PONGAROA SHEEP FAIR

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14067, 14 February 1939, Page 4

PONGAROA SHEEP FAIR

PRICES ON PAP WITH PAHIATUA.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report having held their annual sheep fair at the Pongaroa saleyards on Saturday, the 11th February. Fully the advertised numbers came forward. and our entry which totalled 7,200 sheep, was comprised mainly of annual drafts of 4 and 5-yr ewes from the well-known Pongaroa settlers. The quality of the yarding was right up to the usual standard of sheep yarded at this fixture Despite the fact that the Pahiatua Show and Dannevirke sale were held on the same day as our Fair, there was a large attendance of local farmers and from outside districts. Front the outset the bidding was brisk, and all thy main lines commanded keen competition, the prices realised in nearly all coses being right up to vendors’ expectations. Prices generally were on a par with those rulimr at the recent Pahiatua Fair.

The following are our main sales:— 3(X) 4-yr ewes account Mrs F. Hurling, “Glencoe” Station, 22s 4c 1 ; .302 5-yr ewes account S. C. Humphries, “Wairakau” 20s 8cl; 145 5-yr ewes account Dickens Estate 20s Id: .1.92 5- ewes account H. J. Tinworch 20s; 165 5-yr ewes account Franklin Bros. 21s Id; 60 4-yr ewes account C. A. Meech 23s 8d ; 179 5-yr ewes account S. F. Herbert 17s 6d; 195 6- owes account Poole Est. 13s od ; 283 6-yr ewes account Mrs O. Waidle 13s lil; 290 5-yr ewes account

“Springlands” Limited 20 s 2d; 201 5 and 6-yr ewes account Fraser Bros. 15s Id : m.a. ewes account Dickens Estate 17s lOd ; 4-vr ewes account T. G Herbert 21s Id; m.a. ewes account, L. Bailantyne 20s Id; A line of maiden 4-th ewes also on account of Mr L. Bailantyne made 245. and small 2-th ewes 22s lOd ; small 2-ths account T. Stone 20s 7d ; do. account H. Ormckshanks 225; do account T. G. Herbert 235; m.a. ewes account Franklin Bros 20.-, 7d: do account 11. P. Herbert 19s 6d ; 2-th ewe s account 11 P. Herbert 245; do, account H. J. Tinworth. 20s 3d; 10. account Mrs Burling 22s 6d. We penned some good lines of wethers, and these made up to 17s 3d, while forward-conditioned 1> f. 2-tlis made up to 18s Id, b.f. lambs 12s 6d to 14s 4d, small lambs 10s 6d to 12s 6d. woolly wether lambs 11s to 12s 6d. and a pen of good woolly ewe lambs made 20s, others 14s to 15s 9d. We are able to report practically a total, clearance.