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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1055, 21 January 1884, Page 2

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i » ■ , Ashburton Guardian Office, ■’ Monday afternoon. , Alfred Harrison reports his weekly sale as follows:—Saturday, January 19th : Out of a good entry ofhorses, only a few changedhands at market values. Cows in profit and springers - SOldfairly well. Pigs are still selling well, tfcfmgh not at quite such extreme rates as have been rolipg ef late. Spring dray, L 6, LB, Ljt—Produce: Oats, good feed, is fid to is T " inferior, is; chickwheat, is to zs; potatoes, id and per lb.; onions, id* per - , * Jv—Tea, ais, - guaranteed.—Hamess’aod sun- ■ realised good prices. -There was a very , fewa attendance throughout the sale., ' 'UrT. Bullock reports of the horse market * •. fbrffie week ending Saturday, January 19 th. ,j - ---There was a large gathering at the sale today, 49 horses were yarded, and a decided improvement on previous! sales, and more. ■ > samited .biddings were experienced than for ' rmSy wieeks past, especially for good useful Ifrmf hones suitable for harvest work. , More thanholf the total number of entries.were sold, ' mdroorc would have changed hands, but some . -cjfßptryscllefs declined tp accept marke t value now ruling for their stock, and prefer holding, ’ expecting horses to be dearer, which I doubt * wiU not be realised for some time, and certainly not till after harvest. Out of the total entry of 49, *6 were sold as follows:—Medium draUght*, L2O to L 23 10s; useful farm horses, ■ •-Laib; aged draughts, of a good descrip- ’ . tiop, lA2 ' ids to Lijjiged and inferior ditto,' L7lss to Liz ios; carriers’ horses from L 8 XOs to Liz ios ; hacks, L 6 105 to L 9; ditto inferior, Lz ios to L 4. McCormick wire binder, X3X.'—-Landed Properties: Previous to the Khne salel offered T.S’s., but only succeeded towelling T.S 1239, situated between Shortand - Bntnett at L 54. By private treaty, I Cold lot on Town Belt East, for the sum of L 42. ,*