Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 July 1915, Page 2

Commercial.

LJiVLN STOCK SALE. At their usual weekly Levin sale on Wednesday Dalgety ana Lb., report tiial although tlie day was exceedingly wet stock came lorward practi:;.illy mJJv up to the advertised uttiiibcj'. Aii those who attended' the sale appeared to be buyer.-, with the result that con. petition, especially lor hoggets, was exceptionally keen, and every Jiiu oliereu sold under the hammer with animated competition. Compared with last week's rates the price of hogget advanced hilly l« per head. > lyers wore present from the Waikato, but, were unable to secure any stock. -.; sales were ell'ected as under:— tihecp.- Woolly ewe lioggets ITs 3d: good woolly wether hoggets His od to I(JS lid; medium mixed sex shorn "uggets 13s to lis (id; low condition and inferior hoggets 8s Dd to lis Id; empty ewes IG's 7d. A heavy yarding ol !al .sheep met with keon conipclition prices ruling as under; JL'at wethers 2s* to 3s Id; fat ewes 2<Js 3d to 2<js UU; ial hoggets 18s G'd to IDs. Cattle.—la»w condition yearlings 335; store cows LI los to £3 8&; 2-year I'.A. steers Lo us. A good entry of pigs wa-s disposed of under the hammer at prices in excess of vendors' reserves.

J UK. T. AI. KE\(JDaV,S SALE. Lalgeiy and Co.. Levin, report huv ing held a succcsstul clearing sale on accuunt of Air. T. M. lvingdon, of LuvJii; on Thursday lust. The cows oliered came forward in good condition, and f«s most ol them were calving up to factory dates an exceptionally good sale resulted, the herd making the satislactory average ol _. 10 S . Prices ranged as under:—Cows close to culv" i"g, I'S 11k to LU) life; SeptemberOctober caivers, JLM lo« to £7 j»; "film, close lo proiit, £< os to, Jt«, 18-month heifer*, JJi 7s <Jd to Jt-l' lis , yearling heifers jU2 Bs. Exceptionally keen competition took place for pigs ollered, and six sows made ironi £-1 Ilk to i'(J &..

WAIKANAIS STOUJi >SAL'% -Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited. report having held their Waikauae sale on Tuesday 20th instant, when they offered a B iuall yarding of cattle to a, lair attendance of buyers. The weather beui- exceedingly „ ut and boisterous prevented many advertised hues coming forward. Tub sales effected were as under:— J-'orward cows £d 7s to IX 12s; springing cows I's I.js, £8, to JCU; springing heifers. Jt-l 2s (3d to £5