April/May 2010 - Australian Jersey Breeders Society
April/May 2010 - Australian Jersey Breeders Society
April/May 2010 - Australian Jersey Breeders Society
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it’s the most expensive one!”<br />
Bulls they favour include SULTAN and ASTOUND, as<br />
well as some of their own bulls.<br />
Among their buys have been DARAWAY TARANAK<br />
VANESSA 2nd. This full sister to DARAWAY TARANAK<br />
VANESSA had produced a couple of heifers through<br />
ET.<br />
A cow of great impact in their herd was ROWANTREE<br />
LESTER TESSIE. “She and her daughters have left some<br />
very good progeny behind,” said Jennifer.<br />
“And we got a very good cow that we bought for<br />
$900 from a friend, EUROKA ASTOUNDING BEE ,and<br />
she went on to win intermediate champ at NSW<br />
state show at Camden in 2003.<br />
“We have a full sister TARCOOLA EUROKA<br />
ASTOUNDING BEE which was a supreme champion<br />
intermediate at the 2008 Wauchope show and we’ve<br />
sold a couple of bulls from her. We are also working<br />
with the Fernleaf, Babe, Vita and Merle families.”<br />
Bull trades have been active, and this has helped to<br />
Coombes through the tight times. “I can’t keep up<br />
with demand for <strong>Jersey</strong> bulls at the moment,” said<br />
Jennifer.<br />
They also have BRUNCHILLI SAMBO EILEEN 4th, a full<br />
sister to BRUNCHILLI SAMBO EILEEN, the intermediate<br />
champion at 2009 IDW.<br />
Her daughter will be on offer at the state sale<br />
being held alongside the <strong>Jersey</strong> Australia AGM at<br />
Wauchope. And that’s where Jennifer’s energy is<br />
being directed at the moment.<br />
She is helping organise the event in <strong>May</strong>. An eightmember<br />
organising committee is planning dinners,<br />
visits to nearby farms and the AGM and sale. They<br />
are expecting about 100 people. “Although it’s hard<br />
to know how many are coming from Victoria and<br />
Queensland. Accommodation is starting to get tight<br />
and we need to know numbers for catering and also<br />
who wants bus tours of farms.”<br />
How did she land a job like that?<br />
“We did too good a job two years ago when we had<br />
the NSW AGM and sale at Wauchope. Everyone<br />
said we did a good job, and so they gave it to us.<br />
They got record prices for the sale, so we’ve landed<br />
it again.<br />
Experience obviously counts.<br />
The <strong>Jersey</strong> stud started about 13 years ago, although<br />
Terry has worked on the farm for 38 years. Before<br />
that, the family has a tradition in dairying going back<br />
three or four generations.<br />
Jennifer said: “When I came along we switched to<br />
<strong>Jersey</strong>s. I come from a <strong>Jersey</strong> family. My mum and<br />
dad had Whitton <strong>Jersey</strong> stud at Wauchope. Her<br />
widowed Mum, Nina Lindsay, and brothers Ian and<br />
John keep Hastings <strong>Jersey</strong>s going.<br />
“So I was bought up with <strong>Jersey</strong>s all my life,” Jennifer<br />
said.<br />
Did Terry know what was coming when he married<br />
her? “Probably not,” she laughed.<br />
The Glamour Family go back to the<br />
Glamour Girls from Berry Bank<br />
Jireh Oniline Glamour Sup 92<br />
6637 3.7 248 5.0 332<br />
Many trophies in our house<br />
were won by this cow.<br />
Jireh Para Glamour GP 88<br />
6102 3.9 240 5.2 319<br />
Jireh Malcolm Glamour GP 88<br />
5742 3.8 220 5.5 318<br />
and 2yr old Jireh Futurity Girl<br />
P.I’s at 110<br />
C & P McKenzie<br />
Phone 5598 7222<br />
Email: jireh859@aussiebroadband.net.au<br />
Jireh<br />
<strong>Jersey</strong>s<br />
8<br />
— <strong>Jersey</strong>Journal <strong>April</strong> / <strong>May</strong> <strong>2010</strong>
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