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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 April 1910, Page 4

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* OTAKI STOCK SALE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows:- At Otaki on Wednesday a good yarding of cattle met a ready sale >at auction, and all except one lot was ;;.)ld at satisfactory prices. Tin* entry of sheep consisted chiefly of small lines of limbs, for which there, was no den:: ::d, and very few were sold. Quo', :— Sheep.—Fat Lambs, 9s : store lambs, os 4:1; cull I:n: !>■-;, 2s .'i:l; ewes in lamb, mixed ages, 9s 81. Cattle. —Kat cow.-!. £4 8~. fid to £4 15s; forward cows. £3 "; to CI (is; springing cows, £5 t £5 Gs; springing calving cows, £4 to £5 10s; cows in milk. £1 to £5; yearling stews, C 2 ss: weanevs, 20s to 27s 6d to 32s to 355.

LONDON WOOL SALES. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report having received the following cable message from their London house under date of the 18th inst.:— "The list of arrivals is clcs:'d, and all your wools have .arrived in time except those per Karamea. Tho number of bales of new arrivals amounts to 431,000, of which 270,000 bales have been forwarded direct to manufacturers at Homo and abroad, leaving, with 9000 lwiles old stocks, 170,000 bales available for sale."' PALMEIiSTON~NORTH STOCK SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows regarding their sale at Palmerston North on Thursday:—We offered an entry of 5000 sheep consisting chiefly of aged ewes. There was a fair ' demand, and with the exception of two pens all lines changed hands. An average entry of cattle met with good competition, and all lots were sold. Quotations:—Sheep.—Two and 4-tooth forward wethers, 13s 4d; 2-too!th. wethers, 12s; forward owes (empty), 8s 9d; empty store ewes, Gs fid to 8d ; cull empty ewes, 2s fid to 4s 7d; good 4-tooth to f.m. ewes in lamb, 10s (id to lis 5d ; s.m. ewes in lamb, 8s to Ds; f.m. low-condition owes in kinb, Gs to 7s f)d; empty 2-tooth half bred Shropshire ewes, lOs; vsmall woolly lambs, 4s lOtl; shorn lambs, os Gd to 5s lid; cull lambs, 3s 2d to Is Id. Cattle.—-Three-year forward bullocks, £G; emptv forward cows, £3 12s; fat cows, £4 10s to £4 12s Gd; good weaners, 27s Gd to 335; small weaners, 12s; sprinig calving heifers, £4 .to £5; empty forward heifers. £3 10s; springinig heifers, £5 4s fid ; cows in milk, £4 to £5 ss.