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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1910, Page 2

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FEIkDIXG STOCK SALES

Messrs Abraham and AV-illia.ms, Ltd., report:- -At our Foilding .sale, on Bth July we had a largo yarding of sheep and a small one of

oa,ttle. Owiing fo the rough weather .sheep were- not ,so keenly competed for .;i.s last jumJ. aged ewrs and t ill! hoggets showed a decrease in prices -as compared with la.st sale. Wo quote :—- Sheep.—Aged ewes in la-mil, 8s 10(1; fat ewes, 12s -Id to 12s 8:1; Cat ami foiward ewes, 9s lid; mixed woolly hoggets, lis; woolly i.\v<! lionets, 1.2s 2d ; mixc/l shorn Ijolcgct.s, (is Id, !).s !)d, 10s 2d. 10s 3d. ' Cii-ttle. — F)-;iiirv cows, £3 to to 12s (id: store cows, MOs to £3; spriiigiing heifers, to ss. Th-j. Xew Zealand Ixxwi. and cantile Agency Co. reportAt Keihling on Kridav, a good entry of sheep e.amo forward. Prices were inclined to drag, but a good clc/r----ance was effected. Few catt.lo oa/me forward, (but a sale resulted. We quote Sheep. ~ Ctill hoggets, or (id to (Is; small hoggets, 9s Id to 9s .'ld ; medium owes, lamlis. 12s: njred •l)reo:l----ing ewes, Us 9d: good 'breeding pwes (on .account AV. J. llen,son, in '•nn.innotion with Gorton and Son), 21.50 d. o;iifle.~-Fn,*. cows, C 7. 2 s fid; 2v"'i r steers, £3 12s; 21-.ve.*r stews, CI 8s; dairv cows on account Mr A. Ran so n, to 1G« to £8. Messrs Dalgrty and Co. report:— At our Feildwig sale o-u Friday there was a pood, entry of sheet) and .a fair vaidinig of cattle, which mat with :a_ fair diwmand right through. Quotations:--Cattle.—-18-month to 2-year heifers, £3. £3 Us, ,£4 ; yearlinis; heifer. £2 10s. Slice)').—Cull mixed lambs. to 7s Id: medium ditto, to 9s lid; .small 2-tooth wethers, to 12s Id: mixed aged breeding ewes, Us; sound-inouth lis to 13s 81: snvt 11 ewe 8s 9d: snMi.H 2-<tooth owes. Ifs 9J; 2-k'otli owes, M 10s; 4 and G and 8tooth ewes. to 1/jR.