SPECTACULAR AUCTION IN SUPPORT OF 2005 WORLD JERSEY CONFERENCE IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE ROYAL WINTER FAIR!!!

The Jersey breed across Canada is totally on fire with excitement about an incredible upcoming 2005 event. Not since the late summer of 1982 has Jersey Canada played host to an International Conference of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau. However, late next June and in the first half of July it is anticipated that delegates from over 20 countries will congregate here for a memorable international spectacle!

The "on fire" excitement about the conference here in Canada has extended to other lands. Supportive donors from Prince Edward Island , Ontario and Quebec in Canada and Indiana in the USA and Jersey Island in Europe have opened up their hearts and their treasure chests and offered items for a World Conference auction at the venerable and vibrant Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

The auction takes place as part of a super- exciting afternoon of Jersey thrills on Wednesday, November 10th. At 2:00 p.m. the impressive Royal International Jersey Futurity holds centre court. Then at 3:00 p.m. the organizing team for the 17th International Conference of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau are hosting an informative and enjoyable reception. The purpose will be to spread all the great news about the upcoming conference and weeks of associated events in Quebec, Eastern and Central Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.

As the reception progresses at least eight special items will be auctioned to a large and interested crowd.

Included in the catalogue of lots selling are a collection of Jersey stamps from the 1979 World Jersey conference on Jersey Island donated by Mrs. Anne Perchard, M.B.E., a legendary global Jersey leader and Past President and current Patron of the World Jersey Cattle Bureau. Mrs. Perchard and her family operate a large dairy and crops farm on Jersey.

Linda Boswell, wife of current Jersey Canada President Wayne Boswell and thus, "2004 First Lady" of Jersey Canada has created a splendid woolen Christmas tree skirt for the auction.

Also available for the bidding will be a "handmade-ready-to-be-customized-for the- buyer" showbox of top-notch quality!

Trish Scott of Cornerstone Farm, Guelph, Ontario has donated a unique painting of unusual "breeds" of cattle. Kim Myers from Rosewood Jerseys, Bremen, Indiana, USA has contributed an historic painting of milkmaids and Jersey cattle of yesteryear on Jersey Island from her extensive collection of Jersey and dairy history materials.

The family of the late Jersey and dairy industry leader Francis M. Redelmeier of Don Head Jerseys of The Patch Farm, Richmond Hill, Ontario have made a significant contribution. They have given his extensive collection of dairy and Jersey-specific pins collected over decades of international travels to the organizing committee.

The Norval Acres herd of the McCaig families of Huntingdon in Western Quebec has long been revered as one of the finest Jersey herds in Canada. The McCaigs have gone all out by donating a top April 2004 heifer Norval Acres Online Mickey-ET to the fund-raising efforts.

This calf is from one of the very top families at Norval Acres. Her Ex-94% dam is a fifth generation Excellent who has garnered Three Stars in Jersey Canada's Star Brood Cow program. This cow family descends from cattle from the Pine Haven herd of Eric and Kelly Thompson of Oxford in northern Nova Scotia.

Her sire Belle Online, marketed by Select Sires, is also from a fifth generation Excellent dam in the Belle line.

Since early 2004 three opportunities to purchase a one-in-ten chance to own a priceless English Bone China figurine of an historic Jersey cow Ansom Designette have been offered at Jersey events. To date those first three of ten chances have attracted closing bids totalling an impressive $3,000.

The cow Designette was bred by the afore- mentioned Mrs. Perchard on Jersey Island and presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by the Jersey society on Jersey Island for her herd at Windsor in England.

Emerson and Heather Kinkaid, former Jersey breeders and exceptionally passionate supporters of the Jersey breed startled the organizing committee with their largesse in releasing this rare work of art to the committee.

The furor and frenzy of this amazing auction will serve as an apt prequel to the 53rd Jersey sale to be held at "the Royal". The Royal Sale of Stars roars into being as soon as the World Conference sale concludes. This annual top- ranking sale will feature 25 superb young Jerseys.

For more information on the overflowing great news in the Jersey breed, the enticing Jersey package of events at the RAWF, the specific World Conference auction or the World Jersey Cattle Bureau Conference in Canada in 2005 please contact Jersey Canada.