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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 31, 31 July 1911, Page 3

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X.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO'S REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Co., Ltd., Stratford Branch, report: — On Friday, 21st imat., we 'held a clearing sale on account of Mr. J. E. Clark, Climie road, Ngaere. The weather was good, and the attendance was the largest, we believe, ever seen at a clearing sate in the district, there •being' about 350 people present. Mrs. Clark provided a very fine luncheon, and after those present Iliad partaken of the sarnie, Mr. Budd, the company's auctioneer, started the sale with the household furniture and effects, which were numerous and of ivupcrior quality, and which were disposed of under very keen competition, and realised good prices. The implements | and machinery were sold next. The»o were all in (Splendid order, and ware keenly sought after, realising full values. ' The dairy herd was in good condition, and met with keen- competition, twenty ! cows making an average of £O. The horses were gooil reliable animals, but tJomewhat "aged, and realised from £ll 15s to £l2 10s. Sows, in pig, made up to £(>, and a boar 2.15. Prices realised were as follows:—Jiedstcad.s up to 40s; wardrobe. £3 lis; sideboard, £8 3s Oil; | dresser, £3 3s; t'hest of drawers, 255; ' organ, £2O; piano, passed in at £2B; i lady's bicycle, £4 7s (id; milks cans, | up "to 275"; Donald jack, £2 10s; field i gate, 255; spring dray, £l3; harness, £4 15s; F.F. drill (four years in u)se),' £23 10s; grass mower, £7; tine bar- ; rows, £2 10s; disc harrows £fi ss; chaffcutter. £3 10s: eight colonies of bees,! 17is each; factory shares, up to 15s each; fowls. 2s to 3s (id. A very nice line i of 2-year-old heifer* made from £5 17s fid to £8: weaner heifers, ,£1 17s (id, to £3 ss; dairy cows, £l4, £lO 5s; 1 £lO, £lO 15s, and down to £(i; while a few backward cows realised from £5 to £5.155. | On Tuesday, 25th inst., we held a clearing sale at Lower Norfolk road on account of Me.«rs. Claridge and Grant. Tlmre was a fair attendance of about lifly pcon'c. r-n-ilv local residents. Tlie hen!, although low in condition and unfavora.bly reported on by opposition firms, were keenly competed for. realising from £5 to £0 15s. 32 cows making n-n average of £7 ISs: bull. £f>: sows in pig. £2' Us: milk cans, IDs to 21s; HornAy S.F. plough. 44.5. On Wednesday we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. .John Brake. Toko road, -when there was a large attendance of buyers from all parts of the district, (■•tailing in all about 120 people. Mr-. I' 'ke had an exeeptionallv good lunch laid, which w;i- much appreciated' by those present. The sundries were afterwards disposed of under vevv keen competition, and realised full values, as f '- low.s: -Low' shaftcr gig. £0 10s; Price'timber jacks. £4 2s fid to £5 10s; milk cans. 13s to 28s; separator. 15s: tip fa mi dray. €l2: gra»> mower, £-1; S.F. plough. £4 15s; tine barrows. 20s; swingle trees, 20-: bay rake. £4 ss; Xoxon disc harrows. £5)10s; gig, £4 ss; saddle and bridle. £4 ss; duck-, from 2s to 3s each; geese, 4s (id: fowls, 2s 3d; young sows. £2 12s fid; f.m. ewes, 12* 3d; wether lambs, lis 4d: bees, 0s per hive. The' horses, which were a reliable lot, realised from £l4 5- to £3O ss. Mangolds in rilots. £3 15s to £6 pei plot. The, dairy herd was well known and contained a large number of nicf cows of the popular colors, Holstein and Jersey cross, and thev were keenly sought after, bidding neing exc.eptionalh brisk. Thirty-six cows averaged £lO prices ranging from £fi to £l2 10s; store cows realised £3 ss; fourteen year ling heifers, including a few steers. £; 10s; pedigree heifer. "Land Lady." "V, guinea-;, pedigree cow. ,; Mis- Melia Ann,' j was passed in at 3(lgns. and the pedigree J .lcr.-ey bull, "Harry Lauder." was pa.-Ret in at lii'/agns. On Thursday we held a clearing sab on account of Mr. Alick Castle. Climh road, Ngaere. when there was a larg< attendance of buyer- from Norniamby Cardiff, TTawera, and the surroimdinf district, in all about 120 people beim present. Tlie herd of cows was wel known, and was of the Shorthorn-Ayr . shire cross type. The cows had bcoi very well cared for. and were kecnli competed for bv local farmers who knew the herd. The machinery and imple ments were disposed of first. Milk can* realised 12s fid fo 21s; Donald jack (onlj fair order). Ifis: S.F. Duncan plough £5 10s; steel Queen disc harrows, which however, are rather heavy for this dis trict. £0; light S.F. plough (one hor.se) £3 10s; chain harrows. £3 10s; light dray, £3 10s\ dog cart. £l3 ss; liar ness £3 15s; milk waggon. £10; carl harness. .£2 10s: totara piles, from 8d tr lOd. The horse-, which were a very nici lot. realised from Cl sto £25 10s foi un unbroken fill--, which shows promise of -being a splendid animal. The herd o! (10 cows were then disposed of, are realised prices ranging from .£(! 5s U - £l2. making an average of £8 12s A few store cows realised from £4 5to £5 10s. Bulls realised from £2 Is to £5. and a nice line of 2S ycarliuj heifers (bred by Mr. Cwtle) made £; 4s Oil. Twenty-five yearling steers were sold to a Whnngamomona hnver at £•" Ss.