COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 18 August 1910, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

* —>• -MRS G. 11. KIXGDON'S CLEARING SALE. Hituhings ? Hankins and Co., Ltd., report as tallows:-The above sale was held on Tuesday at Otaki, there being a very large attendance of buyers present from all parts of the const, and wo have to report the most successful sale that we have held since commencing business. In addition to Mrs Ivingdon's stock, we also sold ]\lr Ferguson's herd of seventeen cows, which were not advertised, most of these were backward in condition, but at the same time they were eagerly competed foir and commanded very good prices. Prices realised as follows:— Forguson's cows.—L'(i 7s Oil, .CP, lSs, £7, C 7 10s, CB 10s, £9 IDs, £» 15s, to £10. Mr Ivingdon's stoc;k, etc.—ET-ol-stein springing heifers, £5 'J.i (Jd, £'(! _ 2s (id to C'li los : Shorthorn .springing heifers, ,CI 12s Od to Co 2s (hi; empty yearling heifers, C 2 8-; to £3 is (kl ; flolstein heifer calves, £1 Lis to £2 Ss ; Shorthorn heifer calves, £1 His to £1 17s (id ; dog-envt horses, C'Jfi 10s to .CM 10s; spring carter, Clfi 10s to £17; aged hacks, C 3 os, Co fix, Cli to £11 ss; dog-cart, £3(1; spring cart, £9; sows ill pig, £.'} Ids to £1 ; harness, £1 15s to £5 ss; hunting saddle, £5; milk cans, 12 gallons, 21 is to 2!Is; seed potatoes, £8 Ms per ton; disc harrows. C 7 10s; drill, CIO; d.f. plough, £(i; deli'i,riior. CI 12s; suite of furniture, .*3 pieces, £!) los, chest drawers, £'(3; dining table, £•! 2s (id; Habcock tester, £1 17s (id ; bedsteads, £1 17s Gd to £1! 7s (xl; Austrian chairs, (is (3d to 7s 3d each. Tools, farm implements and the balnnce of household furniture made exceptionally high prices, the catalogue was a one, the sale lasting five hours. OUR ADDING TON" STOCK REPORT. ("PBR PIiESS ASSOCIATION.] OERrKTCiJLIRCH, August 17. At the Addington live stock market the flue, weather that has set in caused a larger yarding of stock to be tnadf and there was a good attendance. Eat cattle maintained their values and the fat sheep market opened well, but cased towards the close. Store cattle were in poor demand and daiiry cows sold well. There was a fair sale for all classes of pigs. The entry of store sheep showed an increase on the previous week's total and was made up principally of hoggets and wethers. The hoggets were of fair average quality and included a number, cf lines of Down crosses. The wethers were chiefly in good condition, but the ewes were nearly all aged. There was practically no change in values, thoijgh the demand for aged ewes was rather better. The vendors in some cases were, however, looking fcr still higher prices, anil in consequence their lots failed to find buyers. Forward wethers made 15s to IGs 7d, and low conditioned half breds 12s lOd, six and eight-tooth owes were passed at 18s l()d, and aged sorts made 7s 9d to .IDs lid, wether hoggets lis Od to 12s lid, smaller 10s 3d to lis, mixed sexes 12s Gd to 14s 7d, others l()s 7d to lis (id. Good ewe hoggets lis to 1 Is Gd. others 12s 9d to 13s Gd. There was a large yarding of fat sheep of mixed quality and at the opening of the sale there was good competition among the butchers, whose supplies had run out, in consequence of the small yarding tho week before. Prices, though not up to the exceptional rates of Lho previous week, were well up to those previously ruling. Towards the end of the sale prices eased somewhat and a little business was done for export. A West Coast buyer was also operating and graziers took several lots of unfinished wethers. This extra competition assisted to maintain prices after the butchers had filled their requirements. Then were only a few hundred fat hog.cets penned and these sr,|-': well. : rdiuary weights making l2s lOd to 18s 3d. There were onK' two new sons: n's lambs ottered, the supply no; v ining forward as it did last year. The range of prices was: — Prime wethers 19s 6.1 to 255, extra to 27s 31, lighter 15s to 19s, prime lines IGs to 20s, others 12s (id to ,15s lid, prime Merino wethers 15s 9d to 18s. lighter lis 7d, Mc.i in;> ewes lis 3d to lis. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 309 head and included a good proportion of prime and extra prime animals. There was a strong demand .for nil classes and a good clearance was effected at, prices equal to those of the previous week. Several lines from the North Island sold well. Steers made £7 15s to £11, and extra to £17 ss, heifers £7 to £9 10s, nnd extra to £10 15s, and cows £5 10s to £9 12s Gd, equal to 20s to 28s per 1001 hs to quality. A small yarding of iuferiolr stoW cattle met with a duill sale, poo.: yearlings making 18s, two-vea. , steers £3 15s, two-year heifers £3 ,10s, three-year heifers £4 10s, and dry cows 30s and £4 sa. A larre yarding of . daiirv cows contained a few good anitnals and there was a good demand, sales ,boing made at £3 10s to £9 15s. A medium entry of fat pigs sold at late rates, choppers bringing 50s to 90s, heavy baeoners 47s to 535, and lighter 37s to 425, equal to 4d per lb, large porkers 34sto3Gs, and smaller 255, to 31s, equal to 4sd to 42d per lb, large stores 22s to 28s, smaller 14s to 20s, and baeoners 5s 6d to 12s.