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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 202, 15 August 1908, Page 6

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LONDON MARKETS. August 13. Lead, Xl 3Us ad. Imports 17,200' . tons. Australian imp oris 458.1 tons exports o-Uli tons. Copper—Oil the spot ,UiU ss, three mouths .ttil. Electrolytic copper, .1)03. Tin—On the. spot. i 137 lUa, three months £137 15s. Wheat and Hour—The visible supply of wheat and Hour amounts to 25,370,000 bushels. FARM PRODLCE. TO-DAY'S PRICES, I (luying: Dairy butler Is, best separator Is Id, factory Is i>/ 3 d. Eggs Is Id per dozen. Selling: Dairy butler Is 2d. best separator Is 2d, factory Is id; eggs Is 3d. NEWTON KING'S REPORT.

At the llaymarket on Saturday there was a fair entry of pigs with good demand. Stores made 30s to 425; small stores, 14s to Ills b'd; weaners, 8s to 13j (id. Trap, .Cl 3; hack, .tli. At the mart there was keen competition lor poultry, eokerels making 2s 4d to 2s 8d; pullets, 2s 3d to 3s Ud;'. ■ ducks, 2s 5d to 2s (Id. A quantity of , sundries sold at prices in favour of i buyers. i Fruit.—At sales during the week ■ prices were as follows:—Oranges, 10s ' to 12s: bananas (green), (is to 7s (id. .' Apples are in full supply, Hobart stur- ; mers making 10s to 10s Ud; pearmains, p 7s Ud to lis; crabs, lis to 10s. l'eauuts, < 2'/.d to 3d. i At Okato on Thursday, Oth mst., 1 s held a clearing sale on account of Air. l' C. Andrews. The cows were a good lot

n fine condition, and included som< ine grade Jerseys and Holstcins. Com petition for these was very keen, anc ixcellent prices were obtained. Otlie (•bung cows to calve early also sold wel inn aged and backward ealvers wer lot so saleable. Jorscy-Holsteins mad £8 to £l2 10s; other kinds, Augus uul September ealvers, .Co 10s to £ las; aged and late ealvers, £2 10.-; _t< £4 10s; ewes in lamb, 10s !)d; breedin; lows, £4 to £5 2s Od. At Kaponga, on Friday, my usua fortnightly sale was well attended halves made 15s to 17s; empty heifers ills to 33s Od; springing heifers, £3 ti £5; cows in calf, £2 15s to £5 5s store cows, £1 Kls to £2 ss; bulls, £ Us to £1 15s. Messrs. Cuff Bros.' dair realised good prices, early ealvers milk ng £B 5s to £lO 10s; late and back ward ealvers, £4 to £0; pedigree but ' The same day, at Stratford, I hcli a, clearing sale oil account of Messrs Cameron & Brooking. Early calvera al sold well at prices ranging from £0 1 £8 15s; backward do., £3 to £5 stores and aged, 30s to £3 10s; heifer in calf, £2 2s to £2 Us; weaners,los I-'- to 15-months steers, 48s; heifer 38s; .lersev bull, £O. On Monday, at Tututawa, there wa n, .mod attendance at Mr. C. Hodgm son 1 * clearing sale, and satisfaetor prices were realised for all classes c stock. Cows to ealve early made £ 10s to £0; backward and aged do., £ to £4 10s; stores, 30s to 455; bulls, £ >s to £3 ss; 2-tooth ewes, 10s ad; li tooth to f.f.m. do., 12s Id; f.m. do Is 4d: hogirets, 7s od to »s 8d; liarues iior«e< £l2 10s to £lB. Sundries mail good prices. I also sold Mr. A. \Y Woods' dairy herd, which were a inset, and made up to £» 10s for earl; ■■alvcr-s; later dates. £3 to £0; cow in full milk, £4 10s to £5 10s; pedigrc Tersey cow. W'A guineas; pedigree bill 15 guineas; bull" calf, (1 guineas. Til.' same day 1 held a clearing san in the Carringtou Koad, on account « Mr. J. Shodroski, when there was : small attendance. The cows were ratlin low ill condition and of backward ap learance, consequently prices, except foi i few eariv ealvers, ruled low. Cows in ~ilk made £2 15s to £4. 10s; early ■alvers, to to £7; late and backward 10., 12 5s to £5 7s (id; bull, £5 las; sows, £3 2s <id to £3 7s 0d; stove pigs,

"It my Stratford sale on Tuesday there was a good yarding and fair attendance, but bidding was' quiet, the counter attractions of licet week in Auek and probably accounting for absence of buyers. A'fair number of lines were quitted' at satisfactory prices as follows: Mixed calve*, 15s (id; yearlings, los to £1 2s; yearling steers, 33s lid; empty heifers, 35s to 395; 2>/>-year steers, 13 3s (Id; store cows, 3Us to 425; forward stores 12 Os lid to £3 18s; fat cows, to 7s; bulls, 11 lis to 12 10s, In the dairy yards early calvers made 14 5s to 11) 10s; backward do., 12 2s (id to .14 2s lid. . On Wednesday 1 held a clearing sale at Pukefotara, on account of Messrs. W. Humphries & Sons, when there was a "ood attendance. The cows were a ■rood lot, but not looking too well, and absence of calving dates militated ifaiiist higher prices being realised. As it" was, however, early calvers met wit" keen competition and sold well, llie horses were well competed for, especially unbroken draughts. Cows just calved made 15 15s to !'J; early culvers, 11! to 111; backward do., 12 15s to 15 15s; heifers, .12 to 13; 2- to 3-year draughts, unbroken, 114 to 125 10s; yearling coll, 18 IDs; trap horses, 110 to lib; sows, .11 5s to .11 14s (id; store pigs, lbs (id; implements and sundries made fair prices. . At Stratford the same day I held a cloving sale of dairy cattle at my yards on r.: vomit of Messrs. W. Clemow, P. Jackson and AV. Lovell, when early calvers made 10 to 111; late and backward do., 13 5s to 15 15s; aged do., 37s to £2 17s (id. On Thursday there was rather a smaH attendance at Mr. A. Lawn's clearing sale; the cows were an excellent lot, in good condition, and early calvers sold well, making .10 to 19 ss; late do., 13 to 15 ss; shorthorn bulls, 113 to lit.

LONDON DAIRY. 11KPOKT. Messrs. E. Grillilhs aiid Co. are, in receipt of the following market report from their London principals, Mills and Sparrow, dated the 3rd of July, 1008:--Tlie weather is very brilliant, and there are no signs of rain. In the south the hay is practically all stacked, and there is yet a fair quantity in the Midlands and North to be carted. All districts report a splendid crop. Some good rains would l»c welcomed by the farmers in the southern counties. Butter.—Danish:,No change in quotation; markets in the North are not so buoyant as agents would wish, and buyers arc resisting present prices veri vigorously. Siberian: About 11,000 cask s came to hand this week, and some imagined that with the increase, in quantity slightly lower prices would rule. The demand has, however, been good, and all the butlers are practically cleared at late rates. It seems impossible to get any reliable information is to the make in Russia, but they must have an exceptionally good season from now on to make up the shortage which there undoubtedly is in the arrivals ol butter up to the present. French: Quality, which up to the present time has been particularly fine, has dropped h.i'-k i>u account of the heat, and lower prices are in some instances being accepted. -A little cooler weather would soon put this right. Trish: The heavy make continues, and some factories ami

creameries have been put into cold store. It is dillieult to say whether these are for storing until the autumn or merely to keep them in good order and condition instead of letting them remain for a few days in an ordinary warehouse. Some of the recent arrivals have shown signs of heat. American:. A very heavy ' I make is reported, and some anticipate I a surplus to be shipped to this country | if the present favorable conditions continue. Australian prices and quotations are merely normal, as there is not sullicieiit oll'ering to make a market. New Zealand: The reports of a lire on board the s.s. lonic are disquieting. The shipping company this morning say that the cables do not mention any butt :r as being damaged, but the mere fact of its not being mentioned in the cables does not necessarily mean that it U not atl'ectcd.

Cheese.—Canadian: Prices arc easier by cable this morning, and reports *,o hand say that all crops are in a vcy nourishing condition. It is altogether too early yet to say definitely, but the conditions at time of writing are goo.l, and everything points to a prosperous time for the farming industry in the dairying districts. L. A. NOLAN & CO.'S IIEI'ORT. Poultry—On Saturday ve had a good entry of table birds for which there was a keen demand. Prices realised were as follows:—Mens 2s to 3s '2d, pullets Is 8d to 3s Oil, cockerels 2s 2d to 2s Bd, roosters Is Bil to 2s Sd, ducks 2s to 2s 7(1. Fruit —Island oranges and bananas came to hand. Oranges 9s tid to 10s tid, bananas 5s to 7s 3d.

On Tuesday we held a clearing sale on account of ilr. F. C. Allen at Lcpperlon. There was a good- attencance. Dairy cows sold at from £5 2s tid to £8 10s. VICKEKS & STEVENS' 11EPOKT. Messrs. Vickers & Stevens report that there was a large, entry of cattle in their Jngiewood yards on Wednesday last, and must lots changed hands, there being a good demand for good springers. Calves made from Us to £1 2s; empty heifers, £1 7s to £l 13s Oil; store cows, £1 3s to £2 Ss (id; spring calves, £2 10s to £3 15s; springers, £3 5s to £0 2s tid; heifers in salt', £2 Is to £2 15s.

CHUISTOUURCII STOCK MARKKT. At the Addington live stock market on Wednesday there were small entries of stuck nnd an equally small attendance at the yards. Fat cattle and fat lambs sold at about the previous week's prices, and fat sheep were rather easier. Pigs met with a good sale. A few lines of breeding ewes, mostly good sorts, and odd lots of hoggets and wethers, formed the entry of store sheep. There was an improvement in the demand, and a clearance was effected at prices that showed a little improvement in the cases of the better classes of sheep. Two-tooth ewes made up to 17s lid; youii" ewes of mixed ages to 18s 'id; down'ewes. lo 14s Kid; best hoggets, *J Ills 3d; and half-bred wether hoggets, lis !M to 12s (id. The first line of ewes with lambs for this season were offered, and failed to tiud a buyer at the reserve put upon them, though the lambs were a well-grown and healthy lot. There were about a dozen lots of fat lambs penned, and they met with good competition up to la'te rates, prices ranging from 12s to Ids Bd, and a few up 'o 18s. There was a small yarding of fat sheep, and owing to the butchers having tonight heavily Uie week before, the dcimind was slack and prices for wethers were rather easier. The range of prices was:—Extra prime wethers, 24s Hil to Wis; prime, 18s (id to 22s (id; others. His in 18s; extra prime ewes, •>-»s- nrimc. 17s to 20s; medium, 14s to Iti's'lill; aged and liglit, lis'to 13s (id: merino' wethers, 14s iM. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 237, and the qualP ty, though good, was not up to the level of' the previous week. Prices were irregular, but very little change in val.ies took place, llest steer beef made 24s to ->Ss; medium, 21s lid to 23s (id; cow and inferior. ISs to 21s. Steers brought 17 to til 17- (id: heifers, 14 17s (id lo CI (I 3s; and cows, £4 Ids lo .18 15s. Aii average yarding of veal calves <uld at 4s (id to (ids, according lo size and cpialitv. There .was an active demand for store cattle, and two-year steers made 12 ins; two-year heifers, C-> ''s to 12 4s; three-year heifers, 13 8s- and drv cows, 17s (Id to .14 2s-lid. l):,irv cows'sold at 13 10s to .18. Pigs were' entered in limited numbers, and met with a good sale. Choppers brought 14, and porkers to <fSs (equal to o-ftd to (id per lb). No baeoncrs were penned, barge stores made 35s to 42.-, medium, 25s to 30s; and weaners, Us to ISs.

DIKKDIX STOCK M-AHKET. At the V.urnside stock market on Wednesday there was an average yardin- i.r 183 fat cattle the majority be in" medium quality steers. Prices rilled much the same as last week, but. towards the end prime quality steers were slighllv easier, llest bullocks, to 112 ss: good. Ill) to 111; medium, 18 10s to 1!) ss: inferior, from ffl: best cows ami heifers, 1!) to 1" 17s (id; medium, 17 10s to 18; inferior, 15 to Hi ss. Fat sheep.—There was a large yarding, close on 3011(1' being forward. 'A good proportion were iirst-class wethers. There were fewer ewes than usual, and for these prices improved. Owing to poor competition by outsiders the sale dragged at the finish, with prime ■sheep slightly easier than opening rates. Prime wethers, IDs Gil to 21s; a few extra heavy, to 255; medium, IBs Od to ISs; lighter, 15s to His; stores, from lis; best ewes, 18s to lbs 3d; medium, 15s to IDs Oil; aged and inferior, from

Os. Lambs.— 351 yarded, mostly good quality. There was good competition for all classes, and prices were firmer than last week. Freezing;, His (Id to 17s 3d; stores, from 22s fid. Pigs.—Only about HO wore yarded, and prices consequently showed a sharp rise. AUCKLAND MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Ltd., report:— Horses.—At the Durham yards on Friday horses of all descriptions were yarded in full numbers, and for those of a good stamp competition was good. The advertised draft of unbroken colts and fillies from Motiti Island were an exceptionally good lot and sold well. Unbroken draughts sold at from £2O to .MO; useful farm horses, £l7 15s to M2; hacks and light harness horses, £0 10s to £lB. At l'apakura on Wednesday there was : , good muster of stock, which sold

under keen competition at advanced rates. Dairy cows realised from £3 15s to £8; do., heifers, £2 10s to £0 15s empty cows, £2 2s lid to £3 Bs;.twoto throc-yeur-old steers, £2 IDs to £5 2s; yearlings, £1 12s to £3'tis; calves, Ids to £1 Bs. Beef sold at Newmarket rates.

Cattle—At the Newmarket Yards or. Tuesday dairy and . store stock were yarded in usual numbers and sold at late rates, lieef was yarded iu average numbers. Competition was not so keen as the.previous week, showing a decline of Is to 2s per cwt. Steers s oM at from £5 to 111) 10s; cows, £3 17s (id to Cli los; dairy cows, from £3 los to £.l 17s tid; empty cows, £2 17s 0(1 to £1; calves, to £1 l!)s. Sheep were yarded in scarcely average numbers at Newmarket on Tuesday, but showed n" improvement in values. Wethers sold at from 12s till to £1 Is; ewes, 12s to 18s (id. A pen of extra I heavy ewes sold at 27s 9d.