Dairy Shorthorn December Newsletter 2014 by alan peedle

Cheques

Please can we ask that you write the invoice number on the reverse of cheques sent to the office or attach to the invoice itself, especially when submitting with new registrations

Red Cattle Genetics RCG are having a January Sale on all Dairy Semen. A 20% discount is being offered through the month of January, so call the office 02476 696549 with your orders to take advantage of this great offer.

Merry Christmas to all Shorthorn members. Membership details

To ensure that we keep our members informed we require an email address and mobile number. Please can we ask that you send an email with your mobile number titled “Update email address and mobile” to rachel@shorthorn.co.uk so we can update our records.

Wainwright Wanderings 2015 Thursday 7th May: 1pm Herd Visit around Gary & Anne Norburys Broadlane Herd. Evening: Book in at Cresta Court Hotel, Altrincham. (Followed by trip into China town, Manchester.) Price for a twin room is £55 per night. Double room £55 per night. Single room £42.50 per night. 20% deposit to be paid by 24th January 2015. Full balance to be paid 7 days prior to arrival.

Presidents Dinner The March Council meetings and President’s dinner will be on Wednesday 18th March 2015 at Tern Hill Hall Hotel, Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 3PU Tel. 01630 638310 email: info@ternhillhall.co.uk The dinner will be at 7.00pm for 7.30pm. The timetable of events will be:

Wednesday 18th March: 1.00pm Lunch 2.00pm Finance and Administration Committee meeting 7.00pm for 7.30pm President’s Dinner Thursday 19th March 9.30am Judges Committee meeting 11.00am Council meeting 1.00pm lunch

Tickets for the dinner are £21 per person and should be booked through the Shorthorn Society. Accommodation is available at the Tern Hill Hall Hotel for the night of Wednesday 18th March. There are 11 rooms available which will be allocated on a first come first served basis at the following rates: 3 Single rooms £60 per room 1 twin room £77 per room 7 double rooms £77 per room.

Judging Day & AGM The AGM & Judging day will be held on Saturday 13th June 2015 @ P Wyatts at Grange Farm in Norfolk.

Events 2015

Friday 8th May: 10am, Herd visit around Geoff and Stuart Royals Dunham Herd. Followed by afternoon trip around Dunham Hall and gardens. Leaving the evening free or a trip to bingo. Saturday 9th, Sunday 10th & Monday 11th May: Coach to airport is £15 per person and for cars left at the hotel the charge will be £10. Saturday at 9am, fly from Manchester to the Isle of Man, - Please book own flights and book early due to limited numbers as there are only two flights that day. One option is Flybe Flight BE811, departs at 8.45am, arrive at 9.30am. Staying at The Hydro Hotel. Twin and double rooms £85 per night. Single room £55 per night. 50% non refundable deposit to be paid by 24th January 2015. To be arranged: Trips around 3 or 4 farms, trip to Laxey Wheel and Village, trip to Cregneash Village, a working farm museum, trip on a stream train, visit to Kipper factory, a look at part of the TT Track then finally Monday afternoon fly back to Manchester departing Isle of Man at 3.55pm arrive at Manchester 4.05pm with Flybe BE818. Please book early as places are limited.

IF INTERESTED IN JOINING US ON THIS TRIP, PLEASE RING DAVID WAINWRIGHT ON 01691 623939 TO CONFIRM AND BOOK BEFORE THE TH

JANUARY.

Dairy Expo Carlisle: 7th March 2015. Presidents Dinner: 18th March 2015 - see above. Spring Show & Sale at Beeston Agricultural Centre: 5th June 2015 Friday AGM & Judging Day: 13th June 2015 National Cheshire Show: 23rd & 24th June 2015 Royal Highland Show: 18th to 21st June 2015 Great Yorkshire Show: 14th to 16th July 2015 Royal Welsh Show: 20th to 23rd July 2015 UK Dairy Day -Telford: 16th September 2015 Bath & West - The Dairy Show: 7th October 2015 All Breeds All Britain Calf Show @ Three Counties Showground, Malvern: 17th & 18th October 2015. Autumn Show & Sale at Beeston Agricultural Centre: 23rd October 2015 - Friday.

01691 623939 – 07968 757956

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The Gold Cup and how to enter. These Competitions were inaugurated in 1926, largely through the efforts of the President of the Dairy Shorthorn Association for that year, the late Mr JL Shirley: the necessary funds being subscribed by a number of firms and individuals in response to a personal appeal by Mr Shirley who was himself a generous contributor. The Council, therefore, directed that the trophies should be known as the “1926” Gold Challenge Cups. The Gold Cup is awarded annually to the Overall Winner of the Competition. So do you have any cows which meet the criteria for entry into the Annual Gold Cup Competition; To qualify a Cow must have: - produced an average of 6000 kg milk with a minimum total of 7% Fat and Protein combined average. - with a minimum average of 3.2% Protein over 3 lactations. - had 4 calvings, 3 of which are complete lactations (305 days or less) and must be within a period of 3 years and 4 calendar months, as printed on Cow Lactation Certificates from NMR or other Official Milk Recording Company. - the date of the last calf born must be in the year of the Gold Cup being held. The competition runs one year behind so for 2015 the date of the last calf must be born before 31st December 2014. Any entries where the calf is born after this date will be submitted for the next Competition if they meet the above criteria. - the closure date for entry is the end of May each year and the Winners are announced at the National Show in Cheshire in June. If the animal meets the criteria they will receive a Dipolma Certificate and Star on their pedigree. The Star Brood Cows list is displayed in the journal each year. If you wish to enter please complete the Gold Cup Diploma Entry Form which can be downloaded from the website or call the office and return it accompanied by the milking lactation records and a cheque for £5 & VAT, for each animal.

Do you have an idea for an invention that would change your life? Studio Lambert, an award-winning TV production company founded by Stephen Lambert, creator of Secret Millionaire and Undercover Boss are working on an exciting and innovative new series called Big Life Fix with a major broadcaster. In the programme, a team of expert engineers and designers would like to create bespoke inventions to transform your lives for the better. They would like members of the Shorthorn society to get involved. They would like to speak to members who think they could benefit from their help. Whether it’s a cutting-edge innovation that will help a busy family save time or an original invention that would help out with the running of your farm in some way. If you are interested in being considered for the programme, or if you would like some more information, please get in touch with the production team on: biglifefix@studiolambert.com or give the friendly team a call on 020 3040 6809. At this stage it would be a non-broadcast filming, with a view to producing a full series in the near future.

Herd Books

Shows 2014

If anyone is missing any old herd books then see below as Trisha Joseph on 07789 037176 or email: trishatwigs@yahoo.co.uk has a good selection which she would like to go to a good home. Amongst the books are:

This year we saw the new UK Dairy Day show take place in September at Telford. This show was a great success with a good number of cattle entries and good prize money. The stall was well supported too by its members. The feedback received from those who attended the show was that it was a very well organised event. Also a very successful show was the Royal Welsh show which was a shared event with the Beef Society.

"The Shorthorn Society's Grading Register" Vol 30 (1947), 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40 (1057) and "Coates herd book (new series)" Vol 94 (1948), 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 103 (1957). Old registers and stud books from the 1940's and 50's.

Searchable Database A new option has been added to the on line searchable database. On the animal search page under sort order the option to sort by classification descending has been added so searching a particular herd eg Greaves with that option chosen will return all the animals in that herd with the highest classified at the top. The classification column has also been

added to the results page which is returned from a search of a particular bulls progeny but at the moment this column does not have a sort facility. We will update it with a sort facility in due course.