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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 4 September 1912, Page 4

THE N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO Ltd. « New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency report:— At the Westfield Yards on Wednesday fat cattle came forward in largei? numbers than usual, and piices were very irregular, showing a decline in prices from Is to 2s per 100 It. Best oxen selling to 30s per 1001b ; others, 28s to 28s ; cows and heifers, 24s to 27s per 100 lb; steers sold at from L 7 10s to Lls 10s. A three-year-old Hereford steer, bred by Mr G. M. Currie, Kai-Iwi, realised LIB, and was bought by Mr Thos. Baster, Ponsonby. Hereford cows from the sarne&breeder sold at from LlO 12s 9d toLll 10s. Cows and heifers sold at from L 5 to Ll2 j os. The veal pens were well filled, and sold at late quotations. " Heavy vealers sold at from L 4 4s to L 5 3s; medium-weight, L3to L 3 19s; others, 20s to 335; smaller and fresh dropped, 3s to 12a. Sheep were penned in full numbeis, and sold at last week's quotations. Best wethers sold at from 25s to 29s ; others, 21s to 24s 9d ; inferior fatted wethers, 16s 9d to 19s , heavy ewes sold to 21s; others, 13s 6d to 18s ; hoggets were yarded musual numbers, and sold at late rates- Baconers, L3toL4 11s; large porkers, L 2 10s to US ; porkers, Li 15s to L 2 ; slips, Li nstoLl 10s ; weaners, 12s 6d to 18s. MARKET REPORT. Oats : Demand steady, 2a lOd. 2s lid ex store, TVheat:Firni at 4s 6d, 4s 7d ex store. Bran : Market easy. Sales light at Lo 5s ex stoic. Pollard : In good demand ; L 6 5s ex store. Chaff : Local supplies plentiful and prices have eased as a consequence. Southern still at late ratesButter : Market firm and sales readily made all grades. Choice 1 l-|-d, lirst grade IOJd. second grade lOid ; poor qualities for milling, 9-2 d to lOd. Fungus : Ready sales at 4^d for parcels arriving )f good quality. Alfred Buckiand & Sons-, Sales. , 4 Messis Alfred Buckiand and ( Son report:— On Wednesday, Auguei 28 y at our weekly Westfield fat stock market, our entry of beef totalled 357 head. The demand was irregular, and generally "values were from LI to Ll 5s per head below last week's figures. Choice ox sold to Ll Us ; prime, LI (>s to Ll 8s ; cow and heifer. L 4 10s to Lll 12s lid. There was an average supply of fat and young calves, which sold freely at improved rates, Heavy suckers, L 3 10s to L 4 6s : light, Ll 8s to L 2 5s : small and fresh dropped 3s to Ll Is (78 sold) Fat sheep came forward in average numbers, and «-vitli the exception oii'an odd pen, there ' was little alteration in value from last report. Extra heavy wnthers, Ll 7s to Ll 8s 6d (a pen of show wethers brought Ll 13 ); heavy prime, Ll 3s to Ll 5s Od ; medium to heavy, 19s to 1 Ll 2s Gd ; unfinished, 17s to 18s 6d ; I best ewes, 17s 6d to 19a Gd ; good, los } to 17s ; others, 13s to 14s (3d ; hoggets 3 15s to 18s 6d ; unfinished J2s to 143 (1,565 sold) ; spring lambs from Mr R, Henwood, Mangere, Ll Is to £1 2s 9d , and Mr Geo, Niccol, Papatoetoe. 18s 9d to £1 (!) sold). The 107 pigs penned were far below require* inents, and prices for all classes are extreme. Baconois, £'d lot1, to £4 ss; lighter, £3 3s to £3 13s ; large porkers, £2 10s to Jbo Is; smallei, £1 17s to ,£2 9s. There was but a limited number of weaners and slips offered, which . brought from £1 8s to £1 5s Gd. NecessHy for Herd-Testing. + , According to Mr R. Dingle, chairman of directors of the Stratford Dairy Co-operative Company, the average production of butter-fat per cow in the herds supplying the Stratford Company last season was lGfi-76 lb. If, said Mr Dingle, sxippliers could increase that production by 30 lb, a cow, it would mean an increase of £18,000 to the company on the year's operations. It may ba noted that in the four herd-testing associations conducted by the Department last year the average cow gave a return of 224 lb or butter- fat. Of course in these cases the herds may be taken to have been rather above the aver-* age of the dairy herds in the respective districts. Will tl)o Massey Government be able to pull together as comfortably and gracefully, say' us Wauxish's Kust-Prouf C'jiseta do"? Wo hope so ~N"u\v Zual>uid Ladies.' The mioibor of British ships that passed through the Stie>: Canal lust venr was 3,080, compared with 2,778 ni 1910. lpWj.ll the Mass&y Government Wear well —equal, say, lo the ILoslyn AllWcol High-grade Clothing and Unshrinkable Underwear " Delta, finish ? If so, New Zealand, will have reason j to be proud ot its new Prime Minister, Helensvilie Drapers defy competition in general Drapery, Roslvk Clothing, Blankets, Rugs, Flannels,. i Unshrinkable Underwear " Delta " ,; finish and Warner's famous Itustj proof Corsets. | The f amo -.is ROSLY N Writing fa ds j obtainable from locul Drapers &ud I Storekeepers at 6d and Is each.