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History of
THE
GRANARY
POLL HEREFORD STUD
Introduction
The Stud was formed in 1990
with the purchase of foundation females from the Mont Bello
Stud, Cygnet Tasmania. All but one of these females are still
in the herd today. With these females came Mont Bello Costa
Plenty, our first sire and the sire of Top Boy who sold at
the 1995 Sydney Royal Show for a third top price of $9,000.
Other females were sourced from Studbrook, Academy,
Warrensville, Merawah, Doonbiddie, Kinross Park and Karawina.
From Tasmania we obtained Valma and Boonamarah with
Boonamarah Heather who did so much for us.Ivy Bank Highpower was
purchased at the 1992 Sydney Royal, he is still working in
the Stud. He had an immediate impact on the herd giving a
full frame in lift and adding muscle. His first son, The
Granary Highpower is the first and only Tasmanian Bull to win
a Broad Ribbon at the Dubbo National. He is also the highest
priced Tasmanian bull at Dubbo at $6,500.In 1993 at Dubbo we purchased Mileura The Boss. The mighty Boss is as sound today as when he was
purchased. Boss sons are now in herds in most states of
Australia. He has daughters in 16 different stud herds.Bronwyn Sensation was
purchased at Naracoorte in 1993. He is still in the herd
today and working well.Our latest sire is Camden View
Profit Maker who was purchased in 1998 at the Sydney Royal.
He is the ultimate heifer bull. He has the best shoulders we
have seen in a bull. We have used him over maiden heifers,
all have calved to date, unseen.In 1993 we joined Group
Breedplan and have performance recorded since that time,
which includes at least an annual scan for fat and EMA. Then
1998 we joined the Cattlecare Program and have successfully
completed our second audit.We do show our cattle and have
been Most Successful Exhibitor at Royal Hobart Show for the
following years:-
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
1999 Most Successful
Exhibitor at Royal Hobart Show was won by Oceanview
aaaaaaPHS with their four exhibits all The Granary prefix.There have been six
Performance Classes at the Royal Hobart:-
1999 – 3 classes all
won by The Granary (Boss’s 2IC 2 wins and Peirce
Brosnan 1 win) There were sixteen bulls in each class.
2000 – 3 more classes
were held (2 won by Dynasty and 1 by The Granary
Thunderball, Peirce’s brother).Females
I was told when we started
breeding that most studs are formed around two to three
females and that the really good ones would have up to five.
We set out to try and put our stud into a strong position
with our female herd. Purchases were made from the following
studs: Mont Bello, Academy, Studbrook, Valma, Quamby Plains,
Pallabah, Margfred Park, Dunhallen, Warrensville, Merawah,
Attanga, Boonamarah, Kyoga, Doonbiddie, Karawina, Camden View
and Nahar.Some were bought as heifers
but most had a calf at foot and if possible were back in calf.
(i.e. Studbrook Irish Maid bought her calf Studbrook Duchess
with her and was in calf to Kingston Enfield. The resulting
bull-calf The Granary Enfield was later sold for $2,500 to a
Victorian buyer).We are still looking for
female lines, we still get every catalogue possible and buy
over the phone if necessary to get what we need to continue
our development.We trust you will find our
internet site useful, please feel free to contact us by e-mail
or telephone with any comments you may have. In addition, if
you would like us to put you on our mailing list for future
updates of this site and our electronic Newsletter, please let us know.
Ray and Barbara
King
THE GRANARY
POLL HEREFORD STUD
300 White Kangaroo Road
CAMPANIA, TASMANIA 7026
Telephone (03)
6260 4011
Fax (03) 6260 4040
E-mail rking@tassie.net.au