ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE

Southland Times, Issue 20445, 24 March 1928, Page 15 (Supplement)

ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE

SOLD TO N.S.W. BREEDERS. During the past month, several overseas breeders of pedigree beef cattle have been inspecting New Zealand herds, the visitors including Mr John Williamson, of Lochinvarj Victoria, and Mr Hugh Munro, and his eldest son, Gordon, of Bingara, New South Wales. Through Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., the latter purchased eleven head of Aberdeen Angus cattle. From Mr W. T. May, he secured a line of seven heifers, mostly sired by Lead of Ben Lomond (son of the famous champion, Helen of Ben Lomond) and from Mr W. A. McFarlane’s Waiterenui herd he selected a daughter of his champion bull, Ivanhoe, of Waiterenui, and a yearling heifer out of Oyster of Ben Lomond, another daughter of Helen of Ben Lomond. From the Hastings district, Mr Munro journeyed to Southern Hawke’s Bay, and there secured from Mr J. W. Ellingham, a particularly promising yearling bull by his great imported sire, Victor of Rariche, and also the cow, Celandine of Glenelg, to which Mr C. E. Robertson awarded the championship at the last Dannevirke Show. Mr Munro was also greatly attracted by the Dannevirke and Royal Champion bull, Gunner of Koiro, bred and owned by'Mr N. B. Gibbons, of Palmerston North, but he was unable to secure this great bull for Australia. The eleven cattle purchased by Mr Munro leave for Sydney on March 16, and those purchased from Messrs. Ellinghani and McFarlane are being prepared for exhibition at the Sydney Royal Easter Show. RECORD PRICE. FOR SOUTHLAND ROMNEY RAM. Mr. Alan Galt, of Mavis Bank, Mataura, recently purchased two one-shear Romney Rams from Mr R. W. Matthews, Waiorongomai. One of these was a particularly high-class sheep of great style and character, with a fleece of splendid lustre, quality and evenness, and with all the credentials required in a show ring champion. This ram, which was sired by Mr W. R. Glasson’s Sydney Royal champion of last year, for which Mr Matthews received the record price of 500 guineas, was purchased by Mr Galt for the top price of the present year.

BREEDERS’ PARS. The date of the “Rosevale” annual sale of surplus female Friesian stock which is to take place some time in April will be advertised in these columns next Saturday. Advice has been received from the prominent Otago Friesian breeders, namely, Messrs H. North and Sons, that the “Rosevale” bred cow “Rosevale Gladys Posch” recently completed the fine record of 940 lbs. fat from 28,555 lbs. milk and has now calved a good bull to their imported sire “Echo Sylvia Sir Griselda.” Simultaneously a progress report of another “Rosevale” bred cow’s present effort to eclipse her last year’s fine performance of 986 lbs. fat, that of “Rosevale Queen Sylvia Triumph,” which cow has already produced in 276 days 863 lbs. fat from 20,796 lbs. milk. It is confidently anticipated that she will reach the 1000 lbs. mark as she is still milking very heavily and is in splendid milking condition. Should she attain this high prospective figure tfie Messrs North will secure the honour of being the only breeders in New Zealand who have bred and tested a 1000 lbs. butterfat cow. She already stands as the 3rd highest producing cow of the breed in New Zealand. These breeders also report that they have quite recently lost their imported bull “Echo Sylvia Sir Griselda” through heart strain. While the loss of such an exceptional breeder, as he proved himself to be, will be very much regretted, he has left sufficient females in the “Rosevale” stud to perpetuate his very desirable blood strain. There is a great difference in milkers. Cows will do much better when handled by some men than they will with others. A person should milk fast. We have found that with a slow milker the cows get into the habit of giving down their milk slowly, and do not give as much as when milked quickly. A milker should also be careful to get the last drop out of the udder.