LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 8

LIVE STOCK SALES.

.'Messrs.' Mounsey: and Co. held a salo . o£. Mr. 0 "Whitehead's cows' on/Wednesday afternoon, at Hokowhitu,; Palmerstbn; and:.very good uncos were' obtained. ,: Most of 'the. cows 'were .i;rado Jeraoye, "and, though some of them had. been .in milk a considerable time, as high' as £1U 10s. was matte,- the average being over £12./ Calves, made up to £5 ss; .■''.•'■.". : " ■'•■'. :■ -V "ilossrs. Dalgety and Co. report:—At our. opening sflle at Ormondville yards-last .Monday, there was. only a small eniry: of sheep, but a Koodyarding of cattle and a large attendance of buyei's, all lines handa; ) At our Dannevirke, f air yesterday a number ibf iihcop came forward, but 6nly ; a' few. lots ..of cattle. There was • good . competition, and a completo' Clearanco'waß effected. Store four-tooth wethers sold at 10a.-6d.; forward two-tooth, ditto,: 10s. 1 '2d!; ;small. mhed, hoggets,. Bs. 6d.;, prime fat cows, 105s. -to 1205.; forward threeryear Bteera,. Ills.;itwo-year do., 765.; springing heifers, 735. to lllii.; .forward empty i hcifera, :iis.; heifers in, calf, 675.j two-year Bteers, 695.; Btore. 6d. to. 58s. 6d. • ': ■■:■.•■::■■ : .-.v-. -,; V ,; ';., : ;Mossrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report' having hold their fortnightly, salo at Eltetahunai yesterday. The report states:—We did not have a largo-entry of sheep, but sold all wo j yarded at lato values. 1 The cattle pens' .were woll nllcd, and-eold : well.' Wo 'woto:—Two-tooth owce, Ss. v'; '-fi newVzealand; lamb.o: ;;. h /THE DEMANDS OP THE CONSUMES"G: ■■?;- ..■ :'■:, f/:--. ;■._.;■.:,■;■ PUBLIC.- , ;;;,'■■;' <:\ .^.";;-v; ■ "Tho cry,: in london . for a ( longtime Ipast, has .been .for small; carcasses," -.so states: the ."Qtagp Witness"-'of 16th Juue, 1909; and!thisassertion is.'fully. : borno: ont.■.by/ every, .man. possessed -at any:; practical, knowledge of.; the; situation'as .it, , oxists to-day.... ; i :;■.••.. .■■■''.'. j Heavy ■ carcasses.,are : not wanted, 'with; the result, that there is an onormoiis gliit off this class;bn= : the, London market at"-, the present ttmo, for; which/very low;' prices'" hiiist' be accepted to effect a clearance.'. Yet the production of the proper iclass-i.e., PRBIE, LIGHTWEIGHT only sound j udginent and : sbod';management;■■.!,..,/.;. . :■ The skilfm manager will mate his' ewes with rams- of .the. most'rapid maturiug ureeds; .-provide for the; lambing ewes clean andVabundarit pasture, and for , ;the lambs, on-being. weaned, an abundance of the /best 'fattening, .feed, such hs rape,. etc., 'to "top" "them off; and, above all things,;he will be careful, that.his 'exertions -in'other.-points' of lnannsMoent are';not )rought;tovnaught by allowiug his- lambs to. bo/ worried;.by vermin. /l J or cleansing sheep, ind lainbs • intended for short keep from ticks, lice, /and other; parasites, - Quibell's. Liquid Dip has no equal, as , hundreds of : the mbsfpraotical sheep-owners in -New Zealand and Australia" to-day who have tested it: f or : this purpose against the best-known poisonous and- non-poisonons brands'.'of sheep dipsreah Mly testify.-Aavt.'-; o :' : :.; }: v ,/r 1 :/.:■::/., -.'.I '■■■■..— —.'.'".. -'. —:■•." "'■/. ■■ ;/ - \". %'■'[::"" '■•■■',-' : : SAVED &H. ■'■''. ' : ;;v;,.\.; ; '. -. ' Mr. :Wm. MTCenzie, Ornate, Tarahaki, Stud Pig Form, writes:—"l have" used Sykes's Drench;' many times, and: from '• • experience which has been tested by time, end many fevor cases, I consider it a most invaluable medicine for pigs. In September, 1904, I saved v£l4 0s Od.'by hanng Sykes's Di-onch on tho premises ■■ (costing Is. 6d. per ■ packet).' • A valuable sow with 12 littlo' young ones was at tho point of death. She was down and could not move, and having the Drench 1 in tho house, I gave her half a packet., : The romaindor of, tho packet I mixed with meal and milk and gave to her four hours afterwards. In less than six hours she was on her feet.' As I was leaving ray farm in 1 eight weeks; I' sold-tho 'sow and litter , for •£U.-: Every ownor of live/stock should We. this : voluablo;medicino on his farm,.' as' : .he liover knows tho hour i when ho will recjuiro it.";;>.■■ ■••••■.■' -'■■■■'i',:. =!:::.:i ■./■■■•■,' ■■.•-■■•••' ':'.-'•. - : .;■';■■'.:..■..•, : .::XTse only.Sykes'sDronch, because it is/ tho 'best.. .Price,-. Is.- "6d, jpacket,. or .183. by -'the dozen.. Better buy it by tho dozen."': Write for Booklet.;; v.;: : v.-;/.,;:■'- -y'':/■■'-.:._[:: ','v/::.!;..ie

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9d.; owes and lambs, 149. 2d.; forward emptj owes, Bs. :9d. Oattlo: Three-year steere, £4 7a.; four-year bullocke, £5 145.; empty cowb, £2 11s. to £2 18a. j two to two and a half-year stenre, £5. £3 165., to £3 19a:: fifteen-month steers, £3 j two-year empty heifers, £i 55.; eprinpiiiß hoifere, to £3 155.. ■•.-.-• -■.: .."■ ■■■-. ... - - . . The Now ZcalrAd Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report'on their Foilding sale as follows:—Wo had a good entry of both sheep and cattle, which met with fair competition at late rates, and a total clearanco was effected. We quote:— Sheep: Fat owes, 95.; .two-tooth.owes, 12s. 6d,; four-tooth owes, Bs. 9d.; forward owes, Bb. lid.; ewes and lambs, all counted, 6a. lCd. to 7b. 6d.; woolly.'forward ewes, 13s. Sd.; woolly owes, with lambs at foot, 17s. 4d.; yearling hoifore, £2 10a. j twenty-months heifers, £3 65.; forward cows, £3 7s. 6d. to £3 12s. 6d.; heifers in calf, £3 7s. 6d.; cows in milk, £3 ,2s. 6d.; two and a half-year steers, £4.105. .■. ■. •