460 
On Weighing Live-Stoch. 
Direct to me at 
4 beasts of Mr. Jones. 
Sheep — 
Trade very bad for all 
but best quality. 
London. 
Date, Oct. 28, 1889. 
Mr. Brown . . 
Selling charges 
Bank 
£ 
i. 
74 
0 
2 
8 
71 
12 
R. TURNOVER & SON. 
the actual and real value of " best quality " per stone cannot be 
given by the salesman, and certainly will not be disclosed by any 
butcher who has his wits about him. 
The following is a copy of a Scotch sale note, the names 
only of the seller and buyers being changed. In other respects 
it is identical with the original as furnished by Messrs. Swan to 
their consignor : — 
THE LIVE STOCK MART, HAYMARKET. 
EDINBURGH 1888 
Sold for James Burns, Esq., Muirton Mains. 
By JOHN SWAN & SONS, 
LIVE STOCK AGENTS, 
47 LAUEISTON PLACE, 
EDINBURGH. 
Live Wt.H Cattle 
Sheep 
Laml 
Calrt 
Pigs 
cwti. qrs. lbs. 
No. 
£ 
s. 
(/. 
£ 
rf. 
23 3 0 
2 
Steers, Nos. 1.2. D. W. Johnson 
23 
0 
0 
4G 
0 
0 
23 1 0 
2 
,, „ 3. 4. Tomson, Leith 
22 
h 
0 
44 
10 
0 
23 3 0 
2 
„ .5. 6. Wallace . . 
22 
10 
0 
45 
0 
0 
24 0 0 
2 
„ ,, 7. 8. Bruce . . . 
22 
].■; 
0 
45 
10 
0 
8 
X' 
181 
0 
0 
Galloways. 
Burns' Average per cwt. 
38s. 2\d. 
1 4 lbs. 4«. 9f r/. live-weight. 
Ctmimissinn . . . 
2 
5 
3 
0 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
4 
0 
0 
Custom and Men . . 
0 
6 
0 
174 
0 
9 
181 
0 
0 
£ 
181 
0 
0 
