TARANAKI FRIESIANS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 70, 6 March 1923, Page 7

TARANAKI FRIESIANS.

to compete: at Sydney royal show. Messrs. G. A. Marchant and Sons, of “Coldstream,” Cardiff, who have proved themselves to be among the leading and most enterprising breeders of Friesian cattle in the Dominion, have decided to be represented at the forthcoming Sydney Royal Show, to be held at Easter, and they are shipping two fine females bred iii their herd to Sydney.

At this show a. consignment sale of Friesian cattle is to be held, in which ar© to figure a shipment of eighteen head of Friesians recently imported from America from three of the most famous herds in that country. However, in view of the high reputation of the Coldstream herd., both in the allow ring and under testing conditions, it will be expected that Taranaki bred cattle will make an excellent showing. During recent years New Zealand bred Friesians have done particularly well in Australia, and it is interesting to note that now direct importations have been made from America, New Zealand bred cattle will meet these in competition both in the show and sale rings. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson anti Co.’s stud stock department has undertaken the handling and consignment of these cattl©.

In the open class fpr cows in milk, the Taranaki breeders will be represented by the four-year-old cow, Coldstream Johanna Victoria. This fine cow will be due to calve a few days before the show, and should she stand the voyage well, will be bound to make a. good bicl tyr leading honours, as she carries a superb vessel when in form. Following on the show she is to be sold, as stated, and as breeding is very fashionable, she should appeal to Australian breeders. Her sire was also bred at Coldstream, and is by the. famous bull. King of the Black and Whites. The dam of this bull is champion over all breeds in New Zealand in th© senior three-year-old class; She produced 863,511b5. of buter-fat at that age, and her average test was 4.6. His grand-dam was the famous State Farm cow Dominion 111., 7871b5. of fat, and his granclsire that wonderful Taranaki notability. Sir de Koi Inka Pietertje, whose descendants have made more 9001bs. butter-fat records than the cows of all other breeds combined. Coming td th© dam. she is a line bred descendant (a double grand-daughter of the imported sire Oolantha Pietertje Count de Koi, This bull- can claim to be bred from two of the best-known animals in America, one being by a son of the world’s champion cow in Oolantha IV.’s Johanna, 9981b5. of butter-fat, while both his sire and- his grandsire have each sired in America more than 100high record daughters apiece. The second representative of the Coldstream stud going to Sydney is the two-year-old heifer. Coldstream Prin--cess Nazli. 'This is a beauty, and although she will be at a disadvantage in age she will be hard to beat. Instead of meeting two-year-olds she will have to compete against three-year-oids. Coldstream Princess Nazli is sired by Woodcrest Netherland Prince, which is the sire of the two-year-old heifer, Coldstream Pontiac Wayne. This splendid heifer won first prize in her class at Stratford shortly after completing a great record as a two-year-old. She produced at that age 7141b5. of butter-fat, and nearly 2000 gallons of milk, her average test being 3.7 per cent. This heifer shows the value of breeding, as she is descended from the famous animals, Netherlands Princess 1V.., 8051bs. of butter-fat as a senior two-year-old, and Woodcrest Pietje Pontiac, three of whose daughters averaged more than 9001bs. of butterfat under test. The dam of Coldstream Princess Nazli is now under test at Coldstream and it is interesting to note that she is sired by that great sho.w bull. King Fayne Segis 11. imp., who has left alsp many great producers.