BLENHEIM RAM AND EWE FAIR

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 58, 4 March 1909, Page 5

BLENHEIM RAM AND EWE FAIR

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report that they held their annual ram and ewe fair at the Co-operative iSaleyards yesterday. Their entry prised 325 rams and 5200 sheep. There was a large attendance of buyers from all parts of the district. Rams were in sympathy with,markets elsewhere, somewhat lower all round than for some years past, but a good clearance was made at the following prices :•— ' ' . : Linoolns: On account D. Bishell, to s"guineas; on account W. Bell and Sons, to 3 guineas. '."'.'' English Leicesters: On account F. C. Murray, Canterbury, to 3 guineas; on account W. Nixon, Canterbury, to- 3 guineas;. on account W. Bell and Sons, to 3 guineas; on account S. M. Neville, t0.2 guineas; on account B. Coleman, to 2 gumeas, Shropshires: On account. H. D. Vavasour, to 2 guineas; on account W. Bell and Sons, to 2 guineas. Romneys: On, account Wm. Bell, Flaxmere, to 3i guineas; on account W. Bell and Sons, to 3J guineas. Corriedales: On account H. ,T. | Little, Harwarden, to 2£ guineas, j, Aged merinos to f guinea. . s The sheep yarded were of mixed cross and half bred ewes, wethers, ajpd lambs, with a few pens of fat ewes and shorn lambs. Prices were a trifle easier except for young ewes, which met with spirited competition, Wethers were dull of sale, but the total yarding,except a few small -peps, were sold. Canterbury buyers were in attendance, but local requirements made, prices too high for them to drive South; they, however, secured a few nice lines of young ewes. Prices ruled as follows: Two-tooth wethers 9s 6d to 10s 4d, four and six-tooth wethers 11s to 12s; four-tooth wethers, fat, 12s sd; store lambs 8s to 9s lid; forward lambs 11s; fat lambs, shorn, 9s 6d; merino ewes ss; two, four, and six-tooth crossbred ewes 14s 8d to 15s 7d; halfbred two-tooth ewes 14s to 15s 6d; S.M. ewes 10s 3d to 12s sd; aged ewes Is 9d to 7s 4d; aged merino ewes Is 6d.

', The JNTew Zealand Loan and: Mercantile Agency Company report holding their annual Ram; and Ewe Fair at their Blenheim yards yesterday,

the fixture being attended by a. large number of settlers from all patrtfs of the province, and it is questionable am (respect to attendance," yarding, quality and animation, if the Fair has been1 equalled by any of its predecessors. Their yarding, carrarating of 5000 sheep of all classes, and 250 trams, received keen attention from buyers, and with the exception, of a few pens, all lines of sheep were cleared at prices up to vendors' expectations, a feature of the Fair being a line of stud Romney ewes, four-tooth to full-mouth, entered by Mr James Thomson, the well-known Romney breeder, which were purchased by Mr Win. Bell for 375. Prices realised were as follows:— Ewes: Fat 10s; stores, half-bred, two-tooth, 12s 9d to 15s 7d.; half-bred, two<-tooth to full-mouth, mixed, 11s sd; good mouth, lls; three-quarter-bred, two-tooth, 14s sd; crossKred, woolly, four-tooth ; -to full-mouth, mixed, 16s; shorn, four-tooth to fullmouth, 8s Id to 9s sd; full-mouth 7s 3d; failing. 3s lOd to, 5s 2dr threequairter. Roinney-Lincoln-, full-mouth, Wethers: Fats 10s 8d to 12s 3d; half and crossbred, two-tooth, 10s; two and four-tooth 8s lid; crossbred, four-tooth to full-mouth, mixed, 10s. Lambs: Fats lls Id to 12s 2d; forward, mixed sexes, 9s sd; stores, halfbred, mixed sexes, 6s 9d to 8s Id; half-bred ewes lls; crossbred, mixed sexes 7s 9d to 10s. Rams: English Liecester, 1-shear, 2 to 4 guineas; three-^hear 2 guineas; four-^shear 1 to 1| guineas; Romneys, one-shear, 2^ to 3^ guineas; threeshear, 2 guineas. The Company's forthcoming sales will be held at Seddoii on Wednesday next, 10th inst., and1 at Flaxbouime on the day iollowing.

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