Levin Stock Sale

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 January 1914, Page 2

Levin Stock Sale

\ esteiday's stock sales sliowt'tl ;i marked imp?oveuieur on the preceding ones. There was alkr> >' yarding ni slock uj. all cla. atul it \vas ;i iew JlUJUllo a;;er lour when the last per -.ci-s -old; ilie sales were well bidding for al i xu*t. ■i; - , cept inn ni' iats was hi->; . ■ . 11 Uge iltl I locks, exported • . JU' a big price, were no' s< v -. i ~• iai stock the demand seeced a shade slack, and prices, ii any- '! 1111 g ? cased oil a little. The quiet, steady demand tor tdgo wiucli has held for month.- !•:*' underwent a change, and y. ierday prices advanced. With |m'K *al Mich a price farmers are sibly realising thai it is y. «• ,>s well to teed a lew pigs or wiiar otherwise would be waste :ui products. '1 hose who ha" l ■ i>,J -it to pig breeding appear to ne in in, a prosperous time. So great mis neon the iimprovement ill the market that .Messrs Abraham and Williams Inid it necessary to add to the number of pig pens. A iiI{AHA.M A.\]) WILLIAMS, LIMITED.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report : At Levin on .Friday v.'e offered a good' yarding of all classes of stock, including an entry of over IDH pigs. Competition throughout was good, a total clearance being made with the ■l;ee|> and pigs, and very few eat'ie went out unsold. Quotations: Sheep. Kat ewes, 1->s lid, lbs 'id, 1 lis Sd, His lid and 18s 'id: i; 11 and lot ward ewes, 14s -Id: fat lambs, 12s '-id lo Ills lid: rape lambs (shorn), IDs: rape jambs i woolly), IDs -id to lis lid: store iambs, Hs to !)s: 2-tooth ewes (small), Lis (id: 2-tooth wethers, Ms (id to los !)<l : forward wethers I (is I lid: siore e'.'.'es. 7s to Lis (id: ettli laml's. (is to (is I (Id: cull 2i oot h ewes, I 1 s 2d. Catlle.- Three-year bullocks, f i "is: fat cows, £i> 10s to i'(i (is; ■ . :h "lnpiy heifers £•'! (is to t'-'i 1 •"Js : weaned heifers (good), • ;")s (o £'J; weatier steers, 2()s to '.'(is: mixed weauers, 1 tts to 255. An entvy of lit pigs met with vood competition, and all sold un:'f lite w< ih<' i'nUow'mv' (Miotations : Porkers, .'IDs ta £2 t ' (id: store pigs, 1 tts to 2 ( V; slip-. Lis to ITs: weauers, '.is (id l : , j-:-!M : sows in nig, £2 17s: choppers £2.