WANGANUI RAM FAIR.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9074, 14 February 1908, Page 5

WANGANUI RAM FAIR.

At Messrs Freeman R. Jackson & 00. ’s Central Ham Fair yesterday there was keen demand for Lincoln studs, the sale for these sheep being the best for many years. The top prices for • Lincoln studs were Mr VV. Rayner’s,,at 64 guineas, and Mr W.- Wybourne’s 60 guineas. The highest averages were McGregor Bros. £34 ss, Wybourne £2B 18s 6d, B. Rayner £26 10s, and Mrs Perry £26 ss. Flock Lincolns, though not up to the standard of last year, sold briskly at satisfactory prices, the highest being 21 guineas, the best average for flocks being McGregor Bros. £9 3s 9d, and Wybourne £8 Bs. Romneys of a good class sold up to an average of £4 16s, the latter for W. Rayner’s entry, Leicesters and Downs were absolutely The results of the day’s sales were as follows:

W. B. *Y. Pearce, 24 BorderLeicester ’'ewes, all to Thos. Currie, 12 at 2 guineas, 12 .at 1% guineas. A. H, Rollo, Otaki, 50 purebred Southdown ewes, passed in. Estate late John Peat, Maxwelltown, 260 purebred Lincoln ewes (bred by W. H. Wybourne), sold highest price 2% guineas for 36 to Messrs F. Moore and Harris. LINCOLNS. Owen Hawes, Waverley, 15 to H. Lethbridge, 3 guineas. D. J. Glasgow, Turakina, 8 rams, passedjin at one guinea. J. W. Bowen, Turakina, 12 rams, all passed, in at 2 guineas. G. V- Pearce, Kakaramea, 15 rams, sold; highest price 3 at 5% guineas each to H. Y. Lethbridge. Average £4 16s 4d. F. A. Bremer, Okaiawa, 12 rams, 7 sold ; highest price guineas to Cornfoot; average £4 5s 6d. W. H. Wybourne, Waverley, 20 rams, 1 sold at 2% guineas to Moutan and Pearce.

W. B. Y. Pearce, Oroua Bridge, 10 rams; all passed in. lon Bros., Waverley, 20 rams; all passed in. Estate late Jolm Peat, Maxwelltown, 24 rams; all sold; highest price 4gs to O. L. Pemberton; average £3 6s. R. Bremer, Waverley, 20 rams, all sold ; highest price 3_%gs to Tawse ; average £2 16s 2d. Jas. Stuckey, Wairarapa, 16 rams, sold; highest price si£ga to Howell Bros., average £4 8s 7d. KW. H. Wybourne, Wheunakura, 18 rams, sold ; highest prices, one to A. Wilkin at 20gs, one to B. Dickie ll%gs; average £8 Bs. S. Handley, Nuknmarn, 12 rams, sold; highest price Powell, Hunterville ; average £3 14s 4d. Miss Watt, Waverley, 7 rams, passed in. McGregor Bros., Masterton, 6 rams all sold; highest price 12gs to Beard; to Wylie Bros. ; average £9 3s 2d. J. H. Baker, Hawera, 15 rams, 8 sold; highest price to W. Huston ; average £4 4s. Jolm Brennan, Maxwelltown, 16 rams, sold to E. M. Cranstone at Bgs. Jas. Walker, Waverley, 15 rams to McKutchen at 2%gs. ROMNEYS, A. Harding, Ashhurst, 12 rams to W. S. Greeu at 3gs each. W. Rayuer, Mastertou, 11 rams, all sold ; highest price G}£ gs ; sold to L. Strachan ; average £4 Iss lid. W. B. V. Pearce, Oroua, 7 rams; sold to J. McGregor, Mataroa, at 2}4gs. Jas Knight, Feilding, 12 rams, all sold; highest price to C. Sommerville; average, £3 10s. ENGLISH LEIOESTERS. Jas. Allison, No. 1 Line, 12 rams, passed; reserve 1 l^gs. BORDER LEIOESTERS. Little Bros., Otago, 6 rams, sold; highest price 2%gs to [Lilburu; average £2 9s lOd. G. Y. Pearce, Kakaramea, 10 rams, all passed. D. S. Taylor, Waverley, 20 rams, all passed. W. B. Y. Pearce, Oroua, 12 rams; passed in. SOUTHDOWNS. J. W. Baker, Fordell, 7 rams; all sold ; highest price 2gs to G. Mitchell ; average price £1 7s. Auckland State Farm, 8 rams, passed in. STUDS BAMS—SHROPSHIRE. W. Rayuer, 1 ram, sold to Wyley Bros., at W. B- Y. Pearce, 5 rams, passed in.

LINCOLN, W. H. Wybourue, Whenuabura, 20 rams, 19 sold ; highest price 60gs, to Mrs Perry. Feilding. T. W. Perry, Masterton, 14 stud Lincolns, all sold; highest prices 41gs, Mr H. J. Lethbridge ; average price £26 ss. John Shield, Patea, 10 stvd Lincolns, 5 sold; highest price 4%gs, Jefferson Bros. ; average £5 10s 3d. J. Donald, Westmere, 2 stud Lincolns, both sold ; highest price 13gs, Morrison Bros; average £lO 10s. McGregr Bros., Masterton, 10 stud Lincolns, all sold ; highest price 45>£gs, Mr B. O. Lysaght; average £34~ 4s 7d.

J. D. Hughes, Waverley. 12 stud Lincolns, all sold; highest price llgs, MrT. Whittington; average £9 10s 9d. . State Farm, Waverley, 12 stud Border Leicesters, none sold; reserve. Mr J. H. Baber, Hatvera, 6 stud Lincolns; not penned. John Handley, Okehu, 10 stud Border Leicesters, passed in; sgs reserve. G. V. Pearce, Kabaramea, 8 stud Lincolns, all sold, highest price 17 gs, Mr O. R. Honeyfleld ; average £lO 16s 6d. El P. Lethbridge, Turakina, 4 stud Lincolns, all sold ; highest price 25gs, Mr E. Bourke; average £l9 19s 6d. B. Rayner, Masterton, 10 stud Lincolns, ail sold, i highest price 4S>4gs, Mr L. McKenzie; average £26~ 10s 3d. Estate of late P. O. Threlbeld, Flaxton, 2 stud English Leicesters; passed in. W. Rayner, Masterton, 20 stud Lincolns, 16 sold; highest price 64gs, Mr E. Bourke; average £l6 8s Bd. G. V. Pearce, Kabaramea, 8 stud Border Leicesters, all sold ; highest price lOgs, Mr T. Currie; average £6 Is sd. v Estate of late John Peat, Mawxelltovvn, 1 stud Lincoln, sold for 17gs, Mr J. Peat, jun. E. Bourke, Waverley, 20 1-shear Lincolns; passed in. J. W. Baker, Fordell, 20 1-shear Lincolns, all sold; highest price Mr.Fisher; average.£4 ss. H. Middleton, Wayetley, < 20 1shear Lincolns, all sold; highest price 4%gs, Mr A. J. McKenzie; average £4 16s lOd G. F. Bremer, Patea, 20 1-shear Lincolns, all sold at 2%gs; 10 to O’Neill Bros, and 10 to P. O’Neill.

' Estate of late P. Bourke, Patea, 46 1,2," and 3-shear Lincolns, from 2 toSMgs. ;