STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 269, 13 November 1901, Page 2

STRATFORD NEWS.

1 1, 1 (From Our Own Correspondent), ■ At the cuttle Bale held here last week J by Mr Newton King, there was what .is b?lieved to hive been a record entry ' i for the colony, nearly 3000 beasts being > yarded. As might have been expected 1 with so many would-be sel'ers, prices, declined considerably, showing a big } falling-off from the high rates recently ? ruling. The fall has come sooner than 1 , was expected, and the farmeis, it [ would seem, are trying to "stand • from under." The decline is understood to be due chiefly t« the preval- ' ence of dry feather in Efawke's Bay i and the Wairarapa.' This' is causing a b shortage in grass there; henca an ) inability to keep fully stocked, • and a consequent desire to s-11. • This, of course, must effect the ; market here. Unless the prices i harden very shortly things will bok ■ rathe? unpleasant for a go.od matjy > farmers. People are looking anxiously • for the of the Wanfeanlomona I aalg) which tabes plaae on Thursday, i and for whloh there are very large entrie?. Should thß fa'l continue, a good many, I am afraid, will burn their i fingers,. If, however, the fall has the effect of teaching our farmers to keep cattle mainly for milking and not to be oqctiouaHy buying and selling, it will be a blessing in disguise, Building is still v e >y brisk in Broadway, new premises being now in course of erection for Messrs Hitchcock, and for Messrs George and Kearsley. A good many Stratfordions travelled to Ohrietchurcb for Cup week, »nd are now finding their way back to work.