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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 268, 11 April 1914, Page 3

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NEWTON' KING'S WF-KKIX HEI'ORT. On Monday Oth inst., at my Uiemii yards there was a fair entry of cattle with several lines of sheep. Competition was good, practically everything being cleared at the following rates: —Weaaer heifers £1 2s to £1 15s, weaner steers £1 to £1 12a (id. rough 18-months steers £2 Ss (id to £.' is Bs, mixed weaner* (weedy) 5s to 17s lid, bulls £1 17s Cd to £5 10s. store cows £2 (is to £3 14s. forward cows £4 !)s to £5 Is, fat cows £(1 l.'is, fat and forward woolly lambs 12s Id. cull lambs 4s (id to 7s (Id. mixed sheep Ss (id to <)s 3d, f.m. ewes 10s 2d to lis 8(1, fat wethers 18s !)d, 4, 0, and f.m. wethers 15s 2d, 4 and 0-tooth ewes an even line but rather small Kis, good line of f.f.m. ewes losi 9d. At Kahotu on Tuesday, 7th inst. for my autumn cattle fair I had a full yarding of good conditioned cattle, the majority being weaner steers with a good number of 18-months steers. There w:-.s an excellent attendance of buyers from all parts of the district, bidding being very spirited until half way through the sale, when rain came down in torrents and drove many buyers to shelter, bidding, as a consequence, quietened down. All the )8-months steers enterd were i sold at the hammer. Some good pens of I weaner steers were offered, the pick of [ .these, a well-grown nice-colored line, realising £2 Ss. The Hol'tein heifcis entered on account of 11. Morrow's estate attracted much attention, one pen of 15 well-marked weaner heifers, all by pedigree Holstein bulls, and out of cows I which, although not be eligible icy i'le Herd Book, were practically pedigree cattle, were placed to a northern jani cier at £0 per head:—Weaner steers £2 S.s, £2 Is, £2s Is, £1 18s, £1 13?, £1 12s I (id, £1 12s, £1 9s, smaller sorts fro:n 17s I (id to £1 ss, Morrow's weaner heifer* £(> mid £3 for other Holstsin smaller cuttle

\ not showing such di.iry quality, other : 25,!, to £1 17s (id, mixed .weaner £1 13s £1 10s fld, £1 7s, £1 3s, £1 2s, £l, 17.* <id, J nice pcii of 20-montliij in calf Ilo.stein li'eifei.', £4 Kis, Jersey in calf heifers (all shewing) £5, ls-months grade in call 1 heifers £2 17s Cd t.o £3 10s, 18-months grade empty heifer.-,', (small) £2 9s, huils 30s to £6, 18 to 20-month steers £3 10s, £3 Wis, £3 15s 6d, £3 15s, £3 14s Od, £3 14s, £3 lis, £3 10s, £3 7s fid, £3 7s, £3 3s, fat cov s £C> 14s to £G „ 17s, small fat cows £5 10s to £5 17*', fonw.nl cows £5 ss, £5 Is, £5, £4 18s, £4 17s fid, £4 17s, £4 14s, good store cov/s from £3 Ps to £4 7s (id, smaller framed store cows £3 to £3 10s, aged cows £1 to £2 153. ' '' ,| I'-?.!'^! At Waiwahaiho on Wednesday,' Bth inst., I had a fair entry of which I cleared every head at the following prices:—Weaner steers £1 14s (id £1 10s, (id, 10-, £1 fis, £1 Bs, lfl,v fid, 13s, Jersey Weaner heifers (improved enquiry) £1 15s (id, £1 14s, £1 13s. £1 12s, £1 lis, £1 10s, grade weamr heifers £1 4.; (U to £1 9s, mixed weaner £1 weedy 5s to 12s, bulls £5 ss, 20-ninnths and 2-year heifers E.W.B. £3 17s (id. dairy cbws £4 I.*. to £0 17s (id, fat ernvs £5 14s to £0 Ss, store cows £2 18s to £4 3;, 2% and 3-year forward bullocks £7 ss, goodconditioned 2 1 /;-ye.ar steers £5 lis, and £5 12s, other 2%-year steers £4 10s, Jerseys £3, f.m. ewes 9s 4d. Private sales for the week as follows: Weaner steers £1 7s, £" 17s, weaner heifers 225, fat cows £5 15s to £.7, 2 1 /.-yivir steers £5 7s (id, to. £5 2s Od, £5, and small at £4 ss, IS-month to 2-vear steers £4, £3 16s, £3 15s, £3 14s, £3*l2s Od, £3 10s, £3 ss, £3, fat ewes 10s, fat kiubs 13s, lambs 7s 9d to 9s>, 2-tooth -ethers las, 2-tooth ewes 15s to 10s fid, 0-tooth' and f..m. ewe 13s to 14s 3d, rams 12s Od i to ly-gns. ) '- I

NEW ZEALAND LOANED MERCANTILE REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mcrcnn- | tile Agency Company, Ltd. (Stratford j" lirancli) report as follows: — On Wednesday, Ist inst., we lield our usual monthly sale in our Kohuratnhi ' yards, when there was a large attendance, the sale being a most successful one. The yarding consisted of 243 .head of cattle and 998 sheep, of which 222 ( cattle and SB2 sheep were sold, which k Knows that there was a fair demand, also that a good clearance was effected. Prices as follows: —Weaner steers made up to 3(is, weaner heifers 23s (id; 20months heifers tills, 20-months steers GSs, 725, 75s Cd, 70s; 2 , /.-year old steers, fair line, 945, lamlis realised (is (id for cully. Ss to 8s ; Cd for fair to 9s 7d for good lines; old ewes made from 7s for weedy Its, Sd for medium, to 13s 7d for fair lines, 2-looth ewes 13s 3d to 14s, rams from (is (id for wcedv to l'/igns for fair stuff. (.In Tuesday, 7th inst., we held our tibial fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when we had a medium yarding of 312 head of cattle and 442 sheep, which were practically all sold at the hammer or afterwards at the following rates. The day turned out very rough consequently the prices suffered slightly; Weaner steers 27s Cd for medium, 31s In 83s'for good to 37s (id for really good sliill'. Weaner heifers 17s (kl for' small, 24s to 2(is lid for medium, 27s to 28s for good lines, mixed stuff of good quality realised from 13s, 21s Cd to 255, 20month steers in fair demand 4Cs Cd for small, CBs for medium, 70s to 71s for fair stuff, cows, not in such good demand made 32s (id, 54s for small, 85s to 71s for medium, /78s to 80s for good luilky stores, forward cows showing "quality 83s to 90s for ynall, 97s Cd to 100s for medium, 105s to 120s for fats, 2'/ 2 -year steers up to 105s, which was realised for a nice line from a Toko client, lambs, culls, from 4s for small (is lid for medium, its for fair quality, 1 and 3-year old ewes 8s fid to 10s 9d. Prior to the above sale the associated brokers offered the wcaners donated to (lie A. and P. Association, to a very large attendance of the public. Competition was keen and very public spirited and many of the purchasers resold the stock 'on behalf of the Association which should do well out of the sale. On Tuesday we also held our usual monthly sale of wool, sheepskins, hides and tallow, when we offered U7 packages of wool and the usual quantity of skins, etc. There was u fair attendance of buyers and competition was keen for all lines offered. ' Wool generally was of inferior quality, mostly seedy and heavy, which detracted considerably : from appearance, also from its value. Lambs wool, seedy, 7'/ 2 d to Sd, clean lambs wool BV«d to crossbred fleece B%d to !)d, mixed bales B%d, erutchings O'/id, pieces up to o'/4d, black wool 7d to # 7'/ 2 d, bellies 5%d to li'/id. locks, heavy up to 4'/ : .d; horsehair, medium quality Is 7d per lb. Sheepskins were nolj of tile best quality, a number of the lines being of a pelty nature with little wool, poor pelts, little wool, Sd lid Is. larger spread Is 2d Is 4d, Is (3d, good pelts 2s 3d to 2s 4d, lambskins, light wool 2s 2d hogget skins, skins. Utile wool, rather pelty Is 9d to Is lid, damaged pelfs with light wool, Is Cd. Is Bd, to Is I'd fair pelts light wool 2s lid, 2s lid, 3s 3s 2d. fair wooled but seedy realised 2s fid to 3s Cd, good oelts, fair wool, 4s lid, 4s Bd, to 3s 4d each, salted, pelts 2s 3d, good skins fair wool made' from 4s, 4s 2d, to 4s Bd, good pcrej goo:i wool realised 5s Kid, (Is (id. Cs Kid to Ss 8d for good stuff. A skin taken out of a line offered on account of a Stanley road client realised Ins Id; tallow 23s to 25s per cwt. Since we last reported we have sold a large number of wcaners 200 head of which went to the Ohura. Weaner heifers made from 17s, 245, 255, to 2Ss, weaner steers 27s (id, 31s 32s (id to 3is fid, ill-month steers 71s Cd, 75s Cd, 77s Od to 80s; empty heifers not in demand 53s to 02s (id, 2'/o- to 3-year old steers 115s to 1255, lambs 4s, ss,'.Ss (Id to 7s Cd. medium 8s (id 8s fid, 9s Cd to 10s for good, freezers up to 13s, 2-tooth mixed ewes and wethers 12s 3d to 'l4s 3d, 4 iisjd .5-year-old ewes, in demand. 13s 3d, 13s Cd 14s, to 14s 3d old ewes, poor quality. 10s ltd, lis 3d to lis Gd for mediu-n stuff, two-tooth ewes from lis to 15s ltd, rams poor 8s (id to 10s, medium 20s. failup to 40s. , On Saturday last, 4th inst., we held a lield demonstration of Eruptite on Mr. C. Et.'an's farm, corner of Eltham and Rowan roads, the .spectators' numbering over 30 farmers. Several large rimus and j-atas were blown out of their resting places to the entire satisfaction of those present. The local agent, ilr. 0. E. TSetts, Kaponga. was present, and Mr. 'V. Scoble, Stratford, operated.