SALE OF POLLED ANGUS BULLS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 289, 26 August 1918, Page 8

SALE OF POLLED ANGUS BULLS

! JLessrs. AVilliams and Kettle,' Ltd., sold at the Stortfprd saleyards, under • instructions from Mr. W. Branson, of ; Fairfield, Gisborne, bis yearly draft o( rising two-year Aberdeen Angus bulls. ; Great interest was taken in the sale, I and buyers were present from all parts • of the North Island. The bulls were '■ <i splendid, .even lot, in good condition, and , exceptionally well mannered. ';' Bidding wag spirited throughout, ; prices ranging up to 215 guineas; while the whole draft realised the satisfactory average of 93}gns. This :s the first occasion on which Mr. Branson's Seattle hayo been offered for sale in •\ this district. ■'■. The following were the purchasers:— '■/ >S.N. 56, Estate of tho lato Major Gor- '■' don, Hanpouri Station, SOgns.; A.Jf.P., • ICstatu of the late A. M. Shield, Waii koniiii, 50gns.; S.N. 55, Estate of the late Major Gordon, Haupouri Station, '■' (JOgns.; S.N. (S3, J. 0. Sutherland, 16(Jgns.; S.N. 54, 1 ,1 . Clark, Eskdale, 70gns.; S.N. 58, W. C. ' A. M"'Kcniiie, Havelock North, 100 ■ gns,; S.N. 62, 11. E. Beckett, l'cmber- ' ton, Slogns.; S.N. 68, Mrs. M. A. ■ Perry, Otatara, TUgns.; S.N. 57, ¥. i. L. Gordon, Clifton, 30gns.; S.N. fifj, : \y. Meech, Maiigutahi, 95gns.j S.N. : 53, Te Mahanga Station, Hastings, 75 : gns.; S.N. 59, Mrs. Jl. A. Perry, Ola- ■ tara, lOygns.; S.N. 65, Mrs. M. A. I Perry, Otatara, lOogns.; S.N. 07, "W. i Meech, Mangatahi, <)sgns.; S.N. 52, I Estate, of the late A. M. Shield, 70gns.; I S.N. 61, 11. L. Shield, AVaiwhenua, i lOogns.; Monitor, Oruawharo Station, ' Takapau. Iflogns.