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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9008, 22 November 1907, Page 2

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Press Association —-Copyright; KcoeiVed November 22, 1 a.m. Melbourne November 21. ] The hide market is dull; kips and scoured ( neglected; supplies-heavy. i If EDUCTION IN FLOUR. Per Press Association. Christ, hurch, November 21. _ I\our has decrease i 80s y ar ton and is no-v £l3 10s as against £j.-i previously. _ Bran is reduced from £5 13s to £4 lo ? i and pollard from £G 10s to £3 10s. WOOL SALES. For Press Association. —Copyright. Received Nov. 33, 8.30 a.m. London, November 31. Tiie Antwerp wool sales opcne,d slow • 3203 hales wore ottered, mostly odd lots; BG4 wore sold, Merinoos declined 10 per cent, crossbreds 15 per cent. Sydney, November 21. Tbe wool sales closed firm with an improved tone. ADDINGTON MARKETS. Press Association. Christchurch, November 20. At the Addington live stock market to-day there was a fairly large entry of stock, and a good attendance.' Eat cattle were a shade easier. Eat lambs sold well, export buyers operating for tbe first tune tin’s season at the yards. Store sheep were not quite so easy to sell, ami tliore'Was a decline in all classes of pigs.' Store sheep: A line °J shorn 2-tooths sold at 11s 9d, at 12s, 55 at 12s lOd, 353 4-tooth shorn wethers Bis (Id, 01 4 and G-tooJh woolly ewes and lambs 14s M, i-’i shorn owes and lambs Ts Id, ah counted. Fat lambs: Several of tho export buyers wore operating, prices they paid'ranging from Bis Jo 2d. Lighter lambs sold from ids upwards. There was a fairly largo yarding of fat sheep, nearly all being shorn and there was a good proportion'of wethers. The market opened well. The supply of beef totalled 282 head, the bulk being of prime quality. The market was easier than of lata in consequence, of supplies becoming more plentiful. Steers brought £8 to £l3 13s (id, boilers So 37s Gd to £8 10s, cows Si lis ~(>d to £7 17s Gd —equal to 3Ss to 33s for extra prime, 25s to 37s (3d for punie, and 21s to 34s for cows and medium quality per 300 lb. \ eal calves wore entered in largo numbers, ana sold at 5s (3d to Ohs. The number of pigs entered not so hu--0 as i ..... . , -t- tiara was an all riiii'm ’' Jeciine. Bacouors ranged 55.-, to 75s (equal to l|,), porkers 30s to 53s (equal to s>|d Ito Gd), largo (stores 35s to 4os, j medium 253 to 335, vveauers 18s to

GRAIN AND SEED, Messrs Kayo and Cartel', Ltd,, Christchurch, report as follows; Wheat; Milling Tuscan 5s lOd to _os lid, milling pearl (!s to (is Id, milling Hunters 5s lOd to 5s lid, fowl wheat us Sd to 5s 9d, f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra. Milling wheat: The market was inclined to he easier at the end of last week, but fresh inquiries have firmed np holders again. Fowl wheat: Tory scarce. Oats: A Carton 4s to -Is Id, B Garton 5s lOd to 3s Hd, Sparrowbills a.s lOd to 3s lid, Danish 3s hd to 3s lOd, Duns -Is to 4s Id, f.0.h., LyfcteL ton, sacks included. The market is quiet and prices slightly easier. Potatoes: Table sorts £4 lbs to £5. Market continues very dull. STOCK REPORT. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report the following prices were realised at their Palmerston North sale on the :11st instant Aged ewes with kuiib.s iiC loot 10s i-Tit wethers tis (id, Lit and forward ewes 17s -Id. year steers £4 JOs, a to 2f.; year steers £-1 2s, 18 to 20 mouths steers £2 18s. * Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on their Marlon sale on Tuesday, 10th instant, as follows ; —Wo hall a fair yarding of sheep and a small entry of cattle. The following are the prices realised : Wether hoggets 38s 2d, mixed ewes and wethers 18s. fat and forward owes 17s, fat cows £5 5s 3(1. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report Wo hold ’ our first Wanganui sale on Wednesday, 20th instant, and yarded 1100 head of cattle and 2500 sheep. There was an exceptional attendance. Bidding was fairly brisk under the hammer, hut several pens had to bo passed on account of high reserves. The hulk of these were quitted privately. Wo quote Sheep: Mixed woolly iioggots 13s hd to ISs Bd, wether hoggets ids, cull hoggets 10s 3d. aged ewes and lambs ISs (id, cull wethers lis Gd. Gatin': 3 amt 4 year store bullocks £ls, 3 ■cear bullocks £4 to £5, 2 year steers £3 to £3 lis, yearling steers £2 3s Cd, mixed yearlings 27s to Sis, light fat cows £4 17s Gd to £5 ss, fat and forward heifers £3 10s to £4 2s (id, empty heifers 475, store cows £2 10s ro £2ll=, cows and calves £3 13s to £3 2s, backward cows in milk £2 5s to £3 7s Gd. Pigs: Porkers 82s, stores l£s.

The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report a.s follows: —At Palmerston North on Thursday wo had a good yarding consisting principally of grown steers. Only two pens of sheep came forward, but they sold well. Sheep; Pat woolly hoggets 25s fid, mixed hoggets 17s Cd, ewes and lambs 3<s Gd, ‘ Cattle; Yearling steers £2 9s, vearliug heifers 335, store cows 20s to 37, forward cows £2 Is to £3 10s, cows in calf £3 os, empty 2 year heifers £2 to £2 Bs, cows and calves £2 los low conditioned steers £3 12s to £4, S to 2’A year steers £i, bulls 27s (id to £3 " 10s. Also in conjunction with. Messrs Dalgety and Co. 3 voar Shorthorn steers £5 10s.