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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 February 1915, Page 3

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DALGETY'S OTAIvI SALE.

On their Otaki sale held on the 23rd lust. Messrs Dalgety and Company Ltd. report as follows :—A good yarding ot both cattlo and sheep came forward. Among the entries of sheep w«re some good lots of both brooding owes and wethers. A good tone resulted all through and satisfactory business was done under the hammer, practically every lot offered changing hands. The principal sales were as under: —

Sheep.—lso 4 and 6-tooth ewes 17s 2d; fat ewes and wethers 18s IOd ; fa* weftiers (light) 20 sld to 20s 8d; low conditioned i.m. ewes 7s 4d, 7s 6d, 8s; good woolly w.f. lambs 10s; medium wooTTy w.f. lambs 8s 6d to 9s Id; small shorn lambs 4s 9d to 5s 6d.

Cattle.—Mixed wcanors l/5s to 225; choice yearling Jersey heifers £3 19s; fat bows (large entry) £5 3s to £6 15s; 2-year steers £4 15s; 3-year steers £G 6s; forward empty cows £4 7s 6d to £4 Tos; cull cows £2 to £2 fcs; cows and calves £3 12s 6d to £4 2s 6d; bulls £6 to £7 12s. CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET. Christennrcli, Feb. 23. Tho wheat market is very firm and there are reports of slight advances on last week's rates, but tho principal buyers have not given more money, Hunters and Tuscans changing hands cniefly at 6s 7d to 6s Sd, and pearl at 5s 9d at country stations, tho higher ligiu-e being in the ease of short railage. ' The Hesperos has arrived nt Lyttelton from Canada witli 100,000 bushels of wheat, buit as her arrival is later than was expected, and the harvest is at least three weeks earlier than last year, and wheat is in unusually good milling condition, the imported wheat is not urgently required, though no doubt it will be specially good for mixing purposes. Only part of the Hesperos's wheat is for Christchureh. and the balance for the south. l'lour has advanced £1 per ton nnd is now quoted at £16 10s p-er ton f.o.b. The oats market is still advancing and the reason generally given is that forward .sellers are short in their requirements, and the present active demand is therefore not a consumptive one. A grade Gartons have been bought at 3s !)d to 3s 10d. and B grade 3s 7d to ."5.S 80 : while for Algerians Is 3d to Is 4d is being paid at coumtrv .stations. There is no change in oatsheaf chaff or potatoes. There is .some enquiry tor partridge peas, and it is stated that 5s 6d has been paid .but for export they are said to oe not worth moi'p. £han 5.5.