COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 36, 5 August 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

On Wednesday, July 26,1 held a clearing sale at Hastings road on account of Mr. S. A. Kemp, when there was a good attendance. The forward cows realised good prices, but the old and empty were not so saleable. Early calvers made £0 to £l3 15s, later £4 to £5 15s, old and empty £2 10s to £4, heifers £8 10s, bulls £'2 2s (id to £B, light draughts £l9 5s to £2l! 10s, hacks £lO, dray £4 12s lid.

On Thursday, 27th, I held a clearing sale at Gordon road on account of Mr. A. Faull, when there was a (big attendance, evidently attracted by the reputation of his herd. Bidding for dairy siock was very brisk throughout, the cows being in excellent condition and meeting with very keen competition. Pedigree Jersey cows made from 35V» to 38 gns., pedigree .Jersey bulls 10 to 30y» gns., early calvers (good grade) £ll to £ls 15s, ordinary £6 10s to £ll, later £4 to £(i, old and empty £3 to £3 15s, heifers £0 to £7 10s, yearling Jersey heifers £3 5s to £3 los, horses £1) to £l(>, p.b. Devon sows £4 17s lid. ordinary £3 2s (kl to £3 10s, gig £l3 ss, dray £9 ss, roller £O, tine harrows £2 12s'fid.

On the same day at Tataraimaka I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. AV. Puklowski, after which I sold ( Mr. D. O'Hara's herd. There was a big attendance, and fair prices were realised. On account of Mr. Puklowski, early calvers made up to £8 10s, in-calf heifers £3 12s to £4 14s, bull £4 15s, mixed yearlings 395, horse £9 15s, gig and harness £3O 15s, sows £3, porkers 395, stores £l. On account of Mr. D. O'Hara, early calvers made £6 to £lO, later £4 5s to £o 15s, very late and empty £3 to £3 15b, 2y 2 -year heifers £4, 18-months heifers £2 16s, weaners 325. On Friday, 28th, at Mr. T. Brown's clearing sale at Bird road, early calvers made £6 5s to £ll ss, later £4 to £5 15s, heifers £3 10s to £5 los, bull £7 7s (id, 2-year steers £3 15s 6d, mixed I yearlings 375, store pigs 18s, small do lis | (id to 14s Od, ewes 8s 9d, waggon £24. On Monday, 31st, at Tataraimiika, I held a sale on account of Mr. J. Wilson, when there was a large attendance, and the dairy stock, most of which was in I good condition, realised good prices. I Early calvers £0 10s to £lO, later £4l to £5 10s, old and poor-conditioned £2 10s to £3 10s, yearling heifers (good quality) £2 16s, cart mare £25 ss, dray £l7 10s, gig £lO, plough £5 15a, sows £2 los to £3 ss, stores 16s Od. Sundries soi<l at usual rates.

On Tuesday, Ist inst., at Rahotu, there was a fair yarding. Mixed yearlings made 295. yearling steers 34s Cd, yearling heifers 32s to 355, 2V«-ye.ir steers £3

13s 6d, empty heifers £3 tn £3 ss, store cows £3, forward £3 10s to £4 ss, dairy cows £4 7s Od to £8 ss; do., on account of Mr. D. Owens, £0 15s to £lO, bulls £3 10s. At Mr. X. Miller's sale at Omata on Wednesday, 2nd inst., there was a gpod attendance. Bidding was very keen, and the cows, most of which were in goo 4 condition, sold well. Early calvers real-

ised up to £ls, later £4 t(> £6, springing heifers up to £9, yearlings 34s .to' £2 lis, yearling steers 30s, hacks £8 10s to T£9. All sundries sol.d w#. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday, 3rd inst., there was the biggest yarding which lias

been held for some time. The attendance was good and bidding was keen, especially for dairy stock, which sold j well. Mr. Chew Chong's herd, which j was in rather backward condition, realised satisfactory prices. Mixed yearlings made 31s to £2 ss, empty heifers £3 6s to £3 os, yearling heifers (Jersey strain) £2 10s to £3 (Is, springing heifers £4, 7r Od to £5 2s (Id, store cows £2 Bd to £2 10s, forward £3 10a to £4, fat cows (light) £4 10s, dairy cows £5 to £H 10s, bulls £2 12s Od to £4. Dairy cows on account of Mr. Chew Chong realised up to £ls 10s, pedigree Jersey cow (Rose May) 18gns; pedigree bull (Dick Turpin) 19 gns. WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. Poultry.—At the mart on Saturday we had an extra heavy entry of all classes of poultry, prices showing an advance on the previous week. Pullets and ducks are still in good demand. We quote:—liens (old) Is 5d to Is Od, young Is 8d to '2s 3d, cockerels Is Od to 2s !)d, others Is 3d to Is Od, ducks 2s to 2s 4(1. drakes Is lid to 2s Id, p.b. white Leghorn hens (laying) 2s to 3s, p.b. white Leghorn pullets 2s (id to 3s.

Sundries.—ln the mart a large quantity of furniture and sundries were disposed of at satisfactory prices. Fruit.—This has been in large supply during the week on account of the Island steamer arriving with a large car»o of Oranges and bananas. We quote:— Bananas (green) 8$ ty !>*., rijpe l%d to 2d jcr lb, oranges (originals) 7s Od, repacks 8s (id to 9s; apples, Stunners 0s 6d, Rokewoods 8s (id, Etowah Os Od, Wasjhingtons 8s (id; pineapples, its. lemons Ba, peanuts 2%d, mandarins 8s 6d to lis (according to size).

MATTHEWS & REPORT,

Matthews and Bennett Nptiri tiai there was a large entry of cattle iti their ! Jnglewnoil yards on ' Wednesday laslfy prices being on tin? move. Yearlings £2 to £2 10.-i, calves 34s to 37s 6d, in-calf j heifers £5 to £5 18s and £G to £B, bulls £3 1*23 (id to £4, steers £3 10s. At Mr. Nisbet's sale on the 28th ult. there was a very large attendance of buyers, mid everything sold well. Heifers made £."> to'fS and £6 6s to £lO 10s, horses £11) to £22. X.Z.L. & M.A. CO.'s REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Merean tile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) report:— On Friday, July 28th, we held ft clearing sale on account of Mr. Alfred Parkes, Cross road, near Midhirst. There was a. large attendance of people. The household furniture, which was sold first, was of good (juality, and along with' the sundries met with keen competition from local speculators, and realised full values. Prices realised were as follows: Stumping jack 97s Cd, tine harrows 75», dray 1235, harness 50s, gig 105s, harness 72s 6d, ilmy £l3, bedsteads 28s, chest of drawers 72s (id, fowls 2s 6d each, turkeys 3s each; 30 shares in the Midhirst Co-operative Dairy Co. 16s each; sows in pig 55s to 60s, store pigs lis Cd, while four sheep were keenly competed for and realised 19s each. The cows were in fair order, but a large number had been dehorned and looked aged, which detracted from their appearance. However, the prices realised were considered satisfactory, ranging from 125s to 2305. the cows making an average of about 1745. Bulls realised from 80s to 140s. and 2-year heifers 85s to 130s.

On Mon-lay. July 31, wc held a clearing sale at Toko road, Toko, on account of Mr. 0, A. Eagles, when there was a largo attendance, considering, that a great number of the farmers attended the annual meeting of the Stratford Cooperative Dairy Association. However, the sale was a success and the prices realised were very favorable. The sundries were disposed of first and realised prices as follows: Spring dray 2205, hav rake 110s, s.f. plough 10&3, grass mower 107s 6d, disc harrows 113s, milk cans from 10s Gd to 225. Other prices real-

j ised were: Store pigs 12s 6d to 275, sows ( 72s 6d, yearling heifers 40s; a nice line ! of yearling steers 45s 6(1, sold to a Whangamomona buyer; ewes in lamb lis Id. woolly hoggets 10s 7d, horses from 145s to £24 ss. A Hartnett milking machine was passed in. The cows were a nice lot, showing the Ayrshire cross,' which cattle are known to have smaller teats than the usual cow, and this fact somewhat detracts from their popularity. However, prices ranged from 125s to 202s fid, and 41 cows made an average of 1655. A nice line of heifers ranged in price from 87s <kl to 160s, and bulls made up to £l3 10s, for a nice pedigree bull. On Tuesday, Ist inst., we conducted our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when the yarding was not so great as usual and competition not so good as during the past week or two. Notwithstanding this, most of the cattle yarded were disposed of at the hammer and later at the following prices: Store cows 37s Cd to 62s fid, 18-nionth steers 73b, fat and forward cows 91s to 102s, empty heifers 70?,. yearling heifers 30s to 425, while a nice lot of HolsteinJersey cross 11-months old heifers, on account of a Ngaere client, realised 635. Bulls made 85s. We offered on account of Mr. George Prince, of Midhirst, 11 dairy cows, and prices ranged front 130s to 190s. We also offered on account of Mr. C. P. Barker, who is reducing his herd, 23 cows. The fact of Mr. Barker reducing his herd affected the bidding adversely, but notwithstanding this several of the cows made good money, ranging in price from 100s to 1255. We also offered a few heifers on account of the same owner, and these realised from 85s to 955, while a bull made 60s. We offered on account of another client nine nice dairy cows, which were passed in, but were afterwards sold at 180s per head.

SOUTHERN MARKETS. ADDINGTON. At Addington there was a much weaker demand for hoggets and'prices were down about 6d to 9d per head. Good two, four and six-tooth ewes sold rather better than last week, but low-condition-ed lots were easier. Others sold at late rates, forward sorts making 15s to 16s, small and low-conditioned lots lis fid to 12s (id, good ewe hoggets 13s to 13s lOd, medium lis Cd to 12s, small ] 10s 3d to lis, good mixed lines 10s to lis, medium 8s 9d to, 9s 9d, half-bred wether hoggets 8s Cd, small sorts 6s to 7s Bd, four and six-tooth ewes (good) 17s 8d to 18s 3d, four, six and eighttooth 15s lOd, good sound-mouth sorts 14s to 16s, good lines of mixed ages l'ls to 12s fid, others 8s fid, aged and inferior as to 5s lid.

Fat lambs—Better* sorts realised 14s 0(1 to 18s (id, extra to 22s Oil',, others 9s to 14s. A few new season's, lambs made 13s 9d to -225.

Pat sheep.—Extra prime wethers to | 535, prime 20s to 265, medium 16s 6d to IDs Cd, light 13s 3d toilOs fid, extra.prime ewes to 29s !)d, prime ITs 6d to 23s fid, medium 14s fid to 17s, aged and light 9s to 14s, extra prim# hoggets 26s to 30s, extra prime merino wethers 18s 9d to 21s i Id, merino ewes to, Ms 3d. Fat cattle. —Steers made£7 10s-tu i' 11 10s, extra to £2O, "heifers £ii to .CIO, extra to £l4, cows £5 15s to £9 ss, extra to £l3 (equal to 35s for extra prime, 24s 6d to 27s for medium, and 23s to 24s for cow and inferior per 1001b). Yeal calves tnade 4s 6d to £4, according to size and quality. Store cattle —. Fifteen to eighteen months sorts Wade 445, three-year steers £5 16s, heifers £4 ss, dry covyq 21s to f,4 S S , There was a fairly large elltr y of dairy cows, hut, as the springers were mostly backward, there was not a very brisk sale. Prices ranged from £3 10s to £7 10s, extra to £ll ss.

Pigs formed a medium entry, and all classes were in good demand. Choppers realised 45s to £6, large baconers 52s 6d to 60s, lighter 43s to 48s (equal to '-[I 4%d per lb). Large porkers realised 30s to 38s, smaller 23s to 27s (equal to 4%d to 5d per lb). Store pigs were entered in large numbers, but the demand was dull, and the sale was a dragging one. Medium sorts made 14s to 21s, smaller 7s to 13s, good wcaners 8s Od to 10s Gd, smaller sorts 3s to Bs.

[ ■ , BURNSIDE. ' A greaf surprise awaited the patrons 1 of Burnside yards 011 Wednesday. Only 81 head of cattle were forward, and a keen sale eventuated. The position was accentuated by the fact that butchers had only small stocks orf hand, and they had to buy or have no supplies. Cattle which ordinarily would, fetch £9 or £lO sold at £l3 10s. One butcher declared that the memory of could recall i such a day when prices had been so high and the quality of the cattle offered so inferior. On the average 1001b of beef I realised from 40s tO'4ss. i Sheep—3B44 were yarded, a full yarding, which evoked keen' competition ) throughout the sale. Oh the whole, j prices were on a par with last week's rates. Prime wethers realised 20s to J 245, extra to 26s 9d, medium 17s fid to I Ifls fid, best ewes to 21s, others 14s 6d to 103 fol. lambs—ll6o wiirfi mii only (l fow pens of forwards, and these U<?re sold , to freezing buyers at late ifßWs/ .Best,lambs made 13s 3d to 15s I fid, Mmlium and inferior lis to 13s, I V Abraham aral Williaihs, Ui. ; rkotl good yarding of prime bullocks and sliWni having come forward. Cattle—Extra prime heavy bullocks realised £lO 12s od to £ll, prime lieavv bullocks £9 15 S to £lO, lighter £9 to £9 10s. SheepExtra prime heavy wethers realised from 7c « , " 22s ' " ood wethers 17s lOd to 8s Bd, plain Ills to 17s 4d, good ewes I(jS od, plain 15s 3d. .

MASTERTOX. i an<l Co '' re port havin" Md 4,heir weekly galo in » ttfcteton) .yards on Tuesday. Verv little stock came forward. Ewes in lamb were not very keenly sought after, and veil dors had to reduce their reserves conMderalilr. flood hoggets met with a re J' '11(1 practically all yarded were sold under the hammer. Woollv hoggets realised lO.s to 10s Gd, f.m. ewe's m Limb to 10s, fat cows to ' £6 HOs dairy cows to ,C 7 7s Gd.