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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 290, 11 September 1915, Page 8

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HIDE A3TD SKIN REPORT. Dalgety and Co.*, T.td.. report:—We held our usual fortnightly .sale of skins, hides, and ta.Eow at Wellington on 3rd September; and in conjunction offeree crutchings and fleece wool that had been held over during the past month specialy for this sale. There was ? good attendance of-buyers, but prices for skins were slightly easier, showing a drop of i{d per lb for halfbreds and line crossbreds, and about. ]d to -Id per lb for other lines. Hides wore on a i par with tiie prices ruling a fortnight ago, which were very satisfactory. Fleece wool and crutchings sold very erratically, only good clean lines beingbid on, and prices for these were on about a par with those realised r month ago. All bale wool will be held over for our first wool sale of the 1915-1 G season on 17th November next. Th.e next sale of skins, hides, and bag wool will be held on 17th September. The following is the range of prices.:—Wool l : Crossbred, llld, ISJcI; crutchings, sup. 111, 321 d; crutchings, mod. fid, 12]d; crutchings, inf. 7^cl. 8} d; lambs, lid, lli/d; dead, lid, 12-ld. Sheepskins: Halfbread Old, lOd: fine crossbred, lOld; medium crossbred 91 d, lid; short and half wools, 7-Id, 9jd; dead and damaged crossbred, (Id, 91 d; inferior and damaged, Id, 71; lambs, 91d, 10jd; damp, salted and green, 5/(1, 10/9; pelts, 21,4 d; lambs, salted 3/(1. 5/3. Hides: Ox, heavy 11 1-Sd, Uhl; med. 9 s,Bc], 11 }d; light 71d, 10.5-Sd; cow. heavy 9 T-Sd, 9]d; cow, jned. Bd, 9-jd; cow, light 71d, 9d; cat, slippy, and inferior (si;d. 9d; bull and stag Gd, 71d; yearlings 7d, 9}d; calf, sup. 8 7-Sd, lOjd; calf, med.-good 9d, 91d; calf, damaged 1/. 7d. Tallow; In casks, 22/(1, 21/9 cwt; an tins, IG/, 23/ cwt. Sundries: Opussum skins, I/G, 2/2 each; cow tails, .1/3, 1/4. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report having a very fair entry of both sheep and cattle at Marton, cn Tuesday. Hoggets were not In such keen demand, but other classes of stock sold readily. We quote: Best mixed hoggets, 21/7, 23/7; good do., 19/1; medium do., 17/1, 17/3; cull do., 11/11, 14/5; forward ewes, 20/; cull do., 9/6; ewes and lambs, 34/; 2tooth wethers, 25/9; fat ewes, 25/9, 28/9; fat wethers, 31/7, 32/8; springing heifers, £6, £6 5/, £6 10/; ethers, £3 to £5 12/; springing cows, £3 5/, £5 5/; cows in milk, £4 10/, £6; -empty cows, to £5; 21 to 3-yr steers, £7 15/; bad-coloured do.. £5 7/ to £6 5/; yearling do.. £2 2/6, £3; weaner do.. 20/, 30/; cull do.. 12/; weaner he’fers. 37/6; fat cows, £10; fat heifers, £8 5/. -

LONDON WOOL SALES. WELLINGTON, Sept 9. Dalget ( y and Company, Limited, Wellington, have received the following; cablegram from their London office! under date of the 7fih just.: T he sixth series of wool galas opened with a fair selection, and a good attendance of I uv-rs, cr-mpet'tion was animated for all do-irab'e lots. Good merinos were very firm, hut faulty were irremiLV-. being general! y R por c«nt. lower. Good bright crossIvedc- •■'lkwed an advance of 5 percent a.- d were bmwht presumably ’ f or OthN' corV were SVpm rr; from E to 7-f, pgy