Ram and Ewe Fair.

Patea Mail, 1 March 1881, Page 3

Ram and Ewe Fair.

Mr C. F. Barker reports having held his first ram and ewe fair at Patea on SaturdayIt was a great success, buyers coming from all parts of the district. The whole of the rams found purchasers at good prices ; the store sheep, owing to the late dry weather, not realising as higli a price as they otherwise would, but nearly all that were yarded (about 4,000) sold at fair prices. Fat wethers, especially a line from Messrs J. and H. Williamson, which topped the market at 12s, fetched good value. Store wethers sold well, considering the late drought. The 87 assorted rams from Canterbury sold at £ls 10s, £ls, £ll, £lO, £8 10s, £B, 2 at £7 15s, 3 at £7, 7 at £6 10s, 5 at £5 10s, 10 at £4 10s, the remainder at from £2 to £4. On account of Mr R. BPearce, of Kakaramea, the prices were £6, £5 10s, £4 15s, £4 10s. Other rams, on account of different owners, fetched from £1 10a to £2.

The principal purchasers of the highpriced rams were Messrs Morecroft, Lowes, Mathieson, J. Handley, Burke, Peacock, Wilson, and Dyke. Messrs J. and H. Williamson’s 77 fat wethers sold at 12s. On account of Mr H. Risely, 500 store wethers at 7s fid ; 1,000 of Mr J. Risely’s ewes from Napier sold at 6s ; ■ 280 store wethers from Mr J. Handley’s flock sold at 8s 3d ; 250 old ewes from same flock at 9s and 7s fid ; 200 merino wethers at 6s 3d, also, privately, 1100 fat wethers from Mr R. B. Hamilton, Manulahi, at 10s. Mr Barker will hold regular periodical sales at his yards at Patea, dates in future advertisement.

The buyers of rams were as follow : 1 Full-mouthed Chapman 3 0 0 2 Six-tooth Lowes 4 0 0 3 Full-mouthed Ball, James... 7 15 0 4 Six-tooth Hamilton, R... 5 10 0 5 Full-mouthed Chapman,F.M. 3 3 0 6 Do Dyke ... 217 6 7 Six-tooth Howie I 15 0 8 Do Derrett 2 0 0 9 Do Lowes 6 10 0 10 Do Morecroft ... 7 0 0 11 Do Handley, J... 410 0 12 Do Dyke 4 10 0 13 Full-mouthed Chapman 2 15 0 14 Six-tooth Handley 4 5 0 15 Full-mouthed Handley 3 15 0 16 Four-tooth... Wilson 10 0 0 17 Six-tooth Peacock 6 15 0 18 Full-mouthed Lowes 2 15 0 19 Six-tooth Derrett 2 5 0 20 Full-mouthed Riddle 4 7 6 21 Full-mouthed Johnston 2 0 6 22 Six-tooth Derrett I 15 0 23 Full-mouthed Derrett 3 2 0 24 Four-tooth ... Bremer 3 5 0 25 Full-mouthed McDonnel ... 2 5 0 26 Two-tooth ... Dyke 6 0 0 27 Do Lowes 8 0 0 28 Do Morecroft ... 15 10 0 29 Do Matheson 6 10 0 30 Two-tooth ... Morecroft ... 15 0 0 31 Do Morecroft ... 8 0 0 32 Do Lowes 3 10 0 33 Do Burke 4 5 0 34 Do Burke 7 15 0 35 Do Burke 3 10 0 36 Do Jardino 3 5 0 37 Do Matheson ... 6 5 0 38 Do Sinclair 3 15 0 39 Do Matheson ... 8 0 0 40 Do Matheson ... 7 0 0 41 Do Bremer 2 10 0 42 Do Walker 6 15 0 43 Do Campbell 4 15 0 44 Do Williamson Bs. 3 0 0 45 Do Jardine 5 0 0 46 Do Lowes., 4 4 0 47 Do Williamson ... 610 0 48 Do Lowes 4 15 0 49 Do Lowes 6 5 0 50 Do Balmforth ... 3 0 0 51 Do Peacock 3 0 0 52 Do Lowes ... 2 15 0 53 Do Morecroft ... 3 5 0 54 Do Morecroft ... 7 5 0 55 Do Burke 7 0 0 56 Do Nicholas, T 3 5 0 57 Do Saunders 2 15 0 58 Do Johnston 2 10 0 59 Two-tooth .. Nicholas 3 0 0 60 Do Tbos. Turner 3 0 0 61 Do T. Nicholas ... 2 5 0 62 Do Ball 2 0 0 63 Do Handley 5 15 0 64 Do J.Fairweather 5 5 0 65 Do Thos. Turner 1 10 0 66 Do Peacock 4 0 0 67 Do Johnstone ...15 0 68 Do Ball 3 10 0 69 Do Riddle 8 10 0 70 Do Matheson 6 15 0 71 Do Ball 11 0 0 72 Do Jardine 5 0 0 73 Do Peacock 4 0 0 74 Do Turner 2 10 0 75 Do Turner 2 10 0 76 Do Jardine 2 5 0 77 Do Peacock 22 6 78 Do Dyke 3 0 0 79 Do Howie 2 5 0 80 Do Bremer 2 0 0 81 Do Bremer 2 0 0 82 Do Bremer 2 10 0 83 Do Bremer 1 19 0 84 Do Handley 3 17 6 85 Do Peacock 2 12 6 86 Do Bremer 3 0 0 87 Do Handley 1 17 6