Sydney Sheep Sales

Southland Times, Issue 13264, 15 July 1895, Page 3

Sydney Sheep Sales

United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ]

Sydney, July 13. There was not one redeeming feature in to-day’s sales, well bred sheep going for a song and, in the majority of cases, were purchased for boiling down purposes. The sale of long-woolled sheep, which concluded today, marks a pitiable incident in the history of colonial sheep-breeding. It is not easy to assign a cause, but undoubtedly the chief is the dry season, owners find it difficult to pasture their present flocks without additions to them. With few, if any, exceptions breeders suffered severely and this year’s experience will probably kill the Sydney market for a long time to come. Following are the results interesting to New Zealand:—‘Border Leicesters—Grey (Otago), 27 rams at 10s each; Beavan (Southland), at 10s 6d; McCrostie (Southland), 20 rams at 8s; J. Blakie (Southland),23 do at 9s; W. Blakie (Southland). 12 rams, 9r; Boag (Christchurch), 18 rains, 8s; .Menlove (Oarnaru), 24 rams, 1 guinea. Lincolns— A. McKenzie, 50 rams at an average of 10s lOd ; Price (Wanganui), 35 rams at of a guinea; Walker (Masterton), 12 rams at Us; Urquhart (Featherston), 26 rams at an average of 8s 7d; Wilson (ElsbraU, 100 rams at an average of 15s ; Hawes (Waverley), 25 rams at 13s 6d ; Brewer (Waverley), 77 rams at an average of LI 0s 9d. ..Woodlands estate (Hamilton) submitted 142 sheep of which only 3 rams were sold at L 3 3s each) and 44 ewes at a guinea each. lon

(Waverley), 18 rams at Us 6d; Symes (Manutahi), 38 rams at 15s 9d ; Muldock (Wanganui), 19 ramsaveraged 13s ; Walker (Wanganui), 30 rams averaged Ils 7d; Hamilton (Wanganui), 37 rams, Ils6d;W. McKenzie ( Wairarapa), 88 rams averaged 10s fid; Menlo vc (Oamaru), 26 rams, I guinea ; Garsford (Mount Herbert), 15 rams, 9s 6d ; Lowry (Hawkes Bay), 62 rams averaged 10s 3d ; Barugh (Hamilton), 25 rams, at H guinea ; Main (Waikato), 40 rams averaged 19s 4d ; Pickering (Hautupu), 46 rams averaged 15s 3d; Clark (Gisborne), 50 rams 10s 3d ; McDonald (Pukekohe), 7 rams at 9a. Romneys—Gardner (Southland), 46 ramsaveraged 14 guinea; Rowland (Wanganui), 10 rams at Us ; W. McKenzie (Wellington), 10 rams at 10s6d, 18 ewes at LI; Cobb (Palmerston North), 5 rams at 1 guinea each ; Walker (Masterton), 28 rams averaged 10s; W. McKenzie (Wairarapa), 15 ram hoggets, 10s 6d. Shropshire DownsNorton (Marawhenua), 191 rams averaged 10s lOd, 88 ewes averaged 9s Bd. Southdowns—McLean (Howick), 30 rams at 10s 6d each.' " ■ i