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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 February 1942, Page 4

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PONGAROA EWE FAIR. ' GOOD COMPETITION. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd. (Inc. in Eng.) report as follows on their annual Pongaroa ewe fair, held on Saturday:— A big yarding of ewes, well in excess of advertised numbers, came forward and attracted a large and representative attendance, buyers being present from Dannevirke, Feilding, Palmerston North, Bush and Masterton, and all the local districts. The ewes came forward in particularly good condition, and competition thoughbut was good, although buyers had a definite idea of limits. Two-tooth ewes were in keen demand, and made from 26s to 295, 4-year-olds made up to'2os, while in the 5-year-old section top lines made from 16s 6d, 17s 2d to 17s 6d. At the commencement an odd pen of ewes was passed, but as the sale progressed these were disposed of privately, and by the end of the day a good clearance was effected. The following list of principal sales will indicate values: —2-tooth ewes, a/c. O. F. Olsen, 27s 28s 6d to 295; do., a/c. Herbert and Herbert, 28s 6d; do.,', a/c. H. P. Herbert, 27s sd; do., a/c. L.j Ballantyne, 275; do., a/c.' Springlands Station, 28s; do., a/c. E. F. Gichard, 255; do., a/c. Glencoe Station, 25s 6d; carry-1 over 2-tooth ewes, 20s, 21s to 235; mixed) age ewes, a/c. L. Ballantyne, 225; 6tooth ewes, a/c. Herbert and Herbert, 21s; 4-year ewes, a/c. Glencoe Station, 20s; 5-year ewes, a/c. Glencoe Station, 17s 6d; do., a/c. Springlands Station, 16s; do., a/c. S. C. Humphrey,'l6s; failings mouth 5-year ewes, 13s, 13s 6d to 14s 6a; s.m. ewes, 9s 6d. 10s 6d to 12s 7d; fattening ewes, 7s 6d, 8s to 8s 7d; good ewe lambs, a/c. M. Moynihan, 22s 3d; medium ewe lambs, 16s 7d, 17s, 17s 8d to 18s 3d; good shorn wether lambs, 14s, 14s 6d to 15s 9d; medium woolly lambs, 12s 6d to 13s 7d; 2-tooth wethers, 18s Id to 18s 6d; fat wethers, 18s to 235; small mf. lambs, 18s; fat ewes, 8s 7d. ,