will be realised how reluctant Mr; Jlothe is to have ,to see the ole! bull going.

This 11 11; by the way. goes back to ..Bilberry 3rd. the dam of - Mr. Rothe’s cow. His sire, Enigma's K.C*., is al son of’the well-known C.O.R. bull Belvedere Bilberry’s Last, .ind Enigma, Dainty Carnation., the clam, of Dainty the' dam, has a C.O.R. of 5011 b fat. !Enigina’s K.C., put tip 44‘jlb fat in 326 days under 8.0. test, and she is a grand-daughter of Pride of Egmont {six C.O.R. and the imported bull Starlight. A valuable family owned by Air. Bohlie includes a line of Brighton Twylish—K.C.B. cows, purchased as heifers from Mr. H. Purdie, of Waitara. They were all sired . by • Alas ter]-'ere of Alea/Jowbrook (>six C.O.R. daughters), a son of Meadowbrook’s Nofolitv (six C.O.R. daughters), . out of Twylish .Solid Gold. (C.O.R. -5661 b fat). A 1 asterpiece of Meadowbrook is a double grandson of Brighton Twvlish (imp.), and his , grandams, are. Victoria sth, and Victoria’ 6th, respectively. Those

jf Alasterpiece of ' Meadowbrook *3 daughters that have been semi-officially tested by Air Rotlie have a,li acne web, considering tlie adverse conditions under which they have been tried out. Snow View’s Queen, for instance, put up. 603.271 b fat in 340 days, at the age of four years 22,- Jays, calving a : week after completion, while Snow \ lew’s Promise, put up 447.121'b fat at four years, off gras.s alone. Ihe dam of Snow View’s Queen was Avalanche’s Maid, a daughter of the famous cow Avalanche by K.C.B. Lucky’s Favourite, a half-sister to Pretty’s Flirt, and other good producers, are numbered in the herd. Viola’s Diamond King, a line-hied grandson oi the noted breeding bull. .Bright Aster, is among the. bulls that have been used in the herd. He is a son of Aster’s Diamond King, used in the N.S.W. Experimental Farm and is closely re.atecl to that great cow Aster’s August Child. Alarm ion's Lad. a two-year-old bull, lrais supported, Daintv Enigma’s K.C. this- season. His darn. Alisnomer’s Alarmion (C.O.R. 520.961 b iat ui 455 days), is by Bilberry's Twylish. D. 8.8. (Bilberry 4th’s grandson) from \ da'mb ter of Belvedere Sun Prince, :.'.b.b.

Bilberry 4th,. his principal foundation darn, isj best remembered as the lam of Gould’s Bilberry sth winner of lumerons championships and moihe? " T'ilKeiry 10th (another great champion cow. producer of 42411.) ini in 293 days). Bilberry sth. is the dam of the •hanipion butter fat bull. Bilberry s Twylish— indeed, the history of the whole Bilberry family is full of achievements. Bilberry 4th is a- grand-daugh-ter of Dry Afonopolo. and her dam. Bilberry 3rd. Is full of Monopoly and Dry Afonopolo blood. The old matron had a 0.0. Rl of 4241 b fat. It, is worth, special notice that the C.O.R. tests and asrsociation tests have been made all on grass and under ordinary herd farm conditions. Air. Rotlie ha;s of course always kept hipastures in the best order possible. Hi-s figures for the herd, too. are remarkably good, all under the same conditions. Dainty’s Bairn did 460.67 lbs of fat in 358 days. Bilberry’s Darling. a daughter of Bilberry JY did 351.731bs in 319 days as a junior two-year-old. Bilberry’s Bright Eves, another daughter. 365.481bs in 365 days as a two-year-old. She had a calf as a youngster and was only a- week out when she had her second call. Clarice, a- daughter of Snow View’s Creampot, by the' herd sire, did 309.641bs in 346 days as a two-year-old. Floralnge, a. daughter of Flo ret to. Mofflbs. with 49 .days to go also as a two-year-old. Some details of the herd’s figures will be of interest and value. The total of: milk increased rapidly from July laisb year to the end of November, 38971biv, to 38.9941b5i and then, during the dry weather there was. a gradual drop to the end of - February. Early in March, owing to shortage of labour, the herd-was put on to once a day milking, lip to the beginning of Alay the 37 cows had averaged 67871 b s of milk for.the ten months, and the, average test was 5.24 over all the cows. The average of .fat runs out at just about 3601bs per cow, and it can read-

ily be seen that had the season been continued at twice a day milking, th< average would probably have workec out at over 4001bs It as a. great re - cord. for a herd ol nearly forty eo\v~ Mr. Rotlie has had the highest test at the Riverlea Factory for lour years. It will thus be seen that an exceptional opportunity is offered to breeders of Jerseys to secure high grade animals, all proved and tested. Everyone in search of such stock should make a point of attending Air. Rothe’s sale at Kaponga on Wednesday; 'lhe auctioneers are Messrs Newton, King, Ltd., and the sale will be-held at their Kaponga yards.