JERSEY CATTLE
TARANAKI SALES OPEN HIGH PRICES REALISED 1 Per Press Association. ] NEW PLYMOUTH May 25. Taranaki Jersey Week, during which a series of important sales will be held, opened successfully to-day with the dispersal of Mr. P. J. Petersen’s Ivondale stud. An improved tone was evident and it seems probable that the series will be the best for several years. A hundred and one choice Jerseys were submitted and 84 were sold under the hammer for a total of 1881 guineas, The average was 22} guineas. A price of 1108 guineas was realised for an eight-year-old cow. Ivondale Tiny Heather, purchased by Mr. Basil Mitchell of Long'ourn. Other good prices were 97} guineas. 90 guineas, 78 and 72 and three others over 50 guineas. The world champion cow, Woodlands Felieie, now aged, was submitted. B : ds reached 51 guineas but no sale was made.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 123, 26 May 1936, Page 8
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145JERSEY CATTLE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 123, 26 May 1936, Page 8
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