HASTINGS RAM FAIR.
(By Telegraph-Press Association.) Hastings, Fobruarv 3. The utinual ram fair, under Ihe auspices Of the, Eawkp's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society, was held on the showground yesterday and. to-dav, in line weather. There was a, representative attendance of buyers from all over the North Island. Tho entries, although' over 8000 in number, showed a fnlling-olf arompared with lust year's fair. Romney flock rams ranged from 2\ guineas to 10 ruineas; . There'was a keen demand for .Lincoln stud rams.; one shearling, on account of-Mr.-G.. V. Pcarce, M.P. (Paten ), brought' 46 guineas, and others' made Ifl guineas, and 30 guineas, down to" 10 guineas. The selling continued to-day, in fine weather. Tho demand'.for Southdown and Border I.eicesters was poor, prices ranging from 1.1 guineas to -t guineas. Lincolns sold well, averaging from 2 guineas to 7 guineas.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1355, 5 February 1912, Page 8
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138HASTINGS RAM FAIR. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1355, 5 February 1912, Page 8
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