AMURI SHEEP FAIR.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9668, 5 March 1897, Page 6

AMURI SHEEP FAIR.

The annual Amuri sheep fair yesterday heads the list of sales held at Culverden for the past ten years. The entry of sheep was over 70,000, bat many of the lots were sold by sample drafts placed in the pens. There was a large attendance of the public, not only from the Amuri County bnt the special train from Christchurch, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, and Amberley was well patronised. Arrived at Culverden the visitors found the hotel overtaxed to satisfy everyone. No time was lost in commencing the sales, the auctioneers getting off the business in good time. It was seen that the sheep had benefited by the recent rains, and the surrounding country was looking very well, and contains a fine supply of fresh grass. Prices were better than they have been at this sale for some time, and only one or two small lota failed to meet with purchaser-. The best prices were realised for breeding ewes and there was a hardening tone in the market. It was the best sale of the pa9t twelve months, and for crossbred. Is to Is 6d of an increase on recent sales, The following are the salts ;-_

Mr E. G. Staveley, for the Nfew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company, sold on account of Achray station 800 merino ewes 2s ; on account of Kaiwarra, 1300 merino ewes 3s 8d ; on account of Woodbank, 465 four, six and eight-tooth merino ewes 4s; on account of Hawkeswood, 1114 -lor-?*? ewes 3s 8d ; on account of St. Helens, 120 merino ewes 2s 7d, 600 do 2s 6d, 700 do 2s lid, 750 2s 9d ; on account of St. James's, 600 merino ewea 2s lOd, 700 do 2s lid, 750 do 2s 9d; on account Lyndon, 400 twotooth halfbred wethers 8s sd. 1000 do 8s 3d, 357 two-tooth wethers 7s 9d, 387 twotooth ewes 7s 8d; account St. Helens, 1200 four and six-tooth wethers 8s 3d; on account St. James, 400 two and four tooth ewes 8s Id, 360 do 8s 3d; account St. Helens, 645 four and six-tooth ewes 7s lid; account Kaiwarra, 250 four, six and ei-.ht-tooth ewes 8s Id ; account Achray, 500 four and six-tooth ewes 7s lid. 327 do 7s 9d ; account Kaiwarra, 287 two-tooth half-bred ewes and wethers 9s Id; account Achray, 165 four-year-old half-bred ewes 8s; account Kaiwarra, 200 merino ewes 2s 8d; account Achray, 286 young ewes, Shropshire cross, 7s 6d.

Messrs Pyne and Co. sold, account Happy Valley 500 merino ewe 33s Id, 500 do 2s lid, account Culverden station, 1000 soundmouthed merino ewes 4s 2d; account Parnassus client, 100 merino ewes 2s 8d ; on account Culverden, two-tooth half-bred ewes 8s 3d, 500 two and four-tooth merino wethers 4s 6d; account Cheviot Hills, 940 six-tooth half-bred ewes 8s sd; account Mount Benger, 500 two-tooth wethers and maiden ewes 8s 2d, 500 do 8s; account of Cheviot Hills, 600 three-quarter-bred lambs 6s 4d, 3200 do 6s Id; account Happy Valley, 3000 three quarter bred (in five lots) 65,.500 half-bred wether lambs 6s, 1003 do 6s 3d, 300 do 6s Id ; account Awatere client, 270 sound mouth ewes aud wethers 6s; account Fairfield, 327 half-bred wethers and maiden ewe 37s 6d.

Mr F. C. Tabart sold, on account of Tekoa Station, 750 merino owes 2s lOd ; account of Clarence, 200 merino ewes 2s Bd, 1200 do 2s 6d ; account of a client, 800 merino ewes Is 4d ; account Awatere client, 1800 merino wethers Is 6d; account Mr Lister, Hawarden, 2000 merino ewes passed at 2s lOd; account of Clarence, 1119 merino ewes 3s ; account of Sc. Leonards, 583 four-tooth halfbred ewes 8s 4d ; account of Tekoa, 1000 halfbred lambs passed at 6s lid; account of St. Leonards, 1030 halfbred ewes 8s 3d, 1000 two-tooth halfbred ewes 9s 3d, 691 threequarterbreds 9s; account Mr Lister, 600 lambs 7s; 400 do 6s lOd ; account Tekoa, 350 two-tooth wethere 8s lid; account Tekoa, 160 merino wethers 3s 3d.

Messrs J. T. Matson and Co. sold on account of Montrose Station 557 broken mouth merino ewes, 3s 2>l; on account Leslie Hills, 400 sound mouth merino ewes, 5s 2d; 550 do, 5s Id; 300 do, 5s Id; 230 do, ss; account Leslie Hills, 559 twotooth halfbred ewes, 8s lOd ; account of Montrose, 600 two-tooth halfbred ewes, 11-*; 800 do, 10s 3d; 1250 two-tooth halfbred wethers, 10s 3d. Messrs Dalgetyand Co., per Mr F.Archer, sold oa account of Parnassus Station, 300 .merino ewes, 5s 3d ; 1708 do, 5s Id; on account of Highfield, 2000 six and eighttooth merino ewes, 5s 4d; 600 do, 5s Id; 660 do, 5s Id ; 1047 four-tooth maiden ewes, 7s; account Balmoral, 467 three-quarter-bred Shropshire lambs, 3s lOd.