N.Z. STUD STOCK

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12116, 18 April 1925, Page 15

N.Z. STUD STOCK

JERSEYS FOR: SOUTH AFRICA*

THIRD CONSIGNMENT.

. The market for New Zealand stud stock is lor ever widening, and the continual i inquiries received from all over the globe i with .reference to both sheep and dairy I cattle show that our stock is at last ve- . ce i'ing world-wide appreciation. In j most cases the cnly obstacle to resultant. | business has been the impossibility of , making direct shipment, and the high ?, ost ° f transport. A notable example is bouth Africa where, if direct shipping were available a big market exists, particularly tor Rsomney sheep and Jersey cat n‘ ~1“ s P lto of transport difficulties small shipments of the two latter breeds have been made with gratifying results. the third consignment of Jersey cattle f. 01 i, bnutll Ainca went forward by the K.M.b. Maunganui for Sydney yesterday, for transhipment to the s.s. Persic for Durban. All three consignments have fe| n „'! ra "' n from the stud of Messrs E. U Sullivan and Sons. Tarfki, Taranaki, to the order of Mr Clias. F. Clarkson, of Dm ban, nho is president of the Jersey Association of that centre. The cattle in the previous shipments were more than jiivoiiraMy. received, and have since met with considerable success in the show ring, one heifer winning the championship at the Durban Royal Show. This is all the more noteworthy when it is re-' membered that she competed against animals direct from the "home of the Jersey, ' Jersey Island, from which country all previous importations have been made. A striking characteristic of New Zealand cattle, and one that will surely make them strong favourites with South African breeders, is their power to withstand, to a. much greater degree than those trom Jersey Island, the many cattle diseases that are the curse of our sister colony. Yesterday’s consignment, which was handled by Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., comprised three animals, two incalf heifers and a bull calf. Both heifers are bred from Messrs O’Sullivan and Sons’ best strains. The first is by a, son of bultan’s Daisy, S6Blb fat, from a daughter ot the champion butterfat bull Sunflower's Perseus, and the great old matron Magnet’s Peggy, wlio is dam of Daily Peggy, with five c.o.m. records—two above 7001 b of fat, two above 6001 b fat, and one above 5001 b fat The other heifer is equally as good, being a double grandson of Sunflower’s Perseus and also a paternal grandson of the former world’s champion Sultan’s Daisy. As individuals they do credit, to their splendid breeding, and it is confidently predicted that in their new home they will add fresh laurels to the Meadowvale stud.