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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9028, 16 December 1907, Page 2

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FEILDING MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. H. Atkinson & 00. report:—Ou Friday a large entry of pigs came to hand. Bidding was not fw been as last week and prices were a shade easier. The poultry pens were full, but the quality was not first class, ami light birds wore neglected. New potatoes mado thenappearance at the rooms for the first time tin's season, and we still have a fair quantity to dispose of. Pigs : Weaners 7s 9d to 12s, slips 13s (id to 17s 6d, stores 21s to 2s sd, empty sows 7s 6d to 40s, agod 30s. Poultry : Hens Is 3d to 2s id, chickens 9d to Is 7d, goese 3s Id to 3s 2d each. Produce: Old potatoes, table' (is (id > to l'is (id, pig 2s, new potatoes l'-M 1 to 2d per lb. STOCK REPORT. Messrs Dalgety & Co., Ltd., report:— At Feilding on Friday there was a fair entry of both sheep and cattle. There was only a moderate demand for sheep, but a good demand for ' cattle. Sheep: Aged smptv ewes 6s !)d, fat Shropshire ewes" los 7d, small shorn 3 tooth wethers 12s lid, small shorn 2 tooth ewes 14s Id, fat bullocks £(> 15s to -£7 ils, fat cows £5 2s, heifers £O, forward cows 565, cows with calves £2 15s young bulls 395; old dairy cows £2 12s 6d. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson & Co., report:—At our Wauganui stock sale on the 11th inst. we had a yarding of 800 head mixed cattle, 1650 sheep, and 100 pigs. Bidding for slioop was dull, though most lines found bnyers after the auction at prices quoted below. Cattle, on the whole, were somewhat easier, although most lines offered were disposed ;of before the day closed at satisfactory values. A good yarding of pigs met a ready ksale. We quote:—Woolly fat wethers lS3s Id, woolly fat ewes 21s 4d, shorn Wat ewes, good, los to los 9d, others Bis 3d to 14s, wethers and ewes Kfced 10s, 2-tooth ewes 14s 2d, small HHjiT'ii wethers 14s 3d. mixed 2-toofhs bullocks £7 19s to £B, fat bullocks £6 17s (3d. 3 steers £4 15s to £B, fat speyed cows £3 10s, store to £3"ss. f rward cows £2

and' calves £'i os, 2 to stot*«,« and heifers £3 Us, -yearling mixed 80s to 383. yearling heifers'■.')-. ro 3Js, mixed young cattle •2756 d, cows £3 10s to £4 12» fi i «\>U-bred bidls £7, £8 ss, £!); - others £' 10s to i'f 2s Cd. Pigs: Best por'.ors 36s to £3 as Cd, medium do 2As ti«.t to 80s 'id, stores 20s to 235, we'auers 13s to il* <sd, sows iu pig £2 ss. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S RE- - , - PORT. ."*" Per Press Association". Wellington, December K'-. *'' Following is . tlio High Con> missin ■■• rs rtyor dated Lc:>".on, -December 14th:— . .' Th» mutton marker, is dull, with lens dPirciisd, and u.<de ifi very di*>being uly a hand to mouth i-mand. - .Slowing a..' c.ur'jrent '. " i.ious:—C.nuerbary 3-^d, fwrtliilaud B%d, Australian M/Yi d » iverTlate 3d.

■ The lamb market is a shade weaker owing to largo arrivals from Australia. Canterbury lnmb other than Canterbury o^dTlie beef market is steady, uw demand boa"been chiefly for lorequarters. Hindquarters <%d, lorequarters 2?{d. 1 The butter market is vory firm. There is a great demand in sue market for the Christmas traeo and it is estimated that supplies will be short. Choicest New Zealand butter 120 a, Australian 117 s, Danish 1235., Siborian 109 s, Isaltless is less than above prices. Damaged butter from s.s. Turakina is realising 112 s. There is better demand for cheese ; whito manufacture 60s, coloured 61s. , . . . i Tlie hemp market is quiet and small business doing. Following are tlie quotations:—Good fair «rade on spot £2O, fair grade on spot £2B fair current Manila on spot J?'*!)'10*! January-March shipments, good fair grade" £2S, fair 'grade £27. fair current Manila £2!).