WELDS HILL SALE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 103, 2 May 1908, Page 5

WELDS HILL SALE.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report that the clearing sale at Weld s Hill on Thursday, and concluding yesterday, was well attended by visitors fri>m all parts of the Dominion, about 300 in all being present. The weather was perfect, and the manager had made every arrangement for the comfort of Visitors. The large wool shed was used for sleeping apartments, and the catering and refreshments left nothing wanting. ■ Several of those attending inspected the country with a. view to purchasing. The sheep were offered on Thursday, 13,000 in all. Competition was very slack, very few lots causing keen bidding All the sheep were in splendid order, the fat wethers from .the back country being very prime The fat lambs were also a splendid lot, and were keenly competed for Prices for sheep were as follow:—-195 fas merino wethers 10s 6d:JlO fat ewes■ Us 2d • 460 fat 4 and t)-t6otli -crossbred welers 13s 6d; 381 fat lambs 11s ■ 1011" 2-tooth halfbred wethers passed: 785 merino ewes, aged passed; 506 threequarter-bred 4-tooth ewes 10s 6d; 277 merino forward wethers' 7s; 220 four-year-old three-, quarter-bred ewes 6s Id; 1164 three-quarter-bred two r tooth wethers passed; 304 haKbred thr6e'-y#ar-old ewes' 4s M- 400 four-tooth threequarterbred wethers 2d,;. 375 threequar-ter-Ved six-tooth ewes 9s 6d; 600 merino ewes, aged, passed; 1853 foui-. year-old merino ewes Is Id, Is 2d and Is 3d; 1600 half-bred five-year-old bred ewes 6s; 754 halfbred aged ewes, Is 6d , 1112 merino wethers four- and six-tooth, parti sold at 65;,40 English Leicester rams 10s Gd to 2| guineas; 40 merino rams 10s 6d to 12s 6d. , The second day was again nne, and the sale commenced' at 11 o clock sharp with the implements, which were all sold under their value, owing no doubt to the long distance or transit. The were not very keenly competed for, but the horses, which were a splendid lot, were eagerly sought after, and realised the best prices for the season. They were distributed around the Province, the buyers being from Waipapa, Parikawa, Molesworth, Fair field, Blenheim, Seddon, Flaxbourne, Kaikoura. and The Jordan. - Implements sold as follows: Broadcaster £G; binder £4 ss; new McCormick mower £10j tine harrows £3 ss; chain harrows £1 to W os; tripod harrows £6 5s L two sets Duncan disc harrows.€s os-to *,»; LMm-c-an double-furrow plough £14r;-two Reid and Grays-ditto £1 to £2 ss; Duncan 3-furrow plough £7 7s 6d; block and tackle £1, 15s to £2 ss: Duncan roller £14; top dray £11 10s; waggons £4 los ana £13; chafe-cutter plant €102. , ' , ■Cattle:' Two and-th*e>-ye»r-old| «£& Is: fat cows £4 15sj cows;and- \Whk& (all counted)"£l te-6&? -'-' , ' Horses sold as follows: :—£43.105. I £40, £44 10s; £45 10s, £46 10s. £37 110s, £34 10s, £35, £30 10s,> £14 ss, ! £10 10s, £2 10s, hack £11, two-year-olds £18, yearlings £13 15s. Harness sold well. ' ~ Nine stacks oaten sheaf chair realised £3 in the stack.