GREAT JERSEY SALE.

Waikato Times, Volume 97, Issue 1600, 31 May 1924, Page 10

GREAT JERSEY SALE.

mr saxby's stock sell well. :;: some very high figures. « Over £4OOO was realised at,Mr P. J. ''tSaxby's sale yesSßPoay of registered Jerseys. The average priee :!\va? 114 guineas, the actual c-ash hands for the 37 lots offered from various parts of New ?& 611 and, the result bring that several ■".. tip-top butter-fat riroduoing animals ...went out of the Waikato. Altogether ,;,;.;39 lots were catalogued, but. just prior j*;to the sale commencing Mr Saxby £»withdrew twe yearling hulls —Alfalfa and Alfalfa Yankee. His reason for doing so was that he felt they 'twere not in a fit condition and he did ,;,not want any cattle to go off his farm about which the slightest doubt was • entertained. This left 37 lots to dispose of and they were beauties. Tests were of a very high average and butterfat returns were just as correspondingly high. The prices realised i for bulls —splendidly bred animals—were somewhat disappointing to the p vendor and no doubt had he decided to keep them till the spring, as he had been advised to do, it was confidently .asserted that the values placed upon them would have been increased by at u least 200 per cent. All the stock were .„ in fine 'condition and the heifers sold " well. Bidding was brisk end at times keen competition wa.s dispayed. The sale did not drag and interest was susilj talned till the end. A word of praise ' must be given to Mr Saxby for the arrangements and appointments. The :. : comfort of buyers was his first consideration.' A large lent had been erected with seats installed similar to ; 'those at a theatre. The animals were brought into a ring nicely bedded with bay. Before the sale each animal was J haltered and lied up to sheltered spots •in a paddock In the centre of which stood the auctioneer's stand and the tent, A Lounteons lundheon was provided and even' attention had been paid to details which count so much at any 'clearing sale of a like nature. 'When,- representatives of the auctioneering firms, Messrs Wright,. ■ -Stephenson and Messrs Abraham and .Williams 'in conjunction commenced t. operations there was a "full ring" .;. with many on lhe outside. In addiction several ladies were present and just as much interest, csprei-.-'ally in the heifers—as did the men. '..The in-calf heifers consisted of a line ~.o( 22 head comprising the 1 h oldosl - daughters of that great sire Waipiko -Masterpiece, as well as eight heifers which were specially selected by Mr -Saxby last year to breed lo lhe head of his herd. The 15 buils offered fur sale were mostly sons and grandsons of Waipiko Masterpiece. Auctioneer's Remarks. At the outset Mr Allen, head of the ' stock department for Wright, Steph;enson, said his firm was gratified at , * the reception given I hem in llii*-; ;iis-'.7-trlct. They were not interlopers. "'They had a reputation of over GO ( ;...'years in slur] slock business bolli .n ,' the South Island of New Zealand as ■; well as overseas. Messrs Wright,Stephenson had ns good a. staff as ."my other firm and were quite willing lo .give the benefit of llieir experience to

' anyone. If it was staled thai a sale was 'unreserved Ihen it was absolutely •; unreserved. Mr Saxby was parting •with his slock with lhe greatest reluctance. He only possessed a small "•■' farm and could not keep the lot. J ™ How the Stock Sold. .-' A'hum or suppressed interest passe,: round the ring when Alfalfa Sweet .','ll eat tier was brought inlo lhe ring. ...SJiC.is a real beauty. She was horn •on January 25, 1921. and has a C.O.R. - 11(555.2 milk with G 40.47 of buller-fal starting her test at one year .110 days. Her average test is G.S, which is equal to 0701 b. fat at maturity. Alfalfa Sweet Heather is the ypunges-t GOOlh. ■.-, heifer in New Zealand and she and Inn m sister are the only two full sisters lo '": exceed 000 as junior l two-year-olds. * Bidding commenced at .''OOgns. and •% rose, within- two minutes by 25gn. bids •■ io 550gns. Here a half was made and ■■ another bid was entered from buyers . without result. She bar] a reserve of OOOgns. placed upon her by her owner hut Mr Frank Jennings, of Masterton, ;,' would nrl come at the extra 50gns. jus! then so Alfalfa Sweet Heather was passed in meantime. Another outstanding heifer was Alfl aI fa I'anscy, gold medallist and champion junior two-year-old of the British Empire. This heifer not only has ; the distinction of being the junior two-year-old class leader of the Dominion, "but she is one of the only first four ';' daughters of any bull in the world to .average 03.'».0'i Ib. fait as junior Iwo- - year-old being milked twice daily. Up - to 410gns. bidding was brisk, then il '<■'■ lagged and she was finally knocked ■ down at that figure to Mr P. V. King, . of Cambridge. Other sales were made as follows: Alfalfa Madam, 150gns., to Mr 11. T. Strawbridge, Palrnerston North. Alfalfa Bush Fern, 85gns., Mr O. M. Harris, Omahu.

Alfalfa Ser.ora, 150gns., Mr A. E. Watkins. Auckland. Alfalfa Mademoiselle, lOOgns., Mr R. Kelly, Morrinsville. Alfalfa Cicero Fontaine, 180gns., Mr ,T. Topham, Temuka. Alfalfa Healherbell, 10gm., ,Mr wStrawbridge. Alfalfa Dairymaid, 200gns., Mr A. Phillips, Whamgarei. w Alfalfa Pansey Blossom was passed -in at 230gns., Mr Saxby's price being . SOOgns. Alfalfa Retford Lass, 275gn5., Mr A. Phillips. Alfalfa Grand Master (bull), 500 "g'ns., Mr C. Fell, Bay of Islands. Alfalfa Daisy Child, 133gns., Mr P. ■Holt, Feilding. . ' Alfalfa Lassie, 300gns„ Mr A. E. Watkins, Whangarei, who bred her dam. Alfalfa Senorita, 210gns., Mr Watkins. Alfalfa Ringleader (bull), lOSgns. Mr K. M. Stevens, Whangarci. Alfalfa Fox's Eminent (bull), 13J gns., Mr Boyd, Leamington. Hillview's Rosary (bred by Mr R. Simpkin). 10'igns., Mr Wall. Glyndfrdwy Myfawny (bred by Mr R. Glynn Lewis), lOOgns.,. Mr H. Naylor. Glyndfrdwy Madge, llOgns., Mr Wall. Glyndfrdwy Clara, llOgns, Mr Kelly. ' Glyndfrdwy Victoria, IGOgns., Mr McNaughton. Bilberry's Distinction (bred by Mr W. 11. Miers), Alfalfa junior herd sire, :>2gns., Mr Goodwin. Waipiko Motive, full brother to the greatest?butter-fat 4 bull'Jn history, was sold to Mr W, Saxby for S.Ogns.