AYRSHIRE BULL FOR SOUTHLAND

Southland Times, Issue 23989, 2 December 1939, Page 14

AYRSHIRE BULL FOR SOUTHLAND

Purchase Made In Wairarapa PROMISING SIRE OF GOOD BREEDING Although Southland, possibly by reason of its predominent Scottish tradition, is regarded as the home of Ayrshires in New Zealand, there are sometimes occasions when breeders from the Southland province find it desirable to introduce proved strains from the North Island. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited’s Stud Stock Department recently shipped an attractive young Ayrshire bull, Greenbank Matchlight, bred at the well-known Wairarapa stud of W. Moore and Sons, of Masterton, to H. J. Riddle, of Thornbury, Southland, whose cattle enjoy a high reputation among southern breeders. Greenbank Matchlight is a wellgrown bull of fine breed and, conformstion. He has a most attractive head, full of character, and is by that great imported sire Greenan Bondsman. His dam Ashleigh Park Jewel is a richlybred cow of great ability, as evidenced by her group herd test record of 4801 b fat in 300 days at nine years of age. She is a daughter of Ashleigh Park Rosette, a well-known championship winner and producer, and is by Maesgwyn Matchlight, son of another great milker in Maesgwyn Starlight, who produced 4101 b of fat as a two-year-old under C.O.R. test.