PONGAROA SHEEP FAIR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1940, Page 7

PONGAROA SHEEP FAIR

O LAMBS AND WETHERS SELL WELL. " ~ ~ Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited report having held their annual sheep fair in the Pangaroa sale yards on Saturday, when considerably more than the advertised numbers' came forward to a large attendance of local farmers. Very few buyers from outside districts were present. The conditions were by no means pleasant. Drizzling rain set it about midday and continued throughout the sale, which was not completed until 6 p.m. Great difficulty was experienced by the Auc-tioneers,-in yarding the numbers that came forward, and despite the fact that additional pens were erected, and the cattle yards being used, many lines had to be sold in the races. This was not only a great handicap to the selling brokers, but also to vendors and buyers, and the general running of the sale. The yarding exceeded 13,000 sheep. Generally speaking the majority of the lines penned showed the effects of the hard winter. Some 600 two and four-tooth wethers sold under keen competition, and lambs also commanded good attention: on the other hand, however, breeding ewes were hard of sale except for a few wellknown lines. In the six-year old breeding ewe section many vendor’s expectations were not realised, and passings, therefore, were frequent. An attractive line of I'our-year ewes on account of Glencoe station again topped the market in this section at 24s 2d. while a similar line on account of C. A. Meech realised 225. and another or account of Herbert and Herbert, 20s 3d. Five-year ewes, account S. C. Humphries sold at 19s 9d. account H. Herbert. 17s 7d; account Dillon. Bros, 16s 6d; account E. Gichard. 15s. Others brought 13s 6d. 14s 6d to 15s, according to quality and condition. F.M. ewes, made 9s to Ils. The top price of the day was obtained by Mr S. F. Herbert for a nice line of two-tooth ewes, which made 27s 9d. A line of two-tooth ewes account Springlands Ltd., made 265: account Herbert and Herbert, 25s 7d, account L. Ballantyne, 22s Gd, and account Glencoe station 225. Small hold-over two-tooth ewes made 18s to 21s. A line of six-tooth ewes on account of C. A. Burling brought 23s Id. andon account of S. F. Herbert. 235. Two and'fourtcoth wethers made 15s 7d to 17s, fat and forward condition b.f. lambs. 16s to 17s 2d. Smaller sorts Ils 6d'to 14s. Woolly wether lamlps. 13s to 13s 6d. Others made from 9s Gd to 12s Id. Woolly ewe lambs. 15s to 19s 2d.