Good Inquiry For Ram Hoggets

Press, Issue 31095, 25 June 1966, Page 7

Good Inquiry For Ram Hoggets

All breeds of ram hoggets met a good inquiry at the sixteenth annual national ram hogget and registered ewe sale conducted by Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., at the Addington Show Grounds. Border Leicester ram hoggets sold to 19gns, Romneys and Corriedales to 13gns, South Suffolks to 16igns, and South Dorset Downs to 16gns. A registered Romney ewe, offered by F. H. Chittock, of Lincoln, topped the market at 26gns. Border Leicester ewes met a brisk sale, unregistered mated ewes selling to 17gns. Registered ewe hoggets of the same breed sold at llgns.

There was little demand for unregistered Southdown hoggets and some of the Southdown and South Dorset Down ewes.

The sale was held in June this year instead of August, because it was found there were more inquiries during June for ram hoggets than there are in August. Also,

with stud breeders putting rams out earlier than in previous years, ewes offered in August are on the point of lambing. Vendors were, as a result, reluctant to offer them at this stage, and for the same reason purchasers did not regard August as the best time to buy. Details of sales were:— RAM HOGGETS South Dorset Down A. K. McLaughlin, St. Leonards. Culverden: 8 at 12gns, 4 at 11 gns, 4 at lOgns, 4 at 9gns. D. C. Kelman, Geraldine: 3 at 16gns. L. D. Hartnell, The Willows, Culverden: 4 at 13gns, 4 at 12gns, 4 at 123gns. L. G. Ward, Ohoka: 6 at 9gns, 4 at Bgns. H. C. Vanstone, Little River: 5 at 6gns. G. J. Beere and Son, Dunsandel: 3 at 12gns, 3 at lOgns. South Suffolk Page Brothers, Ashburton: 5 at 16igns, 5 at 15gns. Southdown J. G. and D. A. Crawford, Oxford: 4 at Signs, 4 at 9gns, 4 at Signs. J. Deans, Rlccarton: 10 at Bgns. 5 at 7{gns. R. J. Adams, Greendale: 5 at 6gns, 13 at sgns. Border-Down cross L. D. Hartnell, The Willows. Culverden: 4 at lOgns, 4 at Signs, P. J. Adams, Greendale: 5 at lOgns, 5 at Bgns. Dorset Horn Mrs G. K. and J. H. K. Woodhouse, Racecourse HiM: 5 at lOgns, 5 at Signs, 10 at 9gns. Dorset Down H. C. Vanstone, Little River: 5 at 6gns. Polled Dorset V. A. Davey, Wal-toM, Temuka: 6 at ggns, 4 at 7igns. Romney Marsh F. H. Chittock, Rose Stud, Lincoln: 12 at lljgns. C. J. McLaughlin, Riverbank, Methven: 10 at 13gns. Corriedales Mrs B. Smith, Belmont, Patearoa: 6 at 13gns, 3 at 7gns. Border Leicester G. Beal, Kaiapoi: 5 at 19gns, 10 at 17gns. REGISTERED EWES South Dorset Down D. C. Kelman, Geraldine: 3 one-shear at 15gns, 3 one-shear at lligns, 4 one-shear at ISigns, 2 cast for age at 13gns, 12 at lOgns. Romney Marsh R. Oakley, Ashburton: 1 at 15igns, 2 at 13gns. 5 at 14gns, 2 at 16igns. F. H. Chittock, Rose Stud, Lincoln: 1 at 26gns, 5 at llgns, 3 at 12gns, 1 at 16igns. W. R. Thayer, Granton, Gore: 21 at lOgns, 12 at 12gns. UNREGISTERED EWES Border Leicester J. A. Tiffen, Waimate: 3 oneshear at 15gns, 3 at 12gns, 4 two-shear at 12gns. 4 at 13gns, 3 at llgns, 5 three-shear at 17gns, 5 at 9gns, 3 at 12gns, 5 aged at 9gns, 5 at 9igns, 5 at 12gns, 4 at llgns, 3 at Sgns. Southdown Mrs J. Harrison, Springbank: 5 cast for age at 7gns, 5 at sgns. REGISTERED EWE HOGGETS Border Leicester E. Thomson, Halkett: 10 at llgns. UNREGISTERED EWE HOGGETS Dorset Horn Mrs G. K. and J. H. K. Woodhouse, Racecourse Hill: 10 at Sgns, 20 at ligns.