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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4542, 21 March 1923, Page 3

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., Hamilton, reports - Beef.—A sharp decline in beef has been suffered. The cessation of operations by the export, companies in this brapch has been responsible for throwing considerable quantities on the market which the requirements of the local trade have been insufficient to absorb. .There seems every .likelihood of recovery' before long. Mutton. —The market for mutton has also declined. The favourable season is responsible for abundant stocks, especially of ewes. Store Cattle. —A low ebb has again been reach, and'stocks, are difficult to dispose of. There is an absence pt inquiry for practically--all classe- of steers. Empty heifers are alsc , poor demand, but hopes are enter “z.-, ed regarding the -prospect of heifers. The forthcoming fairs will decide this. Store Sheep.—These have in general declined. Breeding ewes draw little inquiry. Wethers have receded to a somewhat greater degree thjin the fat article. Lambs also have -weakened, but competition is never wanting. Pigs.—Pigs have firmed consideiably since last reporting. According to killing sheets yard values work out . at from 6%d to. per lb. Competition in all markets is brisk. Horses.—There is a- continued demand for draught horses, and no doubt the autumn fairs will draw competition. We quote as' follows :— Bullocks, heavy, prime, £7 to £7 15s, medium £6 to £6 15s ; cows, heavy, £4 15s to £5 7s 6d, medium £3 15s to £4 ss. forward £2 to £3; steers, 3%-yrs, forward, £4 5s to £4 15s, stores £3 Ids to £4' 'ss ; cows, stores, £1 5s to £1 15s, steers, 2%-yrs, best, £’3 to ’£3 10s; heifers, rising 2-yrs,, r.w.b., Jersey, £6 10,= to £8 10s, Shorthorn £4 10s to £» IPs, Holstein £5 to £6 10s; empty heifers, 18-months, best Shorthorn, £2 10s to £3, medium £2 to £2 ss; steers, best Shorthprn‘ £2 7s to £3, medium £2 to £2 ss. Wethers, prime, heavy, shorn, 30s to 325, medium 27s 6d to ‘ 29s ; ewes, prime, .heavy, shorn, 23s 6d to 265; breeding ewes, best 2-tooth, 25s to 295, 4,6, 8-tooth 25s tp 30s; breeding' ewes, 5 and 6yrs, 21s to 245, medium 1,7 s to 19s 6d, culls, f.m., 12s 6d to 15s ; rape lambs, best, 17s to 18s 6d ; store 1 lambs, best, shorn, 15s co 16s Bd, medium 13s 6d to 14s 6d. Pigs: -Baconers, heavy, £3' 7s 6d to £4, light £2 15s to £3 ss; porkers, heavy, £2 15s to £3 ss, light £2 4s to £2 10s : good slips £1 2s 6d to £2 2s 6d, small 15s to £1; weaners lO's t 0.155. Horses : Heavy draughts-£35 to £45, medium £25 to £3O, light £2O to £24 ; harness horses £lO to. £l5, hacks £5 to £lO.

The'local Ladies’ Croquet Club has sent,a full team to Thames to-day cp play a return match against that . Club. i At the meeting of the Board of Agriculture held at. Wellington recently lengthy consideration was given to the question ofl trainingi to be given'at, and of the staff necessary for;, a farm school, which it was hoped the 'Minister of Agriculture would be able to establish in the ’ North Island when the financial condition of the Dominion warranted the expenditure. . Tenffera. TENDERS. TENDERS are invited for the purchase of butter-milk at opr Paeroa and Ngatea Butter Factories. Conditions and full details can be obtained from the Factory Manager, in each case. The highest or any tender hot necessarily accepted. Tenders close at noon, April 30,1023, with THE SUPERINTENDENT, N.Z. CO-OP. DAIRY CO., LTD., HAMILTON. . ' TENDERS FOR CARTING FLAX TENDERS are invited for carting flax from Mr A. H.' Hewitt’s property, Awaiti, to bank of Waihou River at end of Pukehau Road. Approximate distance 2 miles. For. particulars of same Apply J. A. WALSH, ' Endean’s Flaxmill., Cadman’s Road, Paeroa. TO PAINTING CONTRACTORS. TENDERS are invited until 5 p.m. of Monday, April 9, for painting, paperhanging, and renovating. the Brian Boru Hotel, Thaines. For spepificatio.ns and conditions apply to proprietress, or E. E. GILLMAN, Reg.' Architect, Phone 12. Pae I roa L_ OHINEMURI COUNTY , COUNCIL. TENDERS will be received up to noon on the 24th inst. for carting gravel from the Extraction Works, Mill Road, to red - cutting on Old Te Apoha Road. E. SHAW, County Engineer. Paeroa, 21/3/23.