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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 2 October 1912, Page 4

Alfred Buckland & Sons., Sales. ■ + ;— Messrs Alfred Buckland and Son report:— On Wednesday, September 25, at our weekly Westfield fat stock market, our entry of beef totalled 385 head. Competition was steady throughout, and values for choice ox were similar to last week, but ordinary was slightly easier. Choice ox sold to £1 iOs, prime £1 7s to £1 9s, cows and heifers Ll to Lt 6s. Steers ranged in price from L Bto LlB ; the latter price was obtained for an ox fattened by Mr Parry Sutton, of Papatoetoe. A truck of heavy choice bullocks from Mr E, Levis, of Newstead averaged Lls 3s 5, and a truck from Mr J. N. Massey, of Aka Aka Plains, averaged Ll4 4s Bd. There was a big entry of fat and young calves, which met with a free sale. Choice suckeis L 3 5s to L 4 is (no runners penned), medium suckers L 2 to v L3 3s, lighter Ll 5s to Ll 18s, small and fresh-dropped 5s to Ll 3s (121 sold). An average yarding of fat sheep sold.without alteration from last weeks report. Prime heavy wethers Ll 5s to Ll 7<* (no extra heavy penned), medium to heavy Ll Is to Ll 3s 6d, light and unfinished 16s to Ll, Two pens of shorn wetheis made 18s 9d and 16s 3d. Best ewes Ll Is to Ll 3s 6d, good 17s to Ll, others 13s to 16s, hoggets 14s to 19s (1194) penned. Spring lambs, on account of the number yarded, were easier in price. Best litis >>d (.'./ ISs b'd, others lis to 1 (is (88 sold), i'igs of all classes were well represented, and values remain well in favour of the vendor. Choppers Ll to L 4 19s, bacotiers L 3 5s to L 3 16s, large porkers L 2 8s to L 3, lighter Ll lOs to L 2 3s, slips Ll 2s 6d to Ll 6s, wean era 17s to Ll Is Cd (163 sold). THE N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO Ltd. ♦ New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency report: — Westfield Yards—On Wednesday fat cattle »vere yarded in larger numbers,, and those offered of good quality sold at iuliy last week's rates : inferior fatted were a little lower, Best oxen solo to 31s per 100 lbs, others 27s to 295, cows and heifers 25s to 28s per 100 lbs. Steers sold at front L7ss to Lls 15s, cows and heifers L 5 to L 9 ss. The veal pens were wed rilled, ana sold at late rates, heavy vealers sold at from Loos to L 3 10s, medium weights L 2 5s to L 2 18s, lighter 20s to 375, smaller and fref-h- dropped 3s to 15s. Sheep were yarded in largir numbers than usual, and improved, in price from Is to 2s per head. Best wethers sold at from 25s 6dto 31s 9d ; oiie extra well-fatted small pen or wethers realised L 2 2s, and were bought by Mr George Knight, Newton ; wether?, 16s 9d to 23s 9d ; heavy ewes, 2£s to 235. others I3s 9d to 18s 9d ; hogget?, 19s to 20s, Spring lambs were penned in larger nuirbers than usual, and sold at from His 6d to 18s 9d for the best ; others lis 9d to 16s. Pigs came forward in usual supply, and again sold at high values, Bauoners, L 2 15s to L 3 18s; large porkers L 2 8s to L 2 12s, porkers. Ll 15s to L 2 2s; slips 25s to 30; weaners, 12s 6d to 18s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercmtile Agency Company, Limited and Rediued, reports as following :--We submitted aud sold extra huge catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, competition being keen for all lines, at an advance on last week's prices. We qaote :—Hides .-—Extra stout ox 7 ; ? dto B]d, stout 7]-d to 7§d, medium 6|d to 7d, light 6id to 6i'd ; cows, best lines 9gd to 6&d, good 6j)d to O-Ad, inferior s}d to OJ-d; kips fi-Ad to 5-^d; calfskins, best to 9; t !d good 7fd to BA<l, cut aud damaged 4.U1 to 9£d ; stags, s^(\ to sfd ; damaged hides, 2Ad to s|d. Sheepskins : —Market advanced. Best butchers' skins large 7s 6d to 8s 6d, good lines 6s Gd to 7s 3d. medium 5s to 5s Bd, small 3s to 4s 9d ; country, dry and w^oly skins, large 7s to 8s Gd. medium 4s Gd to 5s Gd, small Is to 3s 3d. Tallow : — Market firm, Best mixed b> 28s Gd, good 21s Gd to 25s 9d, inferior 22s to 23s 9d ; rough fat Hd 2d rerlb. Horsehair:— Is 3d to is 9Ad. Bone?, £5 Cowtails. Is 9d dozen. /* Oats. —In good demanJ at 2s lid. Wheat, —Sa'es firm at 4s 7d. Sharps.—Steady sales at £6 5s Chaff.—Local, slight increase iitvalues for prime lots; store stocks lie coming exhausted. For Southern, late rates stilt holding. Butter, —Finding ready sale, all grades, Choice, ll]-d;.first quality, lOjd; second quality, 10.Id. milling grades fi.ud.ng purchases at lOd. Fungus — Values show slight improvement : sales at 4g-d A quarter of an acre of white' Belgian carrots at Motuihi Island, Aucki land (the quarantine station') produced 50 tons. These were sold at the rate of £1 15s a ton. The cow-testing associations pro mated by the Irish Board of Agriculture are making remarkable pr > i gress. It is now almost universally acknowledged, says the London ' Dairy, that many herds contain unprofitable beasts. The value of an , animal cannot he ascertained by the " rule of thunm " methods formerly in vogue, and the example of the advanced farmers is having an excellent , cff eet upon those who stood out against • j of orm.