COMMERCIAL

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 March 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

-Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report ! < iving held their usual weekly saje at ',-vin on Friday when -thev'offered to a ■nr attendance of buyers a large yard>g of both sheep and cattle. The !'inand for stock has slackened off niewhat from last sales, but we dis- : >sed of most lines under the hammer ■•■id privately by the close of the sale. 1 here was good competition for weth•'s. Sales were as under: 2 arid 1- ' Mtli wethers Us 7d. lis Kkl. to 17s 'I: fat wethers I9s; 2 and 4-tooth Acs 14s 6d; line of 2?) D forward ewes >; l.ni. ewes to S>s 2d; line of prime :k ewes on account of Weraroa State "arm 19s; good line of 378.2 an3»'•!ith ewes 17s 7d. Fat cows '.'•"> His. £6 ss. £6 (is; eforward empty ows 1:5; store cows £3 9s, £3 Is to ■'.'•'? 1 ■'><: 18-montii steers £3 13s to £4 '.'>: heifers in calf £4 10s to £5. >•(".'. Zeajand Loan and Mercantile \geiie.y Company re|:>ort having condiii .id a clearing sale ol dairy stock, ■.. )a>t AVednesday, at Te Horo, on cc 11 lit of Dr. C. Prendergast Knight, "hi; as sold his farm. There was a : i • «' attendance ol buyers represent-. Anu i hi- Manawatu, Wairarapa and •iii districts and all classes of stock Mii:i well with spirited competition. '•:•• sold stock at the following prices: : .!\ calvers £10 to £11: August calwis C 7 10s, £8, ss, £y 15s, £10, £13' ! CM 7 ss; September calvers £6, £(5 .-\ (id. £7 ss, £9 10s, £11. £12 to £13 .||>.; October calvers £7 2s (id, £8 10s, :< 10s; November calvers £7 2s (3d to ' 13 10s: empty cows C 3 17s (id. £5 5s to O) lGs; pedigree Jersey heifers £12 i-'.s ; pedigree Jersey cows 20Jgs; grade Jersey yearling bulls to £2 2s; weaner steers CI Is ; weaner heifers £1 3s 6d ; yearling Ayrshire hulls 25s to 435; 3year Ayrshire bulls to £6; heifers, r.w.b., £3 lGs to £5 8s; cows ,r.w.b £t, £4 12h (id to £5 6s; store pigs 245. weaners 8s: empty sows SP °s £2 3s, £2 10s to £3 ss; sows to farrow C 2 10s to £3 ss; boars to £3 3s; 2-tooth ewes 15s lid; 4-year ewes 156 8d: 4- and 6-tooth ewes 18s %d ; lambs mixed 7s Od ; Romney rams 1 to lfgs; aged draught man's £9 10s to £12; geldings to £8; also machinery and sundries at highly satisfactoqr prioe*.