COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2794, 26 March 1895, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

TIMARU HORSE MARKET

The. Canterbury 'Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Limited (per Mr Ji Mundell, auctioneer), report - on the horse market at •TatiertallV on Saturday, as follows : "We offered 26 bead all ‘classes at auctionThe demand for good sorts of young stock cobtinues good, but <iged' and -inferior horses are neglected. We quote prices as follows : — Draughts, young, with trial. £l3 lOs to ; do. light tod aged, £9 to £7 y light' harness tarts/ £7 to- £9 ; 15s; hackneys, £5 15s to £B.

WASHDYKB RAM AND EWE FAIR

At the annual ram and ewe sale, under tuO auspices of thd A. and P. Association, held at Washdyke saleyards on Tnursday, the C.F.C. Association -submitted a catalogue of 296 rams on account of the principal vendors in Canterbury and Otago, also 1100 ewes. Prices were low as conipared with previous years. We succeeded in selling a large proportion of our entry at the following quotations, viz.: —Account Wm. Grant, 1 2-tooth Shropshire Down to R. Parry. 2 guineas; 1 do., Asking Sons, 2£gs; 1 do., R. Smith, 2Jgs; 1 do., R. Parry, 2gs; 3 do., Askiu & Sous, IJgs; 1 do., D. Gunn, 2gs; 2 do., W.'Westaby, 2gs; 1 full-mouth 'Border Leicester ram, das Stewtfrt;’ 2gs ; 1 do., A. Macpherson, 2gs; I 2-tooth do., Jas; Stewart, 2gs; 6 do., A. Burnett, 2gs; 2 do., D. Matheson; 2gs; account Bruce Bros., 6 do., F. Simmons, Ig; 2 do., Askin 6 Sons, IJg* ; 4 do., F. Meddlicott, Ig; account John Reid, ,12 do. English L rams, L. P -ice, Ig; 13 do., Gillingham Bros., Ig ; accouut P. C. Threlkeld, 2 do., Jas. Guild, 2gs ; 3 do., W. Kelland, 2gs; account Geo. McMillan, 10 do. Border L rams, John Ross, Ifgs; account G. F. Martin, 3 4-tooth Lincoln ram-, H. Buckeridge, 1 Jgs; 4 do.j D:‘ Matheson, l£g; 3 do., D. Matheson, Ig; 6 2-tooth do, E. T. and F. Mulcock, l|g; 1 do., A. Macpherson, Ig; 6 do., Duncan Scott, Ig; 7 do, J. Elder, Ig ; accouut of E, Kelland, 30 2-tooth Euglish Leicester rams, T. B. Garrick, 3gs; account Springfield estate, 10 do., R. Hay, 2gs; account John Grant, 1 4-tooth Shropshire Down, J. Davidson, fg; 1 do., J. T. Whittaker, ig; 1 do., J. D. March, ig;2do., R. Campbell, ig ; account Robert Davie, 7 6-tooth English Leicesters,R. Kerslake, Ig.

Guinness & LeCreu report as follows ; —'l'bia fixture was held at the Washdyke yards as usual on Thursday last, but this year for tne first time uuder the auspices of the South Canterbury Agricultural and. Pastoral Association. The new arrangement worked well, and is a great improvement on the old system of scrambling for pans, though it is still open for improvement, and the sale was conduted with comparatively little loss of time. The entry was larger than last year, and although there was a good attendance of buyers and others interested, the sale dragged, and low prices were the order of the day. Our entry numbered over 400, of which we sold 212 at from 1 to 5 guineas.