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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 25 September 1912, Page 4

Alfred Buckland & Sons., Sales. ■ . —♦— — Messrs Alfred Buckland and Son report:— - f On Wednesday, September 18, at our weekly Westfield fat stock maiket, we yarded fat cattle to the number of 393 head, and nearly all of piirn^ quality. There was firm demand, but on account of the supply, values receded about 10s per head, expect m a few odd instances of really choice quality. Choice ox sold to Ll 11s, prime Ll 7s to Ll 9s; cows and heifers, Ll toLl 5s . steers ranged in price from L 7 12s to Ll 65s ; cuws and heifers L 4 10s to Ll3 17s 6d, Fat and young calves penned in large numbers and sold freely. Runners L 4 10s to L 5 103, heavy suckers L 3 to L 4 ss, choice medium suckers L 2 2s to L 3 ss, light Ll Ll 15s ; small and fresh dropped 5s to 18s. (83 sold.) There was about an average entry of fat sheep, including several consignments of choice heavy wethers and a few pens of extra good ewes. Prices for finished sLeep are very firm. Extra heavy prime wethers Ll 8s 6d to Ll 10s 6d, heavy prime I*l 5s to Ll Bs, medium to heavy Ll Is (3d to Ll 4s 9d, light and unfinished 16s 6d to Ll 0s 6d ; best.qvality heavy ewes Ll 3s to Ll os 3d, good 18 toLl Is 6d, others 14s 6d to 17s 6d ; hoggets J7s to Ll 0s 3d, lighter 14s to l(!f : (167 d sold) ; spring Jambs Ll Is toLl 3s 9d for well-facted, others 16s 9d to £1 (58 sold). The 75 pigs penned were baconert'. and porkers of choice quality, for which late values ruled, Baconers, £3'3s to £3 15s ; large porkers £2 5s to £3, lighter £ I 10s to L 2 3s. Two pens of slips, Ll 2s aud Ll 3s 6d. THE N\Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO Ltd. + New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency report:— At the Westfield Yards on Wednes*. day fat cattle svere yarded in laiger numbers than usual, and the quality was excellent throughout. Best oxen sold to 31s per 1001b, others 27s to 29s ; cows and heifers, 25s to 28s; steers sold at from £8 to £15 15s; cows and heifers, L*) to L 9 1.55. A draft of 21 steeds from Mr. Alf Main, Tamahere, which were small, but extra well fatted, sold L) 2 17sGd to Ll-'i 15s, averaging Ll 3 18s 9d. Veal pens were well filled, and sold at late rates. Heavy vealeis sold at from ho 10s to L 4 15s, nipdium weight? L 2 Is to L 3 ss, others 20s 355, smaller and fresh-dropped, 3s tj 15s. (Sheep were yarded in full numbers, and receded in value. Best wethers sold at from 23s to 2Ps, others 18s to 225. One pen of extra heavy wethers suld at 35s 6d : heavy ewes sold at from 20s to 255, others 10s Gd to I9s ; hoggets, best quality, K>s to 18s, 12s to 15s ; best spring lambs, 18s 6d to 245, others 14s to 17s. Pigs were yarded in good supply, and again sold at high values. Large baconers, L36sto L 4 ; baconers, L 2 ids to L 3 ss; porkers. L 2 2s to L 2 14s, slips 25s to 35s ; weaners, 15s to 20s. HIDES, SKINS, AND TALLOW. We submitted and suld extra large catalogues of hides, skin?, and tallow ou Tuesday, competition being keen for lines. Hides : Market firm, with good inquiries from shippers. Extra stout ox, 7Ad to 8d ; stout ox, 7£-d to 7.] d ; medium ox, G^'d to 7d : light ox, 6Ad to 6£d , cow, best lines, G-jdto G^d ; good, (>]d to 6-gd ; inferior, 5.? dto Cjd ; kips, (>jd to fii1 ; stags, od tos.\d ; calfskins, beat to 9:, d. good 7-A-d to Ski, cut and damaged 4d to 6id. Sheepskins : Market brisk. Best butcher's skms, large to Bs, good lines 9s to 7s 2d couutry dry aud woolly skins,*large to 8s Gd, medium 4s Gd to 5s 9d, small Is 6d»to 3s 3d. Tallow : Market firm. Be.-t mixed to 28s. g )od 21s 6d, inferior 22s 6d to 23s 6d. Rough fat, I^-d to 2d per lb. Bones, £5 Ccwtailf, Is 8d dozen. Horeshair. Is -id to Is 9J,d. Wheat : In good demand at 4? 7d, Oats : Sales Jinn at 2s lid. ¥0 lard : In good domain! at LG ss. Ohaii' : Slightly keener demand, and buyers are paying proportionately higher rates. Southern remains at late latc-s. Butter: Choice U-j-d, first-grade 1 In, s.coud-grade lO&d, footer null- I iDg qualities at lOd. Fungus : Sales steady at 4 j-d. 1 'lirefamous ROSLYN Writing Pads I obtainable from local Drapers and I Storekeepers at Gd and Is ench. i Thn production of a new artificin] manure, " biphosphate, " is nnnoiinced from Norway as a rosult of experi- | nients at the Notodden Nitrate Works The new fertilizer is a by-product of the nitrate 'of lime produced at these works, and is obtained without affecting the quality of nitrate produced. Apatite or other raw materials are dissolved in the aitn? acid and- are then submitted to further treatment. Samples arc stated fr> contain 26 percent, of pyosphoric acid (of which 92 per cent, is in citrate soluble form) and 23.8 per co^ 1-of' nitrate of lime. It is also stateu^-at the fertilizer will, in future, be placed on the market with considerably higher xjorcentages of both phosphoric acid and nitrogen and at a low price,- -Board of Trade .Journal. Public attention is directed 1o the beautiful photo of the celebrated Maggie P.iprxkura on the cover of the ItosLYN W'iiTixG Pads only Gd. each, -mcludii g 10') sheets;fine bank paper. ■. F'hn 3 rapera and g >trokefipers,