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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 100, 1 September 1913, Page 7

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NKWTOX KING’S WEEKLY REPORT. On Thursday, 2ist inst., at Toko for Mr Jos. Law’s clearing sale, there ■was an exiwik-nt attendance of tin'public. The herd of cows con tain-an :;t good number of the best qualit;. Iloistcin and Jersey cows, the lino o. 0;J soiling very readily and average;; _■;) per head, a very satisfactory 1 price considering tliat over half the I mini her were 2nd culvers. Choice jeows sold at from £l2 10s to £l6, igood sorts from £8 10s to £ll, lat(‘ I culvers £6 os to £7 ’los, empty cows |m| to £1 15s, small 2nd oalvers £5 Ito £7 os, choice springing heifers £l2 It £ls. good springers £G 15s to £H 110 s, small £1 os to £G os, Holstein bull £7, Jersey bull £5, empty heifers £4 ss, yearling heifers, with good deal of color £3' ss, sow with 9 of litter £8 10s, f.m. ewes in lamb 15s 6d, culls Bs, 7 year mare £3O, 4 year gelding £l7, roan mare (aged) £2O. At my Rahotu yards on 22nd inst., I held a clearing sale on account oi .Ur Murray Horo. There was an excellent attendance- of buyers', including a good number from the Plains. The cows were a fine line, and sold under keen bidding, the herd of 88, which included about 12 calved hellers, making a fine average of £9 os. Choice young cows sold at from £ll * 10s to £ls 10s, good cows at £8 15s to £lO 10s, cows carrying rather much age £0 5s to £9 10s, late culvers £5 5 S to £8 10s, empty cows £4 to £4 10s, springing heifers from £5 2s Od to £7 2s Gd, pedigree Jersey bull “Campordown” 13. i guineas, grade Jersey bull £5, Shorthorn bull £8 10s, yearling heifers £2 18s 6d and £2 19s od, calves 3s to IGs, 7 year gelding £3O, 8 year gelding £25, colt £ll 1C:;. At Urenui on Monday I had a very heavy entry of dairy cattle, of which 149 were cleared at the hammer. The herd of 19 cows offered on account of Mrs S. Marsh,Uruti, were a very nice lot, averaging £lO os. Choicest cows sold at from £l2 to £ls 10s, good cows £9 15s to £lO 10s, aged cows £5 10s and £6, 2 quarter cows £5. The springing heifers yarded were a particularly lino lot, mostly Shorthorn, but some choice Jerseys were offered. Competition was keen throughout, especially for the best quality heifers. A very choice Jersey heifer realised £is, other Jerseys £7 5s to £8 10s, best Shorthorn heifers £7 5s to £8 15s, heifers bit backward £5 5s to £6, small £4 2s Gd to £5 ss, dairy cows up to £7 ss. I had also a good yarding of stove cattle, fort which there was excel lan t competition, practically the whole entry being,clearcd at the hamdor as follotvsifcnStore cows- £3 12s. 3d tq £4, 6s, (forward,, cows £si Is to £6' 15s, fat cows-£6 7s 4xl-to £7 17s 3d, mixed 20 months cattle £3 19s Gd, empty heifers £3 16s to £4 ss, nice oen of good conditioned 3 year bullocks £G 17s Od, mixed yearlings (small) £2 Is, yearling steers (rough) £2 6s Gd, yearling heifers £2 11s to £2 17s Gd. nicp ppn of 4,0 Jersey Hoi•itdin yearling heifers £3, 1&. On Tuesday, 26th in my 3aliof.il yards, I had a good entry,

ill pens and races being well filled. Flicre was a good attendance, of buyers, making competition brisk for all cbrses. The. full yarding with the gxc ption of a pen of bad colored yearlings being cleared at the hammer )r privately at the following prices:— Tea rli ng steers £2 10s to £2 16s 6d, •mcl £3 for a well grown line of 70, yearling heifers, choice Holstein £1 ds. good colors £3 Ds to £3 17s 6d, small grades £2 os 6d, empty heifers £3 Is to £3 12s, bulls £2 Is to £9 5s for good yearling Holstein, store cows £3 11s to £4 9s Gd, fat cows £6 ss, springing heifers from £5 10s to £S !ofl, dairy cows £4 15s to £G 10s. On Wednesday, 27th inst., for Mr a. Clomow’s sale at Omata, there was a good attendance. Competition for the sheep was very keen', each liru selling at top prices. The dairy herd was not up to expectations, the cows 'laving been in milk since May and Tune and sold accordingly. Some very nice (springing heifers were offered, these selling at from £6 to £3 ss, dairy cows from £4 5s to £8 ss, empty heifers £3 16s 6d, yearling heifers £3 Is, yearling steers (rough) 22 Os Gd, calves 10s to £1 Is, f.f.m. ■wes in lamb 16s 7d, Hampshire ewes u:d lambs £1 4s. good line of woolly hoggets 16s 4d, 2-tooth wethers 17s, small hoggets 9s 9d, f.ra. ewes IQs Gd, bay mare £24, spring cart £ls 10s, pony £2 10s, sundries at satisfactory prices. PRIVATE SALES. Since my last report I have sold irivately at the following prices:— Choice yearling Jersey heifers £5, ■olored yearling heifers £3 to £3 10s, Shorthorn yearling heifers £2 12s, /calling steers (good line) £3. mixed yea rlings £2 7s 6d, empty 2 year heifers £4, empty 18 to 20 months heifers £3 10s, store cows (in strong lemand) £4 os, £4 3s, £4, £3 12s Gd. line of good forward cows £5 10s, fat cows £6 15s to £7 10s, 3 year steers C 4 15s, £1 10s. £ I ss, £4, £3 15s, •21 and 3 year steers £7 17s Cel, £5 log. £5 10s, well grown lines of 3 veer bullocks. £6 15s. £6 12s Gd, £6 7k 6d, £6 3s, dairy cows £lO, £9, £6 10s, springing heifers £6 17s Gd, CO 10s. £6 os, £6, £5 6s, £5 ss, £s,bog--cts (in strong demand) 15s 7d, 15:Id, 14s Gd, I ts 3d, 14s 2d, Its, IMs pis Bd, 13s, 12s Gd. 12s. 11s 6d, Mr, Id. rams 30s, ewes in lamb 19s •VI. IBs 6d, 17s 16s Gd, I.ls, 10s, fat! wes 19s, 18s Gd, fat wethers £1 3-.. 1 2s 6d, store wethers 17s 6d, 17m vsed fat shot p £l.