HEREFORD BULL FOR SOUTH

Southland Times, Issue 23646, 22 October 1938, Page 19

HEREFORD BULL FOR SOUTH

/ - NEW PURCHASE FOR WAIMAHAKA BEEF STUD TO BE STRENGTHENED ■■ • ? Messrs Alex Holms and Sons’ famous Waimahaka Hereford stud, the oldest in the South Island, and one of the oldest in the Dominion, is developing both types of the breed, the horned and the polled. In the latter, importations of both male and female stock have been made both from the United States and Canada. This year it has been found necessary to purchase another young polled sire, as the first crop of polled heifers bred in the stud are now ready for mating. After a careful inspection of various studs, Mr Holms recently made a selection of a sire, the bull chosen being a yearling bred in Miss Bessie Donald’s Papatahi stud in Wairarapa. This bull, Papatahi Cutler 25th, ■which was purchased through the agency of Wright, Stephenson and Co. Ltd., is a member of this season’s show team, and delivery is not to be taken until after the season’s major shows are passed, as it is expected that Cutler 25th will be a very hard bull to defeat. He is a very thick, compactly-made bull, evenly proportioned, and stands well on short legs. He has the typical sire’s head and eye, a deep full chest, level top, and exceptionally good.hindquarters, being splendidly filled in the twist and well let down.

Cutler 25th has practically a perfect coat and colour, and his deep covering of flesh handles beautifully. He is one of the best bulls sired by Dale Cutler Junior (imp.), which is proving to be one of the best sires yet imported. Cutler 25th is from the Gay Princess tribe, which was one of the best families developed by the late James McKenzie. It was from his noted stud that all the foundation females for the Papatahi stud were secured, and it is interesting to recall that Mr Holms had in earlier years also secured sires from the old McKenzie herd, so in his latest purchase he is keeping, in the maternal line, to blood lines already proved at Waimahaka. Last year a new sire for the homed herd was also introduced at Waimahaka, as Mr Holms then selected a sire bred by Messrs Hutchinson Brothers, of Gisborne.