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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 49, 8 December 1904, Page 13

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OTAGO FARMERS' HORSE BAZAAR

The Ot ago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited) report :—

We held our usual weekly sale of horses at our ba/aar, Crawford and Vogel streets, on Saturday last, when we had an entry of 73 horses all tiold. The attendance was exceptionally good, buyers being present from all parts of the countTy districts, and tow n earners and traders were fully represented. A good number of draught mares and geldings, the property of various owners, changed hands at highly satisfactory prices, an>d a good many more sharp, clifty geldings coulld have been placed at similar values- ; but'tahere was a limit to our numbers in this class. Spring-carters were w.mted and m good demand, but only a lew suitable sorts ,of this class were forward, and met with ready sale. Kxpress and buggy horses were also in fair demand, and a good many changed hands at good values, as also did a fair number of hackneys at prices quite satisfactory to vendors. We quote : Heavy draught mares and geldings, £55 to £65 ; lighter sorts (young and sound), £45 to £52 ; plough mares and geldings

£10 to £5,0 ; -van and spring-dray sorts (active and soiled), £38 to £45 ;fsp ring-carters, £25 to £30 (but must be quiet, and good active sorts) ; good single and double harness geldings, £22 to £30 ; well-matched buggy pairs (good steppers, quiet, and straight goers), £5,0 to £6,0 ; d'Ogi-oart and handsome pab geldings, £25 to £35 ; first-class hackneys, £25 to £35 , meidiium and useflul hackneys, £16 to £24.