STRATFORD JERSEY BULL SALE

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1927, Page 11

STRATFORD JERSEY BULL SALE

Just as the town is dependent on the countryj so is the dairy farmer dependent upon the pedigree cattle-breeder. The only way in which greater production of butter-fat can be attained is by top-dressing, herd-testing, and breeding better cattle. Neither of these factors can get a man far without the help of the others. Herd-testing teaches a farmer which are his better cows, which his poor ones, and .what they produce. To get more good ones to replace the "duos” he must breed from his best by mating them with a bull of good butterfat ancestry. Taranaki breeds many excellent pedigree Jersey bulls each year and sells them at prices which any dairy farmer can afford. Many leave Taranaki each year for all parts of the Dominion and leave in their wake such a milky way that breeders come back each year for more. The Stratford Jersey Club sale of bulls, which is to be held tomorrow, provides a selection of 65 bulls to choose from. The type of th. bulls shows the steady improvement that is taking place in the breed each year. And the production behind the bulls will give confidence to dairy farmers that they will surely breed heavy producing daughters. A glance at the catalogue shows many danis with fine records. Mr. A. A. Ward, the veteran breeder, will sell two bulls, both two years’ old, the dam of one having a C.O.R. of 4741b5., and the full sister of the dam of the other lias a C.O.R. of G23ibs. fat—both rich in K.C.B. blood. Mr. Kaye, of Toko, sells six yearling's, several having dams with association tests. Mr. Knowles’ offering of four yearlings are all from tested dams, three being well over OOOlbs. fat. Oak Farm Mademoiselle, with a record of 687!be. fat, is a grand type of cow. Mr. Bennett, of Cardiff, is responsible for four yearlings by his well-bred sire, Penrose Noble. The dam of one, Soumise Arabelle, made 5971b5. fat as a three-year-old. Mr. O. McAloon, with eightbulls entered, invariably sets a fine example io other vendors in the matter of the condition of his cattle. Three are by the richly bred Ivondale Highlander,” and five by the son of Grannie’s Knight, from Rosy Creek and Meadowvale dams. Mr. J. Perhams’ three are from well tested dams. Mr. D. Yandle

nae but one, but it is sired by Grannie’s Kinght from Oakvale Fussy, C.O.R. 587 lbs. fat. Mrs. Gadsby will sell Gaymaster, the son of Masterful (imp.), and his yearling son. Five of various ages from Mr. Kirkwood's stud are chiefly eons and grandsons of Brampton Dark Heir (imp.) .Meadowvale Emulator .two years’ old, is Mr. Dan O’Sullivan’s only entry. He is a show bull with a dam who has a C.O.R. of 5231b5. fat as junior two-year-old, and a sire equally rich in producing blood, A yearling and two-year-old of tcmcwLr.l ■ similar breeding from dams