FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3047, 7 April 1917, Page 12

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

NEWS AND NOTES.

HIGH PRICES FOR SHOW STOCK HECOItD FOR A HEREFORD BULL By Telegraph Press Association Copyright (Reo. April 6, 525 p m ) Sydney, Apnl 6 At the show sales, William Nixon's shorthorn heifers langcd from KO.to /' 40 guineas, Ernest Shoit's fom Hetctord bulls 160 to 130 guineas ..Pig values ranged ,markedh high Beattie's champion Heietoid Lull fetched SOO guineas, which is a iecord, another from the sahib'.stud fetched 590 r ' -guineas ' SHOWS AND SPORTS cantertto a and p \SSOCIAI'lON'S DECISION At a meeting of the Cauteibuiv A and P. Association, a lettei was read from Mr H Oicrton e\piessing suiprise tint the Efficiency Boaid had classihcd agncultui.il shows \uth horseracmg and picture shows. Tho president, Mr. J Deans, said he -\\as opposed to giving up the shev Sir George Chffoid endoiscd tho president's view He g«id lie could net , deprecato too strongly the piactieo of taking a gloomy view of affaus Theic ' -was a distinct necessity {oi "Keeping up the pecker" of the people Victorv was in sight, apparently, and if the committee came to the. decision to abai'dou tho show it would undoubted!} create a depressing impression upon J , tho people If the staffs of tho hospitals went about with gloom) faces and did not try to Keep up a checiful spirit gouig, he thought tho rato of ' mortality would be a good, deal highei than it was;'and similarly they -wished to Keep up tho national spirit of chcer- , fulness and confidence Evcnone, he thought, should'do his utmost to keep •things going, and to keep up a general \ fcpirit of exhilaration amongst the people. Let them not therefore, do anything to create a feeling of drspon- ' dencv or gloom but, on tho contrary, let them do all thov could to' instil into the pcoplo a spirit of cheerfulness and confidence. /Eventually a'motion that tho show ibo held as "usual n.is carried unanimously 'A WAIRARAPA RESOLUTION. By Tolegraph—Press Association. , Carterton, April 5 ' At a meeting of the Weirarapa and East Coast P and A. Society to-da), the following resolution was passed — "In tho opinion ot this committee it would be inimical to tho interests of ' ' the Dominion and tho Empire if Agucultural and Pastoral Associations m New Zealand were to buspend shows." The resolution was moied by Sir Walter Buchanan, and was carried with ono dissentient Theie was a -very largo attendance. Mr Gouldmg, of Nikau, has had the misfortune to lose, though a plague of ', caterpillai s, tlnee acres of oats (sajs the "Westport News") They haio eaten, not only the oats, but also destroy ed the stalks. Fowls, pigs, and ducks turned into the field failed to combat the hordes of catei pillars, who; have effectually destiojed the crop as if a fire had run through it Mi Goulding does not lecollect anything 1 bo serious happening in his district before He attributes the plague to the unusually dry season experienced on , the Coast. ' ■ I

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

■ .Messrs. -Laery and Co.;. Ltd., Alleii Street, report .wholesale prices,, as follow:—Fowl's wheat, prime, 6s. 9d. per bushel,;, fowl's barley, 45.. 9d. per bushel;''■ Cape 'barley, ,ss. per bushel;' blue peas;. 17s. 6d. per bushel; partridge./peas, ••. Bs. :6d. per bushel; maize ■ feed,, os. 3d. to 55.. 6d. per bushel; crushed maize,- 6s; per bushel; chaff, oat.sheaf,'£6 10s. per. ton j hay,, .-clover,.'',£s per ton; hay, meadow,. £4 15s. '.per ton; 'flour in sacks, £16 ss. per.ton;'oatmeal, £22 per ton; pollard,£7 15s. per ton; bran, £5 10s. per ton ;, pig meai; £5 10s. per ton. Bacon (all. best factory): Sides: Is. O.Jd. per lb., -rolls '•:.Is. l-Jd. per lb.-; hams.. Is/' 'lid: 'per Ibi;' shoulders: IOJd. per lb.; cheese (factory)i medium, lOd. per lb.: cheese, loaf> lid. per,.lb. Linseed meal::iOO's,,lls. 6d.; 50's. 125.: 20's, ■125. : 6d.; linseed.nuts, 12s. 6d. per cwt,; linseed urinind. cake, 12s. 6d. per 'cwt.; whole (linseed) 265. per cwt.; onions,.£B 15s. per ton ; potatoes, white skinned-.table; £6. 10s. to £8/ uer ton. All poultry in'ver.v'gond demand : Hens, :3si{ to, 45.."6 d. per hair; cockerels,' 55.! to 7s. per rmir: ducks ' (Peking- and 7s. 6d.. per pair; dicks (Ihdimi Runners), Ss. per "air; butter ■(nr'me biillO, Is. 4d..per lb.; tui-lrvvs Yfrphblers). Is. ?d. per lb. live \vei<ilrfc: turkeys (hens), Is. per lb. I've weight;: eggs,.fresh, 2s. Gd. per dozen. :.'.; More: land, more ClieespFnctOTv man. nwr" "are 'aw'alrin/f. to Hie' pro.fit-riroducin!? inalities of-Victor VM*. The sinning bottom and middle (Ivainimc innk« for a nui-'k'and complete elimination of whev. Orders are beine executed in rotation— ynji, should certainly jet (''-tails.. Write '.jt''youiv earliest to A. ..T.Pnrton, Sheet '.Metal-.Works, Carterton—Advt. ■

, LIVE STOCK SALES

4Sf„ Ne^;Z<! , al ? nd I,oan and Mercantile' Agency Co., Ltd., report :-At Kimbolton on. Wednesday... a.uotations '-were tooth .wethers;27s. 3d. to'32s.; fat wethers, 385.; good ewes.r.w. ram, 265. 6d. to 305.; aged^ewes,empty;. 14s. 6d., 15s. 3d., 165.,.Ms. 9d.; forward lambs,. 175.; small lambs, 9a.; forward bullocks.. £15 10s.; two and a half-year -stccrs.-fll 13a. 6d.; eighteenmonth steers, ,£6-ls.; £6 10b.,'£6 lis. 6d., S'+r'J 21 -'- tffo "lid a half-year, heifera, BM., £8 2s. 6d. to £8 18s.; two and a halfyear heifers, .'r.w.b., £8 17s. ,6d.; weaner heifers, £2,.. £2 : -5 a., £3, £3 165.; meaner steers,, small, 36a., £2'68.; weancr steers,, good, £3 4b.-to.'.£s. 65.;. cows, with S.H. calves,- £12 6s.;:forwardcows, £7155. to £8 10s.; fat cows, - £9. 7s. 6d. .to £11 10s.; dairy - cows,' backward. £7 15s;. to £8 55.; springing cows,' £11 15s.'. The-New Zealand Loan and' Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report on their sale at Baumai on' fair yarding camo forward,- .and: sold ■ readily ..at late rates. Fair mixed weaners, £2 18s. j good mixed S.E. weaners, .£4.l3s.;'heifers, r.w.b., £5 Is.; aged store cows, £2 10s.; store cows, £6 10s.: good heifers in milk, £9. . . ' .The.New: Zealand- Loan and ■ Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report on. their Eale st Palmerston North- oh Thursday, as follows:—A small'., yarding'sold at late rates. Pair 'mixed-..lambs, 15s. 4d.; forward lambs. 17s. 6d.; aged ewes, 15a.; forward cows, £9 i 13s.;'lighfc. fat-caws, £10; springing good,. £U. : •-.■.-:/-..-. ' . .'■ -'I

''Messrs. Dalgety and :Coninanv,' Limitedi Palmerston-North,-report hairing a fair entry. ;of sheep and a small yarding o£ cattle} at their Palmerston North sale on Thursday., .Quotations: Sheep-Cull ewes, lls.V small, lambsMls.'to 13s. 1 7d.;. "medium lanibs, 15s. 4rt.;." very fair mixed lambs, to 18sr; light ■ fat .lambs,: 215.. 3d.; licht fat and.forward ewes, 255. lCd.;. four : and fiveyear, ewes in lamb, 295. Cattle:'. Young 1 bull, £7: empty cows, £7 ss. ■ : , : The Wairarapa '■': Farmers' Co-operative Assn.', Ltd., report on their' weekly stock sale; held at: Pahiatua last Tuesday';.as follows:—We ,' offered, a large; yarding • of' sheep .'and' small entTy of cattle : to only. a local attendance of buyers. The sale was. rather dragging under the hammer, but with the exception of \ one pen . of ewes: we. quote-a.'total clearance at very satisfactory •.prices.. We. Quote as fol- ■ low's:—110. tw?>-tooth.,wethers. 345. 6d.;;,271 'do., 335. 6d.;' 76' four and five-year. ewes;. ■28s.'. Id.; .40 do.. 275.'6 d.; 50 mixed-aged ewes, 285.; 83, four" and five-year.ewes (lowcondition), 235.' Id.;• 110 do'.. 235.' 2d.; 108 do;, :21s. 3d'.; 159 'do.. 255.. 2d.; 63 -doi, 21s. 5d.;, 99 'four and six-tooth ewes (small),, 275.'; ,197-four-and -five-year ewes,. 255. 3d.; 100 ; do. (low-condition).: 21s. 3d.; .53 storo ewes, 165.; 45, do;,. 195.-9d.';,13 do:, 14s. 6d.; 171 shorn lambs (medium); 16s.;■■•; 90 ewe lamb3 : (small)/ 15s.'3d.;' 13 d 0.,, 15s: ; 6d.; 28 culls/'l3s.'; forward cows,'£B; store cows, £7; springing cows,■-' £7' 105.;., eighteenmonth, heifers,'£s:2s. -.;' .; '■;:'■■'■■ v:' L .'\ Messrs.- Abraham and Williams,. Ltd., report:-rOuri fortnightly, stock, .sale was held-at'Raumai on April 3; when we yarded over '1000' sheep and -70 .head of cattle. .There was a good attendance : of. buyers, and a fair "demand for both'cattle and Ehee ! p.: : Wehad a'totalVclearance at the following rates.:-', Fat and .forward ewes, 325. 6d.;-four, :six„ and f.f.m.ewes, 295.. t0, 295. 9d.- aged'store ewes, 14s. 6d,; twotooth- wethers, 315., 6d.. .t0.:315. 7d.;. mixedaged, wethers, '30s. .Id.; ■ ewe:. lambs, 18s.; wether lambs, 175.. Id.; store-lambs, 14s. to.

16s. 2d.; small .ditto, 10s. to 145.; cull lambs, ss. to Bs.; light fat cows, £10 ss. to £12; dairy cows, £9 7s. 6d. to £11 10s.; forward cows, £8 to £9 75.; store cows, £6 to £7 55.; boners; £3 10s. to £5; small eighteen-month lieifers in calf, £5 to £6 25.; eighteenmonth steers, £8 2s; to £8 Bs.; mixed yearlings, £3 lis. to £5 Bs. 6d.j small v<caaiers, £2 19s. to £3 3s. On April 4 we held a olearing sale on account of Mr. Vf. E. Qoodrlck, Awahuri, at which there was a fair attendance. The cows were a fair lot. .but the majority were calving late. Prices for tho pedigree 1 Ayrshire in most cases failed to reach the vendor's upsets. Best dairy cows sold. at from £13 to £15 10s.;, medium ditto;,-£9 to £12. 105..;. aged inferior and backward cows, £5 10e; to £8 55.;- forward ewes, 263. 10d.; forward lambs, 205.; store lambs; 15s. Id.; breeding sows, £2 ss. to £3; slips, 145.; farm hacks, £5 ,to £8. At Palmer'ston North on April 5 a fair number of sheep were penned, bidding was dull, and most of the lines we in; cattle were yarded in smart numbers. Fat forward ewes ma.de 295.; fat two-tooths, 335.; 6ound-mouth ewes, 235.; aged ewes; 175.; forward Southdown lambs. 16s. 6d. to 175.; small store lambs, 1i5..3d.; weancr'heifers (medium), £3 7s. to £3 125.; small ditto. £1 Bs. to £2 15s. <

.:'. ' INVESTMENT SHARES..--. Prices of investment stocks-'on'Thur6-'day were as Tinder:— ;';'■) ■ "''-,' i Buyers. Sellers.

.". Customs duties collected at the 'port of .Wellington on Thursday amounted to £3500 ; 17s. Bu. j . LONDON WOOL SALES. The New/Zealand Loan and. Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following' cablegram from their London -'housfii under date April 4:—Wool sales have closed, merino averaging about 5 per cent, dearer., ■ Crossbred, market strong, mostly, taken over'forthe Gov. eminent. . . / . ...:■> .-.■ ■ ■"■•' '•', ;■ TALLOW" SALES. . ■'■'.' (Eec. April 6; 5.25 p.m.) . ■' London, April 5. At the tallow sales 802 casks were offered, and'6o6 sold. Priccß were unchanged.— Aus.-N/i. Cable Assn. ■-.-, I :.V ' METAL MAEKETS. '••■'..'' ■'■"■ (Eec. April 6, 5.25 p.m.)... .'-'■ ; - London, April 5.v 'Copper.-On spot,. £136 ss. per ton;-for-ward delivery. £135 155.; electrolytic, £149. Lead.-Soft foreign, on.spot, £30 10s. per ton';.-forward delivery, £29 10s. .' " • ' Spelter.-On spot, £55 per ton; forward delivery, £52. , ■ ■ . Tln.-On spot, £215 17s. 6d. per ton. ■ Silver.—Bar silver .is Quoted at 36} d., per ounce. . ..' ■ . ■ -.'- : - ' '"■

£s. d. £. s.d. National Bank ..:.......... 5 3 0. 5 5 6 Bank N.S.W. . ; ■'- 35 4 0 i.ahfc fc.z,; (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 1110 0 - Bank K.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) .. 17 .5 0 - Union Bank '.. 52 15 0. • 53_ 5 .0 National Mortgage ...... — J17 0 ],.>,;u and Mcrcaii. (ord.) 82 0 0 -• Well, Trust, Loan. Ltd.... 6 18 6 7 2 0 Well. Dop. and Jtort 0 70 ■' —. Ohristehurch. Gas (£5) .:.' 6 0 0 — Well. Gas (£10) '. - " "J $ National Insurance —' 2.15 0 iN.£. Insurance' t ■•• ■ ' —'.- ' \° " Well. .Meat Export (£5) 6 .3 0 -. '■ Union Steam (prof.) 1 0 11 112 tHudda'rt-Parker (ord.)../ 14 6 15 6 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.)... 6 8 0 — Wostport: Coal 16 9 -_ , Leyland-O'Brieu ., 1 5 0 1 6 .6 ." 1Ex, div.