COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4629, 25 January 1894, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Lowes and lorn' Stock Sale Report, Our till) yesterday was well attended, There was a good entry of useful Attle,afew lines of sheep, and 1 large number of bones. Cattle Maintain their prieei, with a fiir demand for all good young sorts, butas usual with a good market Tecdors ire too apt to keep inareaeing the reserves keyond the purohasera' ability to leouri a profitable turnorer, The jioriH vere aa ordinary useful lot bom the Jjorangahau District and Bold at wiiat nay be considered fair Viiaia. ; Pit wethers realised 9s to 10a; v store do, 7s to 8s 0d; 2-tooth mixed r ghtep, very small, 6s 9d; old enes, , islOd; shorn wether lambs, 4s lOd; SlyeiroM steers, 955; 20 to 21 . jnontbido,o2i6d; yearlings, mixed ■exes, 47i 63; calves, 28j; dairy ton, 80s to 100s; store cows, 65s to i ' " Pigi in good demand, weaneri [ bringing 9e to 12b j slips up to Us. ;■ Useful haoks L6toL7l6s; weight earners to, Ll7; unbroken horses', Very mixed in quality for 40i to L 6 10b, about 30 beini( sold. Wellington Ham Fair Report,. t Utters Lowes &' lorni report of D Wellington Ham Fair a very 'ge entry of rams, a largo number | jog of. inferior quality—a line olj

Lmcolns. from tin Hon. Matthews i Uolmre were ■ ol wry nice quality, «o Were thosa of Mr Rei-i, of Oaimru, neither of whioh met nith (he appro joiition the? deserted. Tlio firm hail n Buoceaaful sate of Itomnrva bred by Mr E. W. Dorset, the iato Mr F. Gray, and Mr W. lUIh-n, prtceii ranging from fire to twelve guineas, the latter being obtained fur a nice 2-tooth bred by Mr W. B. Alien,hntll Mr Doiaet'a Mr Gray's sheep were the subject of very favourable comment on ibu p«rt of lniypra, b»tli in reaped of wool ami vigotnun constitution. Mr Bcvndlil'g Cotswoldn were much aduiired, half of thmi finding purchuern at lour Riiinem. Tint i.rerd, however, does not appear to find farour in ilm Wellington district. 'l'be fair, an a whole, could not be considered a nuoceso; a very large numlirr of ooming forward which could not be connidorrd worthy of a place at • Metropolitan Fair.