THE STOCK MARKET.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE STAR. Silt, — My attention has been drawn to some references relative to the above that have been inserted in the Star. I notice that the farmers in Palmerston are agitatiisg for a *' Combination of Stock Sales." Now, I cannot see why we cannot have markets here, of a similar nature to those held in England, where every farmer can be his own auctioneer or can procure the services of one, at a very small expense to himself. At present if you sell £100 worth of stock at a sale it costs a£s note to pay the auctioneer ; and times are getting too hard for farmers to have to pay so much for a few minutes talk. Now, why cannot a market be started at Feilding, there are plenty of places procurable, and if they were held fortnightly or monthly, would prove more beneficial to all. After the yards for this market were erected, it would only require a man to have supervision over them and keep them in repair. A nominal charge at the sales for the pens could be fixed, and if things were arranged like they are in the Old Country it would be savinp to farmers, and newspaper proprietors would have a ponder fully increased trade, hoping to hear more on this important topic. I am, etc., Farmer. Campbelltown, July 4th, 1895.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 4, 4 July 1895, Page 2
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233THE STOCK MARKET. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 4, 4 July 1895, Page 2
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