THE MAN ON THE LAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 98, 27 December 1913, Page 4

THE MAN ON THE LAND.

POPULARITY OF SHORTHORNS

A gentleman who is a close student of the world’s cattle breeding records, has secured the following interesting extracts from Home papers, showing the present-day popularity of the Shorthorn.

During the three days of Shorthorn sales in Northern Scotland over 400 head were disposed of for a wonderful total of fully £31,000. Shorthorn breeding obviously is a prosperous business in Scotland, and great enthusiasm was shown at the sales by a large and representative company of breeders from all parts of the country. Foreign and Colonial buyers were present in large numbers, and helped the bidding considerably. For the first time in the history of the Collynie sales the hull calves were sold after having undergone the tuberculin test. The female stock at Newton has always been of a very high standard, and it is interesting to- know that there last week ten Clippers realised £2698. An analysis of the sale list of the females brings out the following record of average prices for some of the leading families disposed of at Newton:—Ten Clippers averaged £269 8s Id, two Secrets £257 5s Id, three Newton Jealousys £194 os, four Nonpareils £l9l 12s, two Lavenders £l7B 19s, three Augustas £162 15s,

four Newton Mollys £l4B 11s 6d, two Countesses £136 IDs, five Butterflys £l2B 10s 4d, three Princess Royals £9l 13s 4d. and four Brawith Bud’s £7O 6s 9d.

According to a Buenos Ayres correspondent, says the Live Stock Journal, Senor Percyra’s Americas, the champion Shorthorn bull of the show held on the Pelmero ground, was sold for 80,000dols (About ('£6987) to Senor Bartolomo Ginnocchio. This is under-

stood to be a world’s record price, the previous highest recorded being 4500 guineas, paid by Air James Peter for the Booth bull Duke of Connaught, which he purchased for Lord Fitzhardiimo at Lord Dumnore’s sale.