LIVE STOCK OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 45, 10 November 1904, Page 13

LIVE STOCK OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR.

The Otago Farmer's' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited) report :—: — We held our usual ho«rse sale on Saturday las to, when there was a grand gathering of farmers, all of whom, competed well for horses suitable for their requirements. Spring-cart, van, land buggy sorts, young and sound, were in great demand. Oi this class a good number came forward, and everyone of tnem sold under the hammer at satisfactory prices. The bulk of the entry of heavy draught mares and geldings consisted of, with the exception of about half a dozen, aged mares and geldings, and which were difficult to place at prices asked by owners. Notwithstanding this drawback a good few changed hands, no doubt owing to the fact that buyers were determined to have horses, even if not quite suitable to their stabile, in order to get on with their work. Quotations : Heavy cart geldings, £50 to £62 ; medium weight anh clifty-sharp geldings, suitable for van and plough woik, £10 to £50 , lighter sorts, £35 to £40; aged heavy geldings, if sound, £35 to £45 ; spring-eart-cis, £21 to £32 ; buggy geldings, with good carriage and action, £23 to £28 , medium sorts, £17 to £20 ; dogcart and gig geldings, goc/d dashing i goers, are worth £30 to £40. Our total entry was 43 draught, light liarness, and hackney horses.