PEDIGREE JERSEYS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 October 1922, Page 5

PEDIGREE JERSEYS.

. ■. » SALE AT NEW PLYMOUTH.

On the general average the quality of the stock offered yesterday at the second, day's sale at Waiwakaiho of I .pedigree : Jersey. bulls of the North Taranaki Jersey breeders was'a good* deal better than those offered on the first day and prices were corresponding better, although, in keeping with the times, they, were down on those ruling last year. A total of 91 ani- ! mals were catalogued, of which 86 were .put under the hammer, 69 being sold. The total sum realised was 1865 guineas, tfie average sales being £28 7s as against £22 2s 9d for the first day The total offering for the two days .' was 178 animals, and they included some very fine bulls-with long records for butter-fat. A fair number were bought for herds outside of' Taranaki, buyers operating from Westland, Palmerston , North and North Auckland. Only two tonped the century mark;, the ruling price, for other first-class year- - lings-, being in the" vicinity of 65 guineas. The sale realised' a' grand total of i 3157 guineas,' the ■ average price for the 136 animals sold beine £24 7s 6d. .V ... : 5 Top price yesterday was realised by Mr G. ,H. Bell's Pinewobd Medallist, " which went to Mr J., Colson, Waihou, for 125 guineas. Sired by Molina's Noble, a grandson of the imported Petune 's Noble, he is a line : bred Noblelof Oaklands bull, with an average butterfat backing from three of his nearest damsj of 6741b. of butter-fat. He is a good-looking youngster, and Ms :danv Sylvia, of O.K. was the gold medal win. ner of 1919 and also of 1921. Next on the list was MeadowvaleGenerous (Meadowvale Conqueror— Genoese)^ which wvas disposed of by Messrs E. O 'Sulliydn and Sons to Mr D. Malone,» Kapongaj for' 75 guineas.l Mr ~F.-\W. Cornwall fs Oakland's Snow Cloud (Brampton Merry Boy —Oakland's Snowstorm) readied tbdrd place at -70. ■■■ guineas, going to Mr J. S., Jones,/ Bell Block.—News. •