The Rural Voice, 1982-12, Page 16This is Beavercrest Nelly, Simmental female consigned by Don Walton. Glen Sinclair
from the Flesherton area, who works part time at the sales arena is in charge of
bathing and brushing Beavercrest Nelly in time for the sale the following day.
The grooming process completed tit took more than an hour). Glen gets Nelly to hold
still for the photographer. The night before the sale and the following morning, she
will look her best as potential buyers amble amongst the stalls and consider their
bids.
Grey/Bruce
Simmental
Sale
The Rural Voice headed up to
Grey County to watch the Sim -
mental Sale at the Walton Arena
in Durham.
The sluggish state of the economy
didn't put a serious damper on the
Grey -Bruce Simmental Club's 5th
annual sale at the Walton Sales Arena
near Durham on the last Saturday in
October. The sale average was higher
than last year with 51 lots of cattle
offered and 49 sold, at an average
price of $1,337.
In fact, things are looking up all
over says the club's secretary -treasur-
er Elsie Jackson of Durham. Looking
up for both the breed and club. Four
years ago when she became a member
of the club it had 18 members. Today
it has 70.
Interest in Simmental s seems to be
growing says Mrs. Jackson, perhaps
because although the breed is still
classed as an exotic it is a leaner
animal than older more established
breeds, with less fat and hence less
waste. The breed originated in Swit-
zerland, and is more common in the
Canadian west than it is in Ontario.
This may be changing though. At
the recent Canadian Simmental Asso-
ciation annual meeting and show at
Ashton near Ottawa, members of the
Grey -Bruce club for the first time
walked off with all the top female
awards, and received genuine Swiss
cow bells as prizes.
This is the eighth year for the
Grey -Bruce club, and the third year in
a row its annual fall sale has been held
PG. 16 THE RURAL VOICE/DECEMBER 1982