THE MARKETS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9394, 15 March 1909, Page 8

THE MARKETS.

. WOOL a'ALBS.

The N.Z. Loan & M o ro»ntlle AeenorOo., Ltd., report as_ foL ■'ilbws -We held our No. 5 or March supplementary wool sale y® B *® rd “y afternoon, Hth Matoj, w : . submitted a catalogue of 850 _baleß. There was an unusually I**B in anoe of buyers for so I** in tte season, and competition w and general. Good lambs, wool did not bring snob high at the . February sales owing probably to toe absence yesterday °* 0I f n fho tajer, lor . w . h n o ’ “‘£ previous sale seemed to copaiaer nrioß a secondary matter so long as , fhe lot suited 7 his Requirements Prices were dearer yesterday by fo S than at the February series, white and haltbreda .d----vanned about an average of %d au round. Under the hammer we sold nqo bales. Our range of prices was Merino 7d to ■!%&, hatred 7M d, medium to good ?«> sß ' Slid 6d to .6%d,. to 5%d, good lambs 6d to. m*. inferior and seedy lambs 5%d, bellies and pieces Sd to.*%a, locks l%d to 3d. stock: report. Messrs Dalgety & 00., Lt d y having held their usual f^ nl f “ ly sale at Wanganui on th ® 10 fg th 7nst’ and at Waverley on the lSth insL At Wanaanm we yarded 8800 sneep and 380 cattle. Competition for , sheep was dull the dry w® a *^® r . the fall in the price of a depressing effect on There was very little demand for cattle ana the balk of the yarding wen outt unsold., At Waverley we had a good yarding of 8018 sheep and a small yarding of cattle. Competition was again quiet but we succeeded In qoittmg the bulk of the entry at prices slightly in adyaoce of rates ruling at our Wanganui nesdav. Quotations: Wanganui. Sheep', 2 ajnd 4 tooth wetthars 8s 4d to 8a 6d, 2 and 4 tooth ewes 98 ' 9b 6d, full mouth ewes 7s Id, cull ewes Is to 2s 3d,' forward ewes-9a, oull lambs Is to 3s, small 2 tombs.6a. 9d , cattle, 18 months heifers 80s 6d, light heifers £3 3s, springer £4 4s. bulls £2. Waverley.—4 tooth Lincoln ewes 9s. 2 tooth ewes 10s t 7d, 6 tooth ' and f.m. ewes 10s. f ; *.m. ®J® 9 ' foll month ewes 4s to 6s 6d, onll ewes 2s to Bs, 2 toofch wethers 9« 3d. to 10s 3d, lambs 6s, fatoows £8 to £4 4s, store cows 85s, dairy heifers £ 5s 6d.

Messrs A. H. Atkinson So Of*;* Ltd,, report on Fellding Salomon Friday We have had brisk business throughout the week. A large entry of pigs came forward on Friday and values were about on a par with last weeks rates. Young pigs of good quality came forward •" The poultry pens were well filled and good quality birds sold well. There is a strong demand for good table birds. Quotations ;--Pigs. suckers 2s9d, 8s 9d, 4s, 4a, 6d, slips if• 68.3 d, 6s 3d, 6s 9d. Ba6dto9s6d, stores 12a 6d 14a 6d, to 159 6a medium to good porkers 26s 3d to 308 3d, empty sows 24a to 27s 6d, boar 18s 6d. Poultry, roosters Is 3d to 2s, young cockerels 9d to Is Bd, hens la 3d to Is sd, dnoks 2s 2d, g OOBO 3a to 3s. Prodnce, new chaff £2 los per ton, feed oats 2a 3d per bushel, table potatoes 3s 9d to 4s per 901 b bag, onions small 3s 3d per bag of 901ba, cucumbers Is, Is 6d per case, cabbages 3a per sack. Fruit, tomatoes 2s, 2a 9d, 8s 3d, 39 9d per case, peaches 4s, Damson plums %d to per lb, apples 2a to 5s 3d per case, pears 2s 3d, 3s, 4s, 4s 9d per case. We held during the week snocoessful clearing sales on behalf of Mrs Oohen and large sale of boarding house furniture and equipment on behalf of Mr H. D. Trevena. Oyer four hundred lots wore offered and disposed of, and made values largely above expectations.