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Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 February 1938, Page 2

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MARTINBOROUGH FAIR. Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report: —We held our annual Ewe Fair at Martinborough yesterday when an entry well up to advertised numbers was submitted to a good attendance. Bidding dragged throughout and buyers were only prepared t$ do business on low limits. Some particularly good lines were offered and prices seemed to be in buyers' favour. Vendors were not hard on reserves, and were prepared to sell if anything like reasonable prices were offered. We yarded 2500 ewes and only two lots went out unsold. Following are the prices:— Sheep: 2-th. ewes, 24/C to 24/7; 2-th. ewes, small, 20/1 to 22/; 4-tli. ewes, to 27/; 6-tli. ewes, to 25/; 4 and 5-yr. ew T es, 2;l/2 to 24/3; 5-yr. ew r es, to 23/7; s.m. ewes, 17/6 to 19/3; f.m. ewes, 12/ to 13/9. The New Zealand Loan and-Mercan-tile Agency 'Co., Ltd., report on their Martinborough sale held yesterday as follows: —-A large yarding of ewes came forward and was submitted to a fair attendance including a few buyers from the Manawatu. The quality of the sheep yarded was very ordinary and bidding at auction was sluggish, several pens being passed in at auction but we were successful in disposing of the whole yarding afterwards, with the exception of one pen of 2-ths. at prices which must be considered satisfactory. We quote: —Medium 2-th. ewes, 23/, 24/6 to 25/; 2-tli. Southdown ewes, 30/; 4-yr. ewes, a/c S. H. Oates, 26/; others, 22/2 to 24/3; 5-yr. ewes, 19/6, 20/, 21/6 to 22/6; 6-vr. ewes, 17/6 to IS/C; fattening ewes, 8/6, 9/6 to 11/. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:—The Martinborough Ewe Fair was held yesterday wdien a full yarding was offered to a large attendance, comprised mainly of local farmers. The market generally was not buoyant and prices were in buyers’ favour. Competition was keen only on good, wellgrown good condition lambs of younger ewes. There was a large number of light condition sheep and these were slow of sale. Vendors, however, in most eases met the market. A good pen of two-tooth ewes, offered on account of Mr. A. C. Feast, topped the market in that section at 32/6. Following w T ere the prices:—2-tli. ewes, 32/6; 4-yr. ewes, 24/10; 5 and 6-yr. ewes, 18/9 to 20/S; s.m. ewes, to 17/4. PAHIATUA EWE FAIR. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows on the ewe fair held on Tuesday:—A large yarding of ewes came forward and met with good competition. Buyers were present from Taranaki, Manawatu, Wairarapa and Hawke’s Bay districts, the bulk of the older ewes going to Manawatu buyers. As usual a very attraetive yarding was submitted and the annual drifts which are a feature of this fixture met with keen and sound competition to sell out at values well up to vendors' expectations. In 4-year-cld section the wellknown lines from Mr. Jas. Breeds repeated the performance of topping the market, 'selling at 30/2 after animated bidding. We yarded 8000 odd ewes and prices are as follow's: — Account George Est., 5-yr. ew'es, 23/; Moore Est., 5-yr. ewes, 24/; Chc-ckley Est., 5-yr. do., 22/6; J. M. Wright, 5-yr.. do., 24/4; Wm. Mitchell, 5-yr. do., 27/3; W. W. Day, 5-yr. do., 25/1; C. H. Arrow,. 5-yr. do., 21/2; Maroa Farm Land Co., 4-yr. do., 27/3; Jas. Breeds, 4-yr. do., 30/2; Algie Est., 5- do., 24/10; Balfour Est., 6-yr. do., 21/9; P. M. Priest, 5-yr. do., 24/4; Smart’s Est., 4-vr.' do., 26/6; J. M. Wright, 6-th. ewes, 28/3; Maroa Farm Co., 5-yr. ewes, 24/9; E. 'Ch'isnall, aged ewes, 1.6/3; E. A. Harrington, store ewes, 11/1; A. J. Patchett, 5-yr. ewes, 19/3; R. Harman, 4-yr. do., 26/3; Raro Hiwi Farm, 6-yr. do., 22/2; B. Wright Est., 4 and 5-yr. ewes, 25/; Balfour Est., 5-yr. ewes, 23/; S. Purvis, 6- ewes, 20/; P. Dransfield. 5-yr, do., 21/4; John Nelson Junr., 5-yr. do., 22/; John Stewart, 5-yr. do., 26/; John Cantwell, 4-yr. ewes, 28/9; John Bambry, 5-yr. do., 18/3; J. M. Wright, 4-th. ewes, 28/; „R. Iv. Bamford, 5-yr. ewes, 22/; W. F. Day, 5-yr. ewes, 24/6; A. J. Champion, 5-yr. ewes, 20/; Styles Bros., 5-yr. ewes, 20/8; Daniel O'Brien, 5-yr. ewes, 16/3; George Est., 5-yr. ewes, 20/; G. W. Eddie, store ewes, 11/10; G. S. Bagley, 5-yr. ewes 19/. Two-tooth ewes, account C. H. Arrow, 23/; a/c Raro Hiwi Farm, 31/6; a/c Tuscan Hills, 25/8; a/c Raro IJiwi Farm, 4-tli. ewes, 32/; a/c W. T. McClenaghan, 2-th. ewes, 30/6; a/c P. M. Priest, 32/6; a/e W. R. Taylor, 2-tli. elves, A. D. Eglinton, 34/; a/c E. R. Winkler, 26/; a/c George EstT, 22/6; a/e Smart’s Est., 26/; a/c John Stewart, 31/6; a/c George Russell, 30/; a/c Maroa Farm Lands Co., 24/; a/c R. J. Harman, 25/7; a/c B. Wright Est., 21/8; a/c- Balfour Est., 25/3; W. F. Day, 22/; R. IT. Bamford, 24/5; A. E. Cook, 25/3. EKETAHUNA SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their weekly Eketahuna sale as follows:—A fairly large attendance of buyers -was present, several from the West Coast. Bidding w-as not spirited although prices throughout w-ere much, on a par with our recent sales reports. We report a total clearance and the following will indicate values: —B.F. lambs, 13/, 14/, 14/7 to 15/; medium do., 11/, 11/8 to 12/; small do., S/, 8/1 to 8/6; good shorn w.f.w. lambs, 15/8; - small do., 9/ to 9/7; shorn ewe lambs, 20/, 20/7, 21/ to 2.1/1; f.m. ewes, 14/, • 14/7, 14/11, 15/ to 15/8; fattening ewes, 6/, 7/3, 7/7, S/, 8/7 to 9/1.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: —A large entry of sheep and dairy cattle came forward yesterday and w r as offered to a good attendance cf local, Pahiatua. and Manawatu district buyers. The sheep section comprised mostly' lambs, best pens of wether lambs, especially wroolies meeting with a slow sale. In comparison, shorn wether lambs made better sales while pens of b.f. lambs were better sought after. Medium and cull lambs made up to full late rates and met with good competition. Included in our entry was the dairy herd of Mr A. E. Bellj which, despite the unfavourable time of the season, sold extremely well, best sorts making from £7/5/ to £5. A large entry of pigs came forward and met with a ready sale at satisfactory prices:—We quote

as ! follows: —Good shorn wr. lambs, a/c T. Smith, 16/; a/c 0. W. Gunderson, 15/3,* a/c Mrs. Christensen, 14/7; a/c C. Giles, 13/9; a/c H. E. Jaspers, 13/7; b.f. lambs, a/c Gray Bros., 15/; a/c. C. F. Larsen, 14/7; a/c Mrs. Christensen, 13/6; medium shorri wr. lambs, 12/5, 10/ to 9/; medium b.f. lambs, 12/S, 10/; small shorn b.f. lambs, 7/2; 2-th. wethers, 19/8; small do., 17/4, 16/1; good woolly ewe lambs, 30/6; good shorn do., 20/3; small woolly ewe lambs, 16/, 15/ and 15/8; cull do., 14/, 12/4. Dairy cows (in milk and due factory dates), £7/5/, £6/17/6, £6/5/, £6, £5 15/, £5/12/6, £5/10/ to £5; medium do., £4/15/ to £4; older cows and unsound sorts, £3/15/ to £3; springing heifers, £4 10/; IS-mos. heifers, r.w.b., small, £3 5/. Weaner pigs, small, 12/, 10/ to 8/. Discs, £7; distributor, £7/15/.