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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 42, 25 June 1913, Page 8

AUCTION SALES. OPUNAKE YARDS. IMPORTANT ANNUAL SALE OF SELECTED DAIRY HEIFERS AND CHOICE YEARLING HEIFERS, SHEEP, ETC. FRIDAY, JUNE 27th, 1913. At 10.30 a.m. rHE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY, CO., LTD., have received instructions from Messrs. HAMILTON and McHARDY to sell as above, Without Reserve—--120 extra choice well-bred Holstein heifers, in calf 50 selected Jersey-Shorthorn heifers, in calf 25 choice grade Jersey heifers, in calf 50 selected Shorthorn cross heifers, in calf 5 Jersey house cows 170 yearling Holstein heifers 135 yearling Jersey cross heifers 3 2-year Holstein bulls 1 2-year Jersey bull 670 breeding ewes, in lamb to Bor-der-Leicester and Southdown 52 good ewo lambs 174 fat and forward 4 and 6-tooth wethers 12 Border-Leicester rams 2 Southdown rams We can recommend, with ' every confidence, the quality of the abovementioned stock,' to those in qiiest of high grade cattle and sheep. Our representative has made a thorough ?>ersonal inspection and reports as follows:—"Tho Dairy heifers are a superior line of well-bred catth?, in the pink of condition, mostly three-year-olds, and well grown. They are all in calf to purebred Holstein and Jersey bulls.. The yearling heifers are indeed a choice lot.' They are all good colors, mostly by purebred sires, and were selected from the bst herds in Taranaki. Tt would be hard to get better linertogether in the Dominion. They have been well done, and have been on turnips for some considerable time. The sheep are also a good lot, and were bred on the hills." Conveyances will leave Hawera and Manaia at 9 a.m. on morning of sale. Intending buyers are requested to book their seats early.

LUNCHEON PROVIDED. IMPORTANT SALE OF PEDIGREE AYRSHIRE STOCK. j 7 AT "FAIR FARM,",, ~ WARWICK ROAD, STRATFORD. THURSDAY, 3rd JULY, 1913. NEWTON KING has received instructions from MR T. WEBB, the recognised Breeder of Pedigree Ayrshire Qattle in the Taranaki District, and who has sold his farm, to sell, Without Reserve,, his first-class herd, etc., as under—--9 pedigree Ayrshire cows, most in calf to pedigree bull, Sir Joe 6 pedigree 2-yr.-old heifers, served by Ruler of Fair Farm 4 pedigree yearling heifers 5 pedigree Ayrshire hulls The above are entered in N.Z. Ayrshire Herd Book. ' 16 mixed cows, to calve Aug.Sept., in calf to pedigree Ayrshire bull 4 pedigree Berkshire sows (to farrow July-August) 3 pedigree Berkshire boars 3 cart horses (1 slight reserve), 5 years, by Prince of Wales, milk cart, trap, harness, drill, s.f. plough, mower, hay-rake, foot-power milking machine, lever harrows, separator, milkcans, cooler and buckets; test bottles and scales, 2 sets swingletrees, stumping jack, 2-korse hoes, large quantity mixed • timber (600 ft. rusticated), new 800 match-lining doors, window frames, 400 bricks, 2 30gal. coppers, tables and trestles, pump, quantity of piping, heavy tip dray, wheelbarrow, grindstone, body of milk cart, 23 colonies of bees, honey extractor and all utensils, fowls, incubators and brooders, bone crusher, Fairbank's scales, farm tools, sundries, etc. Sale at 12.30 o'clock. LUNCHEON PROVIDED. NOTE.—Mr Webb, who has been dairying for over 12 years, has culled heavily, and has been testing for 3 years. Most of the cows are young, and Mr Webb has been a heavy prize winner. Ho lias also.won 22 prizes with his pedigree Berkshire pigs. GLOVER ROAD YARDS, HAWERA. THURSDAY, JUNE 26. T by Public Auction as above—--20 fat cows 55 fat and forward cows 35 store cows 30 in-calf heifers 60 mixed weaners 200 f.m. ewes 100 lambs Salo at 1 o'clock. Luncheon at Salo Yards.