SALE AT EVANSDALE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 41

SALE AT EVANSDALE.

'Messrs Strbnach, Morris, and Co. report having held their usual monthly sale at Evansd»le on Friday, the 16th [December, when, besides the usual cattle sale, they held a special sale of horses. There was a good gathering, of farmers, and buyers from Dunedin, Waikouaiti, and Oamaru were present. The forenoon was, fine, but later on in the day it cormnenoed -to zain heavily, which interfered a great deal with the cattlt. sale. The yarding numbered S3 horses, 147 cattle, and 11 pigs. For the horses there was spirited competition, and had there been, several more good" draughts they could have found new owners at satisfactory prices. Hacks and spring-cart horses were in good demand, and realised satisfactory prices. Cattle, on the other Hand, were rather dull of aale, -and, in order to effect sales, vendors, in a few cases, had to reduce their reserves. - The' following are a few of the sales: — One "threeyear- oH draught gelding, -.£34 15s; one three-year-old spring-van geldmg, £35; one draught at £36, 105; one at £25 (aged); one mare and foal. £40; one colt, £27; one buggy" mare, £23; lour hacks from £14 tc £17; .old mares, with, foal at foot, £17, £14, "and £7 10s. Competition for the pedigree mare was keen, bu# the owner's reserve being above what was bid for her, she was passed in at £66. Yearlings made £2 to £2 10s; calyes. 20s to 30s; cows, close to profit, £4 10s -to £5 15s; dry-cows, £2 ss.to. to £4; two-year-olds, mixed -sexes, £3 to £4; bulls^ £2 JOs; makers, 12s. ' - -