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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8766, 18 March 1907, Page 2

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? ' Stock Market. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report- on their weekly sale at Feildiug a on Friday :—There was again a heavy - yarding of sheep, our entry consisting ! of about 4500. Sheep of all classes were in good demand, especially good .sound breeding owes and forward lambs. There was only a very small entry of cattle. Wo quote :—Bane lambs 10s 2d to 10s (id, medium lambs i)s Id, fat ewes 13s Gd, 4 and 5 year « ewes 14s, 2 tooth ewes 15s Sd to 17s 3 ago;'! ewes 5s lid, Gs lid, 8s 7d, 10s, 3 2 tooth wethers 14s 3d. 0 tooth Border Leicester rams 255. ' Messrs Gorton and Son report as i follows :—Last week wo liold sales at . Bulls, Hunter villc, Apiti. and Feild- , ing. At Bulls we hail a heavy yard- [ ing of shoep, but only moderate entry of cattle. Bidding "for ail classes of 1 sheep was keen, and we had , a most successful sale. All the cattle but three head changed hands. At ■ Huntervillo we had a large yarding of sheep, but cattle were only represented by a few !peus. Though the sale dragged somewhat, we were successful in placing most of the sheep. , Mr A. Crawford's Lincoln owes realised 17s Cd. At Apiti on Wednesday though wo onlv had a small ayrding of sheep and cattle V.-o dispose;! of :»11 under the hammer, but i two old mm,-, for which good value j was oft';-red. At Feilciiug we again j h'-.d a heavy yarding of shcop, for j the most pare of gocd quality. The! attendance was largo and cempeti- j tioii for good sorts of all classes j showed a better demand. Low con- j ditioned sheep and culls were slow of j sale. Mr F. J. Riddiford's 2 tooth

Romuey-Liueoln ewes, made 21s 7d to 22s Id, Mr Carman's 2 tooth Roniney ewes made 20s, and a lino of well bred Lincoln owes, on account of Mr A. o. Merrick, realised His. We quote:—At Bulls: 'Messrs KeiJler Bros' 4ve;:v Romi.icy ewers ISs (id; .".MUiO vendors, 4 and ii tooth Romr.ey owes 17;- -Id, old Ronmey ewes 15s .id, s.m. breeding ewes i2s, Vte, IBs Bd, and IL- Gd ; f.m. ewes in low condition 9s, !V i:d, Os Gd, 10s Bd, small 2 tooth. Eouimy owes 13s, 2 and 4 tooth ewes 15s, Rimnui Ronmcy owe;'. J4s 3d to 14s -.ld, srap!l lambs 8s lOd to 9s 3d, Lincoln rams to fat cows £3 ISs Gd, £4 9s, Jaud £4 17s Gd, store cows £2 10s to £2 12s Gd, 2 •'.-.> year heifers £2 10s, cows in milk £2".105. Huntervillo: F.F.M. Jewes 14s to 14.; Id. 4 tooth to f.m. ewes 18s, 4 tooth to f.m. Lincoln owes 17s 'kl.'old ewes 5s to 8s 6d, low condi- [ tioncd s.m. ewes !)s, 3 tooth Roinney ewes lfis 7(1, 2 tooth f.m. half bred ' ewes 10s 2d, small lambs (is Id to Gs I Gd. Apiti: Mixed lambs 7s 7d, cull ] lambs 4s 3d 2 '.tooth to f.m. owes 14s i Gd, old ewes Bs, weancrs 8s Gd, year- J Hug heifers 20s (id, cows and calves ,' £2 IDs. Feildiug: Two tooth wethers c Jos to 15s lid, smaller ditto 14s Id to 14s 3d; E. J. Riddiford's 2 tooth '. ewes 21s 7d to 22s Id., S Carman's 2 1 tooth owes 20s, A. G. Meyrick's '„ f.m. Lincoln ewes 19s, s.m. breeding ewes lis 3d to 14s, 4 tooth to s.m. f ewes 12s Id to IGs, low conditioned j r J

ewes 8s !id to 10s. lOd, small 4 and G tooth ewes 14s 9d, 2 tooth Romney ewes 17s to 18s, rape lambs 9s 2d to lis 4d, wether lambs 0s to lis Id, fat lambs 12s, ewe lambs 10s 8d to lis 4d small lambs 8s to 8s 7d, cull lambs Gs Id to 7s Id, Lincoln ranis Hi to 5 gns springing cows £4, Feiidlng Market Report Messrs A. H. Atkinson and Co. report : —A heavy entry of 210 pigs came to hand on Friday. A largo proportion were we.iner.-; and slips, for which an easier demand existed. Good stores were again in demand, and sold up to last week's prices. A good entry of poultry came in and prices showed improvement,-. An ) average entry of produce fold at ' late rates. "Quotations: Horses : j Hacks £2 to £B. Pigs : Good weaners I 10s to 12s 9d, small and inferior Gs I :o 8s Gd, good slips IGs to 19s, in- j 'erior 13s to 15s,medium stores 17s to! !ls, light stores 18s to 15:-, forward j ,o 25s 6:1, light porkers 28s to 255, ( uedium 20s Gd, heavy to 86s. Poultry: I •

Cockerels 2s"4d to 3sß d, hens 2s Cd j, to 3s 3d, ducks 2s Cd to 3s Sd,?goes'. Sis Bd. All at per pair. Produce: Tomatoes 13 Cd-to 2s 3d per case, « peaches us 9d per case, apples Id to i iy.d per lb, onions lj£d per lb, fowl r wheat 4s per ■'■bushel, cucumbers 8d t per doz., barley (seconds)ss Gd per sack. Factory bacon: Sides ?>#, <- hams 7%dd rolled ditto Bd. J j Skin and Hide Sda- i i Messrs Abraham & Williams, Ltd., re- f port 'is follows :—We offered a catalogue ' comprising 32. bales of wool, 1200 sheep skins, and ISO hides. Bidding wasbrisk < and competition from a largo attendance of buyers resulted in a very successful . sale, prices being very satisfactory. -Wo quote :—Wool : Rough medium crossbred B}d to 9:}d, medium to good lambs d-A to 9}d, seedy and dingy BJd to 9jrd, lock* , 4dd to 4dd, pioocs 4}d to 7d. Skins.Lambs 9.',d to 9Jd, dead Sd, lambs pelts Hd to Si A, pelts 'is id to 4 3 sd, lamb J ■Delta 2s 4d to 2s Cd. Hides : Ox solbs CJd, ox 671ba Gijd, cows 491bs CJd, ox and cov.-sc. damaged Gd to GJd. i