PEDIGREE JERSEYS.

Northland Age, Volume 24, Issue 50, 9 April 1925, Page 5

PEDIGREE JERSEYS.

Mr. R. Green, of Peria, purchased four pedigtee cows at Mr. C. Stevens' sale of pedigree jerseys held at “Crystal Springs” farm, Maungatapere. Mr. Green is to be congratulated on his enterprise in bringing fresh blood to the North. The cows bought are:

AparimaCertificate of record 574’2 butterfat. Sire, Sultan’s Disdain, by Campanile Sultan (imp), sire of Sultan's Daisy ; g. sire of Pretty Flirt, ex champion cow of British Empire. Her dam, Apa, is by G'od Luck, with 13. C.O.R. daughters, from Ala, C.O.R. 44467 fat. Cosmos:—also by Sultan’s Disdain, has a C.O.R. 447 02 fat, and whose dam relates to the imported sires Magnet Boy, Genoa Boy and Goiden Brown; also Neat Irene, from whom descends Charming Irene, 702' C.O.R. and with 4 C.O.R’s average 603 3 butter fat.

Louisiana:—(by Sultan’s . Disdain) C.O.R. 45404 at 4 years 276 days. Her dam is from Golden Topsy dam of Topsy’s Nugget, C.O.R. 617'66 and 79199 fat. Lady Hope 111,319 8 fat, Golden Sultana, 52288 fat. Golden Fern, 48948 fat. Golden Wonder, 59702 fat and Lady Hope 11, 520 fat. Noble Golden Fern:—(by Noble Sultan) C O.R’s. 343 67 fat at I yr. 350 days and 411.32 fat at 3 yrs. 57 days. Noble Sultan is by the imported sire The Squire: 5 C.O.R. daughters by Noble of Oaklands, Champion of Jersey with the greatest number of C.O.R. daughters. Golden Fern, her dam, C.O.R. 489 48 fat at 9 year 90 days is dam of Goiden Fernleaf, C O.R’s. 652 22 at 7 years 299 days and 52213 fat. Sultan’s Disdain the sire of three of the above cows has 37 C.O.R. daughters including Charming Irene, 702’07 fat. Besides securing these cows Mr. Green has also purchased from Mr. Geo. Hodgson, of Whakapara, the young bull Lucy's Proud Hero by Proud Fox, with 16 C.O.R. daughters before he was 2 years 3 months old, whose dam Little Star did 510 fat at 3 years while Hero’s dam Lucy Gray, C.O.R. 53777 fat is dam of Sweet Lucy Gray, 601 C.O.R. fat.