HIDE SALE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 24

HIDE SALE.

DUXEDIX HORSE SALEYARDS. v. Mes.ir3 Wright, Stephenson, and Co. rair poi c as follows : — For Saturday's sale we L had a fair entry of horses, hacks and harS ness sorts especially being well represented. i Buyers, both town and country, were in the yard on the look-out for good, active, , §taunch draughts, and consequently any of I «jiB description on offer were easily disX posed of at very full rates. Aged and done t animals, on the other hand, were rather I hard to quit, and prices for such were in fa\ our of the buyer. During the week ; we have sold a large* number of draughts ~ at prices ranging up to £45, and for light - harness horses at up to £20 10s. On Fri- , day, 22nd inst., we shall hold our annual i harvest sale, for which we have a large entry of draughts and spring-carters, and the ', prospects for a good sale are bright. We '.. quote : Superior young draught geldings, afc f from £45 to £50; extra good do : (prize-winners), at from £50 to £55; ; superior young draught mares at r from £50 to £60 ; medium draught mares - and geldings, at from £30 to £40 ; aged do, at from £15 to £20 ; well-matched carriage r pairs, at from £70 to £100 ; strong springTan horses, at from £25 to £30; milk-cart ■-' and butchers' order-cart horses, at from £18 ' to £35; light hacks, at from £8 to £13; I extra good hacks and harness horeec, at ■ from £13 to £25 ; weedy and good do, at (rom £5 to £7. r OTAGO FARMERsHioRSE BAZAAR. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand report : — We held our \ usual weekly horse sale on Saturday, when i.we offered 44 draught mares and geldings, "vanners, spring-carters, harness cobs, hun- , ters, and ponies to a representative gathering of farmers and town and country - 1/uyers. We had a number of good draughts .Suitable for general farm work, and the L^aat of these were keenly competed for, and fcold at good values. Our top price for ' draughts last week was £47. We had a '".superior lot «-f harness cobs, hunters, and : ponies from ..ie North Island, which were -much admired, and which found new f owners at top values. Good spring-carters jsold at up to £24, lighter sorts to £20. We .bad consignments forward from Hawera, -Timaru, Milton, Waihola, and the Taieri, and nearly the whole cf the country horses ■ were sold under the hammer. We quote : -Good useful draught mares and geldings (young and sound), from £35 to £45 ; lighter •orte and older, £23 to £33; heary lorry pairs, from £80 to £100 ; useful plough mares, «ud geldings, £30 to £40; pedigree Clydesdale marea, to £150; good sorts of Clydesdale maree, suitable for stud purpose* and c*nera! farm work, £40 to £50; carriage »»irs, £80 to £100; sprin-g-oarters (good .l(orta), from £20 to £32; upstanding buggy aaaree and geldings, from £15 to £22 ; fcackneys, frofii £12 to £15; lighter torts, *rom £7 to £12. |