RAM AND EWE FAIR.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LIII, Issue 5953, 25 March 1880, Page 2 (Supplement)

RAM AND EWE FAIR.

annual Bam and Ewe Fair, held'uudcr the auspices of the f Oiritbrbuty : Amentum! and Pastoral Association took - place <m MIWMh 11. n; The weiithep ■ was )t«,ther, threatening w the. r earlier- r parfc ’ of.; the . day hot subsequently the sjky bleared' and ' the" hbat' tvti9‘ Ulm6 ( Bt :; ' The * gathering canhbt bt 'described' as'a' successful' one, 5 the attendahee being At aoJtiino largoi*, than about,ppO, and ,% g)anqe sa\e lift,will show that the 1 business done was very limited," and ,at comparatively low rates./'Xhe row nuihher" bf ! rimr'' entefw !V 4frW "170*, '-"iill eluding the addenda ba the pslrt of. Messrs H.t •W..teA_number. of fyt/i .were• subsequently disposed' of privately, Mt is •probable _ that abiint half tW Vaink ■'ohDfhglsS' owners/ The''highest pnee fealM' wis^aD' 5 ghineaßi'for a ; 2'totJth s Liti6()ln'entcrod : iby'Mif MenloVej and the ss same (breeder obtained! 16 ; 'guineas for 5 t'itiOiintherfTatng.'tl These s prices /did not, 5 hbfrevCr, ifepreient' the value < iwhioh Mr Menlbvb placed upoU'the sheep' he 'question. Thehighest s flgurd reaohPdwlittti iynar Wad l 474 gu&eUelj' fori a Mr' P, ■ Sutton/^ 5 It ’ has 1 been suggested that as s mainy animals bf an- inferior; i desoripi j tion mre' oftbn'tsant l Itocthe ram would 'be well l to ' ‘have somei'miriimuth' 'upset price -agreed hponi'l le> thfawnplilalifrie_peotod, it would undoubtedly have the-teun dency to produce a higher general standard of excellence, and would moreover be a saving of

time botli fit wotioneers.attd, bui«rA In: common it has to W' stated*thftt inthe course of the sales yesterday, many pens were disposed of at below their value, for the home - Agum “16 rieef searcely bo said * that) many,;';l6tojr' wereisiwitharsgfrni) simply bdeftuse } the,/ ppi>ri» , j )ls rf«ervfl l , H iaß r!f! not ’M for-IfiUtotiiJA'thfi TiWcbWfcfwi!bh j had 1 been !; bbnsigßdd toMessrsvAoland; OampbelHind ' bf 3As&nis/lnd iijt'df ra6se w , eirA at Arioe* ranging'from .<n| ito- 8 guineas; >■’ ‘Some: !i>f the rams entered by the Mew ZoaJOn’d and Australian ..flomrany. wpre ean^, good Ahapifueus 1 8f, the' limbmn urged, the prictßWfeided fof’thbfo’sold ranging 'from' 9: to Crgdin’etts/ So txdany lots bemg passed; tho salftfw»,st cpnoiudbd And, after, ..alh^f,poas%^i^'4 I t® ; 8A 'with the, ewerar once, rather thou make - an at ■A 1 v <Wncl' t ;'UfF K, ’A. Af -108 had ’b’SeA’pehned/ but, pn ’the lots bbipg submitted/'not A; single ■ bid could, be Alioj!ted.» ;! In yppm|WllWi<W fair, it was suggested,ihftt the : marjktt waalyoverfstookea; and that r ln cohbeqUbhpe there was biifc‘ little br'eeders of high-* bteßsfSheep ! (toAome. forward/ That: opinion .yesterday’s sales. ~At the aame time it.has to bfe ‘remembered l ,ihftt the 'agricultural com-'miibito-'iibiii! Aperidd ; 6£ deplUSslduyAmi thalE%ith brightening: prosppctdA farmoroßVUsfceseful:gathe»ng,may be. reaeonably yes^.,; ; -, , ,