Glencoe Bull Club Makes An Interesting Purchase

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17607, 24 October 1931, Page 14

Glencoe Bull Club Makes An Interesting Purchase

PJLI-’EIiEXC'E was made within tliu - past few days in these columns to the purchase -ox a valuable bull for the - cilencoe soldier settlers, tlirougU the agency of the Hcturned Goldie is ’ 1 Association, and details have now been made available regarding the antecedents of the animal, which should -prove of -considerable interest to dairymen. The bull is a pedigree ! Jersey two-year-old, purchased for the Glencoe -Bull-Ciub, comprising four of the. soldier settlers on the well-luiown block in the l’atutahi neighborhood, the N.Z.E.S.A. contributing SO per ■cent, of the cost of the animal from a fund established-some years ago to •provide pedigree .stock, for. ex-service-men 'on the land. • The, bull, Waipiko. Love King, is regarded -as a real bargain at t'ho price paid for him, through Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Go., Ltd. Bred byMr. C. G. C. Dernier; the prominent dairy stock'expert, the' animal was entered at the national Jersey sale and shots- at Hamilton, in' September, and' at auction there failed td reach' the . breeder’s • reserve,* -and was ' re- ' turned to Mr. Denqcr’s farm. Subsequently the agents prevailed on Mr. Dormer to part with the animal within the limits -of the Glencoe club’s finances, and in duo course the bull was forwarded to Gisborne, delivery ■being-made last week. Discussing the purchase, the agents in a recent letter to the Gisborne K.S.A., through which body the negotiations were completed-, stated: “Tho picked bull we do not regard as a show bull, though lie would probably be placed at most shows. .He is, however, a great brooding type, and his full sister is one of the best young cows in Mr. Dormer’s herd. His full brother was champion two-year-old bull at last year’s national sale, and reserve grand champion; he sold for . the top price of 285gii6. From a breeding point of view, there is a lot we liked about his full brother this year more, than the top price bull of last year’s sale. In buying for your requirements, our first consideration was butterfat, and we believe that thit bull will give your club great returns. He has a faultless pedigree for butterfat. His sire, Vivandiere’s Prince, is breeding exceptionally well; his daughters are good types and producers; improving considerably with ago. Vivandicre’s Prince is a double grandson of the champion butterfat bull Viola's Golden Laddie,, and his dam, Vivandiere, has a record of lOSClbs. -butterfat on twice-a-day milking, this being a world’s championship. Waipiko Lovebird, the dam of tho bull purchased for you, is doubly descended from Eminent's Fontaine and Lenora, two of the most successful foundation animals in tho Waipiko stud.”