FARMING BUSINESS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 341, 23 January 1937, Page 6

FARMING BUSINESS

Review Of Prevailing Market Tendencies. Business is firm in practically all departments of tue live-stock market with values rnsonabiy firm on earlier states the.-weekly larket report Qof Messrs. Lambsf Wither lambs have suffered a slight reversal hut this should encourage freer changing and make profitable -farming less difficult. / :>art froniMliis class, values at the Uruti sale 'on Tuesday, at which there was a spFvUd’J offti/iu, of some<4.soo mix-ed-sex lambs, were fully up to vendots' ! expectations. Paddock business store sheep is all that quotations will allow. All classes continue to be freely enquired for. Cattle. T^Fc'demand in the store cattle sectioru.idiuws no tendency to ea- • and for well bred cattle contiuli|* to fall short of requii\ ments. Some (rjiquiry is encountered to Ph?'vhf»sf .of saner Jersey heitg|fb jbut. with su .h ,n abundance of fepd helde.s prefer to delay nuotinajtiheir cattle. Trade with in-c If li< ilflfs is slow to move, but there is a giaera! belief that these cattb will! In joy their share of improved valfeji that are ini ord.r in most ot hlj-Ls ec ti ons. Tall position in the beef section re* mans unchanged The tone is geueralft firm but Where Jersey and Jerte ’ sorts are offering th re is a tenfj icy for values io case. Fat Sheep. a|t rm mark t is being enjoyed by all /lasses of fat sheep and exporters -Aj-e operating freely on most The lamb scheduß remains at SSajrith the;usual reductions, while are worth from 26/- to 27/-, accqliiiig to quality. The schedule .. •

for ■ wes is in the vicinity of 17/-, bi’t -w sheep are available at this figure. Requirements for local consumption are being purchased at a shade above these prices.