GIFT OF HEIFERS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 167, 14 June 1933, Page 8

GIFT OF HEIFERS.

WAITANGI ESTATE HEED. RED POLL BREEDERS’ APPROVAL The proposal to establish a herd of Red Polls at the Waitangi National Trust Board’s estate in tne Bay of Islands was discussed at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Red Poll Cattle Breeders’ Association in Palmerston North to-day. The president (Mr J. AY. Harding, of Waipukuraij), stated that donations of eleven heifer calves had been promised. His Excellency Lord Bledisioe, who was keen on the breed, had ottered to provide a bull, but it was suggested that the association should linu the female cattle. Air L. J. Wild, of Feilding, the lion, secretary, stated that it was proposed to farm the 1000 acres of land given by His Excellency, and the suggestion- had been made that a Red Poll herd should be established there. Lord Bledisioe had generously offered to bring a bull out from Home. Primarily, the estate was designed to be a show-place for visitors. Opinions were expressed that any cattle sent forward by members should be fully representative of tbe best standard of the breed. The association decided, on the motion of Air H. B. Hole (Hawke’s Bay), to give its approval to the scheme, it being stated that it would bring fresh blood into the country, although there w-as the difficulty of the stock embargo to be overcome. It was considered that if the Red Poll breeders did not net quickly, some other similar organisation would “steal a march” on them. Thirty heifers were required. . Air Wild stated that superficially nothing but good for the breed could come from the scheme, but it was a question of the suitability of the country for the cattle. Nothing was known concerning the methods of management which would be adopted for the herd. . . Offers of further donations by breeders in the room brought the number of heifer calves available to twenty.

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