FARM & COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2296, 2 November 1914, Page 8

FARM & COMMERCIAL.

LIVE. STOCK BALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Dauncvirlie, report: At our fortnightly, sale, h«ld in tlio Millers' Hood 3 yards on October 30, we offered a lair yarding of both shesp and cattle. Owing no doubt to the continuous spell of dry weather, bidding was easier than of lato and nrices for all classes of stock showed a decline. We quote:—Fat enca. 19a. 6d • e fat hoggets, 235.; m.s. hoggets, 16s. 3d.if ewes and lambs, 21s. Ed. to 195.'3d.• fin rams, 125.; dairy cows. £6 2s. 6d. to £5 5s ■ ° dairy cows (backward), £3 17s. 6(1. to £3 d lCs.; hoiftrs in calf, £4; store cowe, .-C4 Eβ.; yearling' Steers, £2 19s. ■ " Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Ltd., Dani- nevirko, report haviug held thoir forts nightly, sale in the Miller Road yards on October 30, when they ottered a fair ° yarding of sheep and a small yarding of i cattle. All classes of stock met with fair [.. competition at prices on a par with late Bales. A cow donated by Mr. Max Speedy of Ngapaeruru, to the Belgian Belief y Fund, realised £8 10s. Wo quote as fol[l lows:—3-year steere, £8; fat cows, £6 to j £8 10s.; store cows, £3 to .-64; ■ bulls. £2 1 £4, to £8; storo ewes. 14s. to 19s. 3d.; fat - ewes,, 20s. 9d.; shorn fat ewes, -17s. 2d.; - thorn storo ewes, 12s. Id. n .' Messrs. Dalgcty and 00., Ltd., report • on, their fortnightly Gale as follows:—We 3 offered a email entry of sheep and a fair--1 ly good entry of cattle.. \ Prices through- _ out were somewhat easier than lost sale's report, owing, no doubt, to the continued B dry weather. We Quote as follows:—Sheep; 1 m.s. woolly hoggets, 16s. 3d.; light Tat v owes, woolly, 205.. Cattle: Forward bul- ' looks, £8, £8 16s. to £8 17s. 6d.-, light fat 8 heifers, £6 15s. to £7 5e.; fat and forward ,1 cows,- £6; forward empty cows, £4 13s. . 6d.; store- cows, young heifqrs. £3 55., £3 12s. 6d., to £4; Jerscy-Holstein cross year--1 ling heifers, £3 7s. 6d.; choice HoleteLn - yearling heifers, £4 10a.; low-conditioned 3 yearling heifers, 3Ee. to ,£2 10s. At the-Palmcrston North saleyards on 3 Thursday the Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. held their annual i Spring Cattle Fair and submitted 1000 head. Competition throughout was not , equal to that at recent sales, aid several i lines failed to reach vendors' reserves,,at r auction. The firm, however, sold the mbs.t , of these before leaving the yards. Quotol tions: Woolly mixed hoggets, 16s. 9d.; ehorn c ewes, with l«mbs, 20s. 6d.; yearling heifers, ; email, 375. 6d. to -£2 4!.; yearling heifers, ■■ eood, £2 Bs. 6d;, £2,105.. £3 65.; p.r. year-' '. ling heifers, £3 Us.; 2-year heifers, '.£$ ' 125., £3 lfe, to £4 ss.;'yearling steers, £3 ) 6d. to £3'.13e.; .2-yoar steers, £5 10s. to £5 55.; 4-year bullocks, rough, £8 135.: 4- ! year Shorthcm bullocks, -£9. 12s. 6d.; for- ' n-ard bullocks, £10 14s. .to £11 175.; forl ward cows, £4 iss. 6d., £4 17s. 6d., to . 95.; fat heifers, £6 65.; light fat covre. £5 Us., £6, £6 155.: heavy cows, £7 Es.. '£7 i 95., £8 ,195.. £9, £9 75.. 6d. i Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. rol port on their Fcilding sale, lield on October 30. We.had a ,heavy yarding c-f both 1 sheep and cattle. All stock sold well, al- • though odd lots of cattle seemed a trifle easier than last week. We Quote:—Ewes, with 100 percent, lambs, 245. 4d.; hoggets, 1 13s. 4d., 17s. 4d.. to 17s. 9d.; mixed 2- ' tooths, 10s.. 3d., 13s. 3d., to 15s. 5d.; f.and ; f. ewes, in , wool, 175.; fat ewes, , 225. 10d. ■ Cattlo: Light fat cows, £5 145., £6 Bs. 6d., to £6 10s.; f. and f. cows, £3 6s. to £3' ' Ife.: yearling steora, £2 to £2 10s.: ditto heifers, £2 2s.'to £2 10s.; springing cows, £5 12s. 6d.;-springing lioifers, £5 10s.; 2-1 '. year steers, £5 2s. 6d.; bulls, £3 155.. -, FEILDING MARKET REPORT. ./; Messrs. .£.. H. Atkinson and Co., Lt,d., report a good entry of poultry and a moderato yarding of pigs. Prices for both were ujifflitly easier than of late, but uractically the whole entry was Quitted under the hammer. ■ Usual sundries were, also disposed of. Quotations: Poultry, at per pair—Hens, 3s. 3d., 3s. 6d., 3s. 9d.. 45., 4s. 5d., 4s. 6d.', 45.'9 d., 55.,-7s; 6d.; roosters. 35., Is, 6d., 45.; ducks, 4s. 3d., 4e. 9d.. £s.; duellings, 4s. 9i.; turkeys, 75.; ohicks, 6d. to Is. lOd, Pigs: Weanors, 11s., 12s. 6d., 14s. 6d., 155., 15e. 6d., 165.. 16s. 6d.; slipe, 205., 225. 6d.j stores, 265., 275. 6d,; porkers, 28s. 6d.. 31s. 6d., 395.. 9d. Table'potatoes, Aβ., 75.-6 d., Bs. per saok; new ditto, 3s. bas; rhubarb, 3d. and 6d. per bundle; cabbage plants,i 3d. and 6d. per bundle; rettuce, 6d. per bundle; tomato plants, Is.; onions, Is. 3d. per bag; cabbages, 2d., 3d., 4d. each. A sum of £4 os. lid. was realised for goods sold on behalf of the Belgian. Distress Fund. Entries, for this' object are specially asked for for Friday, Novem- . ber 13. ■ . ■■•''.