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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 20 April 1907, Page 4

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NEWTON KlNtl'S WKUKJA" I'KL'OKT. :UI ma At tln> llayinarket on Saturday only "" a few pigs camp forward, ami these sold " K at low rates, slips making 5/ to 8/. Sev- ' )0 . eral horses sold nt £7 to £9 10/ for J' 1 hacks, £ls 15/ to .-CIS for harness J horses; plough £l3 S/, disc harrows, !"' £9. At the Mart there was an improved . 1 demand for poultry, and good prices were realised. Cockerels made 1/5 to 1/11, hens 1/4 to 1/10, ducks 1/8. turkey hen 3/. A quantity o£ sundries was dis- | ( posed of at low prices. j Fruit: There is very little fruit com- j ing forward now. Good apples are scarce, owing to die ravages of (lie codlin moth. Prime dessert varieties realise high prices. I quote present values as follows:—Cooking up- <■ pies 8/ to 9/, pears (20]l> box) 5/ to 7/, (|f oranges 4/ to 9/ (according to quality), ( 0 iemons 4/0, passions 5/, bananas 3/ to 8/, jam melons if, pumpkins 4/, cab- i bages 1/ to 1/0. j." Cattle: At Waiwnfcaiho on Tuesday bidding for all classes of stock was quiet, and prices for most lines were easier. w Calves were almost entirely neglected, ~j and were mostly passed in: 12 to 15 mo«. steers 25/, 2 year steers £2 5/, store cows £1 to £2 5/, forward do. £2 10/ 0] to £3 1/, fat do. £3 15/ to £4, dairy cows, spring calvcrs £2 5/ to £3 12/0, .\ rpringers £3 to £4 2/6, lmlis £1 8/0 to £3, 2 tooth to f.m. ewes 12/10, 4 and 0 tooth wethers 14/8. n At Kahotu on Wednesday there was rather a small yarding, but a good attendance. Calves were well competed for, and made from 7/0 to 12/,0 extra good do., 15/ to 22/, springing hcifess 15/0 to £4, store pigs 13/ to 15/, slips 5/ to 8/. AUCKLAND STOCK UEPOUT. " The New Zealand and Mercan- t tile Ageucy Co. report as follows: <•' Horses: We quote—Heavy draught.-, 1 at from £34 to £4l; medium do., £24 i to £3O 10/; unbroken do., £3l to £3B; I hacks anil light harness horses, £l4 5/ to £lO 17/0; spring cart, £l3 10/. , At Pukekohe on Wednesday—Dairy . cows sold at from £4 10/ to £7; do., heifers, £3 15/ to £0 12/0; empty cows, . £1 18/ lo £3 19/; grown steel's, £4 15/ I to £0 10/; two to three-year-olds, £2- 1 10/ to £4 10/; yearlings, £1 15/ to £212/; calves, 15/ to 20/. Beef, which was yarded in fnd numbers, sold at fully Newmarket rates. Cattle: At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday, dairy cows sold at from £3 10/ to £0 15/; empty cows, £1 17/ to £3 8/; calves, 15/ to El 8/; grown steers, £4 10/ to £5 15/. The licel pens were again well filled, nvost of the fat stock being of excellent quality. Competition was steady at last week's rates, oxen selling to 21/ per 100.1). cow 17/ to 19/. Steers sold at from £0 5/ to £11; cows, £3 15/ to £7. SliePf): The Newmarket, yards were well filled with sheep of all on Tuesday an,l sold at late rates, wethers selling at fraiu 17/0 to £l- - ewes 13/9 lo £l. Lambs, in fuil supply, sold at from 10/0 to 14/0. The . 1250 advertised store ewes from Cii--i borne sold at from 10/3 to 12/0. I'igs: Porkers sold at from 18/9 to £1 , 8/0; weaners, 10/0 to 15/; baconers, £l- - to £3 2/. ! Hides: Market livm. We quote—Kxtva • stout ox, 7'A.d to Sd; stout do., o%il to ; 7'/id; medium do., o%d to O'A'l; light ) do., Od to <>% d; eow, best lines o'/ s d to I O'/id, good 5%d to Od; stag's, 4il to 4%d; ■ kips. s'/,d to Od; calfskins, G</ S d lo 7d; damaged h'des, 4i/[il to o%d. ; Sheepskins. Market linn. Best buts chcru' skins, large up to 8/, medium 5/ ! to 0/0, small 3/0 lo 4/3; lambs' and'pelts, - 3/ to 4/0. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed, J up to 20/0; good, 24/ to 25/3; inferior, I 18/ to 22/9; rough fat, l%d per lb. I WEBSTER BIIOS. REPORT. Webster Bros report a good entry •of poultry for lns-t Saturday, prices at slightly advanced rates. —Cockerels 10d to 1/9, pullers poor lid to 1/0, ducks 1/4 to 1/8. Following, on account of a lady having left New Plymouth we held a clearing sale of furniture, etc.. at prices satisfactory to all parties. Fruit.—lias been in small supply. Tomatoes 1/9, small boxes pears 2/. apples 2/0 to 4/, Cape, gooseberries 4d to 1 5d per lb, melons yA per lb.