Clearing Sale at Otaio.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 127, 23 March 1901, Page 3

Clearing Sale at Otaio.

On Thursday on the'estate known as Bankfield, lately owned and occupied by Messrs Bruce Bros., a clearing sale of farm stock and implements was held, and was most successful in every way. The estate has recently been sold to a Christchurch syndicate, and consequently everything was for unreserved sale.

There was a very large attendance, buyers being present from a considerable distance, both north and south. A. large number ol buyers went down by the early morning train from Tirnarn, and a good many came up by the morning train from the south to St Andrews, when they were mot by drags from Timaru and conveyed to the Bankflold Estate, which is a little over three miles distant from the St. Andrews railway station.

Bidding was brisk throughout, and the auctioneers had little trouble in disposing of everything which came under the hammer. The reason that the stock, especially the sheep, was so n>ufh sought after, was owing, probably, to the reputation which the estate has established for carrying only the very best purebred strains obtainable, and the auctioneers remarked prior to trie sale that the flock was one of trie best of its kind in the colony. All the stock was in excellent condition, and the sale was well arranged, commencing at. 10.30. and concluding shortly before dark. A liberal luncheon was provided fo' the large crowd by Mr S. McClelland, who, with a large stall' of assistants, was kept busy the whole of the day. The sale was conducted by the Canterbury Fanners' Co-operative As-

sociation, and Messrs Guinness and LeCrc.n, conjointly, and both firms deserve credit for die expeditious manner in which they conducted the business of the sate.

The following arc prices obtained :

Stud Sheep. —Some dot) wore submitted, for which there was good competition. Border Leiceslers brought from ?]gn to 2lgns for ewes and lamb ; and from Dlgus to s;,'gns for ramss Lincolns, from -Jgn to |go for lambs and T|gns to 6£gns for rams. Cattle. —In cattle, milch cows sold at from £4 to £5 17s tid ; cows in calf, from £o 2s Cd to £8 15s for an extra good sort. Two • year ■ olds brought £4 17s 6d each, yearlings £:> 5s each, and calves sold at £1 15s each.

P'gs.—Some' good breeding sows were disposed of at XT. £1 10f. £llss, and £2 ; one pedigree Berkshire boar, a hog of enormous size, three years old, brought £1 10; ; store pigs brought 8s to 13s, and slips sold at 8s each.

Horses realised good prices, draughts bringing from £27 to £4l, whilst a few lighter sorts were sold at prices ranging from £5 for a black mare named Maori Girl to £24 for a ba3 - called Dick.

The implements were knocked down at the following prices : —Reapers and binders, two at £5, one at £2O; farm drays and frames, £9 £lB and £l-1; tip drays and frames, £0 and £0 10s I Cambridge roller, £S 10s ; doublefurrow ploughs. £7 10s to £9 ; Duncan stripper, £5 5s ; double buggy, £26 ; wool press, £6 10s; weights and scales, £3 7s 6d ; broadcast sower, £9; drills, £7 and £8; Duncan turnip drill, £5 5s ; cultivators, £ll 10s to £l2 5s ; grubbers, £2 10s to £5 10s ; disc barrows, £3 5s to £5 15s; four-horse power engine, £3 10s; eight-horse power engine, £49; chaffcutter, £25 ; tine harrows, £1 7s 6d to £5 5s ; 18 sheep-feeders, £1 12s 6d to £l 17s Gd. A large assortment of sundries was disposed of at satisfactory prices.