Polled Hereford Breed Is Attracting Much Attention

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18467, 4 August 1934, Page 13

Polled Hereford Breed Is Attracting Much Attention

SJOIIE their ustinliutci’estTs centred on naturally, polled cattle at pre-sent/-and the' high' prices paid recently i'pr Polled..HWefovds h:tVe' attracted public'attention'. . , v . ;■ In.' addition, a second breeder in With Gisborne district, Mrs W.: D. Lysnuy, has. imported a ; Polled Hereford hull for use j v/itiy horned cattle and the establishment : of; a'; Polled Hereford stud. This bull' 1 arrived at Auckland last week, and is' in' quarantine there. Mr Ly.suar’s bull, .Bullion Grove 20th. is a rising Utb-yeaV, arid Was-.regarded it's one of Canada’s", best.. His sire; Grove Sttc.cessd.sth/ was regarded aV.tTib outstanding. Polled Hereford' yea.rlih.cf hull in . C'anatla.. and the United. States;.. 1 for, tis a ■.yeaUjrig. lie • secured-: first pi'W at; the' Toronto; -Show, which' attVa'Cted;. strong eohi-petitioil .from both; Ctt'iiadal and the United'.States; -jAis a r'estllt of; that, ttotablfedviri, Orovd Sbceess'Sfh was' sold, at a big figure. . The dam of Mr Lysnaf’s bull is I;ady Bpeaklo. Bullion Grove 20th was inspected by Mr • I.vsnar at the qiiaittntino station during the' week'.prior to Mr Lysnar.’s tie- j parture for England, and in a letter to 1 the writer he. states that he is very ! pleased with' his purchase. J “Wheh' the" bull das .ordered,”, he wrote, “a. very strict specification'' was! given to the New Zealand Loan and -Men j cantile Ageiiby Company's' lttpresehta-! tive. in Canada' setting; opt", the yaViouN' points the', bull must comply; with, andr I' ani, pleased to' say the bull fits every condition' stipulated, even' down to a red’spot around the-eyes, which was not. made an absolute condition. . “The bull, is a very fine, flkshy' animal, ■good Sprungr ribs,. good: behind-tho- shobb der. and neck well set into the. shoulder,

with level top carried well: out. on' its tail. It hais a strong head. Its color i, j'is good; being, well marked; without strawberry patches and. not too much White. “The; condition of the bull after its" long journey was good, hut it showed a little tenderness in the hind legs when 'it walked, due to the confinement on the boat, but this will soon disappear when i-t gets a little more exercise’ on dry land.”