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(Continued from page 3). 1 CARRIAGE OF THE CREAM. Having taken every care to produce a well-conditioned cream, it is necessary to see that it is handled in transit in such a manner that it will arrive at the factory in the same good order. If left on the roadside to be picked up, it must be protected from sun by any simple means, provided it is effective. The farmer's interest in his cream should not end at this point. He should see to it that the same care he has taken with it on the farm will be exhibited by the men responsible for its converance to the factory. Bad flavours are frequently developed by reason of the sun striking on the unprotected can. Payment according- to quality. The care of the cream throughout all stages of production and handling is a. vital matter to the farmer. In the majority of homeseparation factories in this country to-day the one price is paid for all grades of cream, a practice much on all-fours with the old unsatisfactory system of paying for milk by the gallon. But the day is near at hand when cream will be paid for according to the condition in which it reaches the factory as well as for its butter-fat content. The men who handle their cream properly should assuredly be recompensed in money value for their trouble, just as the men who fail to realize their ,duty in this connection and thereby reduce the market value of the factory's output should be penalized. The First and Last word. There is one' word of advice on this subject which cannot be repeated too often; it is the first and the last word on the successful handling of dairy-products, and it is the secret of success at the present advanced stage of the industry just as it was when the dairy-farmer and butter-maker were working under the most crude conditions. This all-im-portant word is CLEANLINESS. Alfred Buckiand and Sons, Sales. ■ * Messrs Alfred Buckiand and Sons report: — At our weekly Westiield fat stock market on Wednesday, March 19, we \arded fat cattle to the number ol 403 head and again the quality was first-c'ass. There was a steady demand throughout, last week's vahiec being easily sustained. Choico ox told to £1 8s; prime £1 os 6d to£l Gs Gd; cows and heifers £1 to £l ss; steerc ranged in price from £6 15s to '£ 12 10s: cows and heifers £4 to £10 2s Gd; 24 steers from Mr D. McCraken, Te Ruke averaged £10 17s. There was only a moderate yarding of fat and young calves. Choice suckers were better worth. Runners sold to £o 3s ; heavy suckers £3 to £3 IGs, medinm £2 5s to £2 18s, lighter £l 10s to £2 2s, small and light 18s to £1 Bs, fresh dropped 3s to 14s. (71 sold). There was a fresh yarding of mutton, the quality of which was a great improvement on recent markets. Competition was keen througlumr, all primes being very firm at last week's advanced rates. Extra heavy prime wethers £1 2s 9d to £1 4s 3d, heavy £1 to £1 2s, medium to heavy 18s to 10s Od, light and unfinished 14s to 17s extra quality heavy ewes £1 to £1 2s 3d, heavy prime 17s Gd to l<)s, good 15s to 17s, others 10s to 13s (Id. (2478). The 335 l?inbs penned were firmer in price. Especially well-fatt-ened extra heavy sold at from 18s to £1 Is, good 13s" to 15s Gd, smaller and unfinished 9s 12s, A full supply of pigs met with a ready sale at prices which were in advance of late sales, Baconers brought from £2 12s to £3 7s; large porkers £2 5s to £2 lit lighter £1 15s to £2 3s, small £1 as to £1 13s; welhbred weaneis lOsOdto 14s, others 8s to 10s; suckers, os to 7s 6d. (201.) THE N\Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO Ltd. * . The New Zealand Loan and Mercan- j tile Agency Co., Ltd., reports as follows: — At Westiield Yards, on Wednesday there was scarcely an average yarding Competition was keen, and although quotations aro the same, prices we're hriner for oxen, and cows advanced fiom Is to 2s per 1001b. Best oxen sold at from 26s to 28s per 1001b. others 23s to 2Gs, cows and heifers 23s to 255. Steers sold at from £7 10s to £12 2s 6d; cows, £4 10s to £9 ss; heifers £4 5s to £8 17s Gd. Veal was yarded in usual numbers. Heavy vealers, £2 18s to £3 i2s; medium weights, £2 to £2 16s; others, £1 to £1 16s; fresh dropped, £3 to 14s. Sheep were penned in large numbers most of thorn being excellent quality. Best wethers sold at £1 0s Od to £1 4s 13d ; others 15s to £ios3d; ewes, extra heavy, 16s Gd to 19s 3d : others lis to 15s 3d. Lambs were yarded in full numbers, and for these of first quality competition was extra keen. Best quality sold at from 18s 6d to IBs 3d; others 7s 6d fo lis. Pigs yarded in barely average numbers, and sold at advaneecl rates. Heavy baconers £2 15s to £3 15s; baconers. £2 2s to I£2 10s; porkers Ll 10s to L 2 ; slips * 18s to Ll ss.