MR. A. BUCKLAND'S SALE YARDS AT EPSOM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1125, 22 June 1867, Page 4

MR. A. BUCKLAND'S SALE YARDS AT EPSOM.

About lialf-a-mile from the Newmarket J unction, and on the Great South Eoad, there has been erected by Mr. Alfred .Buckland a new Sale Yard, which, will afford largely increased accommodation for penning and safe-, custody . of all kinds of farm stock, which may be sent in from the outlying districts to be disposed of by pub-

lie auction. There will be ample accommodation for many hundred head of cattle, and several thousand sheep, and other kinds of stock in proportion. The pens are of the most substantial and secure description, and the access to them, of sufficient width to allow intending purchasers the fullest opportunity for inspection. The sale yard itself is laid out upon the most approved plan. It is surrounded" by tiers of benches arranged in polygonal form,so that however great the number of purchasers, or visitors, a full and uninterrupted view of the cattle put up for sale is obtained. This arrangement has another advantage in enabling the auctioneer to see every person present, and to discern the minutest indication of any advance upon " ." The situation of these sale yards also is a matter of some importance. They are erected npon the rising ground opposite the southernmost corner of Mr. Dilworth's grounds, and are thoroughly drained. It has been found in England that the depreciation of stock by being penned up for considerable periods in close towns previously to sale is very considerable. In the present case not only is "the open" as extensive as could be be desired, but the sale yard has around it some of the very richest pastures in the province. To the buyer of cattle for consumption this advantage will also be a recommendation, for the reason that nothing of the sort can happen here that is so much complained of in London and large English towns, viz., that the flesh of cattle is deteriorated by the ill-usage} ill ventilation, &c., to -which they may be subject during the time necessary for their detention before being sold. We should also notice a device for the safely of persons approaching cattle in " sidings," if we may use such term fojj this purpose, into which persons may slip on any indication of restiveness being exhibited by the animal which i 3 being disposed of, and so ensure perfect safety from the most obstreporous beast The sale yard has four approaches at right angles. The arrangement of the offices are also exceedingly convenient.