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Otago Witness, Issue 3774, 13 July 1926, Page 57

Saleyard humour is often very pungent and amusing, and the conduct of vendors and buyers, particularly if they have been enjoying a festive morning, is generally laughable. Thus at a recent Wanganui sale a vendor was asked if his cow were particular about fodder. “Not a bit,” he said, “she’d feed on the end of a clothes line.” “ And she looks as though she has, too,” came the prompt rejoinder. Another farmer was so confident of the uoundness of his animal that he offered to stake his shirt on the issue. “And I’ve only got one shirt,” he added.