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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 89, 23 July 1910, Page 7

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WHEAT HARVEST PROSPECTS

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright

London, July 21. Colonel Mayhew, of Mark, Mayhew and Co., Ltd, reports the following latest wheat prospects: Argentina, quite favorable, increased acreage; Austria, the best crop for some years; France and Germany, good weather should assure satisfactory crops; Hungary, good; India, one of the best crops on record; Ronmania, very good; United States, crop below that of 1909; Britain, expects good yield.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

At Okato on Friday, loth inst., I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. Archie Corbett. The cows were in good condition and the majority early calvers, the result being that competi!, : :w was keen throughout, and everything sold at good prices. Early calvers made £7 to £lO 15s, later do. £5 os to £C 10s, empty cows £3 8s to £3 15s, gig, £8 lOs. express £l4, half-draught mare £ls, bay half-draught mare £2l. bay 2-year colt £lB 10s, hack £lO. Sundries sold at | usual rates.

At Mr. Corkill's clearing sale at Matapu on Monday tnere was a large attendance of buyers, and everything sold at excellent prices. The cows were a fine lot, in good condition, and sold readily at the foilowiiisr rate* Earlv calvers £7 10s to £l4, later do. £5 to £7, rake £3O, drill £27 10s, dray £B, plough £0 10s, store pigs 13s Gd. At Rahotu on Tuesday there was a full yarding with a good enquiry, and nearly everything was sold at the hammer at the following rates:—Weaners 24s to 375, yearling steers 40s Gd to 48s 6d, mixed yearling £2 Ss to £2 10s, yearling heifers £2 12s, empty heifers £3 te to £3 17s, in-calf heifers £4 10s, springing heifers (small) £5 10s to £5 lis 6d, store cows £2 10s to £3 Bs, lorward do. £3 14s to £4 ISs, fat cows £5 7s 6d to £6 17s ,6d, springing cows up to £7 155,'3-year steers £5, bulls £2 7s to £2 159.

On the same day I held a clearing sale at Ngaere on account of Mr. J. Leverty, when there was a large attendance of buyers. Notwithstanding that some of the cows, which were a good lot, were on the aged side, excellent prices were realised, the sale being very even from start to finish. Early calvers made £7 10s to £l3 15s, later do. £6 to £7 ss, 3-teaters and (say) later £4 5s to £5, 18-month to 2-year heifers in calf £3 15s to £5 17s 6d, vearling heifers £2 13s, S.H. bull £5 10s, yearling bulls £2 17s, grey mare (6 years) £l9 ss, black mare (6 yeais) £l6 10s, bay mare (aged) £27, yearling filly £7 15s. sow in farrow £4 as, store pigs £l, plough £6 15s. Sundries and furniture sold at usual rates.

At the Stratford yards on Wednesday I I held a clearing saie on account of Mr. A. C. Adams, of Strathmore, and though the majority of cows were in poor condition and rather late calvers, good prices were realised. Early calvers made £fi 15s to £9, later do.' £4 10s to £6 10s, very late and empty £3 5s to £4. On the same day I held a clearing sale on account of Mrs. S. McGuinness, at Waitara West, when, in spite of the very wet weather, there was a good attendance of buyers. The cows, which were a nice lost and mostly young, with Jersey strain, met with keen bidding throughlout the sale, and everything sold at excellent prices. Earlv calvers made £8 10s to £ls, later do. £6 to £7 10s, springing heifers £5 to £8 15s, yearling Jersey heifers £4 5s to £6 15s, 2-year-old grade Jersey bull £B, weaner bull £2, pedigree Jersey bull 19'/»2iis., mixed sheep lis, sows in farrow £2 2s. The mare Lady Fisher, with foal at loot by Field Battery, realised 455 guineas, Mr. F. Elliott, of Awakino, being the purchaser. Chestnut gelding (6 years) £7 15s; trotting mare, Miss E'die, m\ foal to Maniopoto, £ls; draught mare,] £2O Is; harness pony, £l6 10s; sulky, | £7. Sundries sold at usual rates. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday, notwithstanding the wet weather, there was a large attendance of Travers, and keen competition was met with throughout. Yearling heifers (Jersey strain) made £3 12s to°£4, mixed weaners 325, 2-year steers £4 Is, 3-vear steers £5 2s to £5 os (id, in-calf heifers. £3 Gs to £5 Bs, empty heifers £2 12s to £3 6s, fat cows £4 5s to £6 16s, sprinsing cows £4 17s 6d. bulls £4 to £4 17s 6d, do. (pedigree) £9 9s dairy cows (forward) £6 15s to £lO, later £4 5s to £5 10s, 6-tooth to f.m. ewes 15s 6d to 19s 2d, 2 to 4-tooth wethers 15s Id, 2to 4-tooth ewes 17s 7d, hoggets 8s 3d.

MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT,

Matthews and Bennett report a good yardiiw of cattle at their Tnglewood yards on Wednesday last, and in-spite of the inclemency of the weather, bidding was keen and previous prices well maintained, being as follows:—Store cows £2 to £2 15s, good do. £3 5s to £3 13s. springing heifers £5 10s to £6, springing cows £4 10s to £6, empty heifers £3 to £3 Bs, bulls £3 10s, fat cows £5 Us, <r o od 2-Year steers £4, weanevs 30s to p £2 os. Jersey heifers £2 18s; .good i'.m. ewes 15s. At Mr. Paterson's dairy sale at iarata there was a good attendance, and the' cows and heifers were in excellent condition Earlv calvers made £6 10s to £0 ss, late do.' £5 to £0 15s, springing hei- ■ fers £fi 10s to £7 15s, late do. £4 7s 6d to £5 2s fid. .',4.1, At Mr. 'Neilsen's clearing sale there was a o-ood attendance in spite of the, wet day, and his stock and sundries sold well. Among the heavy draughts, good shatters brought up to £43, leaders £2.1 to £32, and the plant also made satisfactory prices.

DAIRY PRODUCE REPORT.

Messrs E. Griffiths and Co., New Plymouth, are in receipt of the following market report from their London prmSJals, Messrs Mills and Sparrow, dated 3b Z™'°n the-weather ha, been brilliantly fine, but to-day it has fumed verv unsettled. Danish: The quotation is unchanged, all d the market is fairly steady. Siberian: Arrivals this week are f er than last. an : l from now onward ihc.v are expect"! to materially increase ctt:e^-s;>aSri m S:KSr; r further a,ternS. the last advance hav.np somewhat checked the demand. Australian: There have been no a - • ifrt week so quotations are only " ■ i nlthoiHi there is a fair qu*»t TS sto e This consists mostly o» t,ty in »to e _ t tmlfi „ ' SM ° ml 'l Jo ale We think we are verv .slow of sale. pra<! tica!ly vSrelif- in savin" tliat uieie i. • liittorilr. we .anticipate that these bnttr will meet with a good <lenian<. b, twSand: As we anticipated the { butter-, per s.s. lonic have realised a StadVance on previous shipment We are pleased to say that the qua t> , .till continues verv good, and Hie but ters are .selling well.

Cheese.—Canadian: The now cheeses are selling very slowly, buyers much preferring the fine quality of New Zealand. New Zealand: There has been a fairly good trade, but the higher price quoted for white last week lias hardly been obtainable. We consider that at the present prices the cheese shows exceptionally good v«.I»A OUTSIDE MARKETS. WAIKANAE. 'Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At our Waikanae sale we Had a good yarding of cattle. All stock sold well at auction, and we had a total clearance at the following prices:—Aged ewes in lamb Gs to 10s (id, fat and forward ewes lis, small hoggets 7s, 3-year bullocks £6, fat bullocks £8 10s, fat cows £5 10s. 2y,-vear steers £4 17s Cd.

JOHNSONV.ILLE.

Messrs Abraham and AVilliams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—A heavy yarding of bullocks and sheep came forward. Beef was easier, whilst sheep sold at late rates. Best bullocks £0 7s Gd to £9 12s 6d, lighter £S 10s to £8 las, light £8 2s 6d to £8

Os, prime wethers 19s Gd to £1 0s 9d, good wethers ISs Gd to 19s, plain 17s Gd, prime ewes 18s to 10s Gu, good ewes lGs 7d, plain 14s 2d, prime lambs 12s 3d to 14s 7d.

ADDIXGTON. Store sheep—Good s.m. ewes sold up to lGs Id for halfbrals, to 17* 6d for three-quarter breds; others lines of s.m. ewes brought 11? 3d to 13s, inferior sorts 9s to 10s fid. forward wethers las Gd, others 14s to 15s. Hoggets were in good demand, and prices in some cases improved to the extent of Ski per head. Good lines of mixed sexes brought l'is to 12s 9d, medium lis to lis od, small to medium 9s to 10s Cd; best ewe lambs sold up to 15s Id, and others to 12s. Fat lambs—There were 070 taken for freezing at 12s to 10s M, and up to ISs 2d for a few special lots. A few- were bought by butchers at 14s to Ms 2d, 140 went to graziers at 13s 2d, and 104 were passed. Fat sheep—Extra fine wethers to 275, prime 18s Gd to 24s 6d, lighter 15s to ISs, extra prime ewes 22s 9d, prime 18s to 20s, medium 13s Gd to los Gd, aged ana light Ids U to 13s. Fat cattle—Steers made £7 to £ll 15s, extra to £lB, the latter figure being for a show bullock belonging to J. Fergusson; heifers £5 17s 6d to £9, extra to £lO, cows £4 17s 6d to tr 10s, extra to £9 15s (equal to 19s to 28s per 1001b, according to quality). An average yarding of veal calves made 4s 6d to 60s. Store cattle—ls to 18-months sorts 42s Cd, 2-year steers £3 9s to £4 2s Gd, 3-year steers passed at £7 15s, 3-year heifers £4. dry cows 45s to £4 10s. dairy cows'£3 10s to £9 10s. Pigs—Heavy baconers made 4Gs to sf>a lighter 37s to 45s (equal to 4d per lb), large porkers 31s to 3Gs, lighter 25s to 303 (equal to 4y»d< to 4%-d per lb), medium stores 22s to 275, smaller 14s to 18s, weaners 6s to 10s.

BURNSIDE. At Burnside stock market 13S fat cattle were yarded. As butchers' supplies were very short biddipg was brisk, and prices showed an advance of from 10s to 15s per head. A line of very prime cattle from Southland realised up to £lO 7s <jd, best bullocks £lO as to £l2, extra heavy £ls 7s 6d to £l6 17s Od, medium to good £0 15s to £lO 15s, light £7 15.5 to £8 15s, best cows and heifers £8 to £9 ss, extra to £lO 15s, medium £6 10s to £7 10s, light and inferior £5 to £6. Sheep—236s penned, consisting of fairly prime quality. Not many ewes were forward. The sale was very erratic, prices fluctuating a good deal. Heavy wethers were .slightly . easier than last week, and ewes, although firm at the commencement, dropped considerably towards the finish. Best wethers JSs to 19s, extra to 21s 6d, medium 15s to 10s I Od, inferior 13s to 14s. best ewes 15s to 16s fid, extra heavy to 19s 3d, medium to good 13s Cd to 14s fid, light 0s to 10s fid. * 'Lambs—ll39 penned. Competition by exporters was keen, and prices wcue, r; anything, a little better than at last sale. Best 15s to 17s fid, medium to good 24s to 255, light lis fid to 12s (id. ■Pigs—About 100 were yarded. There was good enquiry for small pigs, and prices were decidedly better. Porkers and baconers were in short supply, and sales also showed a good rise. Suckers 8s 6d to I2s, slips 13s to los, stores 17s to 245, porkers 32s to 38s, light baconers 3Ss to 40s, -heavy do. 50s to 50s, choppers to 70s. 1

SELECTING A MILKER. Before buying a valuable cow you naturally want to know if it is a good •milker. You can only ascertain this by looking into its past history or obtaining j a trial. Care in selection results in a high average value per head. If you are choosing a mechanical milker to work on your herd you .should exercise equal care in selection. You want to know if it is a good milker, and must look into its history or obtain a trial. To thoroughly try a milking machine takes two seasons, and if not successful you not only lose the cost of the plant I but also risk spoiling a valuable herd. I You must, therefore, rely on history and [select the machine that is longest and j most generally in use. The Lawrence- | Kennedy-Gillies can show you a record I of eight years' continuous success with J 150l> machines, milking over 50,000 cows ! daily in Xew Zealand. Can you get anything to equal this? If you are interested in successful mechanical milking write for full particulars to J. B. MacEwan and Co., Ltd., Niew Plymouth.