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Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 August 1910, Page 2

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i.KVix st;:ck salks. GOO?) LOT OK STOCK. TIIK I'WM.MIXg" O'Cn.OOK . Them wore very gotKl yardings at (bo Levin sales yesterday, and <-otnpet if ion was keen. The stock Was in excellent condition, and a very healthy tone prevailed. Evidently the farmers are anUcipaliiiK a splendid year as they are sUxdcing up I heir farms, and a bright time seems to lie ni hand, jii'Urii:>/ I>y the .stock in tlie yards yesterday. One f'armor staled tliat the sales were about i\\c host ho had attended, and the general opinion was that they are bocoiiiiui!; more jxipijlar every month and are attractin<j; farmers from the f:iifl:ost limits of the county. Prices <j;o.'iora!ly wore very good. One nice cow brought £10.

IirTUIIIXGS. lIANKIXS, AND CO., LTD. ropor! that they liad a fair yar<!(ing, and pn.os lor porkers were on the same average as the last sales. There was a ;j,ood ■demand frw store pi.js. It is likely that prices will rise witliin tiio next I'ortiiiglit. Heavy poikors fetched to 10s; inedi ims. L'.'Js (5d . to 2os; 20s to :?: ; 's; forward stoics realised 12s, 14s, !•""«: and slips 10s to 12s; weaner.s, 7s Gd to !)s. A harness mare went IVi C 8 las. l-'owls, 2s (id to 2s 10 1 per pair.

LEVIN LAXI) AGENCY AND APCTIOXtfKIUXG CO. report that they had a vcry'sne(•ossliil- snip. Owing to the serious indisposition of Mrs' Hudson, Mir J. G. nankins hold ilie linuiinGi*. There wei'o good crowds present during the sale. Competition was brisk. Porkers wont we]] at :32s Gil; baeonors, £2 (is: stores from 7s to 15s (id; "'lakes tr> 1 s fi:|. Ti!ie entry for nigs was |)jirt;r-;:l;ir!y g;:od for tde time ! !• the your. DALGE'i'Y AND CO. r<. , pur t <<ii then , sale yesterday:— A medium yarding of sheep and cattip v>l.l reu'.lily at auction, a total clearance of all lots being effected at tho following rates: Sma;ll liog8s ;k! ; cull do., os 8cl; medium lionets, 11s; good 13s 3d 1 ; fat ami forward wethers, 15s (id ; forward wpthers, 15s 3d; forward cows. C 3 12s; store cows, £3; yeairling heifers, C 2 !)s, £2 10s, £2 15.5; • 'J-yr steers, £2 IDs; empty heifer?, '■ t'j 17sj_ cows in calf, £4, £4 ss, £4 .' ]■«; £'■), Co l()s; eows near calving, '. £5 l()s to £(i; light fat cows, £5 ' £'} 10s, £5 17s (>fl to £0; stag.s £>l \ 11s; full cows. £1 to £2 12s. : AKIIAITAM AND WJLLTAMS. I Messrs Abraham and Williams re- ; p.-)i t:--At J/Gvin on Friday we had. ' a fair'yanling (;f slieep, and a heavy - : yaiT.'ing of cattle. All stock sold ■ well at auction, and with the excep- ' tion of a few dairy cows we sold the ..whole yarding, at good prices .Sheep; Age:l ewes in lamb 8s -Id to lls Id, fat eves 14s to 14s 3d to 14s Gd, fat ewes and wethers 17s Gd, store/ewes 9s Id, store wethers 15s Id, hoggets • 1.2s 2d to 14s, grade Jersey yearling heifers £3 10s, others. £2 4s to £1

15s, mixod yearlings 38s Gd, fat bullocks £8 14s Gili, storo bullocks £5 4s to £5 18s Gd, heavy ■fnb'ecnvs £7 10s, medium cows £fi 15s to ;GG 9s fid,.light cows ,C 4 10s to £5 12s, springiiiß heifers £4 14s to ,C 5, good springing heifers £7 Ids, store oow.s JJ'fs to £.2 7s Gd, forward cows ,C' 2 18s (id to £3 155,. springing cows £5 bo £7, good springing cows to £10 55.; bulls. £2 10s to £5. OHRKSTC TN"CANADA. Messrs J. B. MaeEwan ami Co. state that they have just received the following from their Montreal correspondent:— The receipts of vhee.se into Montreal from tho opening of the season up to July 2 were 17!), 123 boxes, as com pared with 470,882 boxes up to tho same date last year. ■Shipments of cheese from Montreal from the opening of tho season up to .July 2 wore 421,252 boxes, as compared with 414j1!)7 boxes up to the .samt» date last year. The weather i.s hot and <lry, the make is declining, and we do not anticipate the July make will be any greater than last year. DUXEDIX STOCK SALE. Fat Cattle.—2l7 were yarded a , .. Rurnside. This was a larger yarling than has been the case oil' late, and prices showed a drop from I'ls to £1 per head on last week's rates. Uest bullocks to Cl 2 2s (id, goo'l do. £10 to £11 10s, medium C 7 10s to £0; best heifers to ClO 7s, goo. I £7 lfti to £9. Fat Sheep.—24Bs pernio 1. Prices wore about the same as lr.st week's quotations. Extra heavy wethers to 245, host 18s Gil to 21s; best ewes to 18s Gd, good I.ls to IG.;, milium , . 11s Gd to 12s Gd. Fat Lambs.'—There wa; only a small yarding of 3o(i, which sold nj, to last week's prices. Best His ii> 18s, medium 1 I.s to Ms, inferii;; , 1:. to 12s Gd. Pigs.—22o yarded, which .sold a. last week's rates. WAXGAXUI STOCK SALES. Fat wethers 17s to 10s forward wethers 15s -Id, four-tooth wethers (medium) 13s Id, mixed hoggets (small) 11s; ewes in lamb (medium) 7s Id to Bs, others (is Oil to 7s 7d, fat cows £(i Is to C (ids, medium fat cows £5 to .£5 7s, fat and forward cows £4 to CI 10s, store cows C 3 12s 0d to £3 IGs, fresh threo-venr bullocks £G 2s to CO ;"s. 2-vr to 2h-yr steers £4 Is to £ I 10s, 2-yr steers" G'l His, mixed' weaners C 2 2s to £2 9s, smaller 18s to 20s Gd, mixed young cattle £1 11s Gd, cows in calf C-l to £4 3s; empty heifers C 3 7s Gd to £4, sprinujing heifers (uooil) 0-". 10s to CG, medium do. CI 10s to £5, backward heifers C 3 7s to CI, Jersey heifers (good) CO 7s Gd to £7 5.s (id, medium do. C 3 17s to C 4 7s (id,.. Hereford heifers in calf £5 7s Oil, milk cows (calved) from £H Is to £7 2s Gd, sows in pig £2 10s to £3, heavy fat sow £3 13s, good porkers C 1 15s to £2 2s, medium do. £1 7s Gfl to £1 10s, stores 15s Gd to 10s Gd, slips 12s to 14 s^ PALMKRSTOX AYOOL, SKr\ AXD HIDE SALE. Messrs Abraham and , Williams report:—AVe iheld our usual monthly sale on Friday the 10th. and submitted a goo , ! entalogue to a fair attendance of buyers. Bidding was fairly spirited throughout the sale, and practically all our offering was sold, at full market rates: — "Wool.—As is usual at f.hc time of year oitr enbi'.v ((insisted .'liicfly of medium orntchings. "We qimto: Medium criitchings, sd. to Gd, j)ev lb; dirty inferior do., Id to l[d ; lambs, 7.Jd; dead. sd, GJ. 7d to 7ld: black. s:|d to Gd; pieces, to lid; inferior do., Id; Eo IJd. Skins. —Crossbred medium to fine, G}d, 7(1, 7.id to 8d ; crossbred , infer ior, (.Id to Gd ; Innibs, 7d ; hogaets. GJd; dead anddamaged, .".id IoGJd; quarter to half-wools! 4}d. Butchers' Skins.—Crossbred, 3s l<. 3;< Btl, Is Id. Is (id, Is 8:1, 5s 2il, os 8(1. 5s lOd, Gs od, Gs lOrl, 7s Id t« 7s lid; hoggets, Is 8d ; dead, 2s lid to Is 8d: sircen crossbred. 2s sd, 'Is 2d, to 5s 10d; salted, 2s Id to 3s 'd. Hides. —Ox, medium weights, s[Jd to OJil; light, 5.1(1': ox, cut, 5d : cows, medium, 5d to s;{d; light, s.\d to sijd ; cows, cut, Id to 5d ; heifers and steers, 5:Jd; bulls, 5d to sjjd ; stags, 52; 4vorse hides, 3s Gd, 7s Gd, Us 9d to 12.< (id. Calf SVms.--Cn.lf, sound, BJrt to 92d to 91d; calf cut, G.',d; cnlf, dry, 4Jjd; yearlings, IJd to s : |d. Tallow.--Ca.sks, £2G 15s to £27 per ton; tins, £13 ns to £23 Jos per ton; bags fat, His Gd to IGs \\[ per ■owt. Sundries.—Cow tails. Is (id -pn dozen; horse hair, Is sJ<l to Is 7id per lb.