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Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 February 1916, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

4 {STOCK HALES KEPOiIT.S. Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited, Wellington, report having held, their usual weekly Levin bale oil Wednesday when they offered a lor go entry of both sheep und cattle. The sheep met with lather a. good sale aud competition "was animated throughout. We disposed of the hull* of the entry of sheep under the hammer. The cattle mob with rather a dragging sale. Quotations. — A line of 4th to 4-year ewes sold 011 account ol W. G. Adkin 23s id, 4 and 5 year ewes shorn lzs 2d, 12k 6(1, 19s BcT j shorn lambs '10s i)d, 10s lid, 123 Gd, l'2s '10d. 13s; woolly lambs IMs .3d to 13s lOd ; small ininbs 7s; fat ami ' forward wet-hefS 24s Bd, 2tli ewes I'jiS Gd; fat heifers £7 15s; fat cows fcfi 10s; 3 ye.tr bullocks j-o 12s Gd : 31-year bullocks £11 lis; bulls £."> 13s to £5- 17s. I'ALIAUTAXIjI SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Company Tjiinited report having held a most successful sale ill their I'akautanui yards on .Monday, the 21st instant. The sheep came forward well above advertised numbers, the total yarding being 3,10t).

Under spirited competition they succeeded in selling upder the hammer all lots offered, with the exception o. one KUiall pell of ewes. Buyers were present from'ull parts oi the district, and quite a number of the sheep went to the Rangitikei district. At speaks well for the i'ahftiitadiui district when buyers come from such a distance. The sheep are renowned tor being of good constitution and good oivler. J'hey had alfso a fair yarding of cattle, ail- ( tuMciiit• (• Is every line ehnnged hands :it prices satisfactory t" vendors. 'i'ho principle sales wore as under f •>(.) lu.. mouth ewes 23s bd; tailing .inoutu ewes 17b to 18s tid; ti-tooth to f.m, ewes (small) 20b id; store ewe.s 15s tier c<j Ids Bdi; forward empty ewes 18s to l!j., Oil ; 1 and li-tooth wethers 21s -Id; and 1-toetii wethers '2'2> to 22s sd; small 2-tooth wethers 20s; woolly I a in'is 13e (id to lis 3d; cull shorn lambs (js 2d to 8s; Cattle.—lß month heifers £3 17s 6d; j .spring heifers £4 ss; 2i year emptyheifers £4 10s; heifers in milk £5 10a OTAKI SALE. At the Qtaki sale on 22nd instant Messrs DaJgety and Company L/imited offered a heavy yarding of both sheep I ami cattle. The sheep met a. good market, but, tho cattle were dull oi sale. The principal sales effected were:—2 and 4-tooth wethers 23s 4d to 23s sd; 2 and 4-tooth ewes (small) 18s tld; cull lambs 7s to 9s lid; store ewes 16s to 17cs 6d. Cattle.—Small weaners 15s; 18month steers £4 10s; good niixedi weaners 30s 6d; 15-montb steers ana heifers £3 9s; forward empty heifere £6 7s tto .£(> 13s; 18-month steers X;;J 12s 6d; 3|-vear forward bullocks £12 ; .5-yrur steers J-o ss; 3 and 4-year old bullocks £10 10s.