The name came about because Gordon Smith drew Block 8 in the Ellerslie Estate War Service Settlement at Adelong, and his wife June wanted a name with ‘Glen’ in it to reflect their Scottish heritage.
In 1974, Gordon spent most of the inheritance from his parents on stud cows to start a Hereford stud in memory of them.
Since 1974, Gordon and June — and now Ross, Mandy, Blake and Carly Smith — have endeavoured to breed cattle with size and muscle while also retaining doing ability.
“Whilst we believe Breedplan figures are a great tool in breeding, we have resisted the temptation to breed cattle purely for their advantageous data,” the Smiths said.
“We also present an article with the obvious attributes of size, muscle and doing ability.
“We have so improved the milking ability of our herd that we now only artificially inseminate our heifers, not cows, and some of our best bulls are being bred from these heifers.
“We believe colour is an important attribute of Herefords and we don’t retain light-coloured cattle, nor do we tolerate poor behaviour in our herd.”
Glenellerslie will hold its 32nd bull sale on Tuesday, February 11, with an offering of 21 horned Herefords and 15 polled bulls.
The polled team are sired by new sires Tycollah Southland and Yarawa South Radium, plus more sons of Kaludah Cooper.
The dehorned team are led by first sons of Glenellerslie Tambo, Glenellerslie Unorthodox and Warwick Court Quinns, plus more outstanding sons of Yarram Unique, Kaludah Stormboy, Amos Vale Galloway and the last son of WRL Macca.
“A blast from the past is well worth a look in our Lot 2 bull, sired by Kaludah Mr Percival, whose last sons graced our catalogue in the year 2000,” the Smiths said.
All the bulls carry the ‘Glenellerslie Guarantee’ — they are semen-tested, inoculated with Vibrovax, Multimin, 7in1, drenched against fluke and worms, and this year will be treated with Cydectin to guard against external and internal parasites.
“Our 2024 sale saw Glenellerslie Winks (H) sell for $12,000 to long-time clients Laurie and Terry Forrest, the business now in the hands of Peter Forrest from Tintaldra.”
Glenellerslie Herefords is at 1064 Yaven Creek Rd, Adelong, NSW. For more information, call (02) 6946 4233 or go to: https://www.glenellerslieherefords.com/
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