RAM AND EWE FAIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1921, Page 2

RAM AND EWE FAIR.

IMPROVED DEMAND. , Dunedin, April 5. The annual raun and ewe fair was held to-day, when the attendance of buyers and spectators exceeded 300. There was a fair selection of various breeds, but no Downs or Lincolns. The quality as a whole was very fair, but no big prices were secured. However, the demand was better than anticipated. A few stud sheep were offered, and nOj, exceptional prices were recorded. Two stud Corriedale rams from the New ZealandAustralian Land Company’s Moeraki Estate, made 25 and 20 guineas. The best of the stud Border Leicester rams made 17 and 13 guineas, and were sold on account of Murray Bros., of Clydevale, and Thomas Lockhead, of Te Houka, respectively. Romney Marsh rams made 4 to lO guineas. Flock Border Lelcesters realised 1% guineas to 3VI guineas. Romney flock rams made 1% to 4 guineas. Corriedale flock rauns realised up to 9 guineas, this figure being obtained for some animals penned by J. A. Johnstone, Bushy Park. In a general way buyers were discriminating, and stood off anything lacking bloom and carrying wool at all coarse. The demand on the . whole for flock sheep may be deemed better than was the case last year, when sheep were penned far in excess of buyers’ requirements, and this despite private and dispersal sale®, which have taken place recently.