FARMING & COMMERCIAL

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 94, 14 January 1921, Page 8

FARMING & COMMERCIAL

NBWB AND NOTE®

AUCTION SALES FORTHCOMING FIXTURES. TO-DAY. , 167 Lambton Quay, Wellington, 10.30 a.m.— Salo of horse, harness and express (E. Johnston and Co.). TO-MORROW. Masterton, 2 p.m—Land igle (Dalgety and Co.). MONDAY. Ye Horo 'Yards. IT hodh.-Stock sale. HOROWHENUA SHOW A REC©RB~ATfENDANCE judging in hokse classes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) L«vin, January 13. The fiftieth annual show of the Horowhenua A. and P. Association was continued to-day in perfect weather, and the attendance was a record. The public are well catered for on the amusement side, for the ring events are both numerous and interesting, and are well contested. Horowhenua iis the only show between Palmerston North and Wellington, and it is considered that there should be double the entries of stock than there are at present. It ts felt that a better railway service would assist the show, for the attendance at present is purely local. „ , , ~ To-day, judging was confined to the horse classes. The draught section was a particularly weak one, considering the amount of land being turned over in the district for which good plough horses are in request. The general utility horses were, on the whole, useful sorts, and fairly active, but nearly all th© animals shown as artillery horses were unsuitable for military work. The light horses, on the whole, were disappointing, more especially the harness sorts, motor-cars nvi-. dently putting these out of commission. There were fair entries of hacks, but the classes -were very mixed. The cobs were a useful lot, and the ponies, as usual, were a very mixed class, lhe ■ ring events were concluded, and the various events were watched with great interest. The prize for the champion hack and champion Indy's hack fell to Miss J • Perry’s (Masterton) Mandalay, which has quite a list of successes this season. The parade was well carried out, but it was the cause of general remark that the stock, especially of dairy cattle, was not worthy of such a fine district. The ladies’ driving competition was won by Mrs. N. Kirkcaldie, with Miss Broadbell second, and Miss J. Horn third. The prize for the bes- turnout fell to Mrs. Kirkcaldie, with Mr. P. J. Aplin second. Results of other, competitions are as follow :-Pony race, 14 hands or under: C. H. Reeves’s Dinah, 1; D. M’Donald’s Weka, 2- High jump: W. Master Trixie, 4fi. ”n., 1; L. J- M Donald’* Trixie, 2. Pony race, 14.3 hands or under: C. H. Reeves’s Dinah, 1; DM'Donald’a Weka, 2. Apple race: C. PJames, I; P- Mungavin, 2. Maiden hunters: J. Howell’s Mickie. Steeplechase jumping: H. Mungavin’s Aratiaha. PRIZE LIST Ponies.—Shetland: J. Proctor 1, F. N Wrteht. 2; 12J hands and under: 1. L. M'Donald 1, Vickers Bros. 2, P. Houlihan 3; 12J to 14 hands: Miss J. Perry 1, G Lafferty 2 Miss Ina Robinson 3. _ Saddle DGrses.— Heavy weight hack: a. V. Winge 1, F. H. Grange 2; 10 to 1etone hick: Miss J. Perry 1, S. M Aulay g, Central Development Farm 3; L to 14-stone: S- M'Aulay 1, J. Howell 2, J. N. M'Donald 3; ladies „ hack . s: l ll , l Pcrrv 1. Mr. F. H. Best 2; pair lady and gentleman’s hacks: Miss J ; Perry and F. H. Goringe 1, Mrs. N. Kirkcaldie and F H- Best 2, J. Ney lon and C. J. BryTnt 3; cob up to 12-stone: L. Bevan 1, A. Anderson 2, T. F. Gibson 3. • Harness Horses.— Single harness horse, 15 hands or over: Mrs. N. Kirkcaldie 1, P. Jenkins 2, B. H. Slack 3; ditto under 15 hands: W. Proctor 1,1 J. Barnes 2, 14 hands and under: P. J. Aplin 1, JR. M'Donald 2. Troop Horse.—S. M'Aulay 1, A. V. Viime 2, F. H. Goringe 8; gun-horse: J. Digby 1, G- Marshall 2, WL Bevan 3. Draughts.—Brood mare: G. H. Kingdon 1, P. E. Palmer 2; pair nalf-draugn. plough team: B. V. Brown 1, A. b. M'Farlaiie 2. LONDON WOOL SALES (Rec. January 13, 8.45 p.m.) London, January 12. At the wool sales there was a poor demand. The Government reserves have been lowered 5 to. 20 per cent, compared with last sales, mostly on average and shabbier sorts, but the reductions were insufficient to tempt the market. Twenty per cent, of the offerings were sold, lor New Zealand 1A 13d. per lb. was real-ised—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. hides embargo removed Tho prohibition of the exportation of hides and calfskins, leather belting, and leather of all kinds, dressed or undressed. has been revoked by Order-in-Council, and a notice to that effect appears in the Gazette. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Wellington report wholesale prices as follow:— Barley, feed Chevalier, Bs. 6d. per bushel, eacks in; barley, short feed, 7s. Gd. per bushel, sacks in; maize, Bs. per bushel. Backs in; crushed maize, Bs. 9d. per bushel, sacks in; partridge peas, Ils. 6d. per bushel, sacks le.; peas, Prussian blue, 13s. per bushel, sacks Is.; feed peas, 9s. Jd. per bushel; oats, hulled, for poultry feed, Bs. per bushel, sacks in; oats, seed Algerians, 4a. 4d., sacks in; feed Algerians. 45., sacks in; oafs, crushed, 4s. lOd. per bushel, sacks in; dressed oats for poultry feed, fe. 9d. per bushel, sacks in; oats, Gartons, B Grade, 4s. Gd.; Dun oats, 4s. 9d. per bushel, sacks in; fowl feed, special mixeel, 9s. 9d. per bushel, 601 b-, sacks in; chaff, oaten sheaf, Blenheim. prime, bright, ton lots or over, £9 7s. Gd. per ton, sacks in; flour, in Backs, ton lote or over, £l9 15s. per ibn; hay, lucerne, extra choice, £8 10s. per ton; pig and calf meal, -812 per ton; Farro food, -812 ss. per ion; pig potatoes, 4s. per sack; onions, 14s. per cwt.; new potatoes, Auckland grown 95., others 7s. to Bs. 6d. per cwt.; fowls: hen's, 6s. to 6s. 6d. per pair; heavy roosters, 7s. to Bs. per pair; ducks, 13s. to 15s. per pair; geese, 17s. to 18s. per pair; turkeys, Is. Bd. to 2s. per lb.; butter, farmer’s separator, dairy, milled or lb. pais, Is. lffiz. to Is. lid. per lb.; eggs, fresh, Is., Kid. to 2s. per dozen; dressed pork, 70’s to 100’s, 9d. per lb.; shell grit, prime quality, 9s. per cwt.; straw, baled, £7 10s. per ton.

Mr; H. Ernest .Leighton reports that the sale conducted by him on account of Mr. Willoughby Knight, Lower Hutt, was most successful. Buyers came from all parts of the Dominion. The 1000 birds same forward in the pink of condition, and bidding was brisk from start to finish. Indian Bunner ducks sold at from 12s. to 20s. each; early White Leghorn pullets from 17s. t'o 275. each; others from Ils. to 16s. each; one-year White Leghorn hens from 6s. to Ils. each; .wo year White Leghorn hens, ss. to 12s. each; threo-year White Leghorn hens from ss. to 6s. each; early White Bock ■pullets from 12s. to 18s. each; one-year White Bock hens from 9s. to 10s. each; two-year White Rock hens from Gs. to 7s. each; •'■Jubilee” incubators. 600-egg capacity. up to .£34 each; “Jubilee” incubators, 200-egg capacity, from A'il to £lB each: "Acme” oil-engine, .-£5O: corn crushers from £l2 10s. to £II 10s.; young mar», £l6; harness, £9; gig. £l5.