ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14984, 3 June 1914, Page 12

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

There was a very moderate attendance at the weekly stock sale held at the Ashburton yards yesterday, and tha entry was a very small one as compared with recent markets. The yarding comprised 2081 sheep and.lambs, as compared with 8§39. the previous week at tne Tiuwald yards, and included 2&1 fat ewos, 260 fat wethers, 4123 fat lambs, and 1117 stores. Tho shortage was amongst tho ewes and lambs in tbe fat pens. The quality of tho sheep and lambs yardod in tho fat pens was very indifferent, and several lines went to graziers for fattening purposes. Freezing buyers were again well represented, but with the small yarding and the high price expected by vendors for inferior quality, very little business was done, and many linen were passed by auction. Fat ewes made up to 18s 2d, fat wethers to 21s 2d, and fat lambs to 20s 6d. The following was the range of prices obtained :—Prime butchers' ewos 16s 6d to 18s 2d, medium los 6d to 16s 3d, light-weights'l3s 6d to 14s lid; prime Butchers' wethers 19s to 21s 2d, others 18s to ISs 9d; prime freezefrs* lambs ISs'to 20s t>d, others 15s 6d to 17s 3d. There was a very small yarding of store sheep, which included 518 hoggets, tho balance being ewes. Thero was very little interest taken in the sale, and the bulk was passed by auction. There were only throe head of cattle sold in the fat pens-—a cow Fpringsr made £9, an aged cow in calf £3 os,' and a cow and calf £10.

LINKWATER DALE ESTATE. .On July Ist, at Wellington, Messrs Abraham and Williams, uui., of Palmerston -North, will put up lor bale tne Linkwater Dalo Estate, of 726 acres, owned by Mrs I. W. Gregg, „nd situated in the Mahakipawa Valley, between Queen Charlotte and the Pelorus Sounds. Tho estate is to bo subdivided into about 20 farming sections, ringing in area from 20 to 9l> acres. The homostead section, of 40 acres, has a thir-toen-roomcd residonco with outbuildiugs, and on six or eight of the other sections there are small houses. The Mahakipawa Valley is well known as good cropping and dairying land, and lias a carrying capacity of ono milking cow. to two acres. Tho Linkwater Estate is ten miles from ilavelock and 3D miles from Blenheim. 1