COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 August 1916, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

CLEARIXG 8A LK Al KIMBERLEY. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report: On Saturday we held a most successful sale of dairy stock, etc., on account of Mr C. Hekenui, at the farm, Kiniberley road, Levin. There was a large attendance of buyers and the

bidding was brisk throughout tlie sale, and the herd of 15 head averaged .£.'l2 Cis 6d. Best cows made £13 to £16 2s 6d; good cows Cll to £12 10s; fair cows £9 to ClO 15s; springing heifers C 8 7s Bd to £9 2s fid: small wearier heifers £2 3s'; Holstein bull CIO; sows to farrow £5 17s fid to £6 ss; empty sow £2 16sweaner pigs IBs: spring cart geldiing £31 10s; dogcart £1-1 10s; spring dray £16 10s: s.f. plough £10. Sundries made good* values. We also mold on account of several other vendors 20 dairy cows coming to second calf at prices' ranginftg from C 8 to £12 12s fid ; 18-months heifers £4 0s 6d; bull £5 15s; aged spring cart gelding £!7 or ; fair hoggete 20s to 21e 2d. LEVTN STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report that at their Levin sale on Wednesday they submitted a good yarding of sheep ami cattle. There was a good demand for |Cattle but fat sheep were slow or sale. Vendors' reserves in some cases being too high to allow business to result. We quote the following prices: --Ewes in lamb 28s fid; fat ewes 30s: fat wethers 31s 7d ; empty store ewes los 9di: light weight fat cows £3 : empty store cows C-t 10s to £o 15s: good vealers to £3 10s: springing heifers £6 18s. £7 to G8 ss. ■L. ■. JL 1 . ■JJL!_L. ~11. , J EIL 1