LIVE STOCK OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 51, 22 December 1904, Page 13

LIVE STOCK OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR

The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited) report :—

We helti our usiual weekly sale at our Horse Bazaar on Saturday, when we had a splendid attendance of iarmers, wtaggpmers, town carriers, and trailers. Our cmtlry totalled 57 draiugiht, v,ah, and spring-ilray horses, l'gtit harness and hackney geldings, atid, with the exception ot >a very few, t^ese horses were all fresh from the ckAintry. We may say that all the ypwng soiund horses ittom tihe cotmtry were appreciated* both by ttown and cjomntiry bnyers, arid met a sale satisfactory to sellers and buyers. Heavy dr alights were a sliade easier, but claain, sharp, active geldings, suitable for town work,, wore in good demand. Express horses were also well competed for. Spring-carters are still in goofi deiiKantd Of tlhis class we had egaih a short supply, and a go/ofl few clo'uld have beetn placed at fair values. Hadkneys, although nothing of a very high grade was oflereld, met a good Sale, and a goolfl many changed hajnds at fair prices. Quotations : Hea.vy cart horses, £510 to £(J0 ; plough nTares and geldihgs, £40 tio £50; chfty van geblDngs, £38 tio £44 ; sipring-dray horses, ahout same priice ; sjprijig-oarters, real good sorts, active, yK\u,mgi, o)nd sjOiuKd, £25 t)o £34 ; useful hackneys, £18 to £25 , bupigy geHdings, with a g)ood das)h of actnon an>l q^iet, £25 to £30 , buggy pairs, £45 to £55; carriage pairs, £&0 to £100, according to style and quality.

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