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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4472, 17 July 1893, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

The Etjinont Fanners' Union, Limited, Weekly Report IIiWEBA.JuIy 18. There was t< very small sale at Stratford on lino I*)' 1 *)' the 17th instant the bud weather was in a large measure to blame for this. Very few •of tho advortised lines of stock came .forward for sale, though what wero io .sold .readily enough, there being a .fair number of purchasers present, We quota: 2to year steers, 13 15s to £4 j cows and heifers in calf £3 lis to £5 ss. We held a clearing sale of sheep, etc., on tho farm of Mr Adam /Johnston atOkaiawaon Monday tho 10th inst,, > ; 'bi°h fcaiu was held by • order of the D.O.A. There Was a •good attendance and everything .realisedfull value; Hie sheep which

wero dry ewes, making from 1/1 1 /8. • ■ ° are pleased to bo able to raport good sale at llawora on Wednesday, the 12th inst. The yards wero well filled with both cattle and ahecp, more of the latter coming for-

ward than wero advortised. All lines of cattle sold well, and with one exception everything changed hands before leaving tho yards. Sheep were jigain almost unsaleable, fat ewes be. ing the only kind that there was any ■enquiry for. Wo quote: Fat bullocks, £7 2s; 18 months to 2 year steers,£Bss6dlo£316s (id; weajierß anil yearlings mixed, £2 to £2 2a tfd;fatcov,'S,£4 Bs6d to £6 10s; •«pringeiO&4osto£7 2s6d;-12to 18 months heifers, £2los to £2lßs'. flwxs, 4, 6, and 8 tooth,