Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 April 1914, Page 2

Commercial

SHAXXOiY SALE

-Messrs Abraham and Williams, report: We held our monthly sale at Shannon on l'riday, and yarded good entries of both sheep and cattle. There was a good attendance of buyers, and we liavo iti report a most satisfactory sale. All classes of sheep were in keen demand, and so also, were fat cattle. * Prices realised were as under

Sheep.—Fat and forward 2toofh wethers, 18s 7d; a.m. ewes in lamb, 12s fid: best lambs, Us Til, 12s: empty ewes, I.ls 8d: small lambs, 5s 2d, 7s Bd, 8s to 9s.

Cattle.- -Weaner heifers, 26s to £2: mixed weaners, 27s to 335: l~>-month heifers, £2 Gs: 3-ycar steers, £6; 2-year steers, £4 3s: fat cows, £G 2s, £6 3s; fat heifers £0 Ids: heifers, close to calving , , t'7 7s 8d; store cows, £2 to £3 3s; Lulls, £5 2a 6d, £6 17sGd ; porkers :50s, 355, £2.

WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, CALFSKINS, TALLOW, ETC., SALE

Wellington. April IT. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Co., Ltd., report : Our usual fortnightly sale was hold to-day before a good attendance of buyers, when we offered a fair-sized* catalogue of wool, skins, hides, calfskins, etc. The Following is the range of prices : — Wool.- Crossbred., fine, 9d to )yd : crossbred, medium To coarse, Sd to 9}d; bellies and pieces, 5Jd to 7d; locks and stained pieces, 4d to 5Ad: crutchings seedy and inferior, sid to Gd; lambs, Bkl to 10d

Sheopskins. -Halfbred, 8d to !)d; fine crossbred, 8d to 9d; medium to coarse 7h(\ to Si : short to Iml f wools, fiicl to SJd :" dend and damaged crossbred, 5d to ; inferior and badly 3d to •")d : lambs, 8d to Bid: damp salt-ed and "Teen, 4s 3d to 7r sd: pelts, .">d to Td.

Hides. Ox heavy, ■S^tl to 9i!<l: ox, medium, S v so to i)§d: ox, light Sjjd in njrl: now, heavy, S'd to 9d: cow, medium, B?,d to 9d ; cow, light, B}d to 9d : cow. cut, slippy and inferior. 5?, dto SJd: bullstn«r. •'Ud to 0;? d : yearlings, S?.d to 10j|d:'calf, superior, Is to Is Id: calf, medium in good, lid to 12:2(1: calf, dama-ed, 44d fo 9]d.

Sundries. — Tallow in casks, 2fis <o 28s 'Id per cwl : tallow in tins, rtc. 18s 1o 2- r >s Gd: nil»l>ilsl«ins. Hill 1o 10.1: horsehair. Is 0d per 11»: cmvtuilp. Is S?.d to 1s 9d: liorns, 5g por 100.