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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 223, 27 February 1915, Page 2

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NEW PLYMOUTH MARKETS. RETAIL PRICES. NEW PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY 27. DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. Butter—s. d. Factory 1 3 Best Separator 1 0 Seconds Oil Dairy 0 10 Eggs 1 10 kard 0 10 Hams '. 0 10 Rashers , 1 0 Milk (quart) 0 4 FRUIT. Oranges 2s to 2s Cd doz. Bananas 3d to 4d lb. Walnuts lg ]b. Lemons Is Cd doz Apples 3d and (id lb. Ptars 3d and Cd lb. VEGETABLES. Carrots 2d bunch Turnips 2d bunch Potatoes 101b for Is. Parsnips 2d Rhubard 4d and Cd' bunclif Cucumbers 2d and 4d. Cabbages 2d and 3d Cauliflowers 4d and (id. Beans (French) 4d per lb. Tomatoes (j,j BUYING PRICES. ButterBest separator regist'd dairies 0 10J Farmers' separator 0 10 Factory Pats 1 oj Dairy 0 9 E ggs i 8 Fungus 0 3 LOAN & MERCANTILE AGENCY CCvS REPORT.

The New Zealand Loan and .Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch), report as follows:

On Wednesday, February 17, we held our usual monthly sale in our Kolniratahi yards, when we had a fair yarding of sheep and cattle, most of which were placed at full markst values:—lSmonths steers (small) 53s to »Ss Cd, IS-nionths steers (fair quality) 73s Cd to 7.15, 2-year steers up to SOs. 2%-year steers 103s to 108s Cd IS-months heifers .41s to 50s, 3-year hrifers v.) to 102s, store cows 97s Cd, fat eows £C 17s, bulls 87s Cd (small), f.m. ewes !)s 7d to 10a Cd, 2-tooth wethers 10s Cd to 17s 3d, f.m. rams Ign. Our next Kohuratahi tale will be held 011 March 4.

On Friday, 19th inst., we held our first sale in the Matau district in Messrs Matthews, Gamlin and Co.'s yards (by their kind permission), when \vu had a good yarding of 3328 sheep and 120 head of cattle,, of which 2737 sheep and 80 head of cattle \v=rc disposed of. There was a very large attendance of the public, bidding being brisk from tli e start, and the. sale was a very successful one. Two-tooth wethers"made las 7d to 17s Id, 2, 4 and B-tootli wethers 18s, f.m. owes (small) 10s to 10s 7d, medium 10s 100. to lis, fair up to 13s 3d, mixed ages ewes 9s 7d to 10s 9d, medium lis lOd, fair los, 2-tooth ewes (small) ll s 5d to 14s 2d, forward owes (small) 14 3 2d to 10s lOd, cull lambs 5s to 8s 9d, rape lambs (good quality) 10s 5d to Us 7d, woolly' lambs 12s 'to 12s 3d, aged rams 3s Gd to Ss Oil, f.m rams (cully) lis to 17s Od, Lincoln rams up to 4y s gns., Eomncy f.ra. rams 3'/ 3 to 4y 4 gns., 0-tooth rams 1% to IJigns.; cows and calves (small) £4, 18-moiiths heifers (small) £2 12s, 2-year heifers £5 Gs 3d, 2'/ 2 -y:ar steers' 107s Gd to 117s Od, 20-months" steers G7s fid to 72s Gd.

We offered on account of Mr. G. L. Young, of Matau (proceeds to go to the Belgian Relief Fund), 11 lambs, which were sold at 4s 6d each to Mr. .lames Wallace. We also offered one lamb, on account of Mr. G. L. Young, .prorceds to go to the same fund, which elicited very keen compaction, being sold and re-sold as follows: Mr V.H. Nolan, Te Were, 10s; Mr. Ewan Jackson, Toko as; Mr. F. IT, Mills, Matau, 5? ; Mr, J,' F. Ritchie, Matau, ss; -Messrs G. and W. Jones, Mjdhirst, ss-; Mr. (J. H. Rawlinson, Matau, 5s j Messrs Larson Bros., Pehu, ss; Mr. O. Jensen, Matau, os; Mr. N. J. G. Hamilton, Pehu, ss; Mr. H. R. Harrison, Matau, ss; Mr. IT. Sander] Tarata, os; Mr. Hardy Jones, Ngacre,' 10s; Mr. J. Smitheram, Huiroa, os. We held our monthly sale in our Te Wera yards on Monday, 22nd inst., when we had a fair yarding of 102o' sheep and 134 head of cattle, most of which we placed at satisfactory prtcesi 18-months heifers 49s to 52s Gd, 3-year heifers (empty) £6 Is, 18-months heifers (small) £2 4s, empty stors cows £8 to £0 14s, store cows 82s to 108s, cows and calves (small) 79s Gd, 18months steers (small) 50s to 575, medium 42s to Gas, 2-year bulls 02s Gd .to 120s, 2-tooth wethers 15s Bd, 4-tooth wethers 19s, cull lambs 6s Id to Gs 3d, woolly lambs lis, f.m. ewes 10s 3d. 2-tooth) ewes .(small) 15s 9d, 4 and 5-year ewes lis lid, forward ewes 14s Gd to 15s 10d, f.m. rams Ms Gd, 2-tooth rams %gn. to l%gns., medium 2-tooth rams 2%gns. to 3gns„ Romney rams up to 3gns. Our supplementary sheep fair will be held at Te Wera oil March

On Tuesday, 23rd inst., we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when we had a fair yarding of 4GO head of cattle and 1030 sheep, most of the cattle and ji considerable number of the sheep being said at the following prices:—Good store cows (slightly lower) 10Ss to 1335, medium and"lowconditioned 82s to 90s. small GGs to 78s Gd, forward cows £7 to £7 15s, empty 'heifers £3 to £4 10s. 18-months-heifers (small) £2 to £2 3s, medium £2 5s (id, weaner heifefs up to 275, 2',/,-year steers £0 os to £5 7s fid, IS-months steers (small) £2 15s, medium £3 to £3 7s fid, weaner steers (good demand) 20s to 32s Gd, 18-months bulls £3 2s fid to. £3 15s, small dairy hulls £4 17s fid to £fi ss, tinner bulls (medium) £7 2s fid to £7 12s fid, heavier £7 15s to £0 Is", lambs (small) 8s fid, cull ewes 8s to Ss Gd, forward ewes 14s, mixed age, ewes 13s (id. Our Stratford supplementary sheep and ram fair will be held oil Monday, March 8, and our usual fortnightly sale, on Tuesday. March !).

Since'we last reported we have sold . a large quantity of stock privately at the following prices:—F.M. ewes 12s to 14s Gd,. 2-tooth ewes 10s 4d to 10s Gd, 2-tooth wethers 10s Gd to lfis !)d, forward ewes 14s Sd to 17s 3d, fats ISs, cull lambs 4s to 7s od, rape lambs 10s 3d to 10s Gd, springing heifers up to £7, 18-months steers £3 5s to £3 10s Gd, 20-months heifers £2 7s to £2 Ss fid. weaner steers 2!)s to 38s.