RAM FAIR

Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16800, 2 April 1919, Page 11

RAM FAIR

YT3STERDAY'S SALE. The annual tain fair, under the- aus^ pices of the Timaru A. and P. Assoc- ' .atuxn waa aeld ooi the Timaru show • grounds yesterday. 'l'Jie entry, totalled ; about 75U, and ine sale was -a fair one, 1 -a good many farmers having already ' secuted their requirements.,. Border Leii cesters predominated, and-the top price of the sale was 21 guineas which waa I paid by Mr R. J. McKepwn for aa exceptionally fine Border Leicester ram. Th; 9 general range of prices was as 1 follows-.—Border Leicesters 3 to 7 gns; I English Leicesters 3 to 8 gns; Romneys 3* to 7* gns; Southdowus 3J gns; half-breda 4 to o gns. No Ryelands , came forward, and tine Shropshires and - Lincolns which were offered were for r the most part passed in unsold. OTAGO RAM FAIR. (Per Press' Association).,: ~ r. . fc DUNEDIN", April 1. The annual ram and ewo fair was he'-d ajb Burnside to-day. The entries; totalled 1553, compared with 1873 last =. year. Leading breeders w of Border Leicesters, Romneys, Comedalee, Lin--3 coins and were represented. 1 The attendance was good. There was • a good demand'for Romneys and Cars' riedaJe stud rams, but .the prices for Border Leicesters showed a decline, s Thle range of price 3 for stud rams was: 1 Border Leicesters 6 tec 41 gns, Romney Marsh 8 : to 36 gns., Corriedale Bto 15 ■; gns Flock rams, Lincolns 6 to 9 gns, Corriedale 6 gns, Romney, Merino and " half-breds 6 gne; nook ewes, Border fc ieicester 1J gns.