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Ashburton Guardian, Volume III, Issue 648, 29 May 1882, Page 2

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Ashburton Guardian Office, Momlay Afternoon. Mr Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale as follows:—Horse sale very dull. Pigs low in price, bat all lines were cleared. Fowls, is 6d to 2s 3d per pair ; ducks 3s fid per pair; turkeys, 5s each. Produce—Potatoes, 50s to 60s per ton ; carrots, 40 per ton ; chick wheat, 2s in.to-3s per bushel : oats. 3s to 33 fid per bushel ; r,<'.barley,. 3? per bushel ; onions, id to per lb. Tea, 21s per box, guaranteed. Cheese, 5 ’ per lb. Harness and sundries -sold fairly well, though sales are now very dull,, ansi money particularly valuable.

■r ;: Mr T. Bullock reports for the week ending .•'May 37th :— Horse Market—At the Bazaar, s ‘ BurheEt street, on Saturday, 5 1 horses were : '’ entered for the day’s sale, a very large proportion of which were of a very inferior description. .There was a large attendance, and for .. good, useful farm horses the biddings were spirited ; but for aged horses, inferior draughts, 8 in factj for all inferior horses, there was no de- { thand whatever, and those that were disposed were sold at very low prices indeed. It is a wonder where so many scrubbers come from ; it appears that farmers and others owning such are very desirous to get rid of them at any price rather than keep them on their farms ; consequently there are a great number of this description offered. Hacks —A few were offered, but there appears to he no demand at ‘present; a few inferior changed hands, lout at ' low prices. Out of the total number entered (SI). I sold 22 as follows : —Good, useful farm horses, 2 at L2l each ; medium draughts, L 9 lOS to I. 14; aged and inferior draughts; I 4 153 to L 7. A pair of unbroken colts brought Lao; two other unbroken colts, one three (fears old, L 7 ; one do., L 6 15s. Several three year olds, of an inferior description, from L 3, L 3 ios, to i-5; hacks, L 6 10s, L 6 103, L 4. Scrubbers, a number changed hands at from L2 5s to L 3 10s.