ADVERTISING MEMORANDA

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1560, 16 June 1920, Page 7

ADVERTISING MEMORANDA

AUCTION SAMS. The Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-opera-I tive Association, Ltd. (stock depaitI merit), Pahiat.ua, advertise details of an unreserved sale of daii’y cows, dairy utensils and farm sundries, to be held at Woodlands Road, Woodville, to-day, on account of Mr McKinley. PEDIGREE FRIESIANS. Unreserved dispersal sale of the famous “Ashlea” herd of pedigiee Friesian cattle, the property of Mr Joseph Liggins, will be held at the farm, Karere, near Longburn, and four miles from Palmerston North, on Thursday. 22nd inst., the first day of the Mariawatu A. and P. Manawatu Winter Show, when the catalogue of 78 head to be offered is a most attractive one, including imported animals .and others very closely related to high milking quality imported blood animals. The foundation cows of this herd were purchased from Mr Charles Hopping and were by the imported sires, Colonel Manor of Riverside and Graces Netherland of Riverside; also a large number from the eminent breeder, Mr John Donald, of Mfanganui. To retain the “Ashlea” herd at its now high standard Mr Liggins imported two females, including the well-known Dutchland Colantha Mercena, who with her daughter, the Palmerston North champion in 1915-16 are included in the offering. Having full regard for desirable sires only stud bulls of milking repute were introduced into the herd and include the great Westmere Woodcrest Pontiac, born Ist July, 1916, who claims for his dam, the renowned Westmere Princess Pieterje who as a junior 4-year-old recorded 24,199 lbs milk with 93,978 lbs butter fat in 365 days. A large number of stud cows and heifers have been bred to the bull just mentioned and the balance to Ashlea Rangatira, a son of Ashlea Butterboy and Dutchland Colantha Mercena. The yearling heifers, which are a paiticularly line lot, are by Whstmeie Woodcrest Pontiac and Ashlea Butter Boy, whose dam, Daphne, has recoided 463.36 Ilis fat in 302 days. Undoubtedly there will be considerable interest displayed at the ring side when Westmere Woodcrest Pontiac stands before the puublic, and he will be given first place amongst the 12 bulls catalogued, and intending purchasers will be well advised to bear this fact in mind. As Mr Liggins has disposed of his Karere property the instructions to the auctioneers, Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., are to sell absolutely without reserve and buyers aie particularly requested to note the hour of starting, which is to be 11 o’clock a.m. sharp. Catalogues are available on application, and those requiring conveyances to sale are asked to advise the auctioneers as early as possible.