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Poroutawhao farming family s long history of showing purebred jersey cows
12 Jan, 2021 07:59 PM
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Christina Stuart with one of the purebred jerseys.
Showing purebred jersey cattle is a tradition one Poroutawhao farming family have managed to keep alive for more than five generations. Bryan and Shirley Phillips and their family are this week busy preparing their show cattle for the Horowhenua AP&I Show next weekend, putting the finishing touches on the best of their herd.
For Bryan Phillips, 75, showing jersey cattle was something his grandfather did, and now something that their children and now grandchildren do. I was brought up around jerseys, he said.