AMURI SHEEP FAIR.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIV, Issue 2854, 8 March 1904, Page 2

AMURI SHEEP FAIR.

TheAmuri sheep fair, the largest and most important annual sheep sale iv Cmter bury, was held at Culrerden on Friday. There was an entry of 1417 fat lambs 1617 fat sheep and 53.411 stores, making a, tntal of 56,445, bgainst 55,775 for the fair last year. A special train, run from Christchurch, carried up & large ooitingent of auctioneers, dealers, and others int» rested in sheep, and the express train was also crowded. 3)he attendance was the largest)

seen at the fixture, and there was keen for the majority of the lines, eapeci__Hlly for two and four tooth ewes and store and wethers. A large proportion of cheep was bought to letnaio in the north __Hn district, but a few linei went to buyers of Chrial church, tho dealers eeourine H| a email number ia prop vi". ion to the Last year some Kehon p:\ab oral is ts a ayndioate to exploit the C vi«. rbury the Culverden fair, and the result bo satisfactory that these Bpeoulators again represented th." ye*r with about head of a mixed description. Duncan Rutherforl again topped the .Harket with a line of 3?0 t wo'tooth halfBed owes at 23i3d, an 1 125 at 22a 9d. 'went to Captain of Greenand soma of hi* neighbours. A line the same olr-a of cheep from Mr RutherGlen Wye Ftation male 21s 3d, Mr Slead beiDg the purchaser, The price paid last year for the Leslie i draft) waa 20s 4d. Of the Montrose ■ro tooths 820 sold at 20s 6d each, and 540 ■t 20s Id. Tbe Culverden fat w««trrs agaia topped J»erket for this cleß9 of sheep, Mr B. paying 20a 31 for 250 wethers. year the Culverdeo draft realised 188 per head, The highest price realised for fafc lambs 14" 10d for a email line from Mr W. Kaiwarra Station. Hα nice even line of 526 two tooth half' ew«e from Kaiwarra Station went to R Fleminu, of Cheviot, for 19s Id, after keen competition; aid Mr A. E secured 214 of the four and six tooth from 66. Helen's at 19s 2d. H The ranee of pners was:—Fat wethers 8i to 20s 3r1 t forward wethers 15' Id to fit tombs 12s to 14s lO\ forward lls ,0 lvJs tw ° fcooth halfbrcd ewes, IQi Id to 23s 9d, others 15s to 18?, four and six tooth halfbred ew i 15; to ', full mouth do. 13? lid to 17s best ■wo Mfcth wethere 13s 7d to 14s 10d. indo. Hβ to 13s, four tooth do. 15a tv H6s 6d, merino wethers 7e 6d to 14s, »nd mouth merino ewee 7a 6d to Hβ Bd.