SYDNEY SHOW SALES

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2756, 27 April 1916, Page 8

SYDNEY SHOW SALES

; : NEW By. TeJegraph—Pressi Association-Copyright l^-'-v^.'; '- : Sydnoy, April 26. K;At.-the. draught :horse. sales, tho Now ;Zealand consignments runged from 38 to [120 guineas.-';;' .';. . : . '"•■■;- .■'■' - Apples v-;-:.; f;- r Australian';.applß shippers who may [aave been hoping to find in America an ,'outlet- for/some portion'" of.'the-ehor-' ;rnoue exportable'surplus available heroand.in Tasmania''this season have* had. ;their,hopes -.dashed'-' by .latest,mail;ad'rices' from the" United States (states the [Melbourne ."Age'.'). , : According: to bh'o [authority,- thevmosts reliable j statistics' ;showed - that J' : oiu February 1 ,there re-' ■m.iined. 'in ,jstorage; .in: the ..States 15,807,139, barrels.of apples;iwhichi, was; 'flio - largest ever recorded : on jeven. date. v^Between-January'.l2 ::^ ani}: .February 17; 9i;863 barrels'and-'boxes jofythb: fruit; .were' exported to' Great ! Steauisbip - aaiomrnodation' fp; :frhit is.6taWdt-o have become jly. difficult .to.,obtain, and ' : indication's 'pointed to. the'.'conditions growing worse ![ts the season'ipYpgressed.; •'; The opinion iiet' expressed ihak "under normal ship-. jping . conditions:'';.the'. equivalent.: of ji;00O,QO0 barrels might be exported up jtp,.'.the, end-:'of,Q[une next.'.'.,;' Shipping; 'conditions ..arejso',, abnormal,' ' however,; [tliat.itSis' quite 'impossible to estimate jwith any'degree of confidence the numjber'of package's which will bo got away; [but it is considered verv unlikely that [more than 150,000 ;to 200,000 barrels {will- be exportfld.'' One communication IJrhich has been received ;in Melbourne •concludes vrith,,theidisconraging-;sen'.; : tence—"lf;' from I your cbun- ; try - are on,thejway.to the:TJmted States jive feel safe 'in/predicting that nothing '.but disaster awaits'tKeir arrival.!' ' '■-'•' f;.^:;:-- ; ;'3tfONEYlNPIGS . : v : . .to, the 4lelbburnß.'"Argus," [ft South Gippsland farmer who has tnada ia.close study of fattening recently [remarked that -"at : the ruling- rates foj [pork .every .';bushel, of maize grown' and; ifed.'tp pigs,;foturnsMos..'',„ ,Last,winter, [an 'interesting experiment'to: determine [the profits -possibla: from fattening was' [.carried out : -by' the.. Gippsland Co-opero-ilive-Bacon [.Ouring Company, Ltd., at jits Dandenbng factory. Two sows in •forward- condition were ; purchased at jauction in the,; local market on August |31., :They-w,ere. kept for a-fortnight, and ifed: solely; on maize, which cost 6s.- .per [bushel,, and/pollard," purchased- at 35.; i6d. - per bushel.:- 'When bought ; they ijveigned. 3491b. .Had [they been killed jthore'and then -the-dressedijeighlij nl-. ijowing'2s per. cent.'difference between, |it and the live weight, would have been 12611b. : "When they were- slaughtered on [September 15 ,thoy '■ yieldedV 2861b;"of ipork.. . TJiev, -therefore 'gained.2slb. in (fourteen days. .The balanco-shcot [worked'out ; as follows:— ' ■ cost cf.-pigs, .'£9 ;10s;; to cost of i food, 9s, 4d.—£9 195.: 4d. Bv 2861b; [pork at ; losd.:por ; lb:,;£l2-103. 3d; .Net [profit, -£2 10sj ; ;Udp : ',-•"-•-•;—• : [.. - ■_ iV'As'.will be eeen, the cost of '-gainyIfiwing tothe'.'dearries's'of tlie-'feed, was :4jd: per'lb/'.iEven then a handsomo' [profit;remained: ''''';:'::;i