STUD ROMNEYS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 107, 30 January 1920, Page 10

STUD ROMNEYS

IHCr PRICES FOR- PARORAXGI STOCK. By Telegraph—Special Correspondent. Feilding, January 29. Thorn was a largo and represent!!tiro attendiinco from all parts of the Dnmin? inn for tho second day of the I'arorawri stud Romney sale, when two-tooth ewes realised from 3'gns. to _3gns. The stud Tains, of which 8:1 were offered, were perhaps the finest line ever submittd bv. public auction in Australasia. Competition for these was animated throughout, and the rams were distributed anion? well-known breeders from Auckland to fnvei-cargill. The top price was ,'ltfl -guineas for a Goldreef ram, purchased by Jlr. Eglinton (AVairarapa), followed bv 310 guineas for a Burly ram Purchased by Mr. E. E. Short. A five-year-old ram brought 3 guineas, which must bo nil Australasian record for a ram ofqlhis age. Tho 58 two-tooth ranis .'ivoraeed .C 7.5 10s.. and* the i! 0 mixed aged rams averaged ,£fiO 7s. The 15 loppriced rams averaged .tIGB. The ewe lambs realised 1\ : to ail guineas, and ram lambs _ to 53gns. .

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES Messrs. Laery and Co.. Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as fellow: Fowl wheat, fls. ild. per bushel, sacks exlrn; feed barley, lis. 9(1. to 7s. per bushel, sacks in; Maize, ils. lid. per bushol, sacks in; blue peas, for boiling, 17s. per bushel, sacks extra; ools, Iced tii'irtons, A grade, lis. (id. per bushel, sacks cxlra; U ;;iadc. fi-=. ad. per busiu'l, sacks extra; medium nudity, fi--. ild. lo (!-. bushel, sucks i-.vtr.i; V-luiu". .-alen Khiuif, good briyhl ,tli 111--. I«u, sm-ks in, on I rucks or 1'.0.b. Wellinglen 'new -.a-

-:>!i's .£ll tfl-i dii.l: I'm in l'<in<l, .1.1(1 .'is. I en, j.-i(.:;.--- in; Hour, in s;icl;s. .L'll! lIL-. pi r (on: iiiiliiipiil, :!.Vs, ,KI per Inn; pij; U'Ki.l ,WI is. f siigks in; oiions, Auckland

grown, 15s. lid. owl., extra good cnmiity; Canterbury onions, lis. (id.; uieklei., 'id. lb.; fowls, hens Ss. to Us., choice voting roosters 10s. to lis.; ducks, Runners Bs. pair, white ducks lis. to 12s. lid. puii.turkeys, .Is. Ltd. to Is. M. lb., dead weight; butter, fanners' separator, milled or dairy, in bulk, Is. -lid.; eggs, fresh, crates 2s. sd. to 2s. Jd., fresh, cases, 2s! Id.; dressed pork, rdioiee 711's to IW's Is lb., Iflfl's 11(1. to Is. lb., 120's lid.; choppers, 7d. to 9d. lb.; beeswax, 2s. od. to 2s. (id.; cheese, factory medium, case lots, H:]d. lb.; loaf cheese, Is. 3d. lb.; oyster shell grit, M 10s. ton; salt (coarse), ,tS 10s. per ton; salt (fine), dairy (ewts.), JHO 10s. ton.