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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 02, 1941
Page
4
Horsham hosts a sheep sale on Wednesday with odds and ends of stock. The catalog mentions aged ewes, yearling wethers, crossbred ewes, and northern bred sheep, with figures for prices and categories such as comeback ewes and five year combined ewes. Details appear fragmented but indicate a local livestock auction for various sheep classes.
Fragmentary OCR text references a sale and agents but is garbled. Stand by tracks and drovers, terms listed, mentions an agency and a numeric value 5900 on sheep and 5000. No clear names, dates, or locations can be reliably identified.
Local buyers and several bidders attended the Me. Wy sale at Kealy's yards with average prices around 12 per head. Prices for crossbred ewes and merino sheep varied, including 19/7 for some crossbreds and 31 for merino ewes. Top prices touched 32 for certain lots. Yards reported solid demand from buyers in Dimboola, Horsham, Murtoa and Glenelg districts.
Dalgotye and Co report a store sheep sale at the corporation yard on Friday with 384 store sheep yarded and 650 sold at 31/4 per head. Attendance was small and most sheep disposed of by private offer after the sale. Prices ranged with various entries including ewes and laming types. figures show several lots around 14 to 39 shillings and a few higher for mature or special classes.
Readable items show various wethers and ewes with ages and weights, including figures like 35/102, 0/7, 9/05, 95-98, and 22 year old entries. The list lists buyers or owners with monetary values and dates, indicating a fragmented sale ledger snippet with multiple lot references.
Fragmentary OCR lists Shears Sale dates and place names such as CAMYESDOWN and CARAMUT with mentions of December and January. The readable items reference sale events and scheduling but lack complete details. Entities include CAMYESDOWN, CARAMUT, and DM Shears.
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited reports a large sheep sale at Horsham with ewes to five years, Corriedale and Merino crosses, Corriedale t, Corriedale whethers, and store lambs. Various lots include 200 Border cross ewes, 400 ewes, 320 crossbreds, 600 Corriedale wethers, and Dorset and Merino crosses. Terms by arrangement. entries invited. outside agents released.
Rust disease damages early sown wheat in Wimmera and Warracksabeyee districts. Reports indicate varying severity with some paddocks heavily affected and yields potentially reduced by four to five bags per acre. Most crops show patchy impact, while some varieties withstand better in sheep hills and northern districts.
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