BREEDING OF JERSEYS

Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1929, Page 10

BREEDING OF JERSEYS

CATTLE CLUB ANNUAL MEETING. SUCCESSFUL YEAR CONCLUDED. The annual meeting of the Stratfdrd Jersey Cattle Club was held yesterday. Mr. D. O’Sullivan presided over a large attendance of members. A field day held at Mr. Truby King’s farm at Brixton was well attended, stated the report. Mr. Griffiths acted as demonstrator. 1 The financial position of the club was good. Attention was drawn to the large amount of outstanding subscriptions. The club sustained a heavy loss in the death of Mr. A. J. Barr, who had been secretary for many years. It was due to Mr. Barr’s initiative that the club had made so much progress. The annual heifer sale was held on June 6 and was again a success. On the same evening the annual smoke concert was held, and despite the bad weather conditions was a great success. Usually the smoke concert was held late in the year, but it was thought that by having it the same night as the heifer sale the visiting buyers would be able to be present ahd exchange views with local breeders.

The purchase of yearling bulls from Gisborne was, through the help of the members, a great success, and many excellent reports had been received on the quality and stamp of animal supplied. The sales showed a much higher class of animal was being brought forward to the sales, said the president, and proved that breeders were using better sires, thus helping the club as well as putting . money in their own pockets. With a view to assisting the young breeder, the New Zealand council had decided to pay half the cost of testing the first cow as long as the cow was doing more than the stipulated 1001 b. butter-fat above the. requirement.

In addition the council had also increased the subsidy from £1 to £1 10s —the money given for every 1001 b. of fat above the standard. In these actions the council was to be congratu-. lated. The council had. inaugurated the 305 days’ test, and this, Mr. O'Sullivan thought, would be a popular move, especially in Taranaki, as the Taranaki council had recommended such a test ■ me time ago.

Referring to standardised cheese, Mr. O’Sullivan mentioned that some breeders of other stock were against standardisation, but as the Jersey was the dual purpose cow, standardisation would popularise the breed still more. Officers elected were: President, Mr. D. O’Sullivan; vice-president, Mr. S. Gadsby; committee, Messrs. J. Browning, O. McAloon, G. R. Bell, W. Johnson and H. J. Kaye; honorary secretary, Mr. W. S. Ross. The A. and P. show committee will be recommended to award v.h.c., h.c. and c., as well as first, second and third at the show in Jersey classes where the entries warrant it. The attention of the New Zealand Jersey Council would be called to the agitation in the Herd-Testing Federation advising the use of bulls from tested cows when bulls from federation tested cows w’ere unobtainable. The Stratford branch considered that some action should be taken to cbmbat this. DEATH OF MR. C. H. MEYENBERG. FIFTY-SIX YEARS IN DOMINION. Perhaps one of the best known of the old residents of Stratford, Mr. Charles Henry Meyenberg, died early yesterday morning at the age of 91 years. f Mr.' Meyenberg during the past 14 years has been residing with his daughter, Mrs. F. J. Moore, Cordelia Street. He had his 90th Birthday on May 8. Falling at the gate of his residence on May R, Mr. Meyenberg sustained a compound fracture of the left thumb. Blood poisoning set in, and this caused his death. Born in Prussia in 1839, Mr. Meyenberg came to New Zealand in the Captain Cook in 1863, tlie passage occupying 126 days. He settled in Christchurch, where he’carried on the business of a blacksmith and coach-builder for 18 years. He became a naturalised British subject in 1864 at Christchurch, where he was married. On leaving Christchurch Mr. Meyenberg came to Stratford and farmed on the°Bird Road till 1000, when he retired to live at Brecon Road, in the borough. He “sold out” in 1908 and went for a twelve months’ trip to England and Germany. His return saw him installed in a residence in Regan Street. This he sold to reside in Auckland for a few years. He returned to Stratford in 1915 and resided with Mrs. Moore. While in the Stratford district he took a prominent part in the public activities of the town. He was a member of the Stratford County Council for a lengthy period, a« well as having been chairman of the Bird Road School Committee. ‘ ALLEGED THEFT OF RING. YOUTH CHARGED AT ELTHAM. In the children’s court at Eltham yesterday a juvenile was charged with receiving a gold ring knowing it to have been stolen.

Detective Meiklejohn said he interviewed the accused, on July 5 and asked him to show him the things in his possession. -The ring exhibited was one of the things produced. He said he had won it at a side-show at the Hawera winter show. On July 6 he found a bunch of keys in the garage of another accused. One of the keys opened the lock on the front door of McDonald’s shop. A fresh piece of string tied around the keys was the only evidence of recent use. The accused, who used the garage, had not admitted ownership of the keys. The outside flanges of the key had been reduced to allow of it opening more locks than it was intended to open. Detective Meiklejohn asked for the dismissal of the indictable charge against the second accused of breaking and entering, owing to insufficient evidence.

The summary charge of receiving was adjourned till next Tuesday.