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The Enquirer
Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
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The late October fair at Ballymote, Ireland, was the largest in years, with improved stock quality and high attendance. Over 92,000 stock sold, including 82,294 sheep and 10,104 cattle. Mr. Cleed bought bullocks for 18,000 pounds. Breeders adopting new practices.
Merged-components note: The table provides sales figures from the Ballymote fair described in the preceding text on Irish agriculture and markets.
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Ballymote fair.-Our late October fair was the largest known for some years past, and the improvement of this great show, both in numbers and quality of stock, exceeded every thing that could have been expected. The attendance at dinner, at the new rooms, was more numerous and constant than before, which added much to the utility of this fine national scene ; seldom so little as a hundred members dined together each day, and forty new members were proposed, which, on their election will make this distinguished society full nine hundred strong. An evident change of opinion has taken place in the old light breeders, of their hiring more thorough bred rams and bulls of the new light than ever.--ASLEY, of Leicestershire, left twenty three tups to those old light graziers, who are clearly desirous not to shut their eyes any longer against the new !-The sales at the fair stand thus on the toll book :
Total of stock 92,398
One buyer, Mr. Cleed, of the county of Cork, purchased bullocks at the fair, to the amount of eighteen thousand pounds.
I will transmit you an account of the prize stock, and decisions thereon in my next.
| fheep, | 79,928 fold |
| do. | 2,265 unfold |
| 82,294 | |
| black cattle, | 7,101 fold |
| do. | 3,003 unfold |
| cartle, | 10,104 |
| fheep, | 82,294 |
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Ballymote, Ireland
Event Date
Late October
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total stock: 92,398; sheep sold: 79,928, unsold: 2,265 (total 82,294); black cattle sold: 7,101, unsold: 3,003 (total 10,104); mr. cleed purchased bullocks for 18,000 pounds.
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The fair was the largest in years with improved stock numbers and quality. High dinner attendance with over 100 members daily and 40 new members proposed, strengthening the society to 900. Old light breeders hiring more thoroughbred rams and bulls; ASLEY left 23 tups. Sales recorded in toll book.