H.B. RAM FAIR
Entries Not So Numerous This Year
The annual Hawke's Bay JRam Fair is to be lield at the Tomoana Showgrounds 011 ,Jauuary 28 and 29 next. The total number of sheep to be offered is 4989, compared with 5385 at the sale last year, representing a decrea'se of 396 this year. The record year in tbe last decade was 1927, wlten 7531 sheep were offered. The sale will commence at 9.30 o'clock each day, adjourning for luncli from 1 to 1.45 p.m. The order of selling is as follows : — First day. — Flock Romneys, flock Lincolns, flock Corriedales. Second day.— Flock Ryelands, Southdowns, and stud rams. The sale of stud raxns commences at 2 p.m, (second day), being sold simultancously'with tlie flock rams, as in former years. Tlie following are entries for the sale. tliose of 1935 and 1936 being iiicluded tor eomparispn
The individual entries. recoived by the various brokers are as follow : —
1935 1936 1937 Bomney 3585 3297 3164 Lincoln 30 10 8 Southdowns' ... ' ... 3015 1960 " 1611 CottledoAvns ... ... — 5 English • Leicester ... 15 12 — tftyelands 21 *20 55 Corriedale ... ... 33 28 62 Halfbred ... — — -6 Cheviots — — — Totals ... ... ... 6689 5332 ,4906 Studs ... ..^ ... 81 68 83 Grand totals ... 6800 5400 4989
Shealing and Two-shear.
Sh. and 2-sh. s. Tl. Dalgetv and Co. ... 873 '8 881 De Pelicliet, McLeod 368 1 369 H.B, Farmers' Co-op., with Avliom are associated Hoadley, Son, and SteAvart 1466 . 22 1478 Murrav Roberts Ltd. 479 5 4s.t N.Z. Loan and Merc. 720 22 752 Williams and Kettle 1*000 25 1025
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 3, 19 January 1937, Page 8
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