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PRINCIPAL PLACES OP SALE AND AVERAGE PRICES OP ANIMALS OP EACH BREED. 



Principal Places of Public Sale, 

 Exhibitions and Shows. 



Average Prices. 



Sales at Exeter, Taunton, and 

 Tiverton. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural, 

 Bath and West, Devon County, 

 Royal Cornwall, Royal Coun- 

 ties. 



At the 1912 Sales held by the Society, 23 

 Rams averaged 7 13s. 9d. ; highest price 

 14 14s. Draft Ewes average about 40s. ; 

 Yearling registered ewes make about 55s. 

 to 60s. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Bath and West, Royal 

 Counties, Dorchester and 

 Blandford Agricultural So- 

 cieties. 



Sales at Dorchester, Blandford 

 and Sherborne. 



Rams average about 7 7s. Qd. ; highest 

 price 31 10s. ; Ram Lambs average about 

 8 8s., highest price 42 ; Draft Ewes, 

 2 2s. to 2 14s. ; Flock Ewes, 2 6s. 

 to 4 4s. ; Ewe Lambs, 1 8s. to 2 2s. ; 

 Wether Lambs, 1 8s. to 2 6s. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Bath and West, Royal 

 Counties, Somerset County, 

 Royal Isle of Wight. 



Sales and Shows at Dorchester. 



Rams, 10 to 15 guineas ; Ram Lambs, 4 to 

 12 guineas ; Two-tooth Ewes, 2 12s. to 

 3 8s. ; Four-tooth Ewes, 2 14s. to 

 3 10s. ; Six-tooth Ewes, 2 8s. to 2 10s.; 

 Ewe Lambs, 2 to 2 8s. These are 

 average prices obtained at Fairs and Sales. 

 Picked specimens would cost from 20 per 

 cent, to 25 per cent. more. 



Sales and Shows at Winsford, 

 Dulverton, Bratton Fleming, 

 and South Molton. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural, 

 Bath and West, Devon County. 



In 1912, Rams made up to 21 and Ewea 

 up to 47s. 6d. ; average prices, Rams 

 6 Os. 3d. ; 3,000 Ewes averaged 36s. 



Sales : The following Fairs, 

 amongst others : Salisbury, 

 Wilton, Britford, Weyhill, Ox- 

 ford, Marlborough, Alresford, 

 Overton. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety, Bath and West, Royal 

 Counties, Wilts County, and 

 leading Shows in South and 

 Midlands of England. 



The Association holds an Annual 

 Sale and Show at Ashford ; 

 other Sales are held at Romney, 

 Ham Street, Maidstone, Strood, 

 Rye and Sittingbourne. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Royal Counties', Tun- 

 bridge Wells. East-Kent 

 and Mid-Kent Agricultural 

 Societies. 



In 1912 the highest price for the hire of a 

 Ram Lamb was 210, and for the pur- 

 chase outright 241 10s. The consign- 

 ments from different breeders at various 

 salesaveraged fromabout 5 to 21 15s. 6d. 

 Stock Yearling Ewes ranged from about 

 2 5s. to 3 5s. 



The average price for 323 rams sold at the 

 Annual Show and Sale of the Associa- 

 tion held in 1912 was 11 3s. M. The 

 highest individual price for a ram was 

 178 10s. 



