RAM AND EWE FAIR.
[BY telegraph.—-press association.] Napier, February 5. The annual ram and ewe fair held at Hastings yesterday and to-day was very largely attended. The prices were higher than for years past. For animals which were at all fancied there was keen competition. The top price was 75 guineas for two shear sheep from John Reid, Elderslie. Stud rams (pair), by same breeder, brought up to 53 guineas; the average of his 17 studs being guineas. The Hon. M. Holmes' 10 shearlings averaged 16£ guineas, and F. Sutton's (Southland) 15 averaged 19 guineas. Three hundred Endersleigh ewes averaged 1| guineas. 'The flock of rams also brought excellent prices. All the longwools were quitted, but merinos were neglected.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8483, 6 February 1891, Page 5
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