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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 7 December 1907, Page 6

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DUNEDIN STOCK MARKET. Dunedin, Friday. At the Burnside stock market best woolly wethers, 27s to 31s 6d; best shorn wethers, 22a to 24s 0d; medium, l!te 6d to 21s; inferior, 17s fid to 18s Od: be«t eives, 18s to 22s Gd; medium, los to 17s; interior, 13s to Us Gd. Best Limbs, 17s ty to 203; medium, 13* to IDs (id; inferior, 13s (id to 14s yd. Cattle —Best bullocks, £lO to £11: extra, to £l2 7s Gd; medium, £9 to £10; inferior, £8 5a to £9; best cons and heifers, £7 to £8; extra, to £9 ssnicdium, £6 to £8 10a; inferior, .Co to £5 12s 6d. Pigs—About 100 yarded. Prices obtained were firm on last week's rates. Suckers, 15s to 17s; Klips, 22s to 253; stores, 27s to 3D,; porkers, 45s to 555; small baconers, 53s to «2s; large baconers, to 755. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Christchurch, Friday. There was a fair demand for fat lambs, and prices remained without change, though the sale was rather brisker. Tegs made 17s to 18s 9d; freezing weights, 14s to 16s Od; and unfinished lots, lis to 13s Od. The entry of fat sheep was rather larger than last week. Extra prime wethers made 21s to 22s 3d; prime, IBs to 20s 9d; lighter, 16s to 17a 6d; prime ewes, 16s 6d to 19s; medium, 14s to Ids; and aged, 9s to 13s 6d. The supply of beef was made up of 210 head of useful sorts, the numbers much smaller than previous week. Among the sales were:— For a North Island client, 1C steers at £9 15s to £ll 10s; J. F. Buchanan (Little River), 7 steers at £lO to £ll 3s; J. and J. 0. Coup (Little River), 14 steers at £9 5s to £11; J. Deans' estate (Riccarton), 2 heifers, £9 2s (id and £10; and 1 cow, £B. Other steers brought £6 2s 6d to £l2 2s fid; heifers, £5 17s 6d to £10; and cows, £4 108 to £8; equal to 25s to 27* Gd for prime, and 21s to 24s for medium, per 1001b. Veal calves sold at 4s Gd to 4!)s, according to size and quality. There was a medium entry of store cattle. There was a fair entry at the following rates:—Yearlings, 19s; 15 to 18° months, 2Gs to 295; 2-year heifers, £2 5s 6d to £2 7*5 Gd; 3-year steers, £4 13s Gd; 3-year heifers, £3 ss; dry cows, 2os to £4 10s. The dairy cows showed rather more condition, and priees were without change, selling at £3 10s to £7. There was an average yarding of pigs, and the demand was slack, and prices much lower. Baconers made 50s to 60s (equal to 5d to s</>d per lb) • porkers, 36s to 48s (equal to 5d to s'/,d per lb); large stores, 30s to 355; medium, 26s to 295; and baconers, 15s to 25e. WANGAXTI STOCK MAHKET. Wanganui, Friday. Messrs. Daigelv and Co. sent the following report regarding their Wanganui sale:—1800 sheep and 150 cattle yarded, and there was a total clearance at late rates. Quotations:—Fat ewes, 14s lOd; shorn wether hoggets, 13s 7d, 14s, 14s id, to 15s 6d; woolly ewe hoggets, 21s; woolly wether hoggets, 19s; store cows, 21s to 63s Gd; store heifers, 40s to 43s 6d; cows and calves, £2 17s' mixed yearlings, 24s to 32s 6d. '

AUCKLAND STOCK REPORT. Auckland, Friday. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report:— Cattle—At the Newmarket Vards on Tuesday dairy cows sold at from £3 10s to £8 10s; heifers, £3 5s to £4 10s; empty cows. £2 10s to £3 12s 6dcalves, l!)s to £1 !)s; grown steers, £4 las to £6 2s fid. Beef—Prime qualitv oxen sold to 23s per 1001b; second do, 20s to 2'2s; cows , Ills to 225. Sheep Wethers realised from 10s to £1 8s; ewes, 16s 9d to £1 2s; hoggets I<>- sold at from' 13s 3d to 19a 6d. Pigs were plentiful Porkers sold at from £1 Is to £2 ss; baconers, £2 IDs to £3; weanere, 10s 6d to 18s. At Clevedon on Monday dairy cows to £ ® 53 ! ™pty cows, £2 10s to £3 2s; calves, 10s to £1 Bsyearling steers, £1 l 4s to £2 I3s. Beef brought Newmarket rates, and sheep realised 18» 6d. Hides—Market firm for all well dav'T'i™ 1 ' and dWerfJieirig hard to sell. We quote:—Prime ox, 8d to B%d; extra stout do, 7d to T'Adstout do, 6>/ 4 A to fi'/id; medium do, SWI to 5 <-8d; light do, 5d to sy,d; cows' best lines, 4 5-8 dto 4y 4 d; good 4V,d w 4% =j 21/ * d t0 3 1-8<1; calfskins, 5d to s>/ 2 d. Sheepskins—Market lower. Best butchers skms, large to 8s fid; gooa lines, 09 6d to os 9d; pelta and lambs', Is to li W. J Tallow-Market lower. Best mked, to fl-f, 6d , to 253 6d - inferior, -Is fid to 235; rough fat, I%d per lb.

GRAIN" MARKET. ivk i ti . Eunedin, Friday. , heat—There 13 little ° r no animation in the market, and business is very stnali. Quotations for milling arc merez ''l ; good i ° bcst - 3s »<i tu as lUd; medium, 8d; whole fmv! wheat, as «d to 5n 8d; damaged and broken, as to 5s Od; sacks extra. Oata—ln the absence of any demand from the .North Island, sales cannot be effected at laus rates. Stocks are limited, and, with the slightest improvement £ the demand, late rates would no doubt be secured. Best feed and mill•ng, 3s ad to 3s tkl; good to best, 3s to 3d, cx store; sacks extra.

WESTFIELD MANURES. A.. , Season ww-s. All packed m iy ICWt . bags, 16 to ton. Per Ton. *"A" Superphosphate ..62 *6 Bone Dust (pure) steamed '!! 715 o Bone Dust (pure) green ..826 vitnolised Bone Dust .. . 712 0 Bone Dust and Blood .. .! 7 l-> o Special Root Manure .. -.776 Special Grass Manure "A" (for top dressing) .. ..776 Special Grass Manure "B" (for laying down Permanent Pas- , ture) 7 7 0 Special Potato Manure .. .710 0 Special Turnip Manure .. .]7 2 G Special Rape Manure .. .. 710 0 Special Corn Manure "A" (for Green Feed) .. .. ..750 Special Corn Manure <! B'' (for \\ heat, Oats, Barley, etc.) ..750 Special Maize Manure "A" (for Green Feed) ~ .. 710 0 Special Maize Manflre "B" (for Cob Maize) .. .. 710 0 Special Orchard Manure "A" (for young trees) .. .. 715 0 Special Orchard Manure "B" (for fruit formation) .. .. 7 15 0 Special Clover Manure .. ... 612 6 Special Onion Manure .. .. 7 17 6 Westfield Prepared Guano (for turnips), 2cwt sacks, nett .. 5 10 0 Westfield Bone Substitute, 2cwt 6acks, nett 5 17 0 "Dominion" Bone Dust, 2cwt. sacks, nett . ..576 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 2cwt .. .. 15 15 0 Sulphate of Potash, original sacks, about 2cwt .. .. 15 15 0 Kainit (improved), original hags about lewt 4 10 0 Sulphate of Iron (xtls), original sacks about 2cwt .. .. 815 0 Sulphate of Iron (crushed), original sacks about 2cwt .. 10 5 0 Surprise Island Guano, 40-42 per cent, 2 ewt. sacks .. ..450 Maiden Guano, 66-08 per cent, 2cwt sack 3 5 7 6 Westfield Special Garden Manure, 141b bags, each .. .. 16 Westfield Fowl Grit, 141b bags, coarse, medium or fine, each 1 0 _ 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), Opunake, Wanganui, Napier and Wellington. Discount—All linos in tliis 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 lot 3. KEMPTIIORNE, PROSSER AND CO.*S New Zealand Drag Company, Ltd. Head Office: Albert Street. Auckland; Works: Westfield, near Otahuliu.