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March/April 2012
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Broadlin Constance 2565 (P) EXC 91 One of the most talked about young Jersey cows of today‌
Another example of what Wallacedale will have on offer come Thursday May 31st.
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Daughter of new CRV Australia graduate, BOSREFUTE
WALLACEDALE REFMARK MELANIE EX 90 @ 3yrs 2yrs, 5461M, 5.05%, 276F, 3.75%, 205P, 305D, current PI 108. 1st, 2yr old in milk sired by a progeny test sire South Gippsland JBC On Farm Challenge’10 4th, 2yr old in milk South Gippsland JBC On Farm Challenge ‘10 1st, 2yr old sired by a progeny test sire Central Gippsland JBC On Farm Challenge ‘10 2nd Snr 2 yr old in milk 50th Annual Warragul Fair ‘10.
Next dam: Wallacedale Hallmark Melanie VG86 - 6yrs, 8501M, 420F, 320P, 305D, PI 120 Next dam: Denfield Melanie P36 EX92 STP6 - 11yrs, 7957M, 421F, 295P, 305D, PI 116
She sells...
BOSREFUTE (Wallacedale Refute) Rebel x Astound x Admiral x Berretta. Refutes grandmother is a full sister to the dam of VALERIAN.
ABV 12/11 - APR 86, OT 106, MS 106, SCS 106. ATstrengths OURinclude FUTURE FORTUNES MAY105 31ST 2012.105 Rear Bosrefutes 106 Stature, 103 Body Depth,SALE 104 Angularity, Fore Udder, Udder Height, 110 Rear Udder Width, 111 Udder Cleft, 103 Teat Length. Bosrefute is breeding cows with above average production, positive components of +.19%prt and +.24%ft. Add to this his super semen fertility of 3.26! Priced at just
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Dam of Bosrefute: Wallacedale Astound Violet 3 EX90 7050 ltrs,4.9%, 347 ft, 4.1%, 288 prt,305d
Wallacedale & Bemersyde Jerseys Cliff, Marieka, Luke & Melanie Wallace O’Mearas rOad sth, POOWOng nOrth, VIC 3988 Contact Luke m: 0400 562 764 - t: 03 5627 5668 e: lukemel@dcsi.net.au - www.wallacedale.com.au
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Vol. 65 No. 2 - March-April 2012
COVER
One of the most talked about young Jersey cows of today…
Broadlin Constance 2565 ( P ) EXC 91 Developing and Promoting the Jersey Breed
Jersey Australia Board Members President: Trevor Saunders 495 Araluen Rd, Yarragon VIC 3823 Telephone: (03) 5626 6373 saunders-day@dcsi.net.au Vice President: Milton Johnston 118 Edinburgh Drive, Taree, NSW 2430 Telephone: (02) 6552 5915 Secretary: Scott Joynson PO Box 292, Ascot Vale, VIC 3032 Telephone: (03) 9370 9105 jersey@jersey.com.au Hon. Treasurer: Peter Ness PO Box 93, Mt Compass, SA 5210 Telephone: (08) 8556 8270 nyowee@activ8.net.au Don Fry Mitchell Rd, Benger, WA Telephone: (08) 9726 9226 katandrapark@bigpond.com Geoff Heazlewood PO Box 87 Latrobe TAS 7307 Telephone: (03) 6426 1169 Chris MacKenzie 859 Cooriemungle Rd Timboon VIC 3268 Telephone: (03)559 87222 jireh859@skymesh.com.au Troy Mauger The Willows Willawa Rd Jerilderie NSW 2716 Telephone: (03) 5885 9294 tmmauger1@bigpond.com Rohan Sprunt 235 Kaarimba Hall Rd Kaarimba VIC 3635 Telephone: (03)5826 9506 kaarmona@bigpond.com Lisa Broad 388 Johnson Rd Lockington VIC 3563 Telephone: (03) 5486 2624 lisa.broad@bigpond.com.au AJBS Website: www.jersey.com.au
Sire: VANAHLEM 2yrs 6947L – 4.52 314kgs F – 3.86 268kgs P – 305D 127 PI 3yrs 6257L - 4.38 274kgsF - 3.74 234kgsP - 217D 121PI cont. H Sons by CSCNAVARA and ELTON at Genetics Australia. Both bulls are POLLED. A very big thank you to Gavin for a fantastic job preparing our team for IDW this year and also to everyone who commented and admired our cows, it was greatly appreciated.
LYNTON AND LISA BROAD t: 03 5486 2624 e: lisa.broad@bigpond.com
IN THIS ISSUE...
Cover artwork: Sharon Clark
CONTENTS
ADVERTISERS INDEX
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Agri-Gene IBC Alta Genetics 30 Broadlin FC Bushlea Farms 17 and 21 Cairnbrae 9 CGJBC 31 DeLaval 7 Gelbeado Park 11 GMJBC 33 Jugiong 14 NDJBC 6 Northern Lights Sale 10 Semex OBC SGJBC 18-20 Shirlinn 23 Viewfort 26 Viking Genetics 27 Wallacedale IFC and 15
Balance makes a Supreme Champion Wayne responds to ‘yellow Holstein’ jibes The elite ‘Beauty’ family at Ascot Park Youth profile - Danny Whitbread New Jersey record at International Dairy Week Comerica dominates the world’s best shows Sri Lanka Buys Australian Jersey bulls Shows: International Dairy Week 2011 Great Northern On Farm Challenge
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Opinions expressed in The Australian Jersey Journal are not necessarily those of Jersey Australia Inc or its Board of Management or Compiling Editor, and no responsibility whatsoever is taken for their authenticity. While every effort will be made to publish advertisements as ordered, no responsibility is taken for the failure of an advertisement to appear as ordered. Jersey Journal – March/April 2012 3
words: Michael Porteus
Balance makes a supreme champion
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ALANCE makes a supreme champion, says the owner of the 2012 International Dairy Week all-breeds winner, a seven-year-old Jersey named Willow Dell Fancy 512.
His family moved to Blighty 30km north of the Murray River east of Deniliquin in 1981 when he was three years old. They have more than 1500ha of land irrigated from the Murray Irrigation system.
Ian works the farm with his parents Ross and Robyn, brothers Carl and Andrew, and help from sister Sarah. The Griffiths grow rye grass, clover and wheat, and this year are also growing 100ha of corn and 120ha of lucerne. The farm calves year round, and milks 500 to 600 cows in a 70-bale rotary.
The Griffiths are members of the Holstein society. Ian says they have enough points for the Holstein masterbreeder award, but haven’t put in for it yet. He says they had the first Holstein in Australia to produce more than 20,000 litres in a 305-day lactation. But he does not want to debate whether Holsteins or Jerseys are better.
“Jerseys go through fences and Holsteins go over them,” he says. Ian Griffiths from Blighty in southern New South Wales says there is nothing extreme about Fancy 512. “Some cows will be extremely dairy or extremely large, or have a brilliant udder.
“But this cow, you wouldn’t single out anything about her.
“It’s just the fact that she’s so beautifully balanced.”
The win with a Jersey is a bit of a surprise for a breeder who had focussed on Holsteins, until three years ago when he bought the Willow Dell Jersey herd from his neighbours, the Waters family. The herd included Fancy 512, who was champion cow at the Melbourne Show 4 Jersey Journal – March/April 2012
in 2008 when shown by a group from Deniliquin High School.
The Griffiths have had three daughters out of her to date, sired by Comerica, Governor and Tequila.
“We are very pleased with these heifers,” Ian says. “They are like peas in a pod, and so similar to their dam. We plan to flush them as maiden heifers.” He also plans to flush Fancy 512 for twelve months before getting her back in-calf again. She may then return to the show ring. He says she’s breeding very true.
“They both have their pluses and minuses. At the end of the day, they all give milk. It’s all white and it all tastes the same.”
Ian says he has sometimes seen breeders with both breeds bagging out the other, but he doesn’t like that. “It would be better for both breeds to put forward a united front, promoting the advantages of stud cows over commercial cows,” he says.
Jerseys lead the herd
Ian says his cows all graze together and get on well.
Winner calls for breeder unity
But Jerseys lead the herd, “because they move fast”.
Ian was born into a multi-generation dairy family at Glenquarry, on the NSW southern tableland south of Sydney.
He likes large, long-bodied, balanced cows.
“We try to do the same thing with both breeds,” he says.
“You have so much more capacity through length than you do with depth,” he says. A mixture of breeds has worked well on the Griffiths farm since they bought Jerseys three years ago.
“We needed to expand, and the herd came up for sale. They were only just up the road. “We knew how good the Willow Dell cows were: Big-framey cows that have always been high producers.
“And after Fancy 512’s win, the Waters family has bred four International Dairy Week champions - more than any other breeders.”
Ian says it’s a privilege to have cows bred by the Waters family. The Griffiths have had to get up to scratch with all the bloodlines, because they hadn’t really taken much notice of Jerseys. Ian says neighbouring Jersey breeder Jeanette Falls helped get him up to strength about what’s out there, and backgrounded him about older bulls.
He says it’s no surprise that Fancy 512 is as good as she is. Sired by Astound, her dam Fancy 479 VG86 is sired by a homebred Renaissance son of Girlie 175, a
Juno who won champion cow at IDW in 1997. Her grand dam Fancy 387 87@ 2yrs was by Belles Expo, who in turn was out of a Juno. “Fancy 479 is a huge cow with so much power, yet angularity.” Ian says. “She has an exciting Exitation calf, and also calved on judging day this year with a heifer by Goal.” Ian hasn’t noticed any differences in fertility between the breeds on his farm. It calves year-round, flattening the curve of his supply to Parmalat. “A lot of people say Jerseys calve easier, which is certainly true,” Ian says, “but they can go down with milk fever quicker.
“With Holsteins, you have to pull the odd calf, so I think it balances out.”
The Griffiths have been unlucky to have their Jerseys average only 25 percent heifers over the past three years. Ian says these things work themselves out in the long run, but in the meantime he will be looking at using sexed semen to build up cow numbers.
‘The industry is bouncing back’
Ian thinks this year’s Dairy Week shows that the industry is bouncing back.
2012 BOARD OF MANAGEMENT ELECTIONS The Jersey Australia Board of Management adheres to a compulsory rotational retirement policy and as such calls for nominations from its membership to fill the (5) 2yr Board positions and (1) Vacant position 1yr term. The vacant Board positions are as a result of the rotational retirement of the following Jersey Australia Board members: Trevor Saunders, Peter Ness, Don Fry, Lisa Broad and Rohan Sprunt. Nomination Forms are available from – The Returning Officer, PO Box 292, Ascot Vale VIC 3032 by calling Jersey House on (03) 9370 9105 or via email jersey@jersey.com.au Nominations for Election need to be completed, signed and returned via post to Jersey House before 5.00pm Wednesday 11th April 2012 *Mail completed nominations to – Returning Officer, PO Box 292, Ascot Vale VIC 3032. Fax or emailed nominations will not be accepted.
“A lot of cows turned out this year - it was a bit more buoyant,” he says.
“In general, people seemed a little happier about how things are looking.”
He says Fancy 512 was not flustered by a lot of interest in her in the shed, and not hampered by having to line up for the all-breed judging only a day after Jersey judging. “She was making a lot of milk at the show, so double-bagging her was thankfully rather easy,” Ian says.
“She had a really good show. She was chewing her cud going around the ring. That’s a sign of a very happy cow”. Ian says it’s a big ask to predict that any Fancy 512 daughters will also be champions.
But he says her 14-month-old Comerica daughter – Aroona Comerica Fancy 61 – is brilliant. She and two other daughters are “just like mum”.
“They are beautifully balanced heifers. “The future looks promising for the family.”
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Jersey Australia (VIC)
2012 AGM Notice
Jersey Australia (VIC) Committee invites all Jersey Breeding enthusiasts to attend the 2012 Annual General Meeting which is to be hosted by the South Gippsland Jersey Breeders Club on 29th May, 2012. Where: RACV Inverloch Resort When: 5.00pm start For further information contact: Naomi Bechaz 0356 711 077 • email naomi_bechaz@racv.com.au or Ian Richards 0356 641 248 • email ijr@aussiebroadband.com.au
Jersey Australia (VIC)
Committee Elections
The Jersey Australia(VIC) Committee wishes to inform its members that in conjunction with the 2012 AGM (4) 2yr and (2) 1yr committee positions are vacant and available for re-election. The vacancies occur as Callum Moscript, Noel Furze, Ian Richards and Paul Mumford complete their current terms as committee members. Nomination forms are available from – The Returning Officer, PO Box 292, Ascot Vale VIC 3032 by calling Jersey House (03) 9370 9105 or email jersey@jersey.com.au *Nominations for Election to Jersey Australia (VIC) close 5.00pm Tuesday 17th April 2012.
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Jimann Jerseys
Charles & Carolyn Smith 80 Rathbone Road, St Germains 3620 Ph: 03 5826 0325 andesholsteins@bigpond.com.au
Brookbora Jerseys Robert and Sandra Bacon Tennyson Vic 3572 03 5488 2323 - 0429 333 119 bacons@brookbora.com.au www.brookbora.com.au
Bercar Jersey Stud
388 Johnson Road, LOCKINGTON 3563 03 5486 2624 - 0427 862 624 lisa.broad@bigpond.com
Trevor & Julie Campbell 286 Lowe Rd Rochester 3561 PH: (03) 5484 1624 jimann1@bigpond.com
Dalbora Genetics Robert & Sandra Bacon Daryl & Maria Collins
Tennyson Vic 3572 0427 882 227 - 0429 333 119 info@dalboragenetics.com.au www.dalboragenetics.com.au
Bernie and Carol McManus 252 Bamawm Rd Bamawm. 3561 Ph: 03 5483 2245 e-mail bercar3561@bigpond.com
SUNSHINE FARM JERSEYS N R & J M McDonald 715 Andrews Rd Kyabram 3620 Ph: 03 5855 2516 - 0428 992 450 janelleabbey@hotmail.com
LincoLndeLL Jerseys Ron and Val Read & Family 167 Panoo Road Lockington 3563
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Gordon & Lyn Emmett 12 Curr Road, Stanhope Ph: 03 5857 2629 lynemmett@bigpond.com.au .....breeding since 1930
Craigielea Jerseys
Bill, Kaye and Andrew Cochrane 836 Hansen Rd, Bamawm, 3561
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Jerseys
Stewart Mancer 2/1 Moama Court, Moama Ph: 0429 882 201 rockleighpark@bigpond.com
Jared & Courtney Ireland 53 Hewlett Lane, Lockington. Ph: 03 5486 2694 courtney.wagner@bigpond.com
Silhouette Jerseys Richard & Ann Worboys Echuca Mitiamo Rd • Kotta Ph: 03 5483 7500 info@silhouette.biz
Sybilgrove & Summer Spirit Jerseys Collins Family 202 McColl Road, Ballendella 3561 Ph/Fax: 03 5486 5393
Benlock Jersey Stud Bryan & Lee Rushton 79 Brooks Rd Rochester 3861 Ph: 03 5484 1551 benlockj@dodo.com.au
WINDY WAYS JERSEYS Frank Walsh 41 A Finlay Road, Tongala VIC 3621 Ph: 03 5859 0532 Mobile: 0418 576 856 Email: frankwalsh3@bigpond.com
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words: Michael Porteus
Wayne responds to ‘yellow Holstein’ jibes: Wayne and Anne Maples with daughters Abbigail and Willa with Boggabilla Tara E12 (sired by Bushlea Freeagent) first in the two-year progeny test class of the 2011 Western District Jersey Breeders On Farm Challenge. .Photo: AJ Livestock Photograghy
Why Sundowner wants to breed stronger Jerseys
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here are some jokers in south-western Victoria who laugh that Wayne Maples is trying to breed “yellow Holsteins”. But Wayne says the Jersey breed has got to evolve.
He is trying to breed Jerseys that don’t get pushed around by the 100 Holsteins on his 460-acre farm, Sundowner Jerseys at Cobden, near Warrnambool 2.5 hours west of Melbourne.
But he is also aiming for good-type high-classifying Jerseys that will be able to compete against the best in the breed when he takes them to local shows, and then to International Dairy Week and the Royal Melbourne. Wayne’s grandparents were dairy farmers, but his family had left the industry by the time Wayne grew up in Bellingen on the New South Wales north coast. When he finished school, he moved up to Dorrigo where he milked on farms including Warwick and Kayleen Marks’ Winvarl Jersey stud. He also helped a friend Ian Cork of Tongarra Jerseys at the Dorrigo show.
Wayne began to prefer Jerseys for their temperament and ease of maintenance. “They don’t sulk like a Holstein does,” he says. “They don’t get sick.” But he still had to milk a few Holsteins, including when he helped out at the Metcalfe farm owned by the parents of his future wife, Anne.
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Dorrigo is about as close to heaven as you can get in NSW. It’s a scenic area on a cool sub-tropical escarpment, inland from Coffs Harbour, with an historic township and spectacular national parks. It has the state’s highest rainfall and lush red volcanic soils, which also grows esteemed beef and potatoes.
But when Wayne and Anne were starting their own first farm five years ago, they decided to move to Victoria. They saw better opportunities for young farmers to get a start in the dairy industry there, and leased the property at Cobden.
Wayne took to Cobden four cows he had purchased from the first stage dispersal of Rolma Jerseys. But the Jerseys were well outnumbered by the Holsteins in the herd they had acquired from Anne’s parents. Wayne says the Holsteins at first used the Jerseys a bit like a pinball machine.
“It wasn’t until we got more Jerseys that they tended to blend in a bit more,” he says. Half the farm’s 200 cows are now Jerseys.
The Maples do split calving in FebruaryApril and August-October. The herd produces 1.2million litres a year at four percent fat and 3.4 percent protein. Anne has become the secretary of the Western Districts Jersey Breeders Club. The Maples also have a young family, with one-year-old twin daughters. Wayne expects to increase his proportion of Jerseys as he increases
the herd to about 300 milkers, but he expects there will always be a mix of breeds on his property.
“I don’t think we are out to change the Jersey as such, but I just think that the breed has got to evolve.
So he wants to breed Jerseys with the stature and strength to compete with larger cows.
He knows each of his 100 Jerseys by name, and works with Jersey Australia classifiers to focus on breeding objectives to improve his Jersey herd with US and Canadian genetics. “I breed for type,” he says. “We’d like to eventually start showing them, and I think that production usually comes with that.
“We are trying to develop a couple of different cow families.
“We’ve got the Belle’s and the Selly’s. I’ve put a couple through genetic recovery to develop the Brandy’s and Mercedes’, which seem to be developing along really well.” Wayne and Anne are looking for a longterm future with their Jersey herd, and Wayne is breeding for that.
But he says challenges for young farmers can be more about finance than cows.
“I usually use the classification results just to help with what traits I need to improve in each cow, and to help with the selection of bulls.
“I’d like to breed more stature, and more strength. “A few of the local breeders seem to like the more traditional kind of cows. “They’ll say that you are tyring to breed yellow Holsteins, but I disagree with that.
“More stature helps the Jerseys blend in with the Holsteins.
“Being able to buy your own farm is the biggest issue,” he says. “With the land prices and things like that, I think it’s really hard for that next generation to take off.
“We own all our herd and our machinery – but when you approach the bank for finance, they don’t see the cows as an asset. “The ones that do lend money against cows, it’s only for chopper cow prices. “They don’t see the genetics side of things as an asset.”
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Cairnbrae Governor’s Althea Born 6/5/11
sells in Gippsland at the Devondale 100 Years of Jersey Excellence sale
Monday, May 28th, 2012
Alan and Janine Carson tel: 03 5235 3201 Jersey Journal – March/April 2012 9
Gelbeado Park
selling at the Devondale 100 Years of Excellence Sale - Monday, May 28th
dam: Kings Vale Kody Bonita
1st idW 2009 2.5yrs in milk leading edge genetics Champion Cow 2010 Set to reach back to back lactations over 9000 litres.
Photo: Ross Easterbrook
Gelbeado Park Navara
Bonita 88pts-2yrs
Her first lactation saw her reach 6000 litres with an ASI of 187 ranking her 112th nationally. Will be calving on April 23 to ELTON with numerous AI interests. First in class - Leading Edge Genetics Challenge 2011 Cows to achieve STP awards this classification! • • •
Gelbeado Park Ester 2227 Ex90 STP13 x Expand Gelbeado Park Alice 2942 Ex90 STP 7 x CRImor Gelbeado Park Orchid 2569 Ex90 STP 10 x Astound
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Gelbeado Park Orchid 2579 EX90 STP 10 x JEPerimeter Gelbeado Park Dorothy 2533 EX90 STP 10 x Astound
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Gelbeado Park Billy 2739 EX90 x Astound Gelbeado Park Olga 3299 EX90 x AltaFuturity Gelbeado Park Olga 3316 EX90 x Flowerpower Gelbeado Park Penny 3366 EX90 x AltaWhiskey Gelbeado Park Dorothy 2996 EX90 x AltaMegastar Gelbeado Park Sandy 2944 EX90 x Franchise
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Gelbeado Park Dorothy 3644 88 pts @ 2 x BWCountry Gelbeado Park Dorothy 3714 88 pts @ 2 x AltaCarrier
New Classification graduates • • • • • •
Gelbeado Park Orchid 2390 EX91 x Outinfront Gelbeado Park Peggy 3110 EX91 x Jace Gelbeado Park Ester 3164 EX90 x AltaWhiskey Gelbeado Park Ester 3120 EX90 x AltaMegastar Gelbeado Park Orchid 3284 EX90 x AltaWhiskey Gelbeado Park Allison 2514 EX90 x Sharif
New 88 point heifers • •
Gelbeado Park Orchid 3572 88 pts @ 2 x AltaBW Gelbeado Park Cocoa 3606 88 pts @ 2 x Parade
Gelbeado Park
Paul & Lisa Mumford 100 Greig's Creek Road, Won Wron, ViCtoRia 3971. aUStRaLia tel: 03 51891391 | Lisa 0429 891 391 | Paul 0438 890 222 email : mumfordpl@bigpond.com
words: Jenny McCarthy
Photo: Les Jacobsen
Great Aussie cow families
The elite Beauty family at Ascot Park
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he Ascot Park Jersey stud (Budgee, Queensland) is owned by Stephen and Jenny McCarthy, pictured above with Ascot Park Pitinos Beauty. When considering the best cow family in the herd, it is the Beauty family that stands out. The Beauty cow family has good type with particularly good udders, production and longevity.
Cows from the Beauty family have high classifications, wins in the show ring and they currently comprise one quarter of the cows on the Ascot Park herd recording sheets.
Bloodlines
“Brian Leslie’s comments in our 2004 sale catalogue best describe the bloodlines of our herd”, Jenny said.
“The McCarthy family are true Jersey breeders. They certainly have developed one of the nations top herds. Bred down over many years from a strong Queensland foundation, the introduction of five imported New Zealand Merriland sires, then the use of Skelbrook sires from Tasmania, rich in Katandra blood, a wonderful base was laid for the use of leading US and Canadian sires. Cow families are of great importance here. I
Ascot Park Pitinos Beauty EX94
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can’t help but mention the Beauty family, certainly one of the most impressive maternal lines I have come across.”
Early history
In 1946, Stephen’s parents, Jim and Cath McCarthy, established ‘Glen Erin’ Jersey stud at Budgee, south of Toowoomba in Queensland. The foundation cow for the Beauty family was Ellerdale Watfern Berenice, purchased in the 1950’s from John ‘Jack’ Hewett. She was a second prize winner at Lismore show and produced 420lbs of butterfat as a Senior 2. When Jim registered Berenice’s heifers, he started a new cow family - the Beauty family. Many cows from this family topped Queensland for production, such as GE Elegant Beauty by Lynvale Elegant Jester. The more recent line from this cow are GE Demo Follys Beauty 2, Fair Beauty 3, Pyramids Beauty, Stars Beauty and Pitinos Beauty.
Another prominent branch of the Beauty family are from GE Elegant Beauty 2. This line includes GE Demo Ideal Beauty, Demo Ideal 2, Hasty Beauty and Montanas Beauty.
Sires
The pedigrees of the cows above include the two imported Merriland sires - Fair Dividend and Demo Blaze, purchased from Stephen’s parents in 1988 along with the farm and herd.
As Jim intended to retain some cows and show them, we commenced the Ascot Park prefix. Both of these bulls left daughters with good type.
‘Demo’ features in the pedigrees of many of our show cows and his daughters had particularly good udders. Another bull to have a big influence on the herd was Big Hollow Folly’s Major that Jim had paid $100/straw for. In recent years it is the AI sire Berretta that appears in the pedigrees of the better cows. Most of the bulls they sell today as herd sires are from the Beauty family. AP Leon (Lester x Montanas Beauty) has also been used in the herd. His daughter Leons Limerick 86pts-2YR,
Ascot Park Montanas Beauty EX91
(a great-grand-daughter of Rapid Bay Juno Limerick) won Supreme Heifer at a Downs Jersey Calf Day.
Classification
The herd was first classified in 1989 with GE Demo Folly’s Beauty classifying 92pts. Since then, there have been 24 cows from the Beauty family with the Ascot Park prefix score 90 points or more. These cows are by 20 different sires. The highest pointed cows in the herd include Pitinos Beauty 94, Hasty Beauty 93 with Gants Beauty and Rockets Beauty on 92 points, ten on 91 points and ten on 90 points.
Prominent cows
equal supreme udder winner who has produced 75,460 litres in 10 lactations. Her best lactation - 10yrs, 8183 litres, 3.5% 290 kgs protein, 4.7% 386 kgs fat in 305 days.
In recent years PITINO’S BEAUTY has been very successful in the show ring. The first time she was shown, she had a clean sweep winning Supreme Heifer and Supreme Udder at the 2008 Dairy Spectacular. Pitinos Beauty was 2009 Supreme Heifer at Toowoomba show and 2010 Champion Cow and Best Udder winner at Brisbane. She produced 8011 litres as a Senior 3 and has heifers
Sales At the 2008 sale at Wauchope, Centurions Beauty 90pts sold for $5000. Her dam is Lesters Beauty 90pts who is still milking at 13 years on her 11th lactation and has produced 67,809 litres. T-Bones Beauty 2-ET (maternal sister to Pitinos Beauty) sold for $7000 at the 2011 sale at Camden. Stephen and Jenny were able to sell this heifer as they have four full ET sisters to her. Their dam, Stars Beauty 90pts, has been a great flush cow. She is by Ascot Park Star (Bistar x Glen Erin Kings Gem 2 90pts).
HASTY BEAUTY - Show teams are dominated by the Beauty family. When the McCarthy’s resumed showing at Brisbane in 2010, six of the eleven head were from this family. The cow that lifted the profile of the herd was Hasty Beauty EX93. In 11 lactations she produced 66,372 litres, 3.7% 2484 kgs protein, 4.8% 3199 kgs fat.
Ascot Park Gants Beauty 2 91pts
Ascot Park Sultans Beauty EX91
Ascot Park Mals Beauty 2 90pts
Ascot Park Lesters Beauty EX90
Hasty Beauty was a Brisbane class winner, twice Champion Cow and awarded best udder four times (including a Supreme Udder award) at Toowoomba Show.
At the Southern Downs Dairy Expo at Warwick, Hasty Beauty won Champion Cow and Supreme Udder in successive years. A highlight of her show career included Grand Champion All Breeds Supreme Udder at the state feature show, Beaudesert. This class included senior and junior udder winners from Beaudesert, Boonah, Canungra, Gatton, Gold Coast, Ipswich, Mudgeeraba, Redcliffe and Redlands shows. When the World Jersey Conference tour visited the Ascot Park farm in 1999, Hasty Beauty was the cow that the Jersey Island visitors wanted to take home.
Daughters of Hasty Beauty include Montana’s Beauty 91pts, Gants Beauty 2 91pts, Augustus Beauty 2-ET 91pts, Mals Beauty 2 90pts, Montanas Beauty 2 90pts, Grand Beauty 88pts and Sabers Beauty-ET 85pts-2YR. Montana’s Beauty is a Toowoomba show champion and
by Blair, Gannon and Berretta, as well as an ET Gannon heifer. They have a full sister to Pitinos Beauty and three members of the Beauty family by Pitino.
On Farm Challenge
Montanas Beauty won Champion Cow and Best Udder in the 2002 Queensland On Farm Challenge. Astounds Beauty 2 (a great-grand-daughter of Gants Beauty EX92) won Qld Champion Heifer in 2004. Pitinos Beauty was third in the Intermediate section of the 2008 Great Northern Challenge, behind two second calvers. Golden Beauty 2 90pts was second overall for udder. Her dam Montanas Beauty 2 90pts is still good enough to show at 11 years of age.
Conclusion The motto at Ascot Park is ‘the tradition of excellence continues’. Jenny says, “it has been a great responsibility as well as a privilege during the last 24 years for Stephen and I to continue to develop the cow families that were purchased from Stephen’s parents. The task has been made easier with the Beauty family leading the way.
“This cow family has inspired us to keep breeding better cows and is also the cow family that means the most to us.” n
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A taste of what’s on offer from Jugiong at the
Northern Lights Sale - April 27th, 2012 Full sister sells
‘Valerian’ Grand daughter sells
Jugiong Rhonda 5433 Ex90 24m 6220 5.0 311 4.1 254 305d PI 113 Senior Champion dairy Cow Shepparton 2011 Sire: ASTOUND Backed by Ex92, Ex90, Ex92.
Jugiong ilagay 142 SuP92 60m 7007 5.6 395 3.7 259 305d PI 102 Supreme Champion great Southern Challenge Dam of sale lot is Ex90 Astound, never under 6500 litres!
Full sister’s daughter sells
‘Spiritual’ grand daughter sells
TRanSiT PaRk haTTiE 5746 Ex92 Champion 3 year old great northern Challenge 2011 1st Jersey Futurity idW 2012 Grand dam is BIE Sooner Hattie SUP92 from the Rebob Halo family
Jugiong daydREam 355 Ex91 132m 8436 4.6 386 3.8 320 305d PI 108 Lifetime: 98,047 litres, 4170 kgf, 3791 kgP Senior Champion dairy Cow Shepparton
‘Spiritual’ grand daughter sells
In milk ‘Blackstone’ great grand daughter sells
Claydon PaRk JoElS Zola Ex93 10637 4.5 482 3.7 389 305d PI 149 Best udder all Breeds kyabram Dam of lot is VG87 ‘Bomber’ with 385kgf, 281kgP
Jugiong lEoniE 281 VhC90 60m 8383 5.0 422 3.8 322 305d Dam of lot is Ex90 Whiskey, then Ex90 Biestar
due May to ‘Vanahlem’
sired by ‘RB Reagan’
due May to ‘Vanahlem’
due May to ‘Vanahlem’
due May to ‘Vanahlem’
words: Linda Houghton
Catching up with
Danny Whitbread
E
ven though Danny Whitbread is just nine years old, he already has more passion for the Jersey breed and dairy farming than someone twice his age. ‘I think Jerseys are beautiful looking cows, and very cool creatures. They have nice personalities and give creamy milk as well. They are gentle and easy to handle – I know the cows won’t hurt me’ Danny said. Danny’s family have recently purchased a 75 acre farm at Edith Creek (Tasmania), and intend to start up a dairy operation in about six months time, with the dairy currently being constructed. ‘We are going to start with 40 milking cows, and I will be helping Mum and my brothers with the milking – we are looking forward to that. When I grow up, I want to have about 300 registered stud Jersey cows, and have a dairy-farm at Edith Creek – probably right next door to Dad.’ Danny has a two big brothers; Billy, 13 and Jack 11, and two sisters; Maggie 2 and baby Lydia – who was just four weeks old at the time of the interview. Mum and Dad (Melinda and Cade) encourage and support Danny’s interest in Jerseys and dairying - and may look at future opportunities to expand in the future by purchasing neighbouring farms. Danny has recently started his own Jersey Stud, ‘Caramel Crown Jerseys’ and is the proud owner of two calves. ‘I like registered stud Jerseys, so I saved up my own money to buy my calves by doing jobs around our farm. I fed the steers, chooks, dogs and poddy calves. The best fun was feeding the dogs – they really like their food!’
‘I bought two beautiful calves from Geoff Heazlewood, Rochelle (who was born in February 2011) and Rosemary (born in March 2011). They are really cute and quiet, and I love to brush them, walk them and I talk to them sometimes. They are just starting to change colour a bit, getting a bit of black on them now. They are so friendly, sometimes if they get out of their paddock, they walk up to the font door of the house! When I call them, they come running over to me too. At the moment I’m saving up for some nice leather leads to use for showing – they look nicer than rope.’ Danny loves all aspects of showing, and takes his two calves to local shows. ‘I really like showing and getting the cows ready – washing and brushing them and teaching them to lead. I love walking around at the shows and seeing all of the different cows such as Guernseys, Ayrshires and Holsteins – but I love the Jerseys the best.’ When asked if he would like to judge in the future, Danny was very clear. ‘‘I don’t think I could be a judge, as I’d probably have trouble picking out the winner – because there are always lots of good cows!’ ‘As for my ‘favourite’ Jersey - at the moment I reckon it’s Rochelle – she’s awesome. She has won a lot of calf shows, and she’s a really good walker, and behaves in the ring. For practice, I have a circle mapped out in the backyard, and I lead Rochelle and Rosemary around to get them used to walking quietly – they’re going really well. ‘I have even had my photo in the paper – The Advocate, holding both of my calves – that was pretty cool’. Danny is a Grade 4 student at Forest Primary School, and really enjoys PE and catching up with his friends. ‘I’ve got a mate at school who has a steer and a cow – he enjoys handling and leading them too, it’s good fun. My teacher asked me to bring in some of my show ribbons – the kids thought they were great – and I think some of the kids didn’t want to let go of them!’ Danny said. As for the future of Caramel Crown Jerseys, Danny has ideas for his breeding
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plan. ‘Dad and I talk about bulls a bit, and there are a couple of bulls I like which we may use for Rochelle and Rosemary later on. I know a bit about AI, and I think I will select the bulls myself.’ Danny said. ‘It’s cool to have my picture in the Jersey Journal – I love seeing photos of the cows – it’s awesome. The calendar is great too – I have it on the wall in my bedroom – with the page showing Geoff Heazlewood’s calves.’ With Danny’s passion and drive, it would be a safe bet to say that Caramel Crown Jersey stud is going to be one to watch in the future.
(Danny’s father, Cade added that he wanted to acknowledge and thank Geoff Heazlewood for all of his help and advice to Danny, and for also selling him two top quality calves at a good price).
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Russell RETURNS TO OZ
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Wallacedale Jerseys are very pleased and excited to announce that the highly regarded and much respected Russell Gammon is returning to visit Australian Jersey Breeders. The former CEo of Jersey Canada and now Jersey program Manager for Semex has accepted our invitation to read pedigrees and give a presentation at our Future Fortunes Sale. Since his visit to our herd in 2009 Russell has been a tremendous source of encouragement and has helped to motivate us in all things Jersey. Quote: "I had the Wallacedale herd on my list of must sees and my expectations, high as they were, were actually exceeded by a wide margin. What a true breeders herd and thus a perfect source for genetics to make the next generation of global Jerseys"."Gary Bowers (Lencrest
Jerseys) started raving when your herd was mentioned, he simply loved your cows". In his role with Semex a main goal has been to search the genetic jersey globe for new and diverse cow families. The use of genomics has become a major tool in this process. Semex are convinced that the Aussie population have even more genetics that need to be shared with the global population of Jersey owners. Therefore they are keen to work with Aussie breeders who have intriguing and superior Jersey females. to quote Russell " he who finds the most oil is he who drills the most wells!" So the more young sires they can genomically test the more likely they are to uncover the next super bull! " We can climb to the top together".
The 2 maternal sisters pictured below have a combined lifetime prodcution of - 188,539 litres, 9060 kgs fat, 7057 kgs prt!
Family members sell
photo @ 16 yRS
photo @ 10 yRS
Family members sell
Denfield Melaine M28 EX90 STP6
Denfied Melanie P36 EX92 STP6
7 grand daughters, 3 gg-daughters, 1 ggg-daughter, 2 g-sons and 2 gg-sons will sell.
3 daughters, 3 grand daughters, 2 gg-daughters, 1 gggg-daughter and 1 son will sell.
Wallacedale Jerseys
and Semex invite all Jersey enthusiasts to attend the
Future Fortunes Sale on Thursday 31st may and take the opportunity to discuss with Russell all things Jersey. The herd and all sale lots will be available for inspection after midday on Sunday the 27th of May.
Why not take the time to call in on your way to the "100 years of Jersey Excellence Celebrations".
Cliff, Marieka, Luke & Melanie Wallace
O’Mearas Road Sth, Poowong North, Vic 3988 Contact Luke m: 0400 562 764 - t: 03 5627 5668 e: lukemel@dcsi.net.au - www.wallacedale.com.au
T: 03 9743 0344 • F: 03 9743 0355 E: semex@semex.com.au
www.semex.com.au
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A four day event being hosted by the South Gippsland Jersey Breeders Club, beginning Mon 28th. The events include a multi vendor sale, dinners, farm tours, guest speakers the Jersey Australia AGM and much more.
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