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MIDDLE RUN JERSEYS DISPERSAL SALE HELD [ Per Press Association. J MASTERTON, May 6. The unreserved dispersal sale of the well-known Middle Run Jersey stud, founded in 1903 by W. H. Booth and Sons, was held to-day, buyers being present from all parts of New Zealand. Top price was ISI guineas, paid by Messrs. Heapy, Ltd., Greytown, for the cow Rewa Frccmont. This is the highest price for a Jersey female for the past six years. The same purchasers secured the next highest-priced cow, Rewa Rose Marie, for 110 guineas. Top price for bulls, 71 guineas, was paid by Mr. A. S. Somerville, Takapau. The average for cows was 26 guineas and for bulls 281 guineas. The cattle were secured by breeders from both Islands and were widely distributed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 108, 8 May 1936, Page 3
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