WALLACETOWN SALEYARDS.

Southland Times, Issue 19477, 29 March 1922, Page 2

WALLACETOWN SALEYARDS.

To the Editor. Sir.—l was indeed pleased to note hl your weekly stock notes the reference made to the listless apathy of the way the Waliacetown sales are prolonged and dragged out, much to the annoyance and inconvenience of would-be buyers of sheep in particular who are compelled to leave in order to catch their respective trains for home after hanging about all day waiting for a certain line of sheep to bo put up that they wish to purchase. The public of Southland only want to become accustomed to a brisker and more business-like way of doing things on the part of the auctioneers and we would cease to be the laughing stock of outsiders. I am sure nothing less than a Jack Johnson or a Dempaey would ba any good as a bell man at Wallacecown and lew men could even do as well as the man they have at present. Were he oniy twenty years younger the auctioneers would not, 1 am sure, take the impudent liberties they do in face of the rules. I venture to say that greater loss of tune takes plact through the indiscriminate filling of the fat stock pens with cattle that, should in reality be in the store pens and until a qualified man is appointed to classify all stock to go into the tat pens the trouble of dragging on the pens will continue. Many sellers don't know when their cacUe are properly finished or are anxious to get a fat price for what is in reality a store animal. The auctioneers naturally co their best and as butchers do not want unfinished stuff, the thing drags on and on. It is really amusing to note when an auctioneer is failing to sell an unfinished beast to the butchers, how he or his clerk hails some prominent graaier from the other side of the yard and all this time the sale is being held up. I have no doubt the man who buys for the butcher could be induced to take on the classifying at but very little extra cost to the butchers or the shareholders of the yards. Should any Dutchers want light or lean cattle there would be nothing to prevent them buying in the store pens. Or they could be classed good, better, or best and fine all auctioneers who persisted in exceeding their time limit and let’s get home in time for bed at least. I am, ect., LONG SUFFERING.