ASHBUKION LIVE STOCK MARKET
Messrs U. Mataon and Go. report upon the live stocfc market In the Ashbnrton Dittrio* *r-r the week ending 10lh February, 1888, as follows :— Owing nodoaht to the f*at that farmers were too busily 'Dgaged wi h their harvest to attend to sla of etootc, the entry and the attend-a-too of the pobho whi ab »nt the smallest »■■' h*ve oeen t>r ynars. Not more than 600 sheep of alt u>rt% were yarded, and •yen tb« m j rliy of thus* had to be tu'oed out v i*o!d. Iv snob. » oaae, quotations would onlj be misleading. Daring the w« ek we hay v had m*ny enquiries fur yrnag aheep, some of which »»» have satisfied, but we coald p)ao* i several tboußando provided th .; prices and quality were rivht Our prjro pal sales o'ivatety were 900 cros§Sr<d 2 tooth, 5s 8J; 240H0d0, 6- 4'; 189 4 and 6 tooth *e<h>r*, 7 ' 31 ; 592 4 aqu 6 outh ornxt br»d H»es, with 100 per cant ltmhi, 7 ♦ 144 (%t Umbv 6 6 1; 161 do do, 5> lOd par head. I • lt» d we think there m » lit tin better er qury. During the week we sold 686 »oiß9, Dr more, 640 aareao r ea .Ohertsey diatriot, ano 400 acres, K;')e, »t P'loes withheld, but >atiafaot >ry to the ▼endori.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1764, 11 February 1888, Page 2
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221ASHBUKION LIVE STOCK MARKET Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1764, 11 February 1888, Page 2
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