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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 53, 21 February 1908, Page 3

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BYDXEV WOOL .SAL^s,

Received 21st 1.8 a.m. Sydney, February 20. The \vt)ol sales have closed, * There was keen competition. First greasy sold to liy 3 <l. MASTE.RTO.Y RAM FAIR. Per Press Association. Mastcrton. Lust Night, i Jjaslerton ram fair opened today. There was a large attendance of buyers, belonging to the Manawatu, Hawke's Bay, and Wanganui. At first the bidding was slack*. Une after line passed on, and it w.i« not till the very best sheep were run into the ring that any spiritedness was shown in bidding. Tn stud Lincolns E. ,T. Riddiford topped the market with «0 guineas, paid by "• B. Eglinton for a Romnev r.im. Fo'r four stud Romneys E. ,L Riddiford secured the handsome return of C10">. The top price in stud Lincolns was 37>/. guineas. (Inly a few Soutlidowns were ,K ''»K the ( 0 p p1 . i( . 0 Of 1-1 Shropshire stu.ls submitted, onlv live were sold, prices ranging three "tiineas to five and a-half. It was apparent at the outset that the drought would lie responsible for cannv purchasing. Unless the sheep were in tip-top condition they were not looked at by buyer* Poor ewes were to he seen in ffie 'stud sheep, which caused comment to tlrtr effect that a higher fee should be eh ir<*ed for studs to prevent the enteriiv* of inferior sheep. Vendors v,i!!ili"]v nay the 5s fi,l fee for the „ake of" having their Mieep submitted.