Alfredton Ewe Fair

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 45, 23 February 1938, Page 16

Alfredton Ewe Fair

Messrs Levin and Co. Ltd., held their third annual ewe fair at Alfredton on Saturday the 19th instant in Mrs A. M. Rutherfurd’s yards (kindly lent by her for the occasion) when a good yarding of station bred ewes was offered. Buyers from the Wairarapa, Manawatu and Taranaki districts were present and competition was keen throught the sale. The sheep came forward in good order, the yarding being a eredit to the Alfredton district. The following prices were realised:— 2-tooth ewes: A/c Napier Bros., 32s 4d, R. N. Kebell, 30s and 25s 7d, R. W. lvebbell, 27s 2d, A. C. P. Hay, 28s and 235, BTooklands station, 28s, Clapham estate, 22s Sd, G. P. Higginson, 25s lid, Mrs I. M. Baldwin, 25s 6d, T. Smith, 24s Sd, C. E. M. Robbie, 25s 4d. 4- ewes: A/c Kebbell Bros., 31s Gd, Dickens Bros., 28s 3d, W. Edmonds, 27s (id, R. W. Kebbell, 295. 4 and 6-tooth ewes: A/c A. S. Edmonds, 2Gs, Dickens Bros., 26s Sd. 4-year ewes; A/c E. Jcwitt, 2Gs lOd, Leach Bros., 25s 2d, R. W. Kebbell, 28s Gd, C. E. M. Robbie, 28s Gd, M. Robbie, 30s. 4 and 5-year ewes: A/c T. Smith, 245, J. L. Heckler, 24s 9d, D. Bennett, 22s 4d, A. S. Edmonds, 25s 3d, R. Harman Junr., 23s 9d, Edmonds and Wooffindfti, 25s Bd. 5- ewes: A/c- Napier Bros., 28s Id, R. W. Kebbell, 27s 7d, Clapham

Estate, 27s 2d and 265, Brooklands station, 25s sd, K. J. Didsbury Estate, 25s Id, R. O. P. Hay, 24s 6d, W. Edmonds, 22s 9d, Mrs L. M. Baldwin, 225. 5 and 6-year ewes: A/c H. N. Kebbell, 24s Id, Mrs A. M. Rutherfurd, 21s 6d. 6-year ewes: A/c Kebbell Bros., 25s Id, K. J. Didsbury Estate, 225. M.a. ewes: G. E. Higginson, 21.