HEIFERS FOR EAST
ABRIVAL AT SHANGHAI
CALVES BORN ON VOYAGE AUCKLAND FARMERS RETURN The trial consignment of heifers sent from Auckland in June arrived in Shanghai in excellent condition, according to Mr. W. H. Garland, of Papakura. •who returned to Auckland from the East by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha motor-ship Sydney Maru yesterday afternoon. Mr. Garland and Mr. B. Bumkin, two farmers, were in charge of the stock during the voyage. Selected from the herds of Messrs. R. and A. Crawford, of Onewhero, the consignment comprised 35 Jersey and five Shorthorn-Jersey-cross heifers. One of the heifers died on the voyage, but the shipment was augmented by the birth of five calves. Tho shipment, made by Mr. A. S. Tetzner, of Patumahoe, was carried by the Sydney Maru on her last homeward voyage from Auckland. The stock has been added to the herds of two leading Shanghai dairying firms.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 14
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