JERSEYS AT NEW PLYMOUTH.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6383, 4 December 1907, Page 3

JERSEYS AT NEW PLYMOUTH.

A PINE EXHIBITION

i’ho <ji»i.)«y ol Jersey ftok , A'« t’lymi.iil-li Him y«ni- was tu; Inn.si. <iionlav <,i ( lii.nn.'l Island cat.la yet mn.le in ’i |. ranaki. II w*» imlucisl, '.I omree, the remarkable demand which Ik.* lu 11. is seatmn in TannmU ter bt.lh. . H 1n...1. the farmer- «' •'"> i.ull.i-la. .iiuviiiK! hit. in- ionic to real...a, liiat Ino .1 orsoy bull can be relied an lo imimrt undonbled ihuiy 'inuu.ies i.o their nerds', few dairy;.«•» "'I 1 11-;’I 1 -;’ a Sjmrthi■ rii now ov.inu to the dillienl..' ■»f aceiiring hulls «f « dairy 1 .ere was a demand ior some yeai s loi II d l, loins, lint larmers were viei,lmu.ed o iifen by having (jradcs ijaliiied o t as inn ebresis, and the tact I led aliyil m;; Having a black and wnlLe eoloui .a. regards d as a ilolstem w non is i>. <- j udieing farmers against, the hlood m done great injury to an u>» cmao J great bnsd. The , AyrMim> will m. ho io.-.ked at. csiiccially hy the sli.no mill-ei- who re-unis with little lavoui a l.rei d wliie.li too often produces email tented and hard textured cows. A good class of Jersey slock is. however, available, ami if the poor Jersey is a nml and the steers of lid.le value llio breed has Dio best of dairy qualities absolutely fixed ill it. awl the furiucr nan Unis rely oil advancin',' Die hiiUnfat production capacity ot his slock l>> its use. At past Taranaki shows the oikuiib* breedor was ctmsuicuoiis by hi® a,) - >.ccmrc. This year ho is regarding the province an hi* best market. And Iho fact that a sab* of .Jersey slock was advertised to take place on the ilav of tho show induced both Manaw.uu mill Auckland breeder* lo exhibit stock at Now i'lynicmth, mid thus contribute towards thn good entry ot sixty 1,1 *h° section, iu addition lo which there were several good grades and a umiiber of nice pnrelirwls and grades in the (Uuiy row teotion. The Tnraiinki Agruiitftural Boeioly still pursues the remurkiililo poliev, llko the Uginont society, ot oflerm, paltry pri/.ee for purebred ilatry bulls, while it oilers handsome aivarda lor dairy cows and butter and cheese classes. However, tlit? Jersey breeders of the district wore able to persuade the society to allot a number of special., to the Jersey section, and thereby otter n fair reward to the champion bull. It the society is to make its show something more than a district function it must specialise, and it could not do bettei than Hjiccialirio on purebred dairy stock. Working on this principle the JNew Xfiymouth show could lie made an event of national importance, ns it is it will never ho more than a eecond-rato provincial gathering. There are many interesting lessons to be taken from tho display of Jerseys at thin year’s Now Plymouth show. In tho bull section Cornwall and Unlliths imported bull Wild Cherry, sold at tho show under tho hummer at 32 guineas., lost tho championship to I. luwler s Pride of Beucoufifiohl, hy Pride ot figmont 81-H right Eyes, bred by W. V. Harknoss, ono of tho most admired bulls booh out this treason. There is nothing to comment on in tho bulls beyond tho lack that tho judge, Mr Hftgie, ot Carterton. who, iijutho way, judged purehreds for tho first ’ time, was absolutely correct in ilia judgment, not only in regard to the two oldor classes but in hm decision in regard to tho yearlhige, in which cliiss ho placed C. Chirkes otarbright, a son of J. A McEreas Victoriaii bull Starlight. ITic tomnlcs \\oie on iutorosting lot. Tho champion cow proved to bo C. Clarkots tlirco-ycui-oUI Dady Disdain (by Dr William—Heather), nn undouiably lino cow with a groat top, well rubbed up, deep barrel, good conMitution, and a well-placed udder with ptrougly-deiincd milk vein®. A number trf beautiful Jerseys wero exhibited in tho aged cow class. Tho first award went to tho winner »t Haw era-, T. Linn s Cfolden Glorv, by Magnet's Lad—Holden Dliain, a well made little cow with a symmetrical bug, but it was hard to ibllow Iho judge. Had ho required the cows to bo milked out, as did Tapp at ilawera, ho would have scon that sho has n lloshy uddor which should have disqualified her in such company. bho had several great cows behind hoi*. Ono of those, Griiliths and Cornwall's Viola’s Duchess, a cow imported from England, many breeders declare to the finest Jersey in tho Dominion. She is the roomy robust type of Jersey, with all tho breed points well developed. It would bo diilicult to find her counterpart in England. Ono or two Jersey critics contend that she shows an inclination towards bendiness. She was certainly in lino condition at tho show, but this'is surely preferable to the poor condition of some of the stock penned. Ono thing is certain if Jersoy breeders could produce more cows of tho (ypo of Viola h Duchesd tho breed would bo very much more popular with tho ordinary milk producer than it is. Violas Duchess did not get a ticket. Another hue Jersey is A. E. Watkin’s Hoathov, by Magnet’s lloy—Frisky, placed third. She was purrhnml by at 00 guineas. She is a cow of remarkable depth, with excellent rib and shoulder and strongly defined milk veins. A. Buchanan's Queen Maguot, placed second iu tho class, is another capital Jersey, a strong cow right through. Slio has tho best thigha of probably any cow soon at New Plymouth, with great depth, fine loins, grout distance between pin bones, and a vary fair uddor. Thoro woro ton cowo In tho class. A. Buchanan would liavo had three representatives but that his good cow, Magnet’s Gleam, died on tho way from Palmerston. The two-year heifer class was interesting. Griffiths and Cornwall showed ono of tho finest heifers ever seen at New Plymouth—Magnet’s Peggy, by Duchess Magnet, out of Magnet's Waif, but she only came third, tho winner drooping at tho tail, being a little on the course side and with small teats. The judge's explanation for disrating Magnet's Peggy was that her front teats wore placed too far apart. She was, however, holding a lot of milk at tho Mmo, and tho teats were certainly well placed and well hung. In view of tho fact that in breed points sho absolutely outclassed her competitors tho judge in our opinion committed an error of j ndgment. In the good yearling heifer class, Griffiths and Cornwall gained first award with Daisy Dimity (Doctor—'Dewdronb a nice dark-coloured heifer, of great depth of body and quality all over. She should develop into n great cow.

There are several matters in connection with tho comiuct of the section which call for comment. In the first place, if owners will allow their cows io stand in milk, in order that tho judge may see them with full or distended udders, tho cows should bo judged before tho bulls, in fact it should lx l a standing ruin with A. and P. Societies that cows in dairy cattle dosses should nlwaya bo judged first, and judged as *arly ae possible. There was again the wretched spectacle of valuable cows and Jieifors standing with their udders packed with milk. It was rather disnppoint-

ing 10 sc** Dial tin; judge did not follow \.:m cx'’'’!!i nl example of Mr Tapp, at Kanvr;i, and all cows and heifers iu mill: to be milked out before biiug Juially ja* l;'f <l. As ut Haw era the *tock were judged with no didmguidling miniOo s on UM-iii. confusing lo die stewards and annoying lo ihe public. However, Urn bud prar-irc of allowing owners lo lead out i heir animalo was a conviuknfc Hue to the identity of the stock.