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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 160, 15 October 1910, Page 3

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: AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. [ B.y Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright S\dney, Otcober 13. Wheat—Absolutely lifeless, there being practically no buyers. Shippers' limit is 3s 9>/,d, holders mostly wanting 3s 10y 2 d. Millers are off the market owing to no fresh orders. Flour—Also lifeless at £0 10s. Oats—Tasmanian 2s Sd, Algerian 2s Id, feeding 2s 3d. Barley—Cape, feeding 3s, seed 3s 2d. Maize, 2s lid. Bran and pollard, £4. Potatoi s—Tasmanian £S. Unions, £6. Butter, 105s. Cheese. 6'/ad. Bacon, TVid. Melbourne, October 13. Hide;— Supplies moderate; all classes firm, except kips. Wheat, 3s 10.1. Flour. ~9 ss. Oats—Algerian 2s, white 2s 7d. Barley—English malting Cape 2s Gd, feeding Is Hid. Bran and pollard, £4 10s. Maize. 2s 4d. Potatoes. £6 7s 6d. Adelaide, October 13. Wheat, 3s Sd. Flour, £8 5s to £8 10s. Bran, Il'/od. Pollard, Liy^d. XEWTOX KIXC/iS WEEKLY REPORT. At Rahotu there was a fair yarding. The demand was keen, practically everything selling at the hammer ,a choice yearling Jersey-Holstein heifers, sold on account of Mr. R. Morrow, toppin" the market at £5 10s. Yearling steers made £2 13s to £2 15s, yearling heifers (Jersey-Holstein!) £3 los Gd to £5 10s. do. ordinatv £3 "2s,"empty heifers £3 9s to £3 18s. store cows £2 los to £3 13s, forward do.•• £5 6s, fat cows '£o 11- to £7, springing heifers (small) £o ss. Holstein bull" £lB lOsfj ordinary bulls £2 10s to £4 ss. '■■ At Stratford on'Tuesclay there was a <rood vai-dincr of springing heifers and dairy cows, with good demand. Hoifvs made £0 10s to £8 l.os:fdf early calvers, later do. £3 15s to £5 7s Gd.'dairy cows (close Air/)' & to l '° 10s ' i - later d - £ ' s 17s 0d to £6 15s. > ■ ' o. At AYaiwakalho' on Thursday'there was a fair yarding. Yearling steers made £2 12s' to ' £2 lfe Gd, yearling heifers £2 Ids Gd, <W (Jersey strain) £3 He, emptv heifers' £3 13s to £3 16s, store. co'ws*£3 9s to £4 Is, forward"do. £5 ss, 18-months steers £3 16s. 'springing heifer's (close np) r ' ; £s LOs to £7 10s, later do. 1 £4 7s; to £5./' A chdice line of gradf Jei-sev heifers.on'account"of sold for <S-9"'to £H' 15s, and two'very choice heifers on account of Mr. M. Barnitt £3 10s each. .'Springing cows showing quality brought £6 los to £8 110s, others £4 15s to £6 10s, bulls £4 i2s 6d to £7 10s.

L. A. NOPAN $ CO.'S REPORT. Poultry—Our pens were well filled with all classes of poultry. An unsatisfied demand still continues'at the following rates:,—Hens aiid ducklings 10s to 12s. ducklings (smalt) MM to' is, hens 2s 3d to 3s. silver. Wyandotte pullets 3s, do. cockerels 3s to-. 3s 6d, ordinary cockerels 2s 3d to 3s, ducks 2g 4d to 2s 3d, chicks 7d to fld. At the mart the usual lines of vegetables, furniture and sundries realise! usual rates. "■■**° ''Fruit—Very little has (been handled this week. Nelson apples now being finished. Tasrhanian and American fruits only are coming to handi Prices are as follows: Tasmanian Stunners 10s to lis. American dessert l"2s fid to 13s fid, cabbages 3s 6d to 4s> cauliflowers 6s to 7s. lettuce 2s dozen, rhubarb 4s U> 5s per dozen bundles, pumpkins 4s to is 3d per cwt. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report a rather small yarding at their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last, but Wdding was brisk and prices were good, being as follows: Bulls £2 10s to £4 12s 6d, good springing cows £7 15s to £9 10s, springing heifers £4 "10s to £5 17s 3d, good do. £6 12s to £7 ss, IS-months steers £3 Is to £3 Ids, store cows £3 Is to £3 Ms, IS-months heifers in calf £3 lis, yearling steers £2 Is- to £2 14s 6d. do. 'heifers £2 ss, ewes and lambs 17s 6d. OUTSIDE MARKETS. ADDINGT3N. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 20s to 255, lighter 16s 3d to lfls 01, shorn wethers 14s 6d to 20s, prime ewes 18s to 23s 4d, extra to 2Gs, others 13s 8d to 17s 6d, shorn ewes 13s 9d to 15s 6d, prime merino wethers 15s 6d to 20s, others lis 6d 1 to 14s 6d, merino ewes 6s 5d to lis 6d. Fat cattle—The increased supply resulted in a sharp decline in values—about 3s per 1001b for prime and 5s to 6s per 1001b for medium. Steers made £5 7s 6d to £ls ss, heifers £3 15s to £l2 lfls. cows £4 12s 6d to £lO 5s (equal to 27s to 30s for prime, and 19s to 23s 6d for cow and inferior beef per 1001b). A line of 25 steers from Wanganui made £l3 5s to £l4 10s.

A large yarding of veal calves made 4s 6d to 50s, and yearlings to £4 15s. Store cattle—leadings 30s to 4te, 15 to 18-month to £3 9s, two-year steers to £4, four-year steers (in low condition) £0 l(0s, dry cows £2 10s to £4 13s. Dairy cows, which were mostly of poor quality, brought from £3 5s to £8 10s. Pigs—An average yarding of pigs show■ed little decline in values. Choppers sold up to 60s, heavy .baconers 52s 6d to 60s 6d, lighter 40s to 50s (equal to 4%d .per lb), large porkers 31s to 37s 6d, smaller 26s to 30s (equal to 4%d to 4%d per lb), large stores 20s to 245, medium 14s to 19s, weaners to 7s.

BOXSIDE. At Burnside stock market 193 fat cattle were yarded. The quality was disappointing, and prices were hardly up to last week's rates. Best bullocks up to £l4 ss, srood £l2 to £l3 10s, medium £9 to £l'l 10s, best heifers to £ll 10s, medium £7 10s to £9 10s. Fat sheep—"2742 yarded. These met with a good sale, but prices on the whole were about Is lower than last week. A few extra heavy show sheep sold up to 41s 6d, prime wethers 23s to 27s Gd, good 21s 6d to 235, medium 18s to 20s, best ewes to 24s 6d, medium 17s to 21s. Fat lambs —58 penned, selling at about last week's prices. 1 Pigs—2so penned. Owing to the excep- > tionally large yarding and the small at- ' tendance, prices for young pigs weTe I lower by 4s to 5s than last week. ;j JOHNSOWILLE. I Abraham and Williams report:—A / good yarding of prime bullocks and sheep | came forward and sold at late rates. \ Prime heavy bullocks £lO to £lO 15s, • medium bullocks £9 12s 6d to £D 15s,

medium bullocksVocCVsKv2y 3 a (lirrdfpto lighter £0 to £!) 7s (id, prime wethers 245, plain wethers £L, prime ewes 22s 6d to 22s 3d, medium ewes 19s to 20s, plain'ewes 17s lid, extra prime lambs los, good lambs 12s 6d to 13s, small 9s Gd to Us. «.„,.,«■