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



Principal Places of Public Sale, 

 Exhibitions and Shows. 



Average Prices. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Welsh National, Shrop- 

 shire and West Midland. 



Annual Sales at Kerry (Mont.) 

 and Craven Arms (Salop). 



Average price for Ewes at last Sale,l 15s. to 

 2 ; highest price 3 3s. Earns averaged 

 from 8 to 10; highest price 38 17a. 

 Ram Lambs averaged 5 ; highest price 

 15 15s. 



Sales : The Association holds a 

 sale of rams at Driffield ; other 

 sales at Malton, Seamer, Hull 

 and other local centres. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Great Yorkshire, 

 Stokesley, North Lonsdale, 

 Bridlington, Driffield. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Lincolnshire, York- 

 shire. 



Sales : The Association holds 

 sales of rams at Lincoln in 

 July and September. Some 

 of the leading breeders hold 

 annual sales. 



At the Association sales in 1912 different 

 consignments of shearling rams averaged 

 from 8 13s. 3d. to 15 Us. 6d. ; highest 

 price- 26 15s. <od. In 1911 the average 

 price was 10 Us. <od. ; the highest 23 2s. 



At other sales the average of lots from 

 different flocks ranged from 4 4s. to 

 11 12s. Yearling registered ewes made 

 up to 3 each. 



At the September sales, 1912, 116 rams 

 averaged 9 18s. 6d., the highest price 

 being 65 2s. At the Riby Sale, 1912, 

 49 rams averaged 22 9s. Id. ; highest price 

 173 5s. and 13 yearling ewes averaged 

 5 Is. ; highest price 5 10s. Qd. At the 

 Riby Sales in the last 14 years 654 rams 

 have averaged 61 8s. Id. ; highest price 

 1,522 10s. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Royal Lancashire, 

 Whalley, Crawsbawbooth, 

 Colne, Cliviger, Padiham, 

 Worsthorne and Newchurch. 



Fairs : Near Todmorden, Moses 

 Hall, Marsden, Meltham, 

 Holme in Cliviger, and Has- 

 lingden, and Annual Fair at 

 Holme each September. 



Rams range from about 5 to 10, regis- 

 tered yearling ewes from 2 to 3. 



Sales : Oxford Ram Fair, Ciren- 

 cester, Kelso Ram Sales. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Bath and West, Oxford- 

 shire, Gloucestershire, Royal 

 Counties, Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society's. 



Rams, 10 guineas ; Ram Lambs, 7 guineas. 

 Good first-class rams can be bought from 

 'leading breeders at about 15 guineas 

 each, and rams for show purposes up to 

 100 guineas each. Picked yearling ewes 

 can be obtained from the best breeders at 

 about 5 guineas each. 



At the Oxford Ram Fair, 1912, Shearling 

 Rams made up to 47 5s. each, Ram 

 Lambs up to 42. Consignments from 

 different flocks averaged from about 4 

 to 27 16s. Qd. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Herefordshire and 

 Worcestershire. 



Sales : Brecon, Talgarth, Here- 

 ford. 



Draft Ewes, 1 15s. to 2 10s. per head ; 

 Rams, 5 5s. to 10 10s. each. 



