FARM & COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2316, 25 November 1914, Page 8

FARM & COMMERCIAL.

■ POVERTY BAY-CROPS. "What'is being said about the state of-the orops in other districts applies to the Gisborne district. • The prospects from an agricultural point of view are .distinctly, gloomy," remarked a farmer at Gisborno on Saturday. He said the oat crop? will bo-particularly disappointing. .In some instances grain that had beep'sovnr for a month or six weeks •was as dry as when it went in, there havingboon no rain to ,bnrig 'it away. Where the paddocks were" lower, and' held more moisture, the orops were, about 6in. high, but the heads, had formed. Farmers must not expect to get anything liko 'tho same-number 'of fat lambs thisyear,'. ;hc said, because- of. the dryness of the 'season \ and' the parching up of the grass, v, ,-" .-: i. You want results? Of course you do, and we oan give you proof of our ability to ba'.result-producers., We know that if vou will, consign your Home_ Separated Cream to us to-day, you will never leave 'us againV because' you will get- proper teat, correct weight,. and '. a good price.. Consign to St.-John's Station. For further.'particulars write Wanganui Fresh Pood and Ico Company.—Advt.', ' ; The "Alfa." and "Omega" stand :foi quality and quantity producers. We can supply you with an Alfa Separator, which is "the"-separator' in the world, and an Omega Milking Machine, which will soon bo acknowledged'as theonly proper milking machine on earths No rubber tubing, no filling teat cups. For further particulars- write Wanganui Fresh Food and 100 Co.-r-Advt. • LIVE STOCK SALES. " Mesa's. Dalgety and Co.V.Xftd.. _Mastert6ri> report; having -.ndd their weekly.,eale at Tn.ro.tfiM on- Monday. -There ■ was.'a'fuH yardirj'of " stock, \ especially; fc'ln;cp, winch met with animated competition..- We .-report practicaUy-.a'. total; clearance at- the. lOllowing prieesr—Prime fat ewes, 195. ; Id, •to 19s. 6d.; fat wee, 17s.'i Bd.;' wooUy-ewes, with,lambs at foot, 17s. ,7d;; forward',ewes,;. I'lssl 3d.; two-tooth wethers,vl'te.■ 2d.; ,two-. tooth ewes,-146. lid.; M.B. ,'two-tooths,-_l4s; sd. to 145.-. sd-.; 'email -M.B.- two : toothß, 9s. 4d.; fat cows,- to £7 10s.; forward cows, £5 3s. to £5 Bs.; cows and' calves,' £4-;145.;.' two-year empty heifors. £3 to £3 4s. 6d.; store cows, to £3 2c". 6d.; -bulls, £2 lis. to £5,105.; wcaners, 15a. to 18s. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency' Company, Limited, report:—At ! Rangiotn sole on Monday we had a. full •yarding'of--cattle. Airlines met 'wjth brisk competition, and EOld out miafir tno hammer at full' rates. Yearling heifers, ,31a. 6d. to 355. 6d.r good yearling heifers, £2. lis. to £3.2e.; yearling steers, £3- good rtwVyear heifers, £3 14s„ to £4;-two and a half-year steers, £5 lis.; springing heifers, £5, £5 105„,£6 2s. 6d., £7 7s. 6d.; store 'cows, £2-175. , :'6a. to £3' 175.; cows, £5 35., £5 ss„ £5 95., £5 125., £5 145.; fat cows, £6 10s., £7„to £8 6e.; four-year bulls, *£o 103. to £6 10s. ■ ■ - • -BUBNSIDE MARKET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association,) .

: Duncdln, November 24. ;:At'* Bnrnsidor tb-day 158 fat. cattlo were yarded.-'The' Dutohers had- a fair number on hand, but tho prices were firm at 'lafit wcek's'lratts. '' Best bullocks,.. £15 10s. to ( £16 .10s'.*; r.eitia • good, to £19 155.;; good, £13 to £14 10s.;' fight, £9 lOs. to £ll' .10s.i best cows and heifers, £10- 10s. to £11 10s. i extra, to £16 2e. 6d.; good, £9 ,10s. -to-£lo' -ss.';. light,'"£7. ; los. to £9. . f- were : penned, the • mar jority.; being.','of priir,o quality. Competi!'tionv;wos: koon', 1 . and-'.prices' showed a rise of f-t'ouL'Ts,' 1 compared with lost week s iTatcsi tlie end'of th© sal© value 6 \r«i , c-"''i>eriiQp9':a 6hade eesicr end extra eold on 'behalf of the »Be]ffium r rlHmdjjTeali6<!d'£2 13s. 6d., and a ew© sold on-behalf ol th© fund realised £4 '.19a:,;; eevereJt . times. Prim© ■Wother'si r 383;-t6' 41a.; ©xtTfe, to 455. 6d.; sood, t V6di'; medium; 286. to 31b.; best i.'eTTes/. to; 42s.';Vffood, 27e. 6d. to 32e.-6d.; light, : >26sV;iljcst shorn • wethers*' to- 245.; 'best-shorn/-efwee, to 2fe. , „ .^•Fat'lambs:,; 270 vrcro penned. Prices were a s£ad£« befctOT-than lost -week, one butcher .OTMjratkig •.Tory freely. • Best, to 255.; good, '48s.''Bd,"tO',20s.;' light, 15s. to 16e. 6d. :f'Pigs:i"About iSO fat pigs, and 40 *.6toxea iiyero yarded. Prices were no. better than saJe, porkere ajid baconers -runftfigl irom to 4Jd. peri lb. iStoree werc" tt ilot i 'inquired for. Suckers, 95.: sd. to '11«.:6d/;;iglips,. to 165.; stores, to 265.; pork ers," : '3Bs.:.to. 455.; light baconere,;-to 515.; 'heavy' baconers, to '605.; choppers, to 755. ■