FARM & COMMERCIAL.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2321, 1 December 1914, Page 8

FARM & COMMERCIAL.

PIGS AS RAILWAY FREIGHT The last Dominion Conference of the Farmers' Union passed a motion urging thai; hooks should be provided in the roadside wagons, in order to facilitate the conveyance of carcasses of pigs by railways. In reply to this representation, tho Secretary for Agriculture (Mr. P. S. .Pope) has written as follows to the union:—'"l' llavo the honour to inform that "tho chief objection to ■the'carrying out of yoiir suggestion is that the v cai'casses would require to be suspended frorii the roofs of .the covered vans,' and would be chafed considerably with the motion of tho train. In such a. position the space occupied in the trucks would bo excessive, and in many eases there would be 110 room for other goods. While desirous of meeting your wishes as far as practicable, I regret that I cannot see my way to adopt your suggestion.' It is considered, however, that carcasses of pigs would bo carried under better conditions if the consignors were to provide suitable coverings for them."

Results aTO what we are all after, and we claim to, be able to give all our' cream suppliers proper reward for their labour. We have no. creameries, eell direct to consumers locally'and at Home, thereby saving fully live per cent, on our output. No ex-pense-pf motor delivery wagons, which cost 'a lot of -money to seep going. We can .guarantee you Write us for/further particuJars or rail us your cream to ; St. John's Station, 0.0. Wanganui Fresh Food and Ice Company.—Advt.

You !want, results? Of course'you do, and;we. can give you proof of our ability 'to.be result producers. We know that if voii will, ransign your Home Separated Cream to', us to-day, you will never leave us again, because you will get proper test,, correct ..weight,'.;, and a good price. ; tb-St. John's Station. For. further {particulars write Wanganui Fresh Food - and 'Ice; Company.—Advt.

' : Mcesrs. W. and- G." Turnbull and Co., Ltd., TepoTt liavins lield tlieir ue-uol weekly sale in their Oarterton ■ Ealo yards on Friday la'st. Buyers were 'not numerous, but competition ■ was fairly keen throughout, and a grfbd clearance was made at the ■following prices:—Sheep: Shoyi f.m. ewes and-, lambs, 19s. 6d.; shorn fat ewes, 17s. 10d.;. woolly two-tooths, 245. 6d.; forward ewes, 14s. 7d. Cattle: Yearling heifers, £2 14s. to - £3 Is.: forward store cows, £4 25.-to SA 10s.;- three-year empty heifers, £3 to '£3. fe.; two-year steers, £4 10s. to ,£4 18s.; store cows, £2 155., £3, to £3' 25.; cows end calves, £3 1 2a.; £3 7s. 6d., to' £3 125.; Holsteiil- bull, £5 17s. 6d:.

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

OAMARU WOOLLEN COMPANY. ■ The balaiice-Blicet of the Oamaru Woollen Factory Company, Limited, for the year ended October 31 shows a net. profit of £1347 2s. .The report (states that a considerable sum has been, expended during tho year ill repairing the sea-bank protection works, and although tho excellent work dono should render further expenditure here unnecessary! for a number of years it has been deemed prudent, to malio ■provision for this, expense out of tho year's profit.- Because Of this the sum of £478 ss. ;has. been, .transferred from the dividend equalisation account making .with the amount brought forward a total 1 sum 10. be/dealt, with of JE3464 lis. The dividend. for the year at the rate of 8 .per cent.' absorbs £2628 .3s. 2d., leaving £636 Vs.. lOd. 'to be carried foTward. The premises and plant have been maintained in first-class; order, and: the sum of £1360-19s. has been 6pent in new machinery during the,'year. ' • '

• customs duty. • : Customs duty collected at the' port:■• ot Wellington last month amounted to £54,539 195./ 10d., the amount collected for tho corresponding period last year boine £57,309 12s. 4d. . ' ■ The beer duty, for last month amounted to £1047 15s. 7d,, 'while £1048 ss. 9d. was collected during November, 1913. ' Cuistomfl • duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £926 lis. 34.,

LONDON WOOL JIABKET. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received tho following cablegram from their London office uuder date of November 25: -—Merino tops are lower, but crossbreds are d'eorer. Quotations: 64's, 29|d. to 30d.: 56 6, . 27£ d, ; 46's, SZd.; 40'e (prepared), 19Jd,

. FEOZEN MEAT MAEKET. By Telesra.Dk—Press Assoofation—Copyrishv London, November 29. . The Incorporated Society of 1 Meat ■ Importers' Smitbfleld- market Quotations■ for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat axe based on actual eales of not lees than one hundred caxca€6es of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters of beef, of fair average quality. The quotations are Eot tor selected lines,' but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the ■ shipments now on the. market, . The prices which.follow axe on tho average a farthine per lb. more than tho values ei ehlp, thia difference representing the average cost in expense, handling, conveyance, end eellini* of the meat:— ■Sheep—All Canterbury Eortw, 53d.; South Island, 5Jd.; North' Island, 5 11-16 d.; beat brands, s?d. « New. Zealand Beet.—i'OTes,'s3d.:-hinds, 6Sd. Australian 6 3.16 d. Australian Beef—Fores, 5Jd.; hinds, 6}d, South American ewes, 6;d. South A'merican Lambs.—Light, 6}d. Beef-Argentine frozen fores, 53d.; hinds,' Argentine chilled fores, 5Jd.: hinds, 6>d Uruguay frozen fores, 58d,; hinds, 6d. .. BABBITS. Babbits aje very firm, owing to the shortage; Australian blues .are quoted at 2te., ex store. Prices are likely to fall to normal level when seven due steamers ar-