THE EWE FAIR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 132, 17 March 1930, Page 5

THE EWE FAIR.

40,000 SHEEP YARDED. SALES OPEN WITH FIRM BIDDING. All available space at the Tinwald saleyards to-dav was in demand for the yarding ot over 40,000 sheep oil the occasion of the annual ewe fair. 'lhe bulk of the entries were from Canterbury, but many lots were received from different parts _ ot the South Island. The total yarding was similar to that of last year. The quality of the lines was/ uniformly good and was superior to that of the few last sales. A feature- of the sale was the large number of pens of young ewes There was a very {arge attendance of buyers and farmers, and i the opening of the sale was marked by firm bidding. The entries included several lines of good Romney ewes, and two-tooths comprised a large percentair© of the yarding. Sales up to the time the “Guardian” went to press were as follow: — National Mortgage and Agency Company—ls 4 2-tooth half-breds at 32s 6d, 100 2-tooth half-breds at 265, 104 2tooth crossbreds at 32s 6d, 107 2-tooth half and three-quarter breds at 19s 9d, 86 4, 6 and 8-tooth half-breds at 18s 6d, 130 four-year-old ewes at 1/s bd, 30. two-tooths at 27s 3d, 80 fadingmouth ewes at 18s 9d, 87 two-tooth half bred ewes at 255, 85 five-year-old ewes at 13s. 136 two-tooth half and tli ree-quarterbreds at 265, 200 twotooth half breds at 20s, 92 at 16s, 026 sound-mouth ,ewes at 18s, ,211,. twotooth halfbreds at 17s 9d, 140 crossbreds at 22s 6d, 79 two-tooth halfbreds at 265, 304 four, six and eight-tooth sound-mouth at los. ' Pvne, Gould, Guiness, Ltd : —202 2tooth crossbreds at 24s f. at 14s 3d, 108 2-tooth halt and threequarter breds at 25s od, 86 2-tooth half-breds at os, 84 6 and 8-tootn halfbreds at 19s, 63 4-tooths at 23s 6cl, 77 2-tooth half-breds at 23s _ 9d, 2i two-tooth halfbreds at 25s 3d, 110 two- . tooth three-quarterbreds at 235, 94 at 13s Od, 102 ewe lambs at 19s, 183 twotooth halfbreds. at 21s, 86 f. and • mouths at 13s 9d, 286 four, six and eight-tooth half and three-quarter-breds at 16s 6d, 210 two-tooth halfbreds at 245, 150 four, six and eighttooths at 18s 6d, 36 four and six-tooth halfbreds at 18s 3d, 100 at 18s 3d, 1-1 six and eiglit-tootli halfbreds at 1/s. 9d 227 six and eight-tooth halfbreds at 18s 4d, 100 six and eight-tooth halfbreds at 20s 6d, 129. at 20s 3d, 153 half, and three-quarterbreds, at 10s 9d, Ho six and eight-tooths at 18s, 142 twotooth three-quarterbreds at 25s 3d 160 sound-mouth halfbreds at 10s 6d, 68 at 19s 3d, 160 two-tooth halfbreds at 245, 80 at 245, 60 at 245, 50 at 245. J Trevor Thomas and Company—--62 ‘ full-mouth at 16s, 38 2-tooth halfbreds at 25s 3d, 95 fat and forward three-quarterbreds at 17s od, 11/ twotooth halfbreds at 245, 147 four, six and eight-tooth at 17s 6d, 140 soundmouth ewes at 16s 3d. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op Association—lo 9 2-tooths at 255, 130 b and 8-tooth 3-breds at 20s 6d, 120 2tooth half-breds at 25s 6d, 108 2-tooth halfbreds a,t 27s 50 2-tooth tlirce-quarter-breds at 275, 61 4 and 6-tooth ; halfbreds at 24s 7d, 74 2-shear halfbreds at 26s 6d, 170 2-tooth half-breds at “8s 6d 117 4 and 6-tootli half-breds at 24s 6d| 11l two-tooth tliree-uarter- , bred at 30s 9d, 110 two and threeshears at 21s, 98 two-tooth halfbreds at “4s 9S at 20s, 120 six and eightieths’at 17s 3d, 51 sound-mouth ewes at 15s 6d, 224 two-tooth three-quarter-in'eels at ]Ss 6d, .62 two-tooth half and three-quarterbreds at 19s 3d, 152 twoiootfi halfbreds at 22s 3d, 200 two four six N aiid eight-tooth halt ana three-quarterbreds at 20s lOd, 468 twotooth three-quarterbreds at 20s' 10d. New Zealand Loan, Mercantile and Agcncv Company —110 2-tootii .halfbreds at 22s 3d. ' . / Dalgetv and Company.—Ninety-tour sounel-mouth halfbreds at 17s, 113 twotooth halfbreds at los 3d, 201 fullmouth half and three-quarterbreds at 20s '9d, 171 two-tooth halfbreds at 245, 148 at 11s 9d, 140 two-tooth crossbreds at 33s 9d.