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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7903, 19 August 1905, Page 3

cnterwcfttbe late A. neyergang; Thte W« "large attendance _ and Waitara West «m Thursday I ularly good >ot and were competed for by buyers as far south as Palmerston North. Pedigree Jersey cows made from £l2 to £33, the who* Jierd averaging £lB 5. Pure bred bulls made £1» 10s to £2l, yearling do., £ll to £l4. grade Jerseys made from £5 10s to £l2, averaging £8 17s; 1 very choice springing heifers making £l7, htiltrs in' calf £3 3s to £7 10s, yearling heifers £2 17s 6d. On Thursday I held, in conjunction with Messrs Steuart and Corrigan, a clearing sale on the Palmer Road on account of Mr A. E. Putt, There was a good attendance and spirited bidding. The cows were a »iry nice lot, young, well forward and in good condition, and sold as follows '.—Early carvers £7 15s to £lO sb, backward springers £6 5s to £}t 15s, late calvers £3 to £6 10s, bulls £5 to £5 10s, trap horse £l9, sows in farrow £3 15s to £5 ss, tau £2 15s, store pigs 14s 6d to £1 Is, express £2B. Sundries sold wdl.

MESSRS BEWLEY AND GRIFFITHS' WEEKLY REPORT. There was a large entry <if firstclaH poultry with a good audience <rf buyers, realising the prices at lite following rales .—Hens Is 4d to Si Id, pullets ,1s 4d to 2s, cockrels Is 5d to 2s od, ducks 2s to 2s Id, turkeys 3s 4d to 4s. Furniture and sundries brought usual value. Fruit.—Bananas 3s Gd per case, apples Bs. Dairy and cattle sale.—Last Monday we held a clearing sale ol dairy and other stock, totalling 135 head, for tfesstb (Wells and GiHwrlv* at OmaU. There was a good attentMßce ot buyers. Everything .was sold at higher prices than anticipated, .bidding being brisk from start to finish. The average for the 90 ', dairy cows was a fraction under £6 per head, several horses and sundries including gig, were sold at satisfactory prices. Prices realised were as (oHows:— Septemtjr and October ealvers from £4 10s to £7 10s, springers £6 to £8 2s 6d, cows in milk and late ealvers £4 to X 6, Store cows bom £2 5s to £5. The line of springing heifers advertised mot with great competition, prices Tanging from £3 10s to £5 ss, averaging £4 12s fid per bead. Bull £3 2s 6d, sow in pig £1 15s, calves, late weaners, 8s per bead.

MBBBHS VICKBRB * STEVENS' BEFORT. There tu a good entry of cattle ia ooi Inglewood yards, tie majority beiag springers and cows in call, which were in good demand. Calves made £1 4s to £1 .7s, yearlings to II months £1 lis to £2 9s 6d; ■tore cows £1 10s to £2 10s, springers £3 12b 6d to £6 1,7 a 6d, eves In lamb 13s 6d. At the sale in the estate of the late Mr E. Olson there was a good attendance, and nearly all lots offered were sold. Cross bred cows made £2 10s to £6 7s 6d, pure bred Ayrshire cows £5 ISs to £l6, bulls £5 to £9 10s.

ASON'S REPORT, • (Special to Ness.) AUCKLAND. Aug: 18. HofSesir-There nu a good demand tor jroung .and useful- sorts: ' Active draught* «M' up to £57, medium £lB to «82, buggy horses awl good h»clo £l4 10s to £46 ss, lighter sorts £5 15s to £l3 Ids. At Remuera beet was lolly supplied at lowest rates. Steers to 235" per lOOlbs, trom £B t<v £l3 each, cows Iran £5 to SSI 17«. Sheep were in usual numbers. *ethen- to Ms 6d, ewes to 245, hoggets tollsSd. n« were in demand. Baconers to Importers to 355. , ATwraaTcm stock xabkki. v CHRISTCHURCH, August 16. ' Addisgton yards there was not a large entry ot stock bat the quality of some ot the fatr»czttte< and sheep was exceptionally good. There were seretal Hues of both from the Aumri stations. The attendance was luge. Beef sold at rates equal *to last week, and though tat sbeep, except special lines, opened rather lower, they improved towards the dose of. tie sales. Fat lambs |and (at hoggets sold Ten well, and there Mi keen demand for store sheep, young farsusiug, «wes especially. Porkers showed aa advance in price and stoles sold, very well, but there van no bayers for baconers. In store and dairy cattle there was but little business done. Store sheep,—The yarding was made ap principally of ewes in lamb, with • feirpens of wethers and hoggets There was keen demand for all class- \ ea, especially young ewes, and prices were exceptionally good. The principal lots sold Were 481 four and six-tootb crossbred ewes 26s 2d, 91 two and four-tooth 24s Id, 173 eighttooth 23s Id, 257 sound-mouth 235. 150 at 20s Id to 20s 9d, 55 aged dry ewes 10s 4d, 68 Wethers 20s «d, 48 at 30s, 67 hoggets 15s 7d to 17s lOd, 151 at 16a 84 Fat lambs.—About » dozen nei season's fat lambs penned,, and they soM at lie to 19s 6d, and one, extra at 2fs, #*t toggeU.-Only a small entry. over half the number being comprised in one line from Cheviot. The soW folly up to late rates, some of the smaller lots being not well finished. The chief sales were .IS at 25s 325 at 18s lid, 21 at 18s, 70 at 16s W to 17s lOd, 17 at 66s 10.1, 19 at 15s.

Fat sheep.—The supply was a moderate one in point of numbers, but included some extra prime lints 01 balf-fcred and merino wethers. The gale did not open quite up to the previoas week's rates, butchers' requiremeaU evidently not being so large. Towards tie close of the sale, however, there Was improvement, and prices fully recovered. The range o( prices was:—Extra prime Wethers 28s to 30s 3d, prime 24s to 27s Bd, lighter Sis to 23s ; extra prime ewes 22s 60 to 265, good to prime Its to 21s 9d, aged Hss to 18s extra prime merino wethers 23s 6d to 29s ; prime 18s 6d to 21s 2d, others 13s «d to 17s 2d. Fat cattle.—The number penned totalled 154, and a proportion of the yarding was of prime quality. There was a fair demand, and practically no change in values. For J. H. Davison (St. Leonard's) one steer sold at £l4; for D. Rutherford, (Leslie Hills) 8 steers at £lO 12s Bd.to £l2 10s; 6 heifers £8 2s 6d to £» 7s 6d ; lor Bealey Bros. (Ho, rorata), ,4 steers £8 15s to £l3 15s, 2 heifers £2. 7s 6d to £lO 10s. heifers £5 5s to £8 (Is 6d, cows £4 10s to £7 10s, .equal to 22s to 23s for prime, 19s W to 21s for medium, and 17b 6d to 19s lor cow and inferior per 100 ft. A fair entry of veal calves sold at ) 76 td to 555. Store dairy cattle.—Practically no entry of store cattle. A small yarding ol dairy cows met with an irregular sale, the iiest price being £? 15s.

Fiji.—Only a few bacon pifjs and bo demand for them. Porkers were firmer, and there was a rerv cnod sale for stores. Porkers sold at 27s M, equal to A\i to 5d per lb. A line of 35 rough pigs from the Chatham Islands made 20s to 40s for fats and 15s to 30s for stores. One hundred, store pigs from Cheviot made 18s to 235, other medium •tRW told at 13s to 18s, wcaners