SALE OF BULLS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 January 1939, Page 9

SALE OF BULLS

JERSEY CATTLE CLUB CHANGE AT NEW PLYMOUTH

OPEN SALE IN JERSEY WEEK 1 j The failure in the past few years of ( the New Plymouth Jersey Cattle Club’s ( annual bull sale has led the club to abandon the holding of a sale in the j coming spring to substitute a sale in New Plymouth during the North ( Taranaki Jersey week (says the “Her- , aid”). Entries from breeders in other ( parts of Taranaki will be invited for . the sale. This decision was made yesterday afternoon at a special general meeting j of the club in New Plymouth at which Mr A. R. Bayly presided, called for the purpose of considering the future policy of the club in relation to its sales. There were also, present Messrs J. D. Ballantyne, P. J. Petersen. H. C. Sampson, A. J. Luxton, Truby King, A. Telford, E. Locke, J. Dobson, 'E. Griffiths, J. Dobson and G. H. Bell. Mr Bayly said the question was whether the club was to continue holding its annual bull sales and how they should be conducted. He said there could be no doubt of the need for the sales, as there were about 200 bulls to be sold in this centre and that was too much for a one-day sale if justice was to be done to everybody. TWO CLASSES? He had heard a suggestion that the sale should be in the hands of one firm of auctioneers instead of two and further that one sale should be for the best class of animal and another be held for secondary bulls.

It was pointed out by Mr Petersen that difficulty had been experienced in getting buyers to the New Plymouth sales notwithstanding the stock here was as good as, if not better than, stock in other districts. Mr Luxton said that was largely the ' fault of the breeders themselves who ; did not patronise the New Plymouth 1 sa.’es They sent their top bulls away J to outside sales and built those sales ‘ up end got better prices to the detvi- 1 mer.t of the local sales. Mr Petersen said the Waikato people 1 were the people who would pay the 1 price for good bulls, and that was why • many breeders sent their stock away ! for sale and they could not be blamed. Mr Telford suggested a sale of select- 1 ed bulls during Jersey week and said quite a lot of bulls were sold privately 1 in Taranaki during Jersey week as 1 well as at the dispersal sale. Mr Luxton suggested a two-day sale 1 by one firm of auctioneers at the Wai- 1 wakaiho showgrounds, putting up the • top bulls of the district at the showgrounds and the others at the sale 1 yards. The chairman said it was hard that the New Plymouth Club, which was one of the first clubs formed in New Zea- 1 land, had difficulty in running a successful sale. NOT IN COMrCTITION j Mr Kay pointed out that other ceil Ires I in the province were not in competition with any established regular sale of I bulls such as was held in New Plymouth for the North Taranaki district. The firm conducting that sale had absolute confidence in it, and whatever the club might do there was no likelihood of that sale being discontinued. The aim was to raise the standard of that sale, and he took the view that the club’s object was to do the best thing possible in the interests of breeders. Mr King said it was no use sending anything but "top notchers” to outside sales, especially to the national sales, and in many instances better returns would be shown by selling locally, on account of the expense of sending to outside sales. The trouble in some cases was that breeders brought their ; bulls forward in too rough a condition. Mr Griffiths said the Club’s bull sales : recently had been a failure, and where- : as in the past Taranaki had produced : some of the best bulls in the country : breeders in other districts were now : not relying on Taranki for bulls, j Mr Telford: But Taranaki bulls top j the market at the national sales. \ Mr Griffiths replied that the same ! prices were not obtained in Taranaki. ► The buyers were not in this district at | the time of the club’s bull sale. That | was why the suggestion by Mr Telford | of a sale during Jersey week was I worth while trying to have a sale in [ Central Taranaki in conjunction with | the Stratford Club. 5 Mr Sampson suggested a conference i of Taranaki clubs with a view to the ♦ holding of a national sale in Taranaki j After further discussion the motion. Z to hold a sale during Jersey week was | moved by Mr Griffiths, seconded by Mr | Telford, and carried unanimously.