Sales of Pigs

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 96, 26 April 1939, Page 9

Sales of Pigs

CHELTENHAM DAIRY COMPANY’S ANNUAL SALE A great reputation, based on many years of sound and constructive breeding, is enjoyed by the Cheltenham Co-op. Dairy Co., Ltd., whose piggeries at Makino, Feilding, have produced many pigs of outstanding individuality which have carried all before them at some of the Dominion’s premier pig shows. Tho second annual sale from this favourably known stud will be held at Makino on Wednesday, May 3, when a very choice offering of pedigree Berk shire and Tamworths and commercial sows will be submitted for unreserved 'sale. Tho Berkshire offering includes daughters of the celebrated Canadian importation, Woodburn Landon, wlios* general type and quality have placed him amongst New Zealand’s foremost show pigs in New Zealand. His daughters iu the offering are of wonderful length, showing real breed character and arc well worthy of inspection. Catalogues of the sale are now available and may be obtained on application to the auctioneers, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (ine. in England). GRINTON SALE OF LARGE BLACKS AND LARGE WHITES The rapid expansion of tho pig industry in New Zealand during recent years has been remarkable, and it is a cause for general satisfaction to know that this hitherto neglected avenue of export trade is now receiving serious consideration, both with respect to numbers and quality of tho carcases marketed. That sound and progressive business can only be developed by offering the volume of supplies in accordance with the exacting needs of tho consumer goes without saying. Iu this connection, it follows as an obvious fundamental fact that the basis of progress is determined by the type and quality of the purebred stock from which all commercial pigs derive their origin. Tho breeder is, therefore, tho man who sets tlio standard, and it follows that, as ho advances toward the ultimate goal of perfection, so will general advancement be made possible. The final test of successful breeding is the performance of the progeny on the hooks, and it is in their praiseworthy endeavours to supply this service to the industry that progressive studmasters aro to be commended.

This is a specialised work for which comparatively few are adapted, so that when a stud of repute has been built up, there is always an unsatisfied demand for its output. Such a position is occupied by the Grintou Stud of Large Black and Large White pigs, owned by