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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 64, 6 September 1911, Page 3

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', TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN'. HIDE AND i TALLOW SALES. \ XEWTOX KING'S REPORT, i On Tuesday, Auprust 2!l. 1 held my usual four-weekly sale of the above produce, llii' catalogue comprising 23 bales and 127 sacks of wool, 3104 sheepskins, l(i casks and 75 tins (allow, 1003 hides, 3450 calfskins, and the usual assortment of horsehair, tails, bones, etc. Competition for all lines was very keen throughout the sale. Sheepskins and wool, which consisted mostly of crutchings, were on a par to '/ 4 d higher. Tallow advanced £1 to ,tll 10s per ton. Average class of butcher hides were on par with last sale's prices, poorer sorts and damaged, however, sold better to an extent of y ß d to y 4 d per lb. Farmers' hides showed a marked increase, damaged sorts particularly selling well. I quote: Wool. —Crutchings (/best). 5d to s'/i>d; second crutchings, 4'/od to 4 ;, /|d: inferior, 2%(1 to 4d; fleece, o%<l to 7'/id: lambs, r>%d, Od, oy 2 d to 6%d; dead. s'/.d. 5%d to Cy 4 d; locks, 'id, V/ 4 d to V/ : .d: pieces, 3d to 4d; black, 5V 2 d; scoured pieces, B%d. skin pieces, 2%d. Sheepskins.—Butchers' coarse crossbred, fi'/,d to (i'/i-il: mediimi crossbred, fi'/sd to fi%d; hoggets, Oil to (i'/ 4 d: dead. 3y 4 d. 4y 4 d, 5d to 5%d; half wool. 4%d. sd. »y,d to 6d; damaged, 4%-d. 5y 4 d. s'/»d to (id; farmers' coarse crossbred. o'/S-d, 5%d to (id; hoggets. 3d to 5%d: lambs, 5d to 5M«d. Damp lines were as follows: —Heavy wool, 7s (Id, Bs, 8s 3d to fts 7d; fuil wool, 5s 3d, 5s od, f>s 7d. as Bd, 5s ldd, Cs to Cs 4d; three-quarter wool. 3s ldd, 4s, +s 3d. 4s (id to 4s !)d: hoggets, 4s. 4s 3d to 4s 8d; dead. Is Od, 2s 4il. 3s 5d to 4s 4d: damaged. Is ild, 2s 2d. 2s Bd, 3s, 3s bid, 5s od to 7s 8d: black.'2s lid to ss; pelts, 4(1. Cd, 8d to Is; dead lambs, fid to 10d. Salted lines: Full wool. 4s 7d, 4s hid, ss. 5s 3d. 5s (id to 5s 7d; heavy wool, (is 3d to 7s Id; hoggets. '3s 9d, 3s lOd. 4s, 4s Id to 4s 4d: damaged, 2s to 3s 7d.

Hides.—Superior ox stout. B'/ 4 -d; ordin-a-rvo'x'Stout, 7%d. 7 7 / s d to Sd: medium, 7V,d, 7%d tb"7y..d: light. (i%d. oa/,d0 a /,d to 7d; superior light!'"7d to ~y 4 d: ox cut. (Id to Oy 4 d; cow heavy, «%d. fi'/L.d. (i%» to (i : y,d; medium, o%d. (>'/.. d'. (i%d; light, o'/,d. (i'/.d to fi%d: superior light, o%d to ti%d; cow cut. 5 : ; 4 d to fid: superior cow cut. fi'/ K d. (5y 4 d to fi%d: farmers' cow, (!%d; cut cow. 4%d to 5 7 / s d: slippy cow. 4'/ 2 d, od. SVUI to fid; stag-. 4%' d. 3d. o'/jd to 5 Mid. Yearlngs, special lines. 7d. 7%d to 7y 2 d: average lines. Od. (i%d. fi%d. o</ 2 d to 0%; slippy yearlings, s ; j£,d, .Vftd to fid; cut yearlings, Cd, o'/ s d to fiy.d; dry yearlings. 2d to 2'/ s d. Horse hides. —Extra heavy. 17s 3d: heavy, lis 3d, 12s to 12s 0d; medium, !)s Od to 10s; poiiv. 4s 0d; cut horse, 8s to I.os Od. Calfskins.-Firsts, B%d. RvOl. Od to !)'/ 4 d; firsts small, Sd, to SV s d: seconds. B'/ 4 d to S :l / 4 d; seconds small. 7%d. 7%d to 8d; dirty. 7'/»d to 7%d: fleshy, 7'/,d to 7'/'(l; first cuts, G%d to 7(1: second cuts, 5%d to oi/ 4 d; badly cut. 2%d: slippy, 4%d, 4%d, 5d to 5%d; dry calf, fid to Is each. Tallow.-Best mixed. 25s fid to 25s Od; medium, 25s to 25* 3d; in tins, best, 20s Od,'medium, 22s to 22s 3d: inferior. 17s to IDs 3d; part cask, 15s Oil per cwt. Horsehair, la 4d to Is o'/..d. Cowtails, Is 3d per doz. Pigskins, Is each. Bones, ,C 5 per ton. My next sale will be held on Tuesday, 26th' inst.