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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 113, 20 August 1910, Page 3

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NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At the Haymarket on .Saturday a fair number of pigs was penned. Slips made 5s Gd, weaners 7s Gd to 10s, stores 14s (id to 18s, porters £1 2s Gd, s-ow in farrow £1 1.2s Gd. On Monday I held a clearing sale at Onaero on account of Mr. P. Hansen. There was a good attendance, and the cows, which were in fair order and a good-looking lot, sold as follows:—Earlyl calvers made £0 10s to £7, later £4 15 S to £6, store pigs 14s Od, mower £7,1 spring trap £7 10s, dray £lO 10s, eight-, months draught colt £lO. Furniture! and sundries sold at prices in favor of purchasers. At (Rahotu on Tuesday there was a good yarding. Weaners made 32s to £2 o>\ yearling heifers £2 10s Cd to £3, yearling steers £2 7s Od, empty Jieifers £3 5s to £3 I' 3&, store cows £2 5s to £3 His, old do. 15s to £l> LSs (kl, forward store cows £3 18s to £4 10s, fat cows £5 17s 6d to £6 2s (>d, springing cows £0 to £7, bulls £3 14s to £.s° 17s, 6d. I

At the same sale I sold Mr. A. J. : Thomas' dairy, amd prices for early calv-! era ranged from £0 las to £S 15.5, later £4 5s to £6 10s. On the same day I held a clearing sale at Tuitutawa on account of Mr. J. Bratli, at which there was a good attendance of buyers. Bidding was keen and every-1 tilling sold well, prices being even' throughout, the herd of 42 cows averag- ; ing £8 lis 6d. Early calvers made £7: 10s to £ll 1,55, later £(5 2s 6d to £0 los, store pigs 12s to 15s, slips lis 3d. Om account of other v.entlors, cows sold, from £6 to '.£o 15s. On Wednesday I held a clearing sale at Oka to on account of Mr. W. Chowan,! but the co .vi, which were rather on tliej old side, and not in too good condition,' realised, for early calvers, £6 to £9,! later £4 to £5 15s, very late and empty I £3 to £3 15s, bull £3 17s Gd, sow and, litter £5 2s 6d, mixed yearlings £2 12s. Sundries sold at usual" rates. At Waiwakaiho oil Thursday, despite the very wet weather, there was a wc.kl yarding. Weanens made 27s to 31s, mixed yearlings 42 s Gd, empty heifers £3 ldis (>;1 to £3 1-Os, in-eal f heifers £4 to £4 ss, springing heifers ,t'G to £(S 3s, 2-vear steers £3 IDs,, store cows £2 10s to £3 16s, forward cow.s £4 to £4 lis, fat cows £7 to £7 lis Od, springing cowis £4 15s to £0 17s (V;. .Jersey heifers £3 15s to £5 Is. bulls £1 17s tkl to £2 18s (Kl, hoggets 13s Id, ewes and lambs 27s 6d.

At the same sale, on account of Mr. Frost, grade Jersey heifers made £4 14s, early-calver Jersey cows £7 15s to £ll 10s, later do. £5 15s to £G 15s, pedigree Jersey heifer, ''Hazelwood Girl," IOV2 guineas; pedigree Jersey cow, "Fitzroy Lass, 34 guineas; pedigree bull, "'Dominion," 20 guineas. (L. A. NOLAN' & CO.'S REPORT. Poultry.—We .had a large entry of poultry last Saturday. All lines were keenly sought after, especially cockerels and fat 'hens. We quote: Hens 2s Id to 2s 9d, pullets 3s 9d to 4s Gd, cockerels Is ldd to 3s 3d, white Plymouth Rock do. 7,s to 7s Gd, roosters Is ldd to 2s sd, ducks 2s 2d to 2s 9d.

In 'the miart a - large collection of trees and roses, as well as the usual list of furniture, were disposed of at satisfactory price?. I Fruit.—The market has been quiet ■during the week, apples only coming for- j ward. Prices were as follows: —Apples,' dessert, 7s GJ to Os, cooking do. 4s !)d to t (is, oranges (re-packed) lis 6d to 13s 6d, ban a nils 12s tid to 13s, lemons 8s (kl to 9s. J MATTHEW'S & BENNETT'S REPORT. ■Matthews and Bennett report a full ' yar!.M»4' of stock 'at their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. There was a good attendance, and nearly everything was sold readily at the following prices: 18 to 20-monitli steers £3 6s to £3 12s, empty heifers £3 3s to £3 lis 6d, store j cows £3 2a Gd to £3 12s, old do. £1 to 1 £1 Is, yearling steers £2 8s Gel to £2 li3s 6d, yearling heifers £1 19s 6d to £2 lis, others £1 lis to £1 15s, good springing cows £7 os to £lO 2s'6d, old and backward do. £3 10s to £4 15s, springing heifers £G 10s, fat cows £5 I 2s (kl, ewes in lamb lis Id, cull hoggets | 5s (kL j OUTSIDE MARKETS. JOHNISONV'I'LLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows: —We offered a heavy yarding of sheep and cattle, which sold at ruling rates. Prime heavy ox, £ll ss, medium ox £9 10s to £lO, lighter £7 lo.a to £8 10s, prime cows £6 12s 6d to £7, extra prime wethers 22s 3d, prime wetliers £1 0s 6d to 21s 3d, prime ewes 17s lid to 18a 4d, good ewes 17s, prime woolly I lambs 14s 7d.

ADDMGTON. Forward wethers made 15a to 16s 7d, low-conditioned halfbreds 12s lOd, iSix and eight-tooth ewes were passed at 18s lOd, and aged sorts made 7s £kl to. 10s 9d. Wether hoggets Us 9d to 12s lld,i smaller do. 10s 3d 'to lis, mixed sexes! 12s 6d to 14s 7d, others 10s 7d to lis 6d, good: ewe hoggets 14s to 15s Od, others! 12s 9d to l'3a 6d. | There was a large yarding of fat sheep j of mixed quality. Prices, though not up to the exceptional rates of the pre-! vious week, were well up to those pre-1 viously railing. The range of prices was: I Prime wethers 19s 6d to 255, extra to 275 ! 3d, lighter 15s to 10s, prime lines 16s toi 20s, others 12s 6d to 15s lid, prime | merino wethers 15s 9d to 18s, lighter lis i 7d, merino ewes lis 3d to 14s. f Fat cattle —Steers ( made £7 15s to £ll, extra to £l7 ss, 'heifers £7 to £9 10s, extra to £lO 15s, cows £5 10s to £9 12s 6d (equal to 20s to 28s per 1001b, according to quality). Store cattle—i Poor yearlings 18s, twoyear steers £3 los, two-year heifers £3 lfts, three-year heifers £4 10s, dry cows 30s to £4 ss. •A large yarding of dairy cows contained a few good animals, and there was a good demand, sales being made at £3 l*os to £9 15s. A medium entry of fat pigs sold at late rates, choppers bringing 50s to 90s, heavy baconers 4is to 535, lighter 37s to 42s (equal to 4d per lb); large porkers 34s to 365, smaller 25s to 31s (equal to 4Vod to 4%d per lb); large stores 22s to 28s smaller 14s to 20s, baconers 5s 6d to 12s. BURXSIDE. ' Fat cattle—2l7- yarded. This was a] ■larger yarding than has been the case, of late, and prices showed a drop from 15s to £l' per head on last week's rate's. | Best bullocks to £l2 2s Oil, good do. £lO to £ll HOts', medium £7 10s to £9, best heifers to £lO 7s 6d, g<ood £7 10s to 9. , „ . Fat sheep—24Bs penned. Prices were about th 6 same as last week's quotations. Extra fe-vy wethers to 245, best 18a <Jd to 21s, best ewes to 18s 6d, good

114s to 16s, medium Ids Gd to 12s 6d. JVt lambs—There was only a small yarding of 356, which .sold up to last week's prices. Best l(is to ISs, medium 14s to 15s, inferior lis to 12s Gd. Pigs—22o yarded, which sold at last week's ,rates.