NEWTON KING'S HORSE FAIR REPORT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 21 September 1907, Page 6

NEWTON KING'S HORSE FAIR REPORT.

Mr Newton King reports as follows: On Saturday I held my annual spring horse fair; the sale was most successful. There was a very large attendance from .all parts of the district. Bidding was spirited from start to finish of the sale. The catalogue comprised 192 horses of all sorts, from weeds to draughts. The horses yarded were a very creditable lot, showing a vast improvement all round as compared with -cveral years ago. This to all parties is very gratifying, and the sale proved without a doui;t that good stuff will always command a ready sale. Unbroken horses met with best competition, scarcely any being unsold. As a matter of fact considerably over 100 horses were sold, the class chiefly going home being weeds and light hacks. Vendors' reserves in some cases were far too high, and several were offered good market | value but declined to sell; it is useless vendors expecting to obtain draught prices for half-draughts.. The sale proved conclusively that a successful horse fair can be run here, and I venture to predict that in a few years the Stratford horse fair will be looked upon as equal to any along the coast. I quote: —Unbroken 3-year-old three - quarter draughts £2O 'to £27 10s, 3-year-old half-draughts £l4 to £2l, 4-ycar do. £8 to £lO 10s, yearling do. £4 17s Od to £O, lighter class £5 to £lB 10s, broken draughts {%) £35 to £4O, halfdraughts £2O to £33, spring-carters £l9 to £2B, milkcart horses £lB to £25, upstanding hacks £l2 10s to £22, harness horses £lO to £lO 10s, ordinary hacks £4 to £lO, weeds from 30s to '£4.

WILSON AND XOLAX'S REPORT. Messrs Wilson and Nolan report for the week ending August 21st:— Poultry-An average quantity offered and realized good prices. Fruit—Very little coming in. flood demand for 'apples; but market likely to be short until the arrival of first shipment of American apples. Stock—We are now doing a paddock business, and would be glad if clients would advise us of stock for sale aud of their requirements. Mutter—We are now prepared to buy farmers' butter at market prices. We quote:—Poultry: Pullets 2s to 2s 4d, hens Is lid to 2s, roosters Is IDd, hen and 12 ducklings 7s 3d, cockerells Is 9d, trio buff Orpingtons 7s. Stock: We report sales for the week—--20 store cows £2 7s, 10 3-year steers £1 10s. l'A-year sleers 50s, 25 springing heifers" £4 to £5, -10 calves 20s, pure-bred .Jersey bull £2O, 80 ewes and wethers 17s (id, 400 hoggets 14s Od, .10 ewes and lambs 10s, 100 ewes and lambs 21s. hacks £4 to £l2. We have for sale a splendid dairy of 70 youug cows. Particulars on application. * MESSRS WILSON AND NOLAN'S HIDE REPORT. Messrs Wilson and Nolan report as follows:—We held our monthly sale on September 18th, and cleared a good average catalogue. Hides—Hides advanced fully </,d per lb; calfskins dropped about iy 3 d lb. Wool—Only a few bags offering; no change to report. Sheepskins—Last month's values were maintained. Tallow—No change to report. We quote:—Hides: Butchers' medium pow 4'/|d to 4%d, heavy cow 4%d to sd, ox s'/ s d to 5%d, stout ox (id to o%d, settlers' hides 3%d to od, according lo condition; calfskins, sound 4%d to 5%d, damaged 3d to 3y„d, kips 3%d to -t'/.d. Wool: Bags (lleece) «%d. pieces 3'/,(l. Sheepskins: Butchers' salted 3s 4d to 5s Sd. drv 7s 3d lo Ks Od. part damp 3s Id lo fls 2d. set Hers' Is to 4s fid. Tallow: In casks 24s 3d to 255. tins 20s. Horsehair, lid to Is; horns, 4s per 100; tails, Is per dozen; bones, £4 7s lid per ton. Our next sale will be held on October 16th. VICKERS k STEVENS' REPORT. Messrs Viekers and Stevens report that there was a good entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last, and nearly everything changed hands, at the following prices:—Mixed yearlings 16s to £1 As, yearling steers £1 10s to £1 14s Od, empty heifers £1 7b to £1 17s, a line of 88 20 months' to 2-year-old steers £3 8s 6d, store cows £1 6s to £2 15s, small and backward springers £2 10s to £3 10s, good springers £4 to £6.