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SOUTH DEVON HERD BOOK SOCIETY Westpoint, Clyst St Mary, Exeter, EX5 1DJ. Tel: 01392 447494 Fax: 01392 447495

www.sdhbs.org.uk info@sdhbs.org.uk PATRON: HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES

NEWSLETTER

MAY 2013

We are very grateful to all sponsors of our

National Show at the Devon County

MESSRS KIVELLS

MOLE VALLEY FARMERS

M R & R J ROWE

SOYA UK; BARKERS ANIMAL HEALTH

M E & T E BROOME

MR & MRS R C BURROUGH & SONS

AGRICULTURAL CENTRAL TRADING

HERDSURE; PHILIP WARREN BUTCHERS

CORNISH QUALITY LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS

ACSTEDE DESIGN; WORTHAM JAQUES

CORNISH MUTUAL

SOUTH DEVON CATTLE BREEDERS CLUB

J SHINNER & SONS; CLARITY COPIERS

CHESTERTON HUMBERTS

MATFORD ARABLE SYSTEMS

TOWERGATE FARM INSURANCE

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CONTENTS: Regional/Club Open Day; BVD

scheme

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Midland Club Sale 3 TB compensation 12

National Show 7 Poll semen; Beef Expo; multi-

breed sale

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Next Generation Weekend 8 Race For Life; Diary 14

Polling Open Day 9 Cattle for Sale 15

DNA testing; sale catalogues; quiz 10 And Finally 16

Dear Member,

The 2012/2013 edition of the Breed Journal is now printed and available. It

would be very helpful if you could collect it from us if possible during the next

few weeks (National Show; Beef Expo; Royal Cornwall; Livestock 2013; Great

Yorkshire; Royal Welsh) to save on postage.

Please find enclosed with this newsletter your Programme for the National

Show, together with Dinner Tickets (if you have already booked) and

Wristbands (if you have requested same). Please let us know as soon as

possible if you wish to book a place for the Dinner, Cream Tea or Barbecue, and

we look forward to seeing many of you at the Show for what we expect to be

an excellent breed event!

A report of the Midland Club Sale which saw further strong trade is inside, and

is a clear reason for anyone who is not registering their South Devon cattle as

pedigree why they should do so! The value of pedigree as opposed to

commercial is too significant to ignore, especially with the ever-increasing risk

of TB.

Also inside is detail of The Next Generation Weekend, 30th August to 1st

September. Please let us know if you are interested, or know of someone who

might be interested in booking.

With my best wishes

Caroline

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MIDLAND CLUB SALE Judge: Mr M R Rowe, Tregondale, Menheniot, Liskeard, Cornwall

Auctioneers: Messrs Kivells

Another excellent sale for the breed took place at Stratford on 4th May, with

a full market of cattle and plenty of buyers. New averages were set for the

breed and for the venue, with bulls averaging £4,410 (up from £3,668 in 2011);

and two year old heifers averaging £2,359 (up from £2,090 in 2012).

Top priced bull was Robert Lee’s Lumbylaw Magnus 55 (by Enterprise Condor),

at 6,800 gns to Sunderlandwick Farms; top priced two year old heifer was J G

Williams & Son’s Hopton Ruby 71, at 3,700 gns to P Holt, Harpenden; and top

priced yearling heifer was Mike & Sarah Kettlewell’s Upper Norton Oleander,

at 3,500 gns to A & C Farms.

The reduction sale of the Gro herd was also very successful, with plenty of

demand from new buyers for good foundation females. Well done to members

of the Midland Club for making the sale go so smoothly!

THE SHOW

Bulls Class 1

1st D & L Farr INGLEBERRY STARWRIGHT ICE

2nd M E & T E Broome WELLAND VALLEY CAVALIER 2

3rd P S & A P Rowe TREWINT MAGNETTO 12

Class 2

1st A R Lee LUMBYLAW MAGNUS 55

2nd J White BROADWOOD INFERNO

3rd M E & T E Broome WELLAND VALLEY IMPERIAL 1

Male Champion (The Thomas Brayne Cup)

Winner A R Lee LUMBYLAW MAGNUS 55

Reserve D & L Farr INGLEBERRY STARWRIGHT ICE

Heifers

Class 3 – Heifers born in 2011 (The David Phillips Memorial Trophy)

1st J P Harrison BRAFFERTON KITTY 3

2nd M & S Kettlewell UPPER NORTON NAZERENE

3rd R W Bostelmann ROSKILLY DUCHESS 1

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Class 4 – Heifers born in 2012 (The Cholwells Cup)

1st M & S Kettlewell UPPER NORTON OTTIE (TWIN)

2nd Mr & Mrs J R Hadley KNIGHTCOTE BEAUTY 36

3rd Mr & Mrs J R Hadley KNIGHTCOTE LORNA 54

Primestock (The Hollygate Trophy)

1st Mr & Mrs J R Hadley KNIGHTCOTE (CROSSBRED) HEIFER

Championship Rosette

Winner A R Lee LUMBYLAW MAGNUS 55

THE SALE BULLS Vendor Bull Purchaser Gns P S & A P Rowe Trewint Eclipse 9 A E J & F J Claridge, Middle Clayden, Bucks 4400 D & B Bowley AI Ridgemere Mallory M & S Kettlewell, Over Norton, Oxon 5000 M E & T E Broome Welland Valley Cavalier 2 Peter Walker Partnership, Marlborough, Wilts 3500 P S & A P Rowe Trewint Magnetto 12 G Gray Farms Ltd, Bredon, Tewkesbury, Glos 4500 M E & T E Broome Welland Valley Imperial 1 L Kent-Smith & Son, East Down, Barnstaple, Devon 3200 A R Lee Lumbylaw Magnus 52 J Fanshawe, Naseby, Northants 3300 A R Lee Lumbylaw Magnus 55 T R F Smyth, Sunderlandwick, Driffield, Yorks 6800 J White Broadwood Inferno W & J McCurdie, Birdingbury, Rugby, Warwicks 5000 R A Ford Goffe Cave The Rock E R Hemmings, Horsley, Nailsworth, Glos 3000 O Brewin North View Abbott Mells Park Trust, Mells, Frome, Somerset 3400 M E & T E Broome Welland Valley Crusader 13 J R Wadland, Williamscot, Banbury, Oxon 3100 J P Harrison Brafferton Hadrian 22 K & A Watchorn, Waltham on the Wolds, Leics 5200 12 bulls sold, average 4200 gns = £4410

FEMALES HALTER BROKEN HEIFERS BORN IN 2011 J P Harrison Brafferton Dora 11 A & C Farms, Langham, Oakham, Rutland 1750 J P Harrison Brafferton Kitty 3 C Read, Lower Wych, Malpas, Cheshire 2400 J G Williams & Son Hopton Pearl 8 P Holt, Harpenden, Herts 2700 R W Bostelmann Roskilly Duchess 1 C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2400 J White Broadwood Fidget 5 A & C Farms, Langham, Oakham, Rutland 3200 J G Williams & Son Hopton Delia 14 C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 1500 J G Williams & Son Hopton Dolly 44 T J Hamer & Son, Henley, Ludlow, Shropshire 2300 J G Williams & Son Hopton Ruby 71 P Holt, Harpenden, Herts 3700 J G Williams & Son Hopton Bluebell C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2200 J G Williams & Son Hopton Pearl 10 (Twin) Major C A Lockhart, Whitchurch, Shropshire 2600 M & S Kettlewell Upper Norton Nazarene A & C Farms, Langham, Oakham, Rutland 2700 D & L Farr Ingleberry Wendy 3 J K Rogers, Byfield, Daventry, Northants 1200 D & L Farr Ingleberry Catkin 2 C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 1200 J G Williams & Son Hopton Valentine 2 G & H Rogers, Hellesvoer, St Ives, Cornwall 1500 J G Williams & Son Hopton Hilda 38 G & H Rogers, Hellesvoer, St Ives, Cornwall 2600 J G Williams & Son Hopton Delia 15 C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2000 16 halter broken heifers born in 2011, avg 2247 gns = £2359

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HALTER BROKEN HEIFERS BORN IN 2012 M & S Kettlewell Upper Norton Ottie (Twin) A & C Farms, Oakham, Rutland 2500 Mr & Mrs J R Hadley Knightcote Lorna 54 Major C A Lockhart, Whitchurch, Shropshire 1450 Mr & Mrs J R Hadley Knightcote Beauty 36 C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 1350 D L Irving Enterprise Cherry Blossom J W Wilding, Farington Moss, Leyland, Lancs 750 D L Irving Enterprise Leora C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 800 D L Irving Enterprise Apple Blossom R J Milner, Parrotts Grove, Coventry 750 6 halter broken heifers born in 2012, avg 1267 gns = £1330 NON HALTER BROKEN HEIFERS BORN IN 2010 M E & T E Broome Welland Valley Dallas 22 & calf T J Hamer & Son, Henley, Ludlow, Shropshire 1750 Portman Burtley Co Portman Burtley Dorothy 12 I O Jones, Abergele, Conwy, Wales 1700 NON HALTER BROKEN HEIFERS BORN IN 2011 Mr & Mrs J R Hadley Z Knightcote Ann 27 G & H Rogers, Hellesvoer, St Ives, Cornwall 1100 Mr & Mrs J R Hadley Z Knightcote Ann 28 E G Hawkins, Trull, Taunton, Somerset 1900 Mr & Mrs J R Hadley Z Knightcote Ann 29 J K Rogers, Byfield, Daventry, Northants 800 M E & T E Broome Welland Valley Ruby 51 & calf Portman Burtley Co, Beaconsfield, Bucks 1900 Portman Burtley Co Portman Burtley Sally 6 J & B Tyrell, Yelvertoft, Northants 900 NON HALTER BROKEN HEIFERS BORN IN 2012 Mr & Mrs J R Hadley Knightcote Bryony 17 C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 1000 Mr & Mrs J R Hadley Knightcote Lorna 56 E G Hawkins, Trull, Taunton, Somerset 1400 Mr & Mrs J R Hadley Knightcote Lorna 57 E G Hawkins, Trull, Taunton, Somerset 1050 M & S Kettlewell Upper Norton Osier G & H Rogers, Hellesvoer, St Ives, Cornwall 1400 M & S Kettlewell Upper Norton Oleander A & C Farms, Langham, Oakham, Rutland 3500 COMMERCIAL HEIFERS M E & T E Broome Welland Valley (crossbred) & calf J Gurney, Thornton, Beachampton, Bucks 1300 M E & T E Broome Z Welland Valley Mallow (A) & calf J Cross, Sedgeford, Huntstanton, Norfolk 1300 M E & T E Broome Welland Valley (crossbred) & calf T J Hamer & Son, Henley, Ludlow, Shropshire 1780 M E & T E Broome Welland Valley (crossbred) & calf C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 1150 M & S Kettlewell Upper Norton Octet (crossbred) L C Threadgold & Son, Braunston, Northants 1050 PRIMESTOCK Mr & Mrs J R Hadley Knightcote heifer (crossbred) Fox Bros, Claydon, Bucks 900

GRO HERD REDUCTION – MR A DAVIES COWS WITH CALVES AT FOOT Oxey Stephanie 241 & bull calf P A Tutcher, Alderton, Chippenham, Wilts 1750 Monkton Cowslip 21 & bull calf P A Tutcher, Alderton, Chippenham, Wilts 1600 Coton Venus 5 & bull calf G & H Rogers, Hellesvoer, St Ives, Cornwall 2400 Bittleford Princess 71 & calf P A Tutcher, Alderton, Chippenham, Wilts 1900 AI Z Gro Ffolant 1 & heifer calf G & H Rogers, Hellesvoer, St Ives, Cornwall 2000 A I Gro Jil 1 & bull calf J Cross, Sedgeford, Hunstanton, Norfolk 2100 Coton Izzy 11 P A Tutcher, Alderton, Chippenham, Wilts 1750 X Gro Marged 1 & heifer calf C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2300 Gro Dilys 1 & heifer calf C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2000 Gro Mali 1 & heifer calf C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 3000

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Gro Mabli 1 & bull calf E J Paynter, Merrymeet, Liskeard, Cornwall 2800 Z Gro Dwynwen 1 & heifer calf C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2600 X Gro Tywysoges 1 & heifer calf C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2800 Z Gro Glain 1 & heifer calf C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2300 Z Gro Marian 2 & heifer calf C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2900 Z Gro Carol 2 & bull calf G & H Rogers, Hellesvoer, St Ives, Cornwall 1350 Gro Haf 2 & heifer calf G & H Rogers, Hellesvoer, St Ives, Cornwall 2900 Z Eyton Iesha 2 & calf C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 3000 18 cows with calves avg 2303 gns = £2418 COWS/HEIFERS DUE TO CALVE MAY/JUNE Eyton SAS Marion 1 Saywards Ltd, Whilton Locks, Northants 1700 AUTUMN CALVING COWS/HEIFERS Monkton Cowslip 20 J Gurney, Beachampton, Milton Keynes, Bucks 1350 Arncliffe Pansy 5 07 Saywards Ltd, Whilton Locks, Northants 1600 Z Gro Ffolant 5 C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2600 Gro Cochen 2 I O Jones, Abergele, Conwy, Wales 1500 Gro Mali 2 (Twin) C G Roach, St Blazey, Cornwall 2000

FRAME SCORES & INSPECTIONS

SCROTAL CIRCUMFERENCE (cm)

Age (mths) No Range Avg Pass size

15-20 1 37 37 33 cm

21-30 13 38-45 41 35 cm

HEIGHT AT WITHERS (cm)

Age (mths) No Range Avg

15-20 1 139 139

21-30 13 138-152 145

HEIGHT AT RUMP (cm)

Age (mths) No Range Avg

15-20 1 150 150

21-30 13 143-159 151

LENGTH (cm) Withers to pin Hook to pin

Age (mths) No Range Avg Range Avg

15-20 1 135 135 53 53

21-30 13 141-164 150 54-61 58

RUMP WIDTH (cm)

Age (mths) No Range Avg

15-20 1 65 65

21-30 13 59-68 62

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WEIGHT (kg)

Age (mths) No Range Avg

15-20 1 805 805

21-30 13 874-1094 959

SHOULDER WIDTH (cm)

Age (mths) No Range Avg

15-20 1 68 68

21-30 13 66-75 71

Three bulls were found to have white on the underside.

Three heifers were rejected for poor locomotion.

THE 4TH NATIONAL SHOW

Devon County Show 16th-18th May

Please refer to the enclosed pamphlet for the programme of events.

A few other things you should know if you are planning to come to the Show:

The cattle shed is closed to the public whilst any cattle are moving, but if

you are wearing a wristband you can gain access. We have a supply of

these wristbands, or you can collect one from the stewards’ office by the

show rings

For catering purposes please let us know if you wish to come to the Cream

Tea or the Barbecue

If you wish to come to the Dinner please book in advance with the office.

You will be issued with a ticket which you are requested to bring with you

in order to get past the security at the door of the President’s Pavilion.

If you are coming to the Dinner and you are not staying on the

showground please be advised to park in the Green Car Park which is the

closest to the President’s Pavilion. The Green Gate will be open until 11

pm, but the parking area is not lit.

Please encourage entries for the Young Handler Competition – the closing

date is Friday 10th May.

Advance tickets to the Show are available to purchase on-line at

www.devoncountyshow.co.uk at £17 per adult, and ‘buy one get one free’

for senior citizens.

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Bring your cake and photograph competition entries to the SDHBS

marquee by 11 am on Thursday morning at the Show, or send your

photographs by post to the office. (Best Fruit Cake recipe is in the last

newsletter).

Please send your poem or limerick to the office by Tuesday 14th May.

We hope to see many of you at the Show to join in this showcase event for the

breed!

NEXT GENERATION WEEKEND

Another Next Generation Weekend is being organised at the end of August,

this time in the Midlands, which will be based at Chesterton Fields Farm,

Leamington Spa – by very kind arrangement of Robert, Pauline, John & Jean

Hadley.

There will be two options for accommodation – either hotel (limited number of

shared rooms available so first come, first served), or camping at the farm

(you provide camping gear). The draft programme is as follows:

Friday 30th August Arrival at Chesterton Fields Farm early evening

Evening barbecue & Quiz

Saturday 31st August Breakfast at Tarsus Hotel, Southam

Discussion on cattle health issues

Health inspections at sales

Hands-on show preparation

Pasty lunch

Stock-judging

Pasture management talk

Farm walk

Greek evening at Tarsus Hotel, with entertainment

Sunday 1st Sept Breakfast at Tarsus Hotel

Morning at Kislingbury, Northants by kind arrangement

of R G Elliott & Son, looking at beef production

Picnic lunch before departure home

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As before, the weekend is open to members and friends aged 16 to 30 years

(those under 18 will need parental permission).

The weekend aims to provide a broad range of training whilst bringing younger

South Devon enthusiasts together to make lasting friendships. Please spread

the word!

POLLING AT OXEY FARM By kind invitation of Richard & Diana Wright

“I am hoping we shall be able to give you a warm welcome to Oxey Farm on

Tuesday July 16th, meeting at 1.30 pm, after having to cancel this meeting in

2012 because of the atrocious wet summer last year. We recorded 44 inches

of rainfall between April 2012 and March 2013, normal rainfall being 25 inches!

We became interested in polling when we had an Angus bull for heifers, and did

not have to dehorn any of their offspring. Having used a Red Angus as well as a

Black Angus in the early 2000’s we retained some red Angus females and have

upgraded their daughters with the thought that this will give a wider genepool.

At the present time we have four lines of polled bulls, coming from Knightcote

Landmark 2, Polkinghorne Nimrod, Goffe Cave Bandwagon, and Oxey Red. We

are still using horned bulls, with the hope that they will produce polled sons

from our polled cows. There are a few old polled cows sired by Northwick

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Most of our bulls are myostatin free, and the intention is to buy zero status

ones in the future. So far we are achieving just over 50% polled, and the

challenge is not to have to dehorn a calf!”

Richard Wright If you would like to come to this Poll Group Open Day please would you book

your place with the SDHBS office.

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IMPORTANT REMINDERS

DNA testing of bulls for sale

As of this Autumn Show and Sale it will be an enforceable requirement that

any bulls intended for a Society sale that do not have DNA typing for

myostatin and sire verification at time of publication of the catalogue will be

refused entry (excepting unavoidable delays at the lab). Council are

sympathetic to breeders wishing to delay pedigree registration until very close

to 18 months of age; however, the ruling will be that applications for a bull’s

pedigree registration must be made at least three months before the date

of the sale, and a hair sample submitted to the office at the same time for

DNA typing.

Sale catalogues by post

Society and Midland Sale catalogues are posted on our website which are

available to read and download. Until now all members are sent a paper copy of

the catalogue – many of which are probably not required.

It has therefore been decided that, as of the Autumn Show & Sale, catalogues

will be posted only to those members who request their names to be kept on a

catalogue list. Please don’t delay – if you wish to continue to receive catalogues

by post let us know immediately!

We also keep a list of non-members who purchase at sales or who request

catalogues, who will continue to receive posted catalogues.

QUIZ QUESTIONS

We are currently compiling a Quiz (for the Next Generation Weekend) which

will have a cattle and agricultural theme. If you would like to suggest a

question please would you let the office know, or leave it in the ‘QUIZ BOX’

which will be in the marquee at Devon County.

The questions can be related specifically to the breed, to the Society, or can

be much more general – as you wish!

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REGION 4 & MIDLAND CLUB OPEN DAY By kind invitation of David Nixey

MONDAY 1ST JULY

Meet at 1pm at Manor Farm, Chinnor, Oxon, OX39 4BN for coffee & biscuits,

and then view cattle on tractor/trailer

Travel independently to Spencers Farm, Tetsworth, Oxon, OX9 7AU

(approx 6 miles away) to view further stock and have tea late afternoon

Please book your place with the SDHBS office

REGIONAL BVD SCHEME

The AHDB and partners are leading a project working with vets and farmers to

help devise a national BVD control strategy for England, but which

unfortunately will not provide funding for testing or designing action plans!

However, if you are in the North West of England you might benefit from a

specific pot of funding available to tackle BVD.

The scheme includes up to £450 towards testing costs, time with a veterinary

surgeon and a technical adviser who will also create a BVD action plan tailored

to each farm.

There are 200 spaces available, and you should contact the NFU North West

regional office on 01695 554900, or e-mail laura.stearman@nfu.org.uk to

register your interest.

FOR SALE

10 Angus x South Devon heifers

Contact Richard Barron 07814 272495

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COMPENSATION FOR BOVINE TB Payable during May 2013

NON PEDIGREE BOVINE

Male Female

Age Compensation due Age Compensation

due

Up to 3 months 232 Up to 3 months 182

Over 3 months

up to 6 months

393 Over 3 months

up to 6 months

331

Over 6 months

up to 9 months

620 Over 6 months

up to 9 months

509

Over 9 months

up to 12 months

821 Over 9 months

up to 12 months

691

Over 12 months

up to 16 months

927 Over 12 months

up to 16 months

779

Over 16 months

up to 20 months

1,032 Over 16 months

up to 20 months

892

20 months and over,

non breeding bulls

1,183 20 months and

over, not calved

1,028

Breeding bulls 20

months and over

1,577 Over 20 months,

calved

1,013

PEDIGREE BOVINE

Male Female

Age Compensation due Age Compensation

due

Up to 6 months * Up to 6 months *

6 months up to 12

months

* 6 months up to 12

months

1,468

Over 12 months up to

24 months

4,701 Over 12 months

up to 24 months

1,767

24 months and over 2,084** 24 months and

over (not calved)

2,132

Calved over 24

months and up to

36 months

*

Calved 36 months

and over

1,638

*Compensation to be determined using individual valuation

** Compensation to be determined using previously ascertained market price

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AUSTRALIAN POLL SEMEN

“The last straws of EU accredited semen from Torr Down Hermes 3 (polled)

will be arriving in the UK early to mid-June.

Hermes 3 is a heterozygous poll with a myostatin score of ‘1’ nt821. He has

been a very successful sire in the past, in both the UK and many other

countries. His data can be found be searching on the internet for Torr Down

South Devons.

Enquiries to jsharvey@torrdown.com.au or telephone 00 61 3 54241001

between 12.00 and 14.00 (UK time) please.”

John & Sue Harvey

BEEF EXPO, MALVERN 23RD MAY

Beef Expo is being held at the Three Counties Showground again this year, on

Thursday 23rd May (with farm tours and dinner the previous day). The Society

will have a demonstration stand, so please come and support us if you can.

Events during the Expo include a number of seminars covering fertility in beef

herds; question time with David Heath, Adam Quinney and John Cross; and

forage & feeding.

There are also show classes, a meat area, machinery demonstrations, and a

section for beef from the dairy herd. The Event is open from 8 until 5.

MULTI-BREED NATIVE SALE

Northallerton, Yorkshire

Northallerton Auctions have been encouraged by the recent increase in

demand for native breed cattle to hold a show and sale of native bred cattle on

15th May. There will be sections for pedigree and non-pedigree stock, and the

sale will run alongside their normal Wednesday store sale.

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If this might be of interest please contact Giles Drew, Northallerton Auctions,

07876 696259 or e-mail giles.drew@northallertonauctions.com

RACE FOR LIFE

This year’s Race for Life charity event at Westpoint is being held on Sunday

30th June, and once again a SDHBS office team is in ‘training’!

Caroline, Liz, Emily Rose (Caroline’s daughter), and Katie (Liz’s daughter) will be

taking part to raise money for Cancer Research UK, and we would welcome your

sponsorship please!

If you would like to support us please send a cheque to SDHBS, mark the

envelope Race for Life let the office know your donation, and let us know if you

can gift aid it. You can also make a donation on line by going to

www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/south-devon-moos. Thank you!

DIARY

May 15th Northallerton Native Breed Sale

16th/18th NATIONAL SHOW, Devon County

21st Breed Improvement meeting

23rd NBA Beef Expo, Malvern

24th Carlisle Sale

31st South Devon Cattle Breeders Club Sale, Exeter

June 20th Executive meeting, Westpoint

30th Race for Life, Westpoint

July 1st Region 4/Midland Club Open Day, Spencers Farm

3rd/4th Livestock 2013, NEC

16th Poll Group Open Day, Oxey, Leicestershire

September 5th Council meeting

October 8th Autumn Show & Sale, Bristol

November 1st Agri-Expo, Carlisle

6th Society Sale, Skipton

December 5th-6th Smithfield & Calf Show, Peterborough

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CATTLE FOR SALE LIST Please let us know when you sell these animals to save wasted enquiries

BULLS Trewint Excalibur 2 L E Walters & Son 01404 841403

UK383029 400541 Devon – Region 2

Born 16/05/2006

Brafferton Starbuster Wright D & L Farr 01409 405057/

UK122117 400175 Leicestershire – Region 5 07837 405346

Born 15/07/2007

Welland Valley Explorer 9 P Shubrook 01252 703658/

UK201140 500995 Surrey – Region 4 07824 357684

Born 05/10/2007

Brafferton Trooper 15 J P Harrison 01347 838725/

UK122117 700227 Yorkshire – Region 7 07971 699716

Born 29/01/2009

Mutterton Strongbow 8 J Virgin 01258 817171

UK361746 400178 Wessex – Region 3

Born 28/02/2009

AI Waddeton Homer 6 The Tully Partnership 01803 842394

UK364027 500828 Devon – Region 2

Born 22/03/2009

Welland Valley United 3 M Cooke 01769 550908/

UK201140 601318 Devon – Region 2 07815 745716

Born 02/08/2009

Raphael Warrior F & J Rowe 01503 272766

UK382939 100792 Cornwall – Region 1

Born 22/02/2010

Ingleberry Starwright Kit D & L Farr 01509 504057/

UK200789 700120 Leicestershire – Region 5 07837 405346

Born 22/02/2011

Waterlane Godfrey O A Reynolds 07885 802302/

UK260354 700439 Kent – Region 4 01580 754353

Born 04/03/2011

Waterlane Gerald O A Reynolds 07885 802302/

UK260354 100447 Kent – Region 4 01580 754353

Born 19/03/2011

Glebe Duke 1 J Virgin 01258 817171/

UK340654 300343 Dorset – Region 3 07836 661365

Born 20/03/2011

Z Hawkley SAS Jackson R J & S E Whitcombe 01730 895119/

UK282331 300562 Hampshire – Region 4 07968 182651

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Born 05/04/2011

Z Sexton Poll Polaris 37 R R B & S J Harvey 01548 830307/

UK361990 300602 Devon – Region 2 07974 391105

Born 11/04/2011

Kestle Leo 14 R K Rundle 07974 361768/

UK381722 300649 Cornwall – Region 1 01637 875798

Born 11/04/2011

AI Z Woodhayes Illya 21 B G & J Z A Dart 01884 277410/

UK373426 600034 Devon – Region 2 07595 205938

Born 19/04/2011

Brafferton Warrior 5 J P Harrison 01347 838725/

UK122117 700311 Yorkshire – Region 7 07971 699716

Born 13/01/2012

FEMALES 10 bulling heifers A R Lee 01665 574277/

Northumberland – Region 7 07789 390400

Bulling heifers R R B & S J Harvey 01548 830307/

Devon – Region 2 07974 391105

Cows in calf, & bulling heifers D P Crow 01952 222134/

Shropshire – Region 6 07811 593260

4 bulling heifers F J Darnell & Son 01256 460430/

Hampshire – Region 4 07796 012718

2 x 2 year old heifers in calf K V & M A Plain 01684 772096

Wessex – Region 3

Bulling heifers out-wintered A Rew 01626 365107

Devon – Region 2

4 x 2 year old heifers A H & E M Bartley 01884 38964

Devon – Region 2

8 bulling heifers P S & A P Rowe 07772 563967/

Cornwall – Region 1 01579 347155

AND FINALLY…

A woman had trained her parrot to give instructions to the various tradesmen

when they called at the house. One day, when the coalman arrived, the parrot

said, “Ten sacks, please”.

When he had made the delivery the coalman said to the parrot: “You’re a clever

bird being able to talk like that.”

“Yes,” said the parrott. “I count too. Bring the other sack.”