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The Famera' Co-operative Auctioneering Co., report :■• At Ohaupo on February Oth, wo yarded o!0 lieati ol cattle. Fresh bullocks sold from AT> ISs to ,Kf» rougher sorts Jso Kl?. 2 year steers A.'i 18s, IS months heifer:-; la-en with hull ,i!o l is, ] - r > months empty heifers 72 15s (id, fro.-jh empty ouwa 72 10s to £) ] (is, calves 2.">k, ycnrlinj; steers £2 ISs, heavy hulls X-< ?•» <HI to Xii. At Momnsville on <>th inst., we yarded -SOU head of cattle and 1 !">()() sheep. Fat, steers made £H Us, lighter weights .t'7 Ids. heavy fat, cows .C:> !'s <o .I'd, lighter sorts ,tM lis, to .IT) Is, fresh conditioned cow* .IT. to ,1':; 1 (is, fleshy hulls ,17. Ins to .I'll las, extra choice calves 'tOs, others 27s iid to mis, )7'. year heiiers heen with hull.!'! 1 T.s Od. vearlin.i; heifeis £•?. Ins, spiinjlini: heifers XT) as to ,lY> os, fat wethers "Ms t,o I is Od. tat ewes Us to 1:7 ad, fat lambs 12s 1«. 12s (id, 2 tooth wethers Lis ;>d to Lis 4d, and <> tooth small ewes 12s Md, slips Ids (id to 17s (id.

MARKET REPORT. Mr Graham reports the sale of the well known boarding house so lonj; conducted by .Mr Sims. Mr Morgan, the new proprietor, comes wiih lnti|; experience ol business and an c;eel lent record as a well-known and, popular host. Mr Pressor liar- also, weunderstand, sold his fine residence on the hill, through the same agency, the buy ar being a Palmerston North genllemar. WANGANUI RAM FAIR. This important sale will be conducted by Messrs Freeman R. .lackson and Co., at Wanganui. on Thursday and Friday, 22nd and 2ord February. The entry totals some 1700 rams selected front the best docks in the Oominion, the entry this year being particularly line. '1 he Lincoln sheep will he sold o:i t he lir.7, day and all other breeds on the second dav. At this fair all rams "are sold singly in the ring. thus gving buyers every facility (o in 'lice care (r,l selec lion. RAM FAIK. In connection with the forthcoming Ram Fair at To Kuifi the day following the A. and P. Show the account, uf the Hastings Ram I'air will be of merest. For Lincoln stud rams time was keen demand the lines being quitted as under: ■ Mr C. V. Pearc.e's 1 o to •}(> guineas; Mr \V, Wvbourne's 10 to 20 guineas; Mi \V. Perry's, Mastorton, S to :'0 guineas. For Romneys there an equally keen demand though t lie price:: were not, so high. the ruling figure lie ine; from o to ■> 0 guineas, Mr K. Short's line tolching the latter price. For Porder Leicester* the demand was not so e,real, prices consequently were lower. In this line Mr C. V'. lVarce secured top price, his entries (etching from .10 to 12 guineas.