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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 212, 7 March 1914, Page 6

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UJXDUX jUiLvETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, March 5. The following prats were realised at tile wool sales: He..a, top Lid, average Ji%d; X.L. Anchor, 13y : ,d and P2'/ S d; .Bushy Hill, and U 7a d; Toro.i. J2'/ 2 d and 11'/ad; \\ iiakaki, 12d and ll'/.d. ,V\ heat—Dull and easier, Ms yd being asked lor Australian. London, March 5. At the wool sales there is a strong upward tendency. America is -liuying mer- j :nos and crossbreds. Annings report that the rabbit skin; sales closed linn: 29!)j bundles were sold. Share'quotations—Waihi 48s 9d and 51s lid, Junction 25s and 20s. Silver, 27d per ounce. AUSTRALIAN .MARKETS. Sydney, March 5. Wheat, lis !>i/ 4 d to 3s !)i/ 2 d. Flour, £8 15s. Oats.—Algerian feeding 2s to 2s 3d, milling 2s 4d to 2s sd. Barley.—Cape malting 2s Gd to 2s 7d. .Maize, 4s 3d. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £(>. Onions, Victorian £S. Butter.—Selected, 112s, secondary 108s. Oheese, (i«/ s d. Bacon, Is. Adelaide, March 5. Wheat. 3s B'/ 2 d to 3s Od. Flour, £8 os to £8 7s 6d. Pollard, Is Id. Melbourne, March 5. Hides. —Goodi-condjtioned lots %d higher, others unchanged. Wheat, 3s lOd to 3s 10' Ad. Flour, £9. Oats, Is 8d to Is lfid. Barley.—English malting 3s 3d to S« (id, Cape 2s 4>/ 2 d. Maize.' 3s Bd, Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes, £3 to £4. Onions, £G 10s. ARGENTINE PRODUCE EXPORTS. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Friday. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cable from Bu. nos Aires, dated the 4th inst.:—The following produce was shipped from the Argentine to the United Kingdom during the month of February, as compared with February, 11)11): Frozen beef, quarters, 1014, 110,000; .10111, 252,000; chilled beef, quarters, 353,000 and 237,01)0; frozen mutton, carcases, 147,000 and 28,000; frozen lamb, carcases, 30,000 and 50,000; butter, cwts., 10,370 and 13,314. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, 27th, at the show grounds, New Plymouth, for my second annual show sale, there was a good attendance j from all parts of the district. Chief interest centred on Messrs Coulter's aid Griffith's Jersey stock. Mr. Goulter's cattle had arrived on only the previous afternoon and were looking very travel worn after three days on steamer and train, this considerably affecting their sale. Mr. E. Grill'ith's stock, as usual, were in excellent condition, considering that it is the oil' season for bulls, and also that the cows were past profit, the prices realised must be considered as satisfactory. Mr. Gonlter' f line 3-y«ar bull Golden Reef, by .Soumise Majesty, from Golden Lilly (sire and dam both imported from the island) was vas„cd at the hammer, but was subsequently sold to Mr A. Griffiths, of Otaki. Prices for other stock were as follows:—Pedigree Jersey cows lO'/jgns to .'Signs, pedigree Jersey heifers 12'/ 2 gns to Signs, pedigree Jersey bulk 12'/.gns to 29gns, pedigree Jersey bull calve* Sgnx to 12gns. Pedigree Ayrshires drew brisk competition as follows:—Heifers Cgns to 17gns, eov/s 21'/.gns, bulls Bgns, --ade in calf heifers sgns. Pedigree Holsteiii bulls 13gns, fat cows £7 to £B, fat lambs 15s, fat wethers £1 Is and £1 os, "ift calves from £3 7s Od to £4 10s, other calves up to £li *'- . iiUl' At Waiwakaiho on Monday, 2nd inst, I had a full yarding of cattle and several pens of sheep. The atle"'-"ace, it being an on" day, was not as gooi as at recent sales, but those present were buyers and made good competition throughout, practically every pen hems' cleared' at the follow-in- prices:—Wonncr heifers exceptionally nice line of Jerseys £2 5s Od, mixed weaners improved enquiry, SI 0s (id, £1 os Od, 17s, liS-moaths steers, (rough) £3 5s Od, 2-vear steers £4 3s, pen of 2|/.-.year steers £5 Is, :s-months heifers £3 8s Od, £3 2s, £2 7a, £2 Cs Od, scrubby sorts £1 0s Od and £1 os, bulls | from £5 17s fld to £O, pens of 18-montlis bulls £3 ss, fat and forward cows according to aire and condition, at £(i 10s £0 Is, £O, £3 13s, £5 10s, £.3 9s Gil, £5 Us' £s' ss, £3, £4 ISs, £4 14s, £4 10s, store cows £4 (is, £4 4s, £4 lis (id, £3 18s Od, £3 15s, £3 9s, £3 (is, £2 Kis, £■> lus, £2 2s. On ac count of Mr. Frank Sit I way, I sold Hampshircdow:i and Shropshire ewes 2-tooth, to f.f.m., at His Oil. ewe lambs' 10s' ram lambs lis to His, rams l'/,gns. On account of other vendors Lit ewes' 15s 5d to 10s, rams from 4s to I:3s. On the same day at Douglas for my sunolementary sheep fair and cattle sale 1 had a heavy entry, all yarding accomodation being fully taxed. There was a One attendance and excellent competition throughout, and I was able to clear the full yarding at satisfactory prices this fair being easily the test held on the East Road this season. Prices obtained were:—Well-prowii wearier heifers £1 os, mixed weaners £1 7s, weaner steers £1 Os (id to £1 lis, emptv heifers £3 7s to £3 fls Od, 15 to IS-months heifer s £1 lls to £2 ss, 15-fnonths! steers £3 7s, 2'/.,year steers £5 4s (id, fat cows £G lis, to £7 Is, forward cows £3 17s £5 1.-;., £5 »/■« 12*. &«*,£■-». £4 1(V. 'store cow's £4 Is. £3 16s, £3 75.. £3 (is, bulls £2 7s. to £O, fat lambs (woollv) 15s 2d fat ewes 15s 3d, lambs !U Bd, 9s 3d, Bs"fld <■■ 7s 4d, fis 7d, 0s 2d, 5s lid, 4s Od. 4s' 11, 3s 2s 7d, 2-tooth ewes good 15s to 14s 10d, fair line 14s. small lis 10,1 t 0 I-'s Id. good 2 and 4-looth wetliers 1.3s Od l-><4d, 1.3s 2d. 1,35, 14* Id, 4-tooth wethers 10s Kid to 17s 4.1. f.in. ewes 9s lid 9s, Ss, Os. 7(1. 0s fid 5s 5,1, fi-tooth and f.f.m. ewes, (nice lines) 14s Od, 14, I'd 14s Id, fresh full anil f.in. ewes lON fid to lis Oil, rains lg„ to 1 i/, Kns , ~,,„.] -.,, Ss 3d to 15s.

At Stratford on Tuesday I had a fair entry of both slice,, and cattle. Competition for tlic former was quiet h„t nil cattle yarded, wiili the oxceiitioof two pons, were sold at the hammer. Competition on ;. 0 0.l conditioned cowand bulls wa.s well ni-.iintnitiod. «o>-cr !t ! pens of wvaiier.s wore yarded, on" .>artioiilarlv fine line of :j() -toers („'l ,horlhorns) realising £•_>. Tliefe were the Lent, woanor steers seen in these yards for some yours; other ivoaiiers were all sold xat the hammer. I siipph- prices;— Mi-

Ed weaners £1 2s lid to fl 7s, winner heifers £1 i) 3 lor color, grades £1 lis (id, £1 Us, £1 4s lid, £1 L's Uil, 1.") ami ISmonth steers £3 4s (id, yearling heifers £2 12s, in call' heifers £»" 17s Oil, springing lieifers (small) £3 IDs, 2'/Iryear steers £5 as, bulls £5 to £S 10s, forward and fat cows £(i 14s, £(i lis, £ii 5s (i £0 ss, £0 4s, £0 2s, £5 Ills, £5 Us. £3 Ss, £o U, £4 15s, £4 IDs, sloiv cows £1 ss, £3 15s (id, £3 2s, aged cows £1 7s lid to £2 lis, tow's and calves £5 15s, f.m. ewes IDs 2d, cull ewes 5s lid, lambs ss, 2-tooth ewes 14s Bd. At Stony ltiver on Wednesday there was a fair entry, which sold ;is follows: weaner steers £1 10s, £1 8-> Ud, 17s, 14s, ss, weaner lieifers £1 (is, lMs (id, mixed weaners £1 7s (id, £1 (is, 15-monUi oiuptj ' lieifers £2 2s to £2 Bs, HoUel.i 18-nmiitli heifers £3 lis, spring heifers £1 17s to £(i 17s (id, dairy cows £5 12s (id, pedigree Jersey bull TVagus, bulls £4 o IS, yearling bulls £2 7s (id to £2 15s, 15 to IS-montU steels £3 (is to £3 Ss; forward y"d fat cows £5 (is to £C IDs, store cows £3 3s to £4 3s (id aged cows £2 to £2 10s, f..m. ewes 10s, fat ewes 15s, Id, good woolly lambs lis lOd, shorn lambs 8s 2d On the same day at Pohokurj, for mi annual sheep fair, there was a good entry of sheep, of which 1 sold every bead at the following prices:— Lambs 8s sd, Ss, 4s 2d, 2 and 4-tootli cives 15s Id, ffm owes 13s 7d, lis lOd, Us 3d, IK f.m. ewes 10s 7d, I.os Id, 10s, 0s (Id, 7s Id, 7s, (is !)d, 5s 2d, 4s, fat and forward ewes 14s, 2 and 4-tooth wethers bis 7d, rams from llgns to 2gns, aged rams frrm 4s (id to 10s Gd. Private sales for the week as follows: —Fat wethers 19s, fa't ewes ids and 10s fid, fat lambs 13s (id, fat cons £H :)-., to £0 15s, forward cows £4 10s to £5 7s fid, storo cows £3 3s to£4 ss, l!)-monlhs steers £3 17s (id, £3 Ids, £3 10s, £3 Bs. £3 7s (id, 2 and 2y,.-vcar steers £t Li-, pedigree Shorthorn bull llgns, .spring heifers £5 7s fid to £(> ss, In mix !)s (id. Bs, 7s 9d, (is Gd, 2-tooth ewes 15s (id, 15s. 14s od, 13s, 4-tooth ewes, "ood line, lfti Gd, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 15s fid, 4-toolh wethers 10s fid, C-tooth anil f.f.m. ewes 12s 3d and 12s (id, f.m. ewes llvCd, 10, | Gd, 10s, 7s, rams 2'/ 2 gns to 3%gns. MATTHEWS. CAMLIN AND .CO.'S j REPORT. Matthews, Gainlin and Co. report a good yarding of stock at their Ingl-woud ; yards'last Wednesday. Bidding was good for forward cows and bulls; also there was a slightly better demand for weaners We quote: Fat and forward cows £5 to £5 10s, store do £3 3s to £3 18s, 2y 2 -.YW>r. steers £5 2s (id, old and inferior cows P. 5s to £2 15s, 18-montha heifers r.w.b. £2 4s to £3 (is. fat and forward ewes 13* lOd, lambs Ss Od to 10s »d •JOHNSONVILLE. At Johnsoiiville a fair entry of prime ! bullocks and sheep came forward and >sold \jtt the following prices:—Prime heavy bullocks £ll 15s to £ll 17s lid. prime bullocks £ll 5s to £ll.los, prime wethers 21s, prime ewes 18s, good ewes Ills Gd to 17s 3d, good lambs IDs. shorn lanfbs 13s to Hs. ADDINGTOX. Store sheep—Two-tooth ewes 17s to 23s 3d, 2, 4 and (i-tootli ewes (good) 18s to 21s 2d, fl and 8-tooth ewes Ifis to 20s Id, 4, (I and 8-tooth ewes 15s to 18s 2d. good sound-mouth ewes l(is to 18s Ud. other ewes 13s to 14s Gd, full and failing mouth ewes 12s to 13s Gd, aged ewes 10a upwards, 4 and G-tooth forward wethers 14b to 18s, 2 and 4-tootli wethers to 17s, merino wethers 5s 4d for lowconditioned sorts to lis lOd, forward lines of best rape, lambs 13s Gd to 13s 6d, medium to good rape lambs 12s (id to 13s, other classes of lambs 10s 3d to lis Od, culls 7s to 8s fid. Fat lambs—Tegs 18s to Ms Bd, extra to 21s 3d, average weights 10s to 17s f>d, light and unfinished 15s to 15s fld. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 21s to 24s fid, extra to 28s, others Ifis !)d to 20s 7d, merino wethers 13s to 10s Id, prime ewes ISs to 20s (id, medium 15s Gd to 17s fid, aged and light 12s 3d to 15s, merino owes fls JtL Fat cattle—Prices riccliied bv abort Is per 10011), the current rate being >Bs to 31s. Quotations are: Steers £7 15s to £ll. extra to £l4 10s, heifers £0 to £0 10s. cows £5 to £0 7s Od. I Store cattle—Yearlings £1 18s, 15 to 18-months sorts £3 8s to £3 10s. 2-year steers £4 10s, 2-year heifers £4 ss, 2'/r year heifers £4 10s, cows £1 7s Gd to £3 ss, 2-year heifers (Chathams) £3 los, 3-year heifers (Chathams) £5 Is, 4-year steers (Chathams) £5, cows (Chathams) £3 15s, suckers (Chathams) £2 Bs. Dairy cows sold at £4 to £l3 ss. Fat pigs-jChoppers £3 10s to £fi 10s, heavy baconers 62s to 77s Od, lighter baeoiiers 52s fid to 00s (equal to s>/,d to 5%d per lb), large porkers 47s to 50s, lighter porkers 40s to 44s (equal to fi'/jjd per lb), large stores 38s to 435, medium stores 28s to 375, small stores 2t)s to 275, weaners (ordinary) 14s to 18s. weaners (extra) to 20s, sows in pig £" ISs to £5.