Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-08-28
HOW VERMONT SHEEP SELL
High Prices Paid for Them at Sale in
Sidney, Australia.


The following clipping from the Sydney
(Ausiralia) Mail Of July will give YER
monters an idel Of how Vermont sheep sell
in that country. In reading the prices 1t
should he remembered a guinea is worth
about 81. The paper says:--
The annual stud sheep sales were com
mcnced on Monday Mt Bradley's Heal
Quarantine Grounds, where a number Of
Vermont merinos recently imported from
the United States were submitted. About
$50 people were in attendance. Generally
speaking, prices were low. though In many
Instances bidding was Keen, and sheep
changed hands at satisfactory rates. Sheep
of high quality however, were literally
sacrificed and several others were passed
in or withdrawn. Doubtless, the lack Of
keener competition for n favorite class of
sheep was due to the prolonged drought
and 1t was in anticipation of results that
Mr.. II. s Badgcry prefaced his remarks
| in opening the sale. Mr. Badsery. after
referring to the Interference with the
| prosperity of the country, and the way In
which the continued absence OF rain took
the heart out OF the people, reminded
buyers that the return to better seasons
would he the signal for general restocking.
Sheep would then be In the greatest de-
mand, and prices would rule high. a
chance was given, he said, to pastoralists
to rebuild their studs with the best strains.
d,
ment should not be missed. Good seasons
or bad 1t was the practice to give special
attention to stud sheep, and in their case
hand-fecdinE was not a misfortune.
Most of the sheep offered were from
: strains well known to Australian pastoral
. lists. On the whole the ewes passed off bet
: tor than the rams, although the average
of the latter YVES we'll in advance--fac'
largely due however TO isolated high prices
The highest figure was paid for the ram
Premier n grand champion in his class al
the Pan-American Exhibition, which was
, secured by Nessrs F. Webb II Co., OF
y Bathurst for 40 guncas Mr.. j. S. Hers
, fall paid 260 guiucas for the ram Vermont
: and the Jondaryan Estate, Darling Downs
secured one for 200 guineas. The ewes real
9 tied up to 20 Cuincas. Throughout the rams
> averaged about 80 guincas and ewes 2Sh
! guineas.
. THE following were the sales:-
, by Pitt Son & Badgery, Limited, on &C
- count of Messrs. Bissell & Peck, Eas
: Shorehan, Vermont, L. S. Al
y "Ram-Buffalo, w. Browne, 10 guineas
. ram, Springfield Pastoral and Estates com
pany, 10 guineas: ram, c. c. Hall, 50 gum
cas-; ram Premier. II. Webb ~ Co
, Bathurst. 40 Guineas; ram, Wnchcombe
q Carson & Co.. q guneas; ram. r. G. HiE
~ gins. 10 guinoas: ram. Il. c. Higgins, Z
4 Cuincas; ram Mrs. Russell Glasson. L
o guineas ram, W. Browne, IL guineas; ram
- a. l.. Morrison, % guineas; ram, A. l.
A Morrison, 81 grlineas; ram, Mrs Russel
- GLEASON. II guincas; ram a. L. Morrison
4 % guncas; ram, A. L. Morrison. = guineas
A ram. Mrs. Russell Glasson, IL guineas:
= ram A. L. Morrison. 20 guincns; ram, w
, Browne. % guineas: ram w. Browne.
Il Eunoas: ram. A. H. Morrison, ~ guineaS
q ram Il w. Hayden, - guncas; ram Glas
: son &, Classon. 70 guineas; ram k Ii. 'ile
= Lins 9S guineas; ram, T.. Webb q Co. )
q g,reas; ram. r. G. Higgins. Il guineas
ram b. w Hayden. IL guineas, ram. b
, W. Haydon. 10 Cuineas eve, r.. a. Ryrie
/. ~ gtinoas owe, j. s. Horsfall, q gulneas
n eve. j. S. Horsfall. p guineas; eve. Glas
p son & Glasson. ~ Ruincas. eve, SprinGneh
+, Pastoral and Estates company, % gulneas
n eve, !. S. Horsfall IL Ruineas; eve. j.
>. HCrsfall 60 guincas: eve, K. g. higgins
Ia cuincas; eve, j. 5 iorsfall, ~ gulneas
l., eve. r G. Higgins IL guineas; eve. X. q
, Higgins. 10 cuineas; eve, Glasson & Glas
, son. 90 guineas eve. L. Webb IL Co., !
y, ruincas; eve, T.. f.. Churchill, 10 guineas
- eve. T.. Webb & Co., Is Euineas; eve. i
II Webb e Co. 10 guineas; eve, SprlnSnei
T. Pastoral and Estates company, 20 guineas
g eve r. G. Higgins q gunoas
"Total los guineas; average J5'4 guinea
Il BY Messrs Hill. Clark e Co.. on accouli
Il of Mcssrs Clark Brothers, Vermont. |
: S A.. and Waverton, Cargo, New Sout
il Wales:-
n Ram. Vermont. ]. S. IIorsfall. 30 gum
% ,as; ram, Young Wall-street, Jondarya
Estate. Darling Downs, Queenstown, y
g guineas ram. Glasson & Glasson, % gum
Is cas-: ram, r. G. Higgins, % euineas' ran
d Il. Carter 20 Guincas ram, G. j. Brooks
Co. ~ guineas ram, q. j. Brooks N co
y clineaS; owe j. :. Horsfall. 40 guineaS
owe executors of the late u. NJ. McCaue
hoy 40 gUineas: eve, executors OF the lat
D. McCaughey, - guineas; eve, executor
n of the late u McCauEhcy, 30 guincas; eve
executors OF the late D. McCaughey'
c1liuens. eve executors of the late /
= McC'aughey 26 ruincas; eve. executors c
's the late D. McCauGhey. PC Suineas; eve
j. executors of the late d, McCaughcy,
q guincas.
n Total s25 guincas. average, 80 guineas
&c ION account of Mcssrs. Morrison & +. !
Norton
" pam. r. Carter. guineas; ram Carso
If of Wipchcomhe. Carson g. CO., 30 guinea
" ram r. G. Higgins z g7iineas; eve, T. I
= Higgins. % guneas.
W Total 10 suineas; average, 2,9 Fiinca
lie IN account of Messis. Wright. Cartmell
m Cook Middlcbury Vermont. Z, 5 A.;
ID PAIN r. c. bloomfield - guineas; ran
lc Mr.. Morland 16 C1iineas; ram, Mr.. r. ca
rs ter % guincas: eve, c. c. Hall, guinea
NJ T'otal -S ruincas. average. l9i. CuincdS