HAWKE'S BAY RAM FAIR.
(By Tolenrapli.—Press Association.) Hastings, January 30. Tho annual ram fair under tho auspices of tho Eawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society commenced on the show grounds yesterday. Entries totalled t>oso, compared with 6222 last year, - There was a representative attendance of buyers. . Competition for Lincolns was only fair, but Southdowns wero much more sought after, prices ranging up to 13gns. A fair demand also ruled for Shropshire stud rams. There was keen rivalry for a lino of eight Lincolns bred by and sold on account of Mr. G. V. Pearce, M.P., of Patea, at prices ranging from 22gns. to 62gns.
The third annual stud ram sale of the Now Zealand Romney . Marsh , Sheep Breeders' Association was held 'in conjunction with the fair. Forty rams were offered, 23 of which were sold. Tho top price- was , Gogns.,paid by Mr. J. Macfarlane, for Earl Gordon 2nd, a 1shear ram, bred by Mr. A. L. Wheeler (Halcombe). Tho fair was continued today. On tho whole bidding was dull. One or two lots, however, elicited keen competition. A line bred by Mr. E. Eglinton, Featherston, realised from 4 gns. to 20gns. Other best sales were at llgns. and lOgns.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1972, 31 January 1914, Page 8
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199HAWKE'S BAY RAM FAIR. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1972, 31 January 1914, Page 8
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