THE PRINCE OF WALES,

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18024, 20 May 1930, Page 11

THE PRINCE OF WALES,

STOCK FOR HIS RANCH, BEST EVER SENT TO CANADA. A London paper says:— .By special train from Nottingham and in other consignments from "Cornwall and Wiltshire there were gathered at Alanchester. 40 pedigree Shorthdrn cattle and 30 Hampshire Down sheep belonging to the Prince of, Wales They form a very valuable collection of breeding stock. * They went on board the steamship Alanchester Division in Salford Dock for the first stage of their journey to the Prince’s ranch in' Alberta, Canada. . Professor Carlyle, the ranch manager, will travel with them', ; and he said that the cattle, all of which have passed the extreme tuberculin test, are the best shipment of Shorthorns which in his experience has ever gone -to Canada. •/. • ;-.'fY ' Bred by the Prince. V. V At Nottingham cattle and -sheep from .the Prince’s Grove Farm,-at Lenton, were entrained. They ■ consisted of four bulls, four cows each with a calf, two heifers, one Hampshire Down ram, and 11 ewes, and represented' purchases made In recent months for the ranch toy Professor Carlyle" from some of the most famous Scottish and English breeders. But nine two»year»old and three yearling Shorthorn heifers In the contingent from the Home Farm at Stoke Climsland, Cornwall,. . are' ■, of the Prince’s own breeding., - They 'are ’a selection made by the Professor from the herd which later is to be moved to, Nottingham'for the' Prince’s great draft sale of 40 to 50 head of Shorthorns next July. These heifers are of certain notable Shorthorn families not at present represented on the ranch. - W Then there are three Hampshire Down rams and 16 ewes- from Wiltshire, including an unbeaten Champion pen of ewe lambs. .

Ranch’s Progress. ( * Professor Carlyle,'who is extremely pleased with this big cargo pf pedigree animals, gave •'some : interesting details of the progress of the c ranch and the stock on it. The ranch has one purpose—to be a disseminating centre of the best bloodstock. The breeds kept'are Exclusively Shorthorn cattle, Hampshire Down sheep, thoroughbred horses, and Clydesdales and Perc'herons, the two latter being Canada’s principal draught horses. There is also a herd of DartmoOr ponies running wild on the hills. Concerning these little animals, which are bred for riding ponies, the Professor said tjhat on the rich pastures of the ranch they grow fatter and keep in finer condition altogether than on the poor Dartmoor ground, and the young ponies grow from 3in. to a haqd higher than their mothers. The thoroughbreds, bred for racing, are headed by the groat stallion Will Somers, whom the King bred at Sandringham and still owns. Fine success has attended the breeding of Hampshire Down sheep, and Professor Carlyle ran off a string of regions from Texas up to Northern Alberta, almost in the Arctic zone, to which, rams bred on the ranch have been sent. So large have the activities of the ranch become that the Professor, now registers pedigree ‘animals at the'; rate of 120 a year. It is a strictly business enterprise throughout.