COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 30 November 1907, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

AHDLNC-TOX STOCK REPORT. Prime met with fair competition. Only two export buyers were operating. Prices ranged for standard weights from 14s to His ltd, tegs 17s to 18s lOd, small lambs Ss to 12s (id. Pat Sheep—Prices were rather firmer. Woolly made 27s Oil, best shorn wethers 18s Id to 21s !)d, extra 24s 3d, lighter 10s lid to 17s Gd; best shorn ewes 10s to 20s. extra 21s (id, others 13s to 15s (id. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 302. With a few exceptions, the quality was medium. Steers brought .€7 7s Gd to £l2, heifers £5 7s (id to £lO 15s, cows, £4 lis to £0 12s Gd, equal to 25a to 27s Oil for prime and 20s to 24s for medium per 1001b. Veal calves sold at 4s Gd to £3 Is. and small down to Is Od.

Store Cattle—ls to 18-iuonths 31s to 40s, two-year steers £3 Is ,t\vo-year heifers £2 as to £2 15s, three-year steers £4 5s to £4 18s, three-year heifers £3 Us to .£3 12s Od, dry cows 17s to £3 4s. An inferior lot of'dairy cows sold at £3 15s to £G 15s. Pigs—Choppers sold at £3 15s to £5 10s, heavy baconers £3 to £3 15s, light 50s to 57s Oil, equal to S'/id to 5%d per 11); porkers 40s to 455, equal to Od per lb; large stores 30s to 3Gs, medium 27s Od to 30s, weancrs 20s to 20s. DUXEDIX MARKET REPORT. At the Burnside stock market best woolly wethers brought 22s to 245, extra 275, medium IDs Od to 20s Gd, best shorn wethers 17s to 18s Gd, extra to 21s, medium 15s Gd to His Oil, inferior 13s 0d to 14s Od, best woolly ewes 10s to 22s 3d, medium 17s to 18s,"best shorn ewes 10s to 18s, medium 13s to 14s Oil,

Lambs—34o were penned. Best lambs brought 10s to 17s, extra to 20s, medium 13s to 14s Od, inferior Os Od to 10s !)d.

Pigs—Suckers realised 14s to 10s, slips 23s to 255, stores 28s to 345, porkers 3&t to 435, sniiill bat-oner 51s to 50s, large 58s to (i2s, choppers to Wis. Eat Cattle—Best Bullocks sold at £lO 10s to £l2, extra to £l3 as, medium £0 to £0 15s, inferior tf lfe to £8 10s, best cows and heifers £8 to £O, extra to £lO Ts (id, medium £C 5s to £7, inferior £4 10s to £5 7s Od. AUCKLAND REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency report that heavy draughts sold at from .£25 to £4O lUs; medium do, £23 10s to £3O. A draft of 14 three- year - old unbroken medium draughts from Okahukura averaged £3O Is. A spring-cart realised £lO and a waggon £24. Cattle—Dairy cows sold at from £3 10s to £0 15s; empty do, £2 2s to £3 14s; calves, £1 Is to £1 Vte. The beef pens were well filled, and, although no extra heavy weights were yarded, the quality was good. Oxen of first quality Sold at 24s per 1001b; second do, 20s to 23s j and cow*, 10s to 225. Steel's sold at from £0 lo.s to £ll 12s Od; cows £3 10s to £8 ss. Sheep-Wethers realised from 18s 0d to CI !)s; ewes. 17s to £1 4s; hoggets, 12s (id to His Od. Lambs were yarded in larger numbers than for many weeks, and well-fatted sorts sold at trom lis Od to £1 0s 3d; other sorts, Ss to 12s. Pigs—Porkers sold at from 10s 9d to £1 8s; weaners, 10s Od to lfis Od: ba-t-oners, £1 12* to £2 14s. Hides—Market firm. We quote:— Extra stout ox, 7d to 7'/ 2 d: stout do, il'/,il to «%(]; medium do, 5-y,<l to fidlight do, 5d to s'/,,1; cows', best lines, 4 .i-Sd to 4%d, good 4 3-Hd to 4%d; kips, 4,1 to 4'/.<t; yearlings, 2</.d "to •W\; calfskins, 5d to o%d; horse hides, Us to 7s.

Sheepskins-Market lower. Best butchers', large to 7s Od; good lines, 0s to Ik 0d; medium, 5s to 5s (hi; small, 3s Od to 4s.

WESTFIELD MANURES. Season 1907-8. All packed iu lftcwt. bags, 16 to ton. Per Ton. «>a» & s - d - A Superphosphate .. ~626 Done Dust (pure) steamed .. 715 0 Bone Dust (pure) green ..826 Vitriolised Bone Dust .. .. 712 0 Bone Dust and Blood ~ .. 712 0 Special Root Manure .. ..776 Special Grass Manure "A" (for top dressing) 7 7 6 Special Grass Manure "B" (for laying down Permanent Pas- , turc) 7 7 6 Special Potato Manure .. .. 7 10 0 Special Turnip Manure .. ..726 Special Rape Manure .. .. 7 10 0 Special Corn Manure "A" (for Green Eecd) 7 5 0 Special Com Manure "B" (for Wheat, Oats, Barley, etc.) ..750 Special Maize Manure "A" (for Green Peed) 7 10 0 Special Maize Manure "B" (for Cob Maize) 7 10 0 Special Orchard Manure "A" (for young trees) .. .. 715 0 Special Orchard Manure "B" (for fruit formation) .. .. 7 15 0 Special Clover Manure .. .. 0 12 6 Special Onion Manure .. .. 7 17 0 Westfield Prepared Guano (for turnips), 2cwt sacks, nett .. 5 10 0 Westfield Bone Substitute, 2cwt sacks, nett 5 17 0 "Dominion" Bone Dust, 2cwt. sacks, nett 5 7 0 Sulphate of Ammonia, original . sacks, about 2cwt .. .. 17 5 0 Nitrate of Soda, original sacks, about 2cwt 15 15 0 Muriate of Potash, original sacks, about 2c\vt .. .. 15 15 0 Sulphate of Potash, original sacks, about 2cwt .. .. 15 15 0 Kainit (improved), original bags about lewt 4 10 0 Sulphate of Iron (xtls), original sacks about 2cwt .. .. 815 0 Sulphate of Iron (crushed), original sacks about 2c\vt .. 10 5 0 Surprise Island Guano, 40-42 per cent, 2 cwt. sacks .. ..450 Maiden Guano, 00-08 per cent, 2cwt sacks 5 7 6 Westfield Special Garden Manure, 141b bags, each .. .. 16 Westfield Fowl Grit, 141b bags, coarse, medium or fine, each 1 6 Delivery—All Manures quoted in this list are delivered in lots of 30cwt and over, freight paid alongside the following ports:— Waitara, New Plymouth (Breakwater), Opunakc, Wanganui, Napier and Wellington. Discount—All lines in this price list subject to a discount of 2'/» per cent for cash, excepting those marked "nett." All prices subject to alteration without notice. Previous lists now cancelled. Special quotations promptly made for large lots. KEMPTIIORNE, PROSSER AND CO."S

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