CABBAGE MARKET GLUTTED. LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1391, 18 March 1912, Page 8

CABBAGE MARKET GLUTTED.

LIVE STOCK SALES.

I POOR RETURNS FOR GROWERS. !• A largo area of land in the Ilutt dis- :' trict has been devoted to cabbage-growing i; this season, and sonic really marvellous ij traps liave boon recorded. At the same \i timo growers have not reaped the. benefit Jj that was expected, mid during the past r; few weeks the product in question lias % been a glut on the market. Last week £ cabbages were brought forward in great ; -ij quantities every day, and, as a wellh known auctioneer .summed up the posi- | (ion, "it was simply a farce, trying to soil jfi them." On one day only sixpence, per ?: rack could be obtained for the bulk of the 'i\ offering, and towards the end of the Palo E about thirty sacks had to bo given away »; in order to clear them out. According U to the auctioneer quoted above, it was a 5 diflicult job to give them away, nil hough tj Hicy were really beautiful specimens. As jj' far as can be seen at present tho low •j! iiricos will continue, tho only hope of 6 growers Imm'hk that a shortage of other vegetables will create .1 flcninml for calil>ages, but tliis srems unlikely. The niarkets will probably m>t be so well supplied this week, as growers will doubtless prefer to take thn manuring value, of the cabbages, rather than give them away. Chick-rearing is not only profitable, but a pleasure, when you feed "A and ?" Chick Kaiser. It is u' coimik-to and pro-tinrly-bl-emlfil fuod for Your.? Chicks. Obtainable from all storekeepers.—Advt. When the question of new plantcomo. , up. f:>.ct'irv liK'.ua'.'crH e.nd shareholder should tliink of the old Kiying, "Don'l lose the sheep for a ha'porth of tor.' I'rofil-; will be more Mib-lanlial if "Vic Voi , " Vets and chce-e. ll'.mp- are ii-ed i: the fucldiy than if inferior makes jn insliilii-il. ■•■Victor" good* iro licnrsllj made, p.nd po--c>- I'.racii.-;.! atlvanUiir--over otIKT.-. Full particular-; from Al bi-rt .1. I'lirlon, C.n-tertoii.—Advl.

Messrs. Dulcety and Co.. Ltd., repoi as follows regarding Ilie wile on Frida; March 15, at I)annuvirko:-\Ve hart a fi:< yarding of both sheep and cattle, an prices for Rood ewes unci lambs showed distinct advance nn last wick's me Cattle also sold well, wenners being i particular demand. A fine line of 300 loin year-old ewes, from Oporae, inada Us. 4i We <|tiote us follows :-Two and four-toot wethers, from 125.; four and five-year cu ewos. Vs. 9d.; full-inouth ewe?, 4s. Bd. sound-mouth ewes its. 6(1.: woolly mixec sex lambs, 6s. 3d. to 8.-:.: hlack-facod lamh (culls), ss. Ed. Cattle: Mixed weancrs. 2L': to 375.: 18-montl! to two-year steer?. £3 ?.-. two and ,a half to tlirec-ye.ir steer?, £ Is.; 18-moiith llcifcr.s £3 !s. to £3 l .'s.; fa heifers, £4 13?.; fat cow?, £4 15s. to £5 Is. store cows. £2 18?. to £3 5-. k\. Messrs. William? and Kettle. Ltd., hel their usual fortnightly snlo on Friday, i Millar Hoad Yards, when they offere. a irood yarding of sheep, but a moderat ontry of cittlc. to the usual attendance o Uμ public. They report almost a. lota clearance, and uuoto as follows:—Fnt ewe10s. 1(1.; forward ewes, Bs. 6d.; four-yen ewes (Oporae), 14s. 6d.; four and fix-toot' ewes (Akitio). 13s. 6d.: two-tooth ewes, IC> lid.; two-tooth ewes (filengarrie), 13s. 9d. cull lambs, 45.; Shorthorn bulls. £3; year lings, mixed, £2; fat cows, heifers, £4 t £6 16s. 6d. Mr. Xeivton King's weekly report is a follows:—At my TTreuui supplemental , : sheep fair on Friday, March 8. every yan was full, quite 10,000 being penned. Bid dins at the start was very dull, theri h?ing practically no dcinniul for two-toot! ewes or old sheep. Ah the sale nrogreas etl things brightened m> considerably, am good ewes, wethers, and lambs sold freely most lines being nultteil either at thi hammer or privately. I'riees roalisec were:-Lambs. best, 6s. Bd., ss. 9d.. 6s. 2d. 7s. 4d., 7s. 10d.; otliors, 3s. to ss. 2d.: two tooth ewes (liomncy), 155.: poor, 10s. Cd. two. four, and six-tooth ewes. 9s. 4d.: poor 7s. 7d.; two-tooth to f.f.m. ewes, 11s. 10d. Ss. Bd.. Bs. 7d., Bs. 5d., Bs. 3d.. 65.; four am six-tooth cvr.?3, 12s. four-tooth ewes. 14?. 14?. 6d.: six-tooth ewes, 11s. 6d.; T.ineoh ewes. 175.; sound-moutli ewes. 7h.. s=. Ud. ss. Id.: fat ewes. 11s. Ltd., 12?. 2d.: culW ewes. 2s. to 4s. 3d.; two-lnoth wcthnrs, 13s Id., 125., 6d.. l?s. 2(1., 12s. 9d.. 125., 10s. lid. poor. 6s. to Bs. 4<1.: two-tooth mid four tooth wethers, 13--. 7d.: four-tooth wethers Us. M.; f.in. wethers. 11s. 2(1.: f.it wethors 12s. 2d. t-o 145.: rams. 2 to <*:rn=.; others 1C?. 6d. to £1 11s. At AVawailtaiho supple menlary slicep fnir: I had the advertise numbers ncuned. Ilidding throughout wavery slack, but pn'ns were mite rtnrii't the day at the following r,it~s:—Woollj !a.mlis, 4s. Id. to I?.. M.; fat v;ct"ers, 12? Ed.; two-tooth ewes. 11s. lo 13s. 9d.: two tooth to f.f.m. ewes, ss. to 95.: sound-mout?: nwc=. 9s. Id.: two-tooth wethers. 11s. M to )?s. 7d.; ram?. H to 2?"?.; others, 6? to £1 3s. At. Bahotn. on Tuesday, I hail a pood ysirdine of cattle and a pnod at tendance. I had n good nuji'l>r>r of \renvers fanned, but there was little demand and lines wnpt home. Vricpp realisffl were:—.Ter«cy heifsr fil ss. to -<"1 10s.; mixM weancr?, 18s. to £1 35.: 15-riontli stcTS, P 2 14.;.; IS-month heifors, £3 5?.; h'llK £2 ss. to £4: store rows, £2 .Is. \r .£3 7?.: forward cows, £3 11s. to Pi: fit cows (sood), £5 95.: two-year Holstein h"iiers, £4 17s? During th" week T hav disposed <'f several larci lines of stod; nt da rntefc-Tlpi.Vi-s in cnlf. FA 7». f , '. to £5: tvn and p. half-vcir stocrs. SA n=. Cd.: ycsv'.int lipif»r«. fi.l Ws. )-> £! 10?.; r n t c-ows. £5- forwaH bnllo'Vc, ; f 6 55 .. miW mnKH, 19s. to £'• r-;. 6d : vwHtiP' heifors, st'-.iin. £2 5-.< . r >«-p-mo"<!i .«: forw.nrd wDthor'. 12=. 6d. to 13«. fd.: lambs, Rood, 6~. to 95.; rams, 1J to 2gns.