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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, Shropshire and West 

 Midland, Highland and Agri- 

 cultural Society's, Royal Lan- 

 cashire, Welsh National, Staf- 

 fordshire, Royal Dublin. 



Sales : The Association does not 

 hold sales, but sales are held at 

 the Royal Agricultural Show, 

 also at Shrewsbury and other 

 centres in the West Midlands. 



At the 1911 show of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society the average price of Two-shear 

 Rams was 15 15s., of Shearling Rams, 

 29 9s. The highest price was 126. At 

 sales in 1912 the average prices of different 

 flocks were as follows : Rams, 7 19s. 4(7. 

 to 16 Is. 4d., highest price, 105 ; Ewes, 

 3 16s. 8d. to 4 2s., highest price, 6 6s. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Bath and West, Koyal 

 Cornwall, Devon County, and 

 Smithfield. 



Sales : Totnes, Liskeard, Truro, 

 and South Brent. 



At Totnes, 1912, the average price of 121 

 rams sold was 9 17*. 7d., highest price 

 32 10s. At the Liskeard sales the 

 average price was 8 14s. 5d. and the 

 highest 9 12s. Id. 



Sales are held annually at 

 Cbichester. Lewes. Findon, &c. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural 

 Society's, Royal Counties, 

 Bath and West, Sussex 

 County, Tunbridge Wells, 

 East Kent, and other County 

 and local shows. 



Rams have been sold up to 273 ; ram 

 lambs up to 75, and ewes up to 35 14s. 

 At the Chichester Sale, 1912, 324 rams 

 averaged 7 6s. 4d., highest price, 57 15s. 

 305 Ram Lambs averaged 5 Os. lid.; 

 highest price 24 3s. Yearling Ewes 

 averaged from 2 3.?. 6d. to 2 19s. 8d. 



Sales : The Society holds 

 Annual Sales at Ipswich in 

 August and September, at 

 which chiefly Ram Lambs and 

 Yearling Ewes are sold. 

 Yearling Rams are usually 

 sold privately. Other sales are 

 held at Newmarket, Great 

 Bentley, Sutton, Kesgrave, and 

 considerable numbers of Rams 

 are also sold at the Kelso Ram 

 Sales. 



Shows : Royal Agricultural So- 

 ciety's, Suffolk County, Essex 

 County, Norfolk County, and 

 Highland and Agricultural 

 Society's. 



At the Society's Sales in 1912 the follow- 

 ing prices were obtained : 



August : 125 Ram Lambs averaged 

 10 2s. Id. ; highest price 34 13s. 



August : 1,528 Yearling Ewes aver- 

 aged 2 19s. Id. ; highest price 4 13s. 



September : 155 Ram Lambs averaged 

 6 8s. 4d. ; highest price 18 18s. 



At other Sales 5,465 Ewe Lambs averaged 

 1 9s. ; highest price 2 10s. 



At a recent dispersion Sale 168 Ewes ranging 

 up to 4 years averaged 4 3s. 2d. ; 

 highest price 8 15s. 95 Ewe Lambs 

 averaged 2 11s. 5d. ; highest price 

 5 2s. Qd. 



