ALLAN and Sue Dawson and their family must have been pleased with the result of their annual ram sale last week and the sale of Lot 1 to Albury interests for $9000 was a great start.
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There is a lot of Wallaloo Park, Nerstane and Roseville Park in the Winyar type and I was impressed by Lot 14, a WP poll ram with a skin type that any SRS stud would be proud of.
Brendan Ostini paid $5000 for that ram to use in his Ravvechia Stud at Orange.
Five breeders from the Bathurst area bought quality hogget rams at the auction.
Buy or not to buy
BREEDERS and fatteners of livestock must be running their calculators hot as they decide on buying sheep and cattle, steers or young wethers or to to sit on their hands and wait for a seasonal downturn.
There may be more of an upside in shorn wether two-tooths at about $70 than in 10 month old steers at $1100 landed.
The young wethers should return $60 each in wool returns by spring 2017 while the steers must make their money in edible protein.
Col’s milestone
THE sole life member of Bathurst Merino Association and its inaugural president Col Ferguson celebrated a milestone birthday last Monday and many local residents would join me in offering him birthday greetings.
Trunkey festival
JIM Burke and Peggy O’Brien provide details of the 34th annual Trunkey Creek Wool and Horse Festival to be held on Saturday, October 8 from 9am to 4.30pm.
Highlights of the show include the inaugural draught horse log snig; Australian Champion Fleece; a quality quick shear; dog high jump; royal performance horse events; lots of children’s activities and the non-stop throb of quiet music that is a feature of their show event.
Bryton Wool sponsors the Australian Champion Fleece to a value of $550 and good sponsorship is provided to all wool sections from many Bathurst and district businesses.
All sponsors are acknowledged in the show booklet.
All wool entries must be received by 8am on Friday, October 9 and fleeces may be left at Watson Tractors, Town and Country Rural Supplies or Sid Newham Rural Supplies by 3pm on Thursday, October 6.
Local entries to be delivered to the showground (Trunkey) by Thursday, October 6 between 4.30pm and 5pm.
Warnings in the wet
OUR great start to spring has brought grass tetany and bloat problems to cattle herds and feet problems and pulpy kidney into many sheep flocks.
Vet advice is available from Local Land Services offices and unfortunately many landholders don’t use LLS services.
Most agents, contractors or rural suppliers can tell inquirers of the actions that long-term graziers are taking and this type of information is of real value to inexperienced owners of livestock.
Many landholders remember the valued advice that was contained in a weekly vet’s column in Tablelands newspapers.
Farewell, Jack
THE recent death of former Bathurst pastoralist and men’s hairdresser Jack Smith has revived memories of a top class tennis player and a great friend to generations of local residents.
Jack and Naomi Smith reared their family at their prestigious small farm at Evans Plains and he and his father Ken conducted their barbering business in Russell Street for many years.
Jack administered many tennis lessons to challengers on the granite courts in lower William Street and is remembered as a great of the tennis world in the Central West.
Snake victim
THE Mark Ryan family at Georges Plains reports the loss of their grand old pacing mare Cherokee Charmer to a suspected snake bite in the paddock last week.
She was due to foal to Courage Under Fire in late October and this added greatly to the loss.
Running in the same paddock was their beautifully bred mare Noplacelikeholme who is also in foal to the same stallion.
Cherokee Charmer won more than $100,000 in prizemoney, was mother to Alberts Charm who won over $100,000 and was grand dam to the current top class young mare Sheza Runa.
Wally’s an ace
I RAISE my cap to a good mate Wally Dean who recorded a hole-in-one on the eighth hole during a competition round at Bathurst golf course last Thursday.
The Western Advocate reported that Wal has been a club member for 62 years and must have been leading up to this milestone for some time. He was great to work with back when the world was young.
Diary dates
- Monday, September 19: Genanegie Merino Ram Sale, Peak Hill.
- Friday, September 23: Bella Lana Merino Ram Sale at Wellington.
- Tuesday, September 27: Richmond SRS Merino Ram Sale at Quandialla.
- Thursday, September 29: Kildara Glen - 12 Australian whites, 12 borders, 25 poll dorsets. Phone Bowyer and Livermore on 6331 5166.
Laugh lines
- GEORGE bragged that his wife is such a great housekeeper that she vacuums every room every day and puts a completely clean, empty bag in the Hoover every night. His mate replied that his wife was so capable that when he goes to the bathroom in the dead of night, she changes the sheets before he gets back in.
- SHE said: “Man is a creature that God made at the end of the week when He was tired. He made man because He was so disappointed in the monkey. Man is the only animal that blushes – or needs to.”
- MAN is the only animal that bargains. Did you ever see dogs exchange bones?
Wool market report
THE wool market lost some ground this week on the back of the Aussie dollar dipping to US78c.
The broader merinos and XB wools bore the brunt of the fall, losing around 30c/kg, while the fine merinos only lost around 6c/kg.
The northern market indicator finished the week on 1330c/kg, down 14c/kg.
The market is tracking pretty well for the fine and medium merinos but the super and ultra-fine wools are still not earning their traditional value.
Sales next week will see 38,231 bales on offer in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.
