BURNSIDE MARKET

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3171, 23 August 1917, Page 8

BURNSIDE MARKET

By Telegraph-Press Association. . . „ Dunedin, August 22. At Burnside to-day 250- fat cattle wei* permed. T], e quality was not too good, ana pnees were easier. Bert bullocks, •£M_.to £S\ 10s.; extra, „£23 155.; medium gooa, £16 m. to. £18 10s.; best cows and heifers ,£l6 to Ml, extra ".£23, medium to good £U to .£ls, others £10 upwards, bheep (2162 penned). The quality was not so good as lately, ami values dropped about Is. Gd. Best wethers 425. to 485., extra 555., medium to good 355. to 385.; best ewes 525. to 545., extra 495. 9d., medium To good 315., 385., otJiors Jis. 6d. upwards. A verj small yarding of fat Pigs sold at an aHVance on last week's irates. > There was a large entry of stores, vi F ioes ' especially for suckers, were slightly easier.

' Ihe >,orth Canterbury Sheepfarmers' Co-operative Agency nnd Export Company on Monday let a contract for t.dditional , storage accommodation for- 100,000 carcasses at the company's -works at Kaiapoi. Practically the -whole of the butter and cheese factories in the Wairarapa and ■fcoriy-mile ;Bush districts will have commenced operations for the season on September 1. The Mauriceville Dairy Company is considering the question of installing a dual plant. Farmers in the Mastevton district report that lambing is progressing satisfactorily, and with comparatively few losses. A. J. Partoa reports that orders are booking freely for the famous Victor Cheese Vat. The sleet steel shortage, however, still continues, and bo orders are being executed in rotation. The Victor Vat embodies a new principle of middle drainage, and has a sloping bottom. Write for full details this very day, and book your order. A. J. Parton, Sheet Metal and Plumbing Works, Pembroke Street, Carterton.—Advt.