COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 74, 27 July 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

. I NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Thursday, Stli inst., at. Xgacic, lor Mr .1. Burkett's flfartiijJ! sale fin conjunction « ill: the I.nan Co.), there was a big crowd of buyers. Bidding was brisk, the herd of 120" cows averaging £<S 'Js. At Midhir'st on Friday. 9tli,*for Sir .1. Kr.vdays' sale (here was a good attendance. Choice cows brought up to £-16. th'c herd averaging £lO Ufa. store cows £:i 2h tid and £1 2s (id. pedigree Jersey cow 2ogns.. pedigree Jersey calf iOgns., sow and litter £K 10s, pedigree Jersey bulls 0 to lHgns, wen-] ner heifers £1 L7s, roan gelding £29. At I'reniii yards on 12th inst., Ij

had only a smail entry, all of which! I was able to clear at the following | prices: Forward owes '2ls (id. emptyj , ewes LGh 4d. fat wethers £1 ss, dairy! i cows £lO. springing heifers £3 l-» s j \ to £0 12s od. store cows £3 Uis to £3, < Los. rough Mcers £3 12s. yearling; , steers £2 9s to £2 Us. At, Rnhotu, on Tuesday. 13th. therej ] ,v,s a fair entry, all of which was. , cleared at a sharp advance ill prices. | Wcaner steers (fair) made £2 2s'.j j weedy wethers 12s. empty 20 month, heifers £3 2s. small store cows £3 -is | to £3 18s fresh conditioned stores CI 12s to £5 15s, 3 year Shorthorn springing heifers £S 10s, 2 year springing heifers £6 10s. On Wednesday. 15th. at Alf Walsh s clearing sale, the dairy cow s sold a from £7 to £l3 5s for the best and £| 10s to £5 17s (id for hack ward sorts or aged, the line averaging £8 ss. The farm gelding brought £3O, yearlings 325, breeding sow £/. At Lowgarth on Thursday. 15th. for the sale in the estate of the late Gor-

dor, Townsend. hold in conjunction with the Uawera branch of the Loan and Mercantile, I had a very large attendance, all purls of Taranaki being represented. Bidding throughout was exceptionally brisk, as the cattle were choice Grade cows brought up to £23 ss, the herd of 39 averaging £1 I Ms. Pedigree Jersey cattle sold as follows:—Cows: Miss Dew (K. H«rper, Ngaere), 15gns; Oakleas Bluebell (H Grav. Midhirst). ITJgns. ; Meadow Queen's Ruby (Thos. Linn, Mancratokh, 27gns.; Golden Riverleas (" • Tlutlcdge. Midhirst). '"JSigns. : Oakdale's Flower (1). L. A. Astbury, Maiigatoki), 52g<is. Heifers.—Riverlea's Princess (H. Gray, Midhirst), 9Jgns; Miss Dew's Fancy (K. Kirkwood), 10-igns. Bulls.—Golden Mark (G. Cowling. Manaia). 10J gns.; Drummer Boy (I). Astbury. 21 7ms.- Ida's Boy/(H. A. Shaw. Klthai:)), logns.; Miss Dew's Clinker (Campbell and Son. Waverley\ 17 gns.; Karl Douglas (A. Hooper, Mahoe), 13gns.; The Flincher Mas. Stewart, Kaponga), 161gns.; Royal Guard (T. Foreman). 7gns. ; Royal Marine j(K. Harper), lSlgns. : empty cows made £4 15s- to £5 Pis (id. ,' cows £1 : 15s to £5 ss, choice springing heifers : made from £9 10s to £l6 ss, back- • ward sorts £l-to £6 15s, choice year- ■ ling heifers £1 2s n\| to £o 2s (5(1, farm horses £2l to £4O, Lowgarth Factory sharks 9s (kl to 10s (kl. At Waiwakaihb on Friday, 16th. I

had n good entry, but Hie condition and class of most of the yarding was rugged. Store cattle and sheep met a ready .sale at a very noticeable advance in prices as follows : —Hoggets His 3d and His od, fat and forward ewes 235, woolly hoggets: 17s (id. empty forward ewes ISs (id to £l, store cows from £1 Is to £5 His (id. empty 20 month heifers £2 His to £3 10s. mixed yearlings £2, yearling steers £2 2s to £3. ragged/ weaners 18k (id to €1 7s.

springing heifers (good) up to CO 5s

small and backward sorts £4 -Is to £6, dairy cows (mostly.ragged sorts) from £(i 5s to £lO ss. aged dairy cows £1 ,1s to £o 10s, pedigree .Jersey cow Mary. 19gns. At ("renni. on Monday. 19th, for Mi' Tom Carey's clearing sale, there was a good attendance. Bidding from start to finish was exceptionally brisk, a very satisfactory sale resulting. The dairy cows were a line lot, the choicest selling 11)) to*£lß, good sorts made from £8 15s to £ll 10s, backward soils £5 10s to £7 ss, the herd averaging £lO 10s. mixed yearlings £1 (is. Jersey yearlings £2 0s fid. breeding sows £l, sow and litter £5 15s, farm horses £3-1 and £37. On the same day ai Douglas then 1

was a fair yarding, which sold as follows :—Fat heifers £7 5s to £7 10s, dairv cows £5 15s, 20 month steers £3

18s to £1 !os. 3 year springing lieif

ers £7 os. small wearier heifers 2:is (id and 21s, ewes in lamb 17s Od to 21s,

hoggets Lss. On the same day at Bird Road, Stratford, for Mr George CJiddy's sale, there was a good attendance. The cows were a mixed lot and sold at from £H 10s to LI I for the best, and from £•"> OS to C 7 5s for other soils, (lie herd of 33 making a good average'of I'S 10s. Springing heifers made £7 5s to £'lo, empty cows £2 lis. weaner heifers 30s, breeding sows £3 2s (id to £7 12s (id. On Tuesday, 20th, at Omata, for Mr l\ MeCormick's, there was a good attendance, despite the aul'nl weather. Those present were buyers a'id made good competition. The cattle realised : Empty heifers £2 Ms (id. yeaj'ling Holstein heifer £4, Shorthorn bull LIS los. springing heifers L'O Los. store cows C2 12s (id to 1:1. f.m. ewes in land) 13s. On the same day, at Stratford, lor my fortnightly sale, the weather blocked most of the cattle and sheep, everything having to be sold in the dairy shed. Forward cows made From £."3 1 its to £7 10s, fnl cows up io L'S 13s. store eons £3 13s (id to £5 Is. yearling heifers 38s. yearling In 20 month steers

(rough) L'.'i -"is, empty heifers up to £•'! Ifis, yearling bull £'l 7s (id, 2 year steers £! 3s (id to £5. hoggets 16s 7d. On Wednesday, lor .Mr AY. Snell's sale, despite the weather. I had a {rood attendance, the dairy r-nws selling

~t Iroui £5 IDs to £H 15s, averaging | cs Ids. empty eows £3 Mis to £ I .!•>>• i springing heifer L"8. On Thursday. 22nd hist., al Oaknra. I for Mr .). ('. Sumner's clearing sale, there was a good crowd of hovers, the dairy cows \\i'\r all second calverx : just „ little backward for some buyers,

hut they made a very satisfactory average of £8 10s Sd. IJest cows, close up EH) 15s, other.. LM 15s to £B. store cows £3 7s lid to £1 7s (id. pedigree Jersey bull llgns.. purebred .Jersey cow £2O, purebred Jersey springing heifer LM I 10s. springing heifers £< to £7 K's, yearlings CI 8s (id to £1 1.- )s (id. I and (i tooth ewe.- in land) £1 S s [)(1, farm horse £l2 10* to £3O. according to age.

ELTHAM AUCTION MART REPORT We had good entries and very satisfactory attendance of the public for our weekly sale on Saturday last. Bidding was good and most lines offered were sold under the hammer or at conelusion of sale. Prices for entries enumerated were as follows: Pigs weaners Bs, fowls Is 7d to 2s. chicks Is 3d, ducks Is 9d. farm implements discs) £1 7s to £3 17s. Numerous farm tools were also sold and a quantity of household furniture, besides a consignment ol K.P. ware, docks, cuilerv. etc. Karon at Bd/\ hams 9d.