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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 95, 30 July 1910, Page 7

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LONDON 'MARKETS. y Lu-oit.—frets Association.—Copyright London, July 28. Silver, 24% d. Waihi shares 157s 6d to 160s, Junction 40s to 41s 3d. •NEWTON KINO'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Thursday, 21st inst., I held a clearing sale on account of Messrs Bowie ana Elliott at Kaponga, when early calvers made £7 to £ll ss, later do. £4 5s to £6 los, very late and empty £3 2s 6d to £4, springing heifers £5 10s to £6, in-calf iheifers £4 l'ss, brake £22, store pigs 14s 6d to 21s Gd, yearling steers £2 112s, spring cart harness £ls, sows in farrow £4 to £5, boar £2 7s Gd. Sundries at usual rates.

I On the 22nd at Stratford I held a J clearing sale on account of Mr. T. Webb. 1 There was a large attendance of buyers, but the fact of only a portion of his herd being offered, he keeping back any of the; Ayrshire type, due to Mr. Webb going in solely for that breed, militated against high prices, and values were in favor of buyers. Early calvers made £G to £Bi 10s, later do. £4 to £5 15s, very late and empty £2 7s Od to £3 10s, pedigree Jersey 12% gitineas. At Mr. G. Toppe's sale on tihe 23rd inst., there was a good attendance, and everything sold at excellent prices. Early , calvers made £8 to £l3 12s Gd, later do. £5 7s Od to £7 l'Os, springing heifers ! £4 10s to £5 LOs, yearling heifers £2 [•! 12s, f.m. ewes lis, bay mare £l3, brake! £lO, mower £7 ss, drill £22, gig £l7; I 10s. Sundries sold at usual rates. | At Mr. Bocock's sale at Eltham on 25th inst. there was a fair attendance of buyers. The cows .were a good lot, in good condition, but prices realised were not quite up to late sales. Early calvers made £7 to £ll ss, one do., extra qaulI ity, £ls 10s, later do. £4_2s 6d to £6 15s, springing heifers £4 15s to £5 10s, yearling heifers £2 9s, bulls £8 10s, sow in farrow £2 2s 6d to £3 15s. At Mrs. Hamilton's sale at Cardiff on

26th inst. early calvers made £7 to £9 ss, later do. £4 15s to £6 10s, very late and empty £1 15s to £3 10s, empty heifers £3 3s, brake £lB, sow £3; sundries at usual-nates. At Douglas on Monday there was a fair yarding, and bidding was brisk, especially for young cattle, and good prices were realised. Yearling steers made £"2 Is to £2 lis, yearling heifers £2 10s 6d, mixed yearlings £2 Bs, 15-months steers £2 15s to £3, 2-year steers £3 lGs 6d, 2 to 2%-year do. £4 6s, 3-year do. £5 3s, empty 'heifers £2 17s, springing heifers £5 10s to £6, store cows £3 to £3 3s, springing cows up to £B, bulls £2, lambs 10s 6d, f.m. ewes 14s, f.m. do. 13s 6d to lis 7d. At Urenui on the same day there was a very full yarding of all classes ot cattle, the yards 'being taxed to their utmost.j There was a good attendance of buyers | and nearly everything sold at the ham-! mer. Yearling steers made £2 8s to £2 10s, yearling heifers £2 Os 6d, empty hei-J fers £3 lis to £3 19s, fat heifers £4 16s, in-calf heifers £3 18s to £4 17s Gd, springing heifers £5 25 6d to £5 15s, store cows £2 15s to £3 16s, forward do. j £3 19s to £'4 6s 6d, fat cows £5 4s to £5 10s, 18-month-, steers £3 8s 6d, 2 to 2 Vis-year do. £3 16s to £4 2s, 3-year do. £4 16s, 3% to 4-year bullocks £6 7s 6d, hoggets 9's Gd, fat and forward wethI ers 16s. There were also yarded several lines of dairy cows, prices for which ranged' from, for early calvers, £6 10s to £7i 10s, later do. £4 7s fid to £5 15s. (Owingj to the number of dairy cows offered at this sale, land it interfering with 'the ordinary store cattle sale, I have decided to arrange a special day at an early date for the sale of dairy cattle only, the date to be advertised later. I shall be glad to receive entries from anyone lmvinc dairy cows for this sale). At Stratford on Tuesday there was a fair yarding. Yearling heifers made £2| (i g Od to £2 10s, do. Jersey strain £3, 14s, yearling steers £2 6s to £2 6s fid, empty heifers £3 12s to £3 18s, spring-; ing heifers £5 2s fid to £6 17s 6d, spring-; ing cows £4 to £6, 2 to 2yo-year steers 1 £2' 19s, store cows £2 4s fid to £3 12s, forward do. £4 5s to £4 7s, 3-year steers £5 ss, bulls £2 4s 6d to £3 ss. At' Stony River on Wednesday mixed yearlings made £2 9s 6d, 12 to 18-month steers £2 lis to £3 19s Gd, yearling heifers £2 12s, 18-months do. £3 6s to £3 18s, springing heifers £5 2s 0d to £O, do. Hoi stein £5 15s, late in-calf heifers £3 16s, do. Jersey £5 ss, store cows £2 14s to £3 18s, forward do. £4 to £4 6s Gd, fat do. £4 lis to £6, springing do. £5 5s to £7, bulls £2 10s to £3 6s, sows 35s to 37s 6d, porkers 20s to 275. Sundries on behalf of Mr, Mills sold at | usual prices.

MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett, report a good yanlin" of ,cattle at their Inglewood yard's on Wednesday last. Bidding was ■brisk and prices were well maintained, ibein" as follows:—Springing heifers £4 Os f»l to £4 4s, good do. £G to £7, store cows £l. forward do. £3 to £4, hulls £1 to £'2 10s, steers £1 14s £3 Is, sprinp'inc cows £3 10s to £4 os, good do. £4 17s 6d to £7 -7s, empty heifers £3 10s 6d, yearlings 37s Gd to £'2 10s, Jersey heifers £2 14s. At'jVlr. Croot's clearing sale on luesday, the cows, which were rather low in condition, brough from £4 10s to £8 12s fid bull £6 10s; sundries made satisfactory prices. j

OUTSIDE MARKETS. ADDING TON. At Aldington live stock market there i were moderate entries of stock, and a good attendance. Two-tooth thi'ee-<|ii:ii-, ter-bred ewes made 19s 2d, good sound-' mowtih halfbreds to 16s Id, other lines 12a to 14s 4d, six and eight-tooth crossbred.s to 18s Id, two, four and six-tooths (small and mixed) 13s Od, aged and inferior 8s 6d to lis «d, best ewe hoggets 14s' 10:1 to 15s Id, medium 13s Sd. mixed sexes 10s lOd to 12s 0d s smaller 9s to 9a Gd, good wether hoggets to 13s ,)d. small er 9s lOd to lis, wethers 14s 4d to las Id. merino wethers 8s id. , ~ There were 851 fat lambs penned, the better aorta selling well, prices ranging from lis 6d to 17s Od, and a few extraj to 10s. There were 490 taken for fieez-| : ing, '290 were passed, and the butchers. l3 °Fat''sheep— Extra prime wethers to, 28s fid, prime 19s to 25s 6d, lighter las, I to 18s Od, extra prime lines to 22s 5(1, 'prime 16s Od to 20s, medium 14s to 16s, 'Lht and aged 9s 3d to 13s OA "Fat cattle—Steers made £7 la to £ll, extra to £l6 ss, heifers £6 10s to £8 10a, extra to £l2, cows £'(j> to £8 7s fid, extra to £ll 10s (equal to 20s to 28s uer according to quality). A line of 24 licifers from the North Island made: £lO 8s to i£lo 15s- A J A small yarding of store cattle met with a poor demand, 15 to 18-months matin" 40s to 58s, two-year steers £d: 15s, three-year heifers £4 ss, dry cows Dairy cows sold well at £3 10s to £B,and extra to £ll> . . , A moderate entry of pigs came toward, and they met with a rather 1m-

proved demand, though prices were unchanged. Choppers sold up to £3 12s, large baconers 44s to 48s, lighter 37s 6d to 42s 6d (equal to 4d per lb), large porkers 34a to 3Gs Gd, smaller 28s to 32s (equal to 4 1 / 2 d to 4%d per lb); large stores 22s to 255, medium 12s to 18s, small 8s to 10s. There were no weaners offered. DUNEDIN.

At Burnside stock market best bullocks made £l2 to £l3 15s, medium £lO 10s to £IT 10s, light £8 to £9 10s, best cows and heifers £9 to £lO 10s, medium £8 to £8 10s, light £6 10s to £7 10s.

Fat sheep —2345 yarded, the built of which were wethers. There was good demand for prime heavy sheep at prices somewhat in sellers' favor, but light weights did not meet with much attention. Heavy wethers 22s to 245, good 19a to 21s, medium 17s to 18s fid, light 14s Gd to 15s Gd, best ewes 16s''to 17s 9d, medium 13s to 15s Gd, light 9s to 12s. Fat lambs —BSO penned, the majority being evidently the fag-end of farmers' lots. The demand waa much the same as last week, and prices showed no quotable c'hange. Best los Gd to 17s 6d, medium 13s Gd to 15s, light lis to 13s. Pigs—22o yarded. There was a fair demand, and prices ruled much the same as last week's. Suckers 6s to Us, slips 13s to 15s, stores 17s to 245, porkers 32s to 38s, light baconers 38s to 4-Us, heavy 50s to 565. WANGANUI.

Messrs Freeman R. Jack son and Co. report as follows: —At Wanganui: F«,t cows £5 13s to £6, light £5 to £5 7s, fat and forward £4 to £4 7s, two-year heifers £3 to £3 3s, twelve to fifteenmontlis heifers £2 15s to £3 7s, store cows 30s to £2 10s, two and a-hnlf.to three-year steers £4 13s to £4 I(s= Gd, three-year fresh steers £5 8s to £5 10s, three year steers (good) £5, two-year steers "(good) £3 16s, fifteen-months to two-year steers £3 7s to £3 Bs, two and a-haif to three-year steers (good) £5, two to two and a-.half year steers (good) £4 15s, twelve-month Hereford heifers' £2 4s Gd, Shorthorn do. £-2 Bs, mixed yearlings £2 10s, small 255, springing cows £5 10s to £6 2s 6d, medium do. I £4 to £5, others £2 15s to £3 15s, Hereford bull £4, vealers 18s to 20s; mixed hoggets lis lfld to 12s sd, bush wethers 13s 6d, f.m. ewes in lamb lis 7d to 12s 7d, fat ewes 12s, others lis Od, mixed fats 12s, store ewea 4s od; pigs, heavy, porkers 34s to 365, good porkers 27s to 32s 6d, medium porkers 21s to 255, stores 12s to 18s, weaners 9s, slips lis to 12s. At Waverley—Yearling steers £2 17s 6d, to two-year steers £3 I 4s, two and a-half-year steers £4 7s 6d, | empty heifers £3 15s, mixed weaners 375, forward bullocks £5 16s, springing cows £5 to £7 7s 6d, others £3 10 s i.u j £7 os, springing cows £5 to £7 7s 6d, j others £3 15s to £7 os, springing heifers £4 17s fid; two and six-tooth to f.m. breeding ewes in lamb 14s f)d to 16s, 1 four and five-year Romney ewes in lamb to Romney rams (good) 16s 6d, f.m. ewes ! in lamb lis Gd to 13s Gd, mixed hoggets I 13s, others lis 3d, four and six-tooth I wethers los, fat and forward wethers 16s, store ewes Gs 2d to 8s 7d, empty ewes ! 10s 7d, cull ewes 5s 9d.

TESTIMONIAL. Hirstlands, Normanby, ': March 7th, 1010. To Mr. 0. Hane, Normanby. < Dear Sir.—Re tlie Gane Patent Milk Releaser that I purchased from you last year. It has been in use one season and has given every satisfaction. 1 think tliat it save? -.1; miKli-labor as the milking machine itself. It is very easy to keep clean, an ! about ten minutes is needed for washing. TJp to the present time it has cost me Is 3d for repairs. You may 'use this to your own .advantage.—Yours truly, Geo. P. Spratt. I Dairymen sire requested to secure I pamphlets and all information from 11. It. Jenkins, Eltham.