M R ALFRED BUCKLAND'S REPORT.
At the Haymarket on Friday," July 10, horse stock were m full numbers, and above the usual proportion offered were sold . Prices for -all descriptions^ .including heavy draught; were low, the most saleable active . medium draught ranged from jfelO to £30, but thegreater number from >£13 to £15 eachv Arrivals of both fat cattle and sheep from the West Coast during the past week have been unusually large, and fat cattle have fallen! m valuein consequence ; prices ranged from 17a to 20s the lOOlbsj but a draft would not average over 18s. A few pens were bought by the graziers, the butchers are unusually full. '..The large import has checked the. expected rise m the value of fat sheep, which are now at similar values to those ruling a fortnight since. Crossbred wethers ranged from 12s 6d to 15s 6d ;* merinos, 5s 6d. to 8s :and good fat e r wes, from 21s 6d"to 12s. each.,. Fat calves, were m dein:ind,.and,brought satisfactory prices, ranging as high as 555. Pigs were plentitu.i, biit'reqiiired. and obtained higher prices than for several weeks.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 47, 23 July 1885, Page 2
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185MR ALFRED BUCKLAND'S REPORT. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 47, 23 July 1885, Page 2
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