Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. AUCKLANE SHEEP FAIR.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1960, 29 January 1885, Page 2

Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. AUCKLANE SHEEP FAI R.

[r A Bcckian'd held the first sheep fair : the season at Kemuera Yards yesterday, he quantity of stock penned was not \ery irgo, and consisted mostly* of Lincolns, ut there were a few tint* specimens of hropshire rams and cross-breds. Two nn orted r«uns of this breed were put up to c let for the season, but failed to reach ho reserve, and two ranis by imported wns were purchased by Mr Vining <it £.> ach. Some lambs by Shropshire rams rom crossbred ewes ranged from £3 to "£2 (k These were offered by Mr George Jollard. The attendance of buyers w.is lot large, and we give the following quotaiont to show the ruling prices :—9B four nd six-tooth ewes, Jas. Ellett, 8s 3d, effries : 60 two-tooth esves, J. Rutherord, 12s Bd, Nathan ; 40 two-tooth jincoln ewes, Phillip Barrow, C>\ Lee ; 40 ong-woolled evrc\ J. Thompson, 4s bd. 'hompson ; 70 longwoolled maiden ewes, I. Knox, 14s fid, Thompson ; 37 two and our-tooth ewe*, Jno. Kelly, 9s, Moffatt; 8 do., Bs, Batcher; 81 wether hoggets, do Is J. & Kelly ; 42 ewes, R. W. Hale, ss. 9d, enkin ;40 do, J. B. Kennedy, (Is fid, )ilworth ; 28 do., 4% 9d, Smith ; 34 do., 4s >d, Procter ; 40 ewes. W. J. Taylor, 5s 3d, VI. Wallace ;80 do., 5s 2d. W. Gardner ; 0 do., 3a 9d, Butcher ; 41 do., A HcDonr.ld, fis Smith ; 50 lambs, \V. J. Taylor, 2s Gd, Mason; 50 do., 2s !)d, Chamberlain and Porter ; 30 lambs, VVestney, 7s fid, O'Neill ; 120 lambs, James Matheson, (is fid, Chamberlain and Potter ; 25 ewe lamb», A. Macdonald 5s 3d, Bryant ; 20 wether lambs, do., 4s 3d, Buckland and Shepherd ; 2(5 lambs K. W. Hale, ss, O'Neill ; 22 Limbs, W. J. Taylor, 5i Gd, Badley ; 30 ewes, John Ellis, 14s, Hanna ; 30 do., 12s (id, Thomson ; 40 ewes. William McLaughlin, Gs Gd, Buckland and Shepherd ; 4(5 do., 7.. Lyons ;40 do., 6s, >d, O'Neill ; 40 do., Gs, Procter ; 200 do., 7s, Niccol : 2 imported Shropshire Rams to be let for the season until May lit), George Ballaid, withdrawn, £5; 2 Shropshire Down Ra«is, by the imported ram, first prize at the late show, Geoige Ballard, £5, Vining. A number of two and fourtooth Lincoln rams also fetched fair average prices.