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Lifted Buckland and Sons' Saies- 1 Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons j eport: — At our weekly Westfield fat btoek narket on Wednesday, Nov. 5, our supply of beef numbered 311 head. Dhere was an improved demand, and i values advanced from 15s to £1 per lead. Choice ox £1 13s, prime Ll 9s ;o Ll Us ; cows and heifers, Ll 3s to Ll 8s ; steers ranged m price from L8 L6s to Ll4 ; cows and heifers, £4 10s Lo 1-9 15s. The 90 fat and young calves penned =old ac last week's rates. Runners brought from L5 5s to L6 14s ; heavy suckers L3 5s to L4 Is, medium L2 3s i to L2 15s, lighter sorts Ll 6s to L2, small and fresh dropped 10s to Ll Is, weedy 3s to Bs. The bheep pens were well-filled with a nice class of mutton. There was a steady demand, with little alteration in values from last report. Prime heavy, woolly wethers Ll 7s to Ll 8s 6d (no extra heavy offered;, medium to heavy woolly Ll 4s to Ll 6s 6d ; extra heavy prime shorn wethers Ll 3s to Ll 4s, prime shorn wethers Ll Is to Ll 2s 9d, lighter 17s to Ll ; extra heavy, prime woolly ewes Ll 7s 6d to Li 10s, others (m their wool) Ll to Ll 5s ; woolly hoggets, Ll 0s 6d to Ll 4s ; shorn hoggets, L7sto Ll 0s 6d (1877 sold.) Spring lambs penned short of requirement, and met with a sharp rise. Best heavy Ll Is 6d to Ll 3s 3d, good 18s 6d to Ll Is, others 16s 9d to 18s, light 13s 3d to 16s. (232 sold). There was an average entry of pigs. Porkers sold at late rates ; baconers L3 5s to L3 14s, lighter L2 13a to L3 3s ; large porkers L2 3s to L'/ 11s, lighter Ll 10s to L2 Is, small Ll 3s to Ll 8s ; store pigs, Ll Is to Ll 7s ; well-bred weaners, 18s to Ll 2s 6d ; 7s to 12s. 154 sold.) THE NT'.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO « At Westfield Yards on Wednesday, beef was yarded in scarcely average numbers, and improved in prices from 30s to 33s per lOOlb ; cows, 24s to 275; steers sold at from L7 10s to Ll4 10s; cows, L5 5s to L8 10s. A draft of 16 steers form Messrs E. M. (lollan averaged Ll3 12s 6d. Veal calves were yarded in larger numbers than usual, and sold at scarcely last week's rates. Extra heavy vealers sold at from L3 to Li ] 7s ; heavy vealers, L2 4s to L2 10s ; light do,, 19s to L2 Js ; fresh dropped, 4s to 9s Gd. Sheep were penned in less numbers than usual, and advanced in rates from Is 6d to 2s Gd per head ; wethers in wool sold at from Ll 5s 6d to Ll Gs 9d, shorn do., 19s Gd to Ll os 6d ; ewes iu wool Ll to Ll 4s 6j, shorn do. | 17s Gil to Ll 9s 9d, shorn do. 19s Gd Ito Ll 5s Gd ; Lambs, in short supply, ' advanced in prices ; best selling at from IGs Gd to Ll os, othors 15s 3d to 19a od. Pigs, in average numbers, sold at from L2 5s to L'3 Gs ; baconers, Ll 17s Gd to L2 10s : slips, 15s to Ll 'is ; j weaners, 7s to 10s Gd. FOB, THE FARMER, SPRING CALVE?. Special care must be taken with spring daiay calves or they will not develop properly, declares A. G. Oosterh.uis, of the College of Agriculture of the University ot Wisconsin. The fall calf does not have to fight; flies, nor is it turned into pasture to shift for itself like the spring calf. Mr Oosterhuis gives the following directions for starting the dairy calf: "The cow should freshen in a box stall and the calf should io.maui wnh her for the first two or three days so as to be more certain of obtaining the colostrum milk. Until it is three, weeks old, the calf should be given the mother's milk thiee times a day at the rato of three or live pounds per feed. The amount may then be increased slightly, and the calf fed only twice a day. Great caro should be taken to keep all feoding utensils scrupulously clean. "At the University farm wbolo milk is fed till the end of the fifth week, but skim-milk may often Le a substitute at the end of the fourth, depending upon •conditions and the value cf the calf. One that gives promise of developing into a 300-dollar cow r ma}- be given more exyousive feed than one that will never be worth more- than 50 dollars. '•Calves should not be fed on roughage too early. They will begin to eat it when two or three weeks old, but uuloss it is given in small amounts, digestive disorders ma}' result. Until the culf is two months old, fine mixed hay, which has less tendency to cause scours, is better than clear clover or lucerne. Small amounts of silage bo fed after j the calf is one month did. ] "ij-iain in small amounts may be fed aftei the call; is two weeks old. A good mixture .is 5 parts of whole oats, o parts bran, 1 part corn meal, and 1 part oil meal. It should be given dry in order to compel mastication. When ted in this manner, immediately after the milk, it also helps to prevent ear sucking. '•It is not advisable to turn young calves on to pasture, as grass is very laxative. The barn is move even in temperatmo, also cool«r ( and if kept clean and dry. much more suitable for the development of the calf." x\ flock of .-lieep at Kuakura Farm of instruction ic beiii^ grazed on a cow pasture (to einiuiizH the growth of grass),1 half of which had been dressed j with guano and the other half with ) basic slag-. It is noticeable that the ! sheep are eating the latter portion ! much more closely than the former. A sic to see the new low bust longsi; irted models in Wahnkr's Rustproof Corsets« Every pair guaranteed, 1 jjQGsi Dmpera