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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8840, 17 June 1907, Page 2

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Stock Report. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their Foilding sale as below : 'Owing to the heavy {rain the sheep yarded were looking at a great disadvantage, hat we quitted, all lines, with the exception of one, at satisfactory prices to the vendor. Wo quote: 2,4, and 0 tooth ewes in lamb l!)s 4d, medium lambs Its Od ; on account of Mr L H. McHardy, Beaulieu, 209 5 year old owes in iamb to Shropshire Down rams 19s 9<l, 103 6 year old owes in lamb to Shropshire Down rams 17s lid, 87 5 year old ewes in lamb to Shropshire Down rams 18s. A line of 30 month steers realised £3 los Cd. Feilding Market Report. | Messrs A. H. Atkinson anti Co. report ;—Owing to the heavy rain which fell on Friday only a small entry of pigs came forward. We had a large entry of poultry which sold well. Poultry consisted mostly of purebred Leghorns for which there was poor demand. Quotations: — Hqrses: Three year saddle colt £8 10s. Pigs: Slips 6s to 9s 6d, small porkers 14s 6d, sows £3 os to £3 3s. Poultry: Cockerels Is 6d, purebred 'Leghorns ss, Wyandottes 3s Sd, hens Is to Is 6d, purebred White Leghorns 3s, ducks 2s Cd to 3s, geese 2s 5Jd to 2s Cd, all at each; doves 3s per pair. Produce: Pumpkins ><d per lb, marrows 3s sack, horse carrots 2s 9d sack, swedes 3s, artichokes Id per lb, onions Id to per lb, potatoes pig 3s to 2s 6d, eating do. 9s to 10s per sack, sheep dog pups os to £3 ISs. High Commissioner’s Report. Per Press Association. Wellixotok, Jane 17. n The Department of Industries and Commerce has received the following cable froum the High Commissioner, Lontion, dated Juno lath : The mutton market is quiet and trade for all classes very slow, prices, .. being barely maintained. A moderate supply of Canterbury mut- . ton sold at 4d and North Island 3%d par lb. The lamb market is firm, and tnere • • ;s good demand for all classes. Can-

torbury brands are quoted at 5%d, and other than Canterbury s}£'d per lb. " , The beet market is very firm, ana stocks of New Zeahind beef are lighL Quotations are 4J£d and !i%d l° r hinds and fores respectively. M The butter market is ‘ linn, notwithstanding large receipts. Choicest New Zealand is 90s, Siberian 91s, s and Danish 107 s. ~ i The cheese market "is quiet, ana; prices are likely to go lower, owing • to Canadian supplies, which are increasing. New Zealand cheese is giving satisfaction to buyers, but complaints are being received or light weights* White- 64 s, coloured 03s; this season’s Canadian cheese 60s. The hemp market is very quiet, >and buyers are cautious. Fair grade on spot £29 10s, July-September £39 per ton. Only nominal quotations arc obtainable for good fair grade on spot at £33 10s. ‘ . The cocksfoot seed market is quiet. Bright clean New Zealand 17lbs to the bushel 54s per cwt. , Arrivals from River Plate during May were—Mptton: London 118,141, Liverpool 140,631, Hull 11,953, Cardiff 8738, Southampton 999, Newcastle 8000, Ireland 3934. Lamb: London' 9159, Liverpool 4597, Hull 1000, Cardiff 500, Newcastle 500, Ireland 175. . River Plate mutton is 3&d per lb.