BALCLUTHA STOCK SALE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2527, 20 August 1902, Page 17

BALCLUTHA STOCK SALE.

Zdf- ~s I) i'j. "\ a-'l Co. iLiimtr'l) report ]i«n - ing ']» d I'iei. iort'.jlitl\ '«ilc- at JJd'duUia en Kndjj, \'j 'a August, Ywier thi.y yjrdtd 1043 ahe> p and 1G head of fat c.it f !e Sheep Thcr.' vt .1 la r_-er _-c j-ai-^irv con^^t n'r-o-'t or* r«.ly of '<.' anil forward withers aid caps and heg prt a Buvcrs v.pv present for pi! the sktep cl7'.i^ i, ,v d t'le pre.l i ii k ol tlic c-"try chdYlffrd h.ind-> ,it ve-y ;/j<jc! t.iiL'- Xo' unli^t.i: dn.g thi-> tlie sale was a dra^r<,'iii!^ or.t-, ln:\«rj l»en g cv»dmLy vu, r..jcli disinclined to g.'.e ti.( prices exj c - '.■ -" - r '- 'laQ1 aQ rp'.gu of prircs v.a-> m ft. < \- - IV ,t hn-g'ts, 9s lOd to I^3 Cl, Oj o i i <.'.!y iror-d .in.-, 11s lid, inferior lo m>.cL im, 7- to *•<, 'Jj , fjt and very iu.v.ard v.eihero, n Ci to IL.J, medium, 13a to Hf , fat owes, 11 -s to H« Ojtt'o. The entry was a small one, ar.d v ns.atid of fat hc.frrs, yearling and two-ycar-oIJ heifers, and dairy £8170. J*or f*i cattle there was v.n excellent

»ale, while other sorts also brought good rates. B?at steers, £7 10s to £8 10s; fat heifers, £5 69 to £7 ss; two-year-old heifers, £3 5s to £3 3.7s 6d. Dalgety and Co. sold . For Mr A. [Dun lop (Lovell's Fist), 41 crossbred wethers at Jss lid; a client, 151 hoggets 9s lod, Mr J. C. Anderson (Stirling), 208 crossbred hoggets, 9s fd; Messrs W. Morton and Son, 155 hoggets, 8s 6d; Mr James F. Ayson (Kaihilcu), 60 crossflbrcd wethers 15s Id, 75 do ewes 12s 6d , execuors late W. Moffat (Te Henka\ 40 fat ewes 14s; Messrs A. Simpson and Son (Puerua), 43 crossbred hoggets 7s, Mr W. J. Levy (Tahako"pa), 70 crossbred ewes 9s; Mr John Dallas Kaitaiigata), 1 co.vs to £5 13s, Mr K. Hawker Stirling), 6 heifers £5 2s 6d to £7, j. client, I steers £6 to £7 7a 6d ; Mr JOIIII MoaLey Stirling), 3 heifers £6 15s.