THE MARKETS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9177, 22 June 1908, Page 2

THE MARKETS.

i; t STOCK REPORT. ■‘'f- *. Messrs Dalgety & Company, Palmerston North, report having a small entrv of both sheep and cattle at ’ their Feildiug sale on Friday the v. 19th iust. Amongst the sales they * quote fat and forward ewes 10s, fory" ward ewes 5s 7d, cnll yearling steers ' 13s (v.l, fat cows £5 Bs. Messrs A. H. Atkinson & Co., llitd report :—At our sale on b riday a fair entry of pigs, a large entry of poultry, and an average entrv of produce. The offered were largely weaners and slips, for which there was not great demand. The poultry offered was of good quality, the demand was good and nrices mads were satisfactory. Quotatious ;—Horses ; 4 year old gelding £9. Pigs : Weaners 4s to 8s fid, slips 13s 9d, small porkers 2s fid, sow B6s. Poutlry: Hens'ls to 2s Id, rooster, Jc-small Is to la Id, good Is 5d to 2s 9d, white Leghorns p.b. 3s 4d ts 4s 3d, Minorca p-b. 4s fid, ducks 2s ,3d to *fis 2d, turkeys 7s fid. .All at each. F b - Produce: Chaff £6 10s, £8 15s per * ,j/ tou. Oats, feed 3s fid per bushel, -potatoes 8s fid to 12s per sack, carrots m is 'fid for 351 b bag, pumpkins Id per fed!, Swedes 4s per sack. : , ib Messrs - Abraham & ' v p*H* ams .; re ‘ At-i Feildiug on . Friday*?, we -had a heflvy yarding of sheep ..afld a - - ae-:ium j qne of,- cattle. .There.-iwas r ’ only' a mediuia ; v attendance - ; .a>pu. b Ridding* und.ei all & classes ppibhe lately - had a def’- raressing effect Wd; i-cuaged, I ever.-, to quit the hulk of «.ur entry. A Quotations 3 tpdth' 12s 3d; mj’mixed lambs .6s 3d, fis lid to ( 9s, enlk ' do. to 4s fid3 apd‘ 4- tboi/r ewes jrasin lamb 12s 8d ! ‘ to -: l3s, mil ad age • ewes in lamb 5s 9d t0.105,10t7-> empty ewes 8s fid, cull do,-; 3s b0..55-, .fat cows £4 17s fid to . £5 s ss, forward cows £3l 2s, 3 yeay-steers £4 10sF Messrs Gorton & Son rsr"Kt :-yAt Feilding on Friday w 0 , yarding of both; sheep, nra. cahfle. ■The attendance'was .not nS. • _ usual, and' bidding was dull We ■Aquote: Cull' lUm.b| 2s Hd to 4s, ’ ’’‘medium lambs' 'ss d l ,.fafe lamb 10s 9d td 125,., Wo'olly''lambs; 8s 9d, old ewes im dainb 6s, 6 ;tooth s.m. ewes in lamb.Bs to 9s;’ fat.-and ; forward jeWes ifs tffyto los-6dy fat -wethers cull ewes 3s; •'Cattle : Fgrwaid , locks iSS 4s, fat c.oWs £3 6s 6d'-,(&r 15s, prime fat cows £5 12s, . emptycowa Ji4 to £3 16s, old store cows 205,: old cowar in calf; 12s to 355; ..e.mpty. , heifers 33S to .36, • heifers And-' Calf • 34s 6d, weaners 15s; bun i £^l , 7B; M. •' i ■ .in i mV i " t>**» ■- 1 . V'X