HOUSE MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2322, 7 January 1890, Page 2

HOUSE MARKET.

Saturday was the monster Bale ot the season, 68 horses having been brought forward for the day's e»le, Amongst thorn were a number of superior draught mares and geldings; also a large numbsi of medlam draughts suitable fc; £*rm work, For the former biddings were difficult to obtain, the farmers generally appearing to operate with extreme oautioD, but for tho meiiam draughts there waa fall competition, and a larger number of thte class ohanged h»ndu tha,n for many monthH past, Gu,t of the day'a eutry of 68, 36, were cold et the following prices, via :—Draaght mires and geldbgs, suitable for farm work,four ye»rolds,£2llos, £22 10a, ip tn £26 ; fiva year oldf, £16 10*, £22 10s; seven year olds, of a good stamp, £20, £2110«, £23 ; four year olds, of a lighter etttrnp^ £i 4 10), £16, £17 si; j six year olds, £10 $», £16 ; di to, of a lighter description, £13 15j ; seven and

e!ght year olds, £10, £18, £12 10?, £16 ; agoH, £6 15s, £6 15j, £7, £8, £9 15j. £10, £12 15a ; inferior, £115) to £2 10,;

light harness horses, very few of this elm changed hands, £5 10s, £7 up to £9 15j ; haok», the bay mare, laohkeith, foar years, by Cheviot, brought £16; others, £4, £5 15s up to £8 15s, according to description; Inferior, £3 10a. Reaping Machines, Farm Drays, etc,— MaOormlok twine binder, £8 10a; farm dray, £11 12a 6d ; McOormiok twine binder, £7; dray, £12. SujSDßlis—Hirness, etc, at full market rates.