CLEARING SALES.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume V, Issue V, 31 May 1905, Page 3

CLEARING SALES.

The National Mortage Company hays to report holding a successful clearing sale o*i Tlmysday 18$h. inst.. on behalf of Mr H. J. Alley* Qreti Plains, Despite the previous inclement weather, the attendance of farmers acid others was good, and full prices were realised for all the lines offered. Mr Alley brought ' horses out m splendid nick, andth.ey netted good prices; as follows :— Bloss, 3 year-old mare £42 ; Nut, 3-year-bld mare, €35 10s ; Crip, 3-year-old mare, '£33 ; while 2 yearling fillies went at £25 . apieoe. The cows, considering the time of the.year, gold well from £3 5s to £5 7s 6d, a line of springing heifer? going at £3 5s per head.. s"he sound ewes fetched from l^ft.te, J9s 6gd, while implements were qlcajpeA at market values. On Tuesday 23jrd inst.. v the sam. firm al§,Q bi3half. of Mr A*. W». Deegan,. IVumm.ohd, a higtijy s^wt»l clearing sale of bprses, sh,eep, a,^ etvU'e, Mr Deegan b,ad spared n.q effort to please m his arrangements,, tvud t_,o sale went with ft- awing from atavt to fiinish. Owing to the numerous lots offered, it was after dark before the final lot offered. fou^ ar new owner* The sheep were m th.c best oi order, but m common with other- sales, prices were not so good as those ruling a few months ago. They sold as ; follows :— IOO 4-tooth ewes at 24s 6d, 250 6-tooth ewes at 203, 300 8-tojth ewes at 16s 5d and 100 full-mouth ewe 9at 13s 10d. A perusal of the prices obtained for the horses shows their quality and the judgftQ&t alike of the owner and those whq $(Mjf pftyrefcased them : -Bay mare Jfoke, \jsa,s, fijrst offered and fell to th.c bM oi %. j, Q. QaJlagher at C 46 I 0& \ facing to tha* o| Mr Sutherland aij, £<# 10J..- Tl*e v^nftainiog draughts | went at from £3& to apiece, and tW ; harness bpf_& from £20 to £25. The dairy i cattle said from £4 to £6 10s, a line of heifer ipoi.gat £2 6s. Ihe implements w^ at ma 1 ket rates, the farm waggon going ajt £35, D.F. j loughs £8 10s, roller £lVsopp*r and Duncan drill £37,, i and sundries at vajue^. . T^es i*ave. aj^ft ta report holding on Thursday, la^slj a, clea^ug sale on behalf of ;Mr Loui- Zwiess, ttoXonui. The farm having /been sold, t*,n,d, everything being for sale to | the, b, chest bidder, excellent prices we»e obtained for all lots offered, 250 mixed, owes going at 18s, 150 lambs at l'& dr\l The horses were a clinking lot e_% tb(e lollowiog prices will show : B<*y **!*& K_te to Mr John McDougall at £^fi> ; bay tt*are EfcU to Mr Wm. Norni^^t £45 15.3, th,e same buyer also obtaiaing bp,v. mare Nell at £38 Ws. The other draughts t\jl&Q obtained good values at from £§a 10s to £33 lbs, a yearling filly by Dictator reaching £25 ss, while foals by the same horse sold from £10 15s to £15 10s. Implements aqfl sundries fetohed full vjluj.