COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9652, 8 July 1919, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

CLEARING SALES.

Messrs Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., held a sucessful clearing sale yesterday at Huntington, on behalf of Mr Frank Long. The following were the principal sales:— Horses.—Bay maro £7, yearling filly £10, trap horse and gig £17, bay gelding £7. Cattle.—3 fat heifers at £9 os, poley cow £13 10s, heifer in profit £10 ss, cow £10 10s, 2 steers at £9 2s 6d, heifer at £19 55,, 2 steers at £4 10s, 3 heifers at £5 7s Gd, heifer £3 15s, Jersey do. £7 10s, 2 yearlings at £2, 2 calves at 14s, bull at £4 7s 6d, cow at £9 10s, do. at £12 10s, do. at £10. Sheep.—lls 2-tooth |-bred ewes at 34s Bd. Pigs.—Sow and litter £5 ss, 7 weaners at 18s. Implements.—Gig £8, drill £26, binder £8. d.f. plough '£4 10s, disc harrows £5 los, and sundries at current pi-ices.

The National Mortgage and.Agency Co., Ltd., in conjunction with . the N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. Assn. •>■■■-. held a clearing sale at Chertsey yesterday in the estate of tho late Mr E. Ruddock. The following wero the principal sales:— Sheep.—3ls J-bred ewes at 21s 3d, 434 $ -bred ewes at 26s 2d 5 61 m.s. lambs at 235. Cattle.—Heifer at £6 10s, cow at £o. Horses.—Marc (Byrs) £18, do. (4yrs) at £26, gelding £18, hack £22, 2. geldings (unbroken) at £14. Implements.—2 drays—-and frames £15 to £10 10s, 2 strippers at £4 10s and £8 10s, 2 binders at £11 and £15, roller £15, broadcast £15, 4-disc rotary plough £18, Massey combined drill £38, 3-f. plough £27 10s, grubber £9, , Saxon car £190. '