FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3155, 6 August 1917, Page 8

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

SALE OF PUREBRED HULLS ■The National Mortgage and Agency • Company has just forwarded a largo ' /consignment of purebred Polled Angus bulla to Captain J. S. Barrett, Lake 'Station,.".Waipukurau.r Hawko's Bay. 'These bullsare,froni-the herd of Messrs. Hobertsand Co.; of Gladbrook, and are 'an exceptionally fine lot. "■."/ LIVE STOCK SALES .Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report:—A fairiv good yarding of stock came forward at, Paimerston-Wortb on August 2. ''. Cattle were in good demand, and sold readily, prices showing- an improvement: Sheep were rather easy, although a fair number changed hands. Medium dairy cows brought from £10 103. to £12 10s.: or- / dinary. sorts, £8 10s. to £9 17s. 6d.; forward cows, £9 10s. to £10 2s. 6d.; fresh- . cows, £8 Bs. to £8 155.; store cows, £7 ss. to £7 155.; boners, £2 10s. to £4; store cows in oalf (good), £8 10s. to £9 155.; 2-year empty heifers, £5 18s.; .yearling steers, £5 to £6 10s.: small ditto, £4 to £4 Bs. 6d.; mixed yearlings (small), '£3.105.; f.m. owes in lamb. 245. 6d.; brokoumouth ewes and la'mbs, 255. 6d.; forward hoggets. 225. to 225. 7d.; storo hoggets, 18s. 6d.-to 205.; smoIT ditto, 13s. 6d. • Messrs. AbrahahTand Williams, Ltd., re-jiort:-At Feilding, on Friday, wo offered a fair yardini: of sheep and cattle. The market for all classes was fair, and we 'sold the bulk of our entry. Quotations :- ifiheep: Fat wethers. 455,; light fat wethers, jfjae.to 405.; fat stags,- 345. 3d.; 2-tooth '•wethers, 335. 10d.; small wethers, 275,. id.; :pood hoggets. 275. 6d.: medium hoggets. 1205..--to 235. ,Bd.; smlvll hoegcts. 18s. 9d. to 195.'"6 d.;. cull hogget?, 133. 6d..., Oattle: =Dairy cows (fair), £B to £9 55.; forward 'cows. £9 7s. 6d.; fresh-conditioned cows. .'£3 10s. to £8 165.; storo cows, £7 to £7 ■165.; empty heifers, £7.75. 6d. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited ■talmerston North.. report lumng a. small ■entry of sheep and cattl.e at their Feild,sng sale on Friday. Quotations: Small Bioceets, 16s. Bd. medium hoggets, lo !.s.; ■weaner beifers. £3 13s. 6o\; weaner steers. '■i£s-l«;: light,fat cows, to £12 lis.; empty oows. £8 10i to £9; springing cows, to '£15 10s.. • ' T • -4 Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limited, in conjunction with the N.Z. uoan and. «cr«mtile Agency Co., Ltd.. report having held Mr. S. K. Lancaster s annual sale on Wednesday last. There was a verv good attendance of the local oublic, and tuyers ■were also present from Terehunga, Konini. •Pahiatua, Norsewood, Cambridge, and To Aroha. There was a very good' demand .Ihronghout, and the. following are the -Trices realised:—Cows in milt, £10, *'0 IBs.. ill. £12, £12 10s.. £13 103.. £14 10'.. £15, £16 55.. £18 10s., £20, £21 10s., £22,55.. £24: wringing cows. £9, £10, £11, £12, £13. £13 :10s- £14 55..-£ls UK, £16 55., £17. £18, ■J£l9'los.. £20; heifers, £7 155., £8, £8 155.. •£9 £9 10s.. £10. £10 103., £11 55., £12. £12 6s. £13. £14, £15 10s.; pedigree Jersey cows, 17gns., 20gns., 22gns., ZOgns., 32gns.,

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34gn3., 35gns., 35gnE., 36gns., 40§ns., %ns.; pedigree, Jersey heifers. 17gus., 21gns., 25gns.. 30gns„ 35gns„ 36gns., 37gns.; pedigrco Jersey bulls, 20gns., 25gns.: 30 s ns., 35n5., 37gus.

Dalgety ami Company. Limited, report having held their usual sale in the ttanganui yards on August 1, when they offered a full yarding of sheep and a small one of cattle to a good attendance of buyers. Competition for good hoggets and good wethers was very brisk, but medium hoggets, wethers, and breeding ewes met with a, very poor reception. Cattle, were inclined to be neglected. Quo-tations-Fat and forward 2 and .1-tooth wtehers, 365. Sd.; 2-tooth wethers, 265. 'od. to 355. 2d.; good ewe hoggets, 30s. Bd.; cull ditto. 225. I0d.; medium woolly hogwethers. 365. Bd.; 2-tooth wethers, 265. lOd. 3d.; aged ewes in lamb to Southdown, 17s. 9d.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, Palmerton North, report having held their fortnightly sale at Taibape on Wednesday, when a fair entrj- of both sheep and cattle came forward. There was a fair attendance of buyers, and practically all lines changed hands. Quotations :-Siieep: Mixed hoggets, 18s. to 205.: 2 to 4-year ewes, 16s. 6d. to 21s. 9d.; 4-5-year ewes, 265. 7d. Cattle: Yearling heifers, £3 10s. to £3 12s. 6d.; 2-year omptv heifers. £7 16s. to £9 153.;. cows in calf, £8 to £11; dairy cows, to £17.

The Wairarapa . Farmers' Co-operative Association, Limited, Stock Department, report having held their weekly sale at Kketahima yesterday, when'they yarded a very heavy entry of sheep and a medium one of cattle to a largo attendance. We quote :—liwes in lamb to S.D. rams. 16s. lid., 20s. sd„ 25s. 1 to 295.; ewes in lamb to Itomney and Lincoln rams, lis. to 205.; fat and forward ewes, 275. 9d.; 2-tooth owes and wethers, 255. 9d.; blackface lambs, off turnips, 21s. 2d.; mixed sex whiteface lambs, 20s. to 235. Cattle: Springing heifers, on drop, £7 ss. to £8 12s. 6d.; cows in calf, £7 ss.

The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative 'Association, Ltd., Stock Department, report on their weekly sale, held at Carterton, as follows:—We yarded a heavy entry of both sheep and cattle to a good attendance, the whole entry being disposed of under the hammer, with the exception of ono or two pens. Quotations :— Sheeny Empty ewes, 21s. 3d. to 21s. Bd.; fat and forward blackface hoggets, 255. 6d.: mixed sex lambs, off turnips, 235. 7d. Cattle: Forward cows, £9 165.; springing cows, on drop, £10; springing heifers. £10; cows in calf, £6 12s. 6d.; empty cows, £6. £6 Us. to £8 25.; yearling heifers. £5 135.; stag, £9 75.; weaner calves, £3. Pigs: 'Porkers, 20s. 6d. to • 285.; weanera, 10s. to Ms. . . The Wairarapa Farmers Co.-op. Assn., Ltd. Stock Department), Dannevirke, report having held one of the most successful clearing sales of dairy 6tock ever held in the district ?& Matatera. on Thursday, on acco'unt Air. L. 0. Rathbone: As Mr. Rathbone has sold his dairy farm the offering consisted of purebred and grade Holstein cattle, and also' a fair number of Shorthorn and Jersey-cross cows. Competition was exceptionally keen throughout for all high-grade Holsteins, diary cows of this breed selling at up to £32 10s. per head-this latter prico the highest, tho auctioneers believe, ever paid in this part of the district for a grade cow of any breed. The purchaser, Mr. R. J. Sexton, of Woodvillo, also secured several good cows at prices ranging as high as £23 10s.; Mr. A, S. Crowe, of the same district, added some excellent grades to his herd,-paying-os high as £24 for good sorts. . The herd of 49 cows made tho satisfactory average of £15 Is: per head. The 10 grade Holstein springing heifers (rising two years) were particularly good, o.nd elicited the. keenest competition of tho solo. The prices ranged from £15 10s. to £27 65., the line averaging £19 19s. 6d. per head.: Grade.Holstein yearling lioifcrs sold at from £6 Is. to £9 10s. per bead, and the steers £i 3s. The pedigree Holstein cattle were mostly aged, and sold as follows:—1 empty cow, llgns.; December ' calv'er, 17gns; ; ■ August calver, 34gns. Bulls:. King Feyne Segis 111, 2Sgus.; ,Tohuctone, 16Jgns.; Bobs, Ugns.: yearling bull. 21Jgns.; yearling heifers, 13gns. to 24gns.; empty, cows, £7 ss. to £9; sows in pip. £3 12s. 6d., £5 to £6 10s:; empty sows, £2 155.; Berkshire boar. £3 35.; half-draught harness-mare, £28; milk wagon, £26.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report:—At Roogotea.' on Wednesday, wc had a good yarding, of cattle but few sheep. All classes of' cattle sold well; sheep failed to make vendors' reserves. Quotations —Small yearling steers, £3 Bs., £3 19s. 6d.;'aged-cows. £2, £3 10s.; forward empty cows, £7<105., £7 125. 6d., £8, £t 135., £8 18s., £9; fat cows, £10, £10 55.,. £10 10s., £12 10s. .Dairy cows on account of Mr. Angnst Gust sold, from £10 to £15 55.; averaging £12 18s.; springing heifers, £7. £8, £8 15s. .

On Tuesday wo held a sale of dairy stock on' account Mr. Harry Hardy, Taikorea. There was a large attendance, and, the herd being ah-exceptionally good .lot, competition was keen, with the result that we have to roport, one of the most successful dairy sales of the soason. The herd of 47 cows made an average of £15, 7 springine heifers averaged £10 55., Yearling' heifers, £5. The best prices for early cows-£l7, £17 55.. £17 10s., £18, £18 55., £19 10s., £19 165., £20,' £20 'ss„ £21; breeding sows,'£2 10s.; spring drays,-£22 ss. and £18.

. AtC Palraerston North on Thursday we had a fair entry. Prices were on a par with recent sales. Wc quote:—Good mixed hoggets. 275. Id.; good b.f. hoggets. 215.-. forward ewes, 235. Id.; mixed yearlings, £3 Is.; empty S.H. cows. £11 Is.; light fat cows, £9 153.. £10; empty cows, £7 7s. 6d.; guaranteed dairy cows. £10, £10 2s. 6d.; springing heifers'on account Mr. IT. Voss, £10 10s. to £11. .

Sheet steel is becoming scarcer and scarcer, and since it is used in tho manufacture of tho famous Victor Vat/ the makers are dubious as to whether the season's orders can bo filled. In crder to make fairly certain, put your rame on the list straightway, and your Vat will be delivered in rotation. A...T. Parton, Sheet Steel and Plumbing Works, Pembroke Street, Carterton.—Advt.