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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 310, 9 June 1915, Page 2

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STRATFORD WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES. W. M. QSAYLY & CO.'S REPORT. On Tuesday, June 1, we held our usual monthly sale of above pToduce, when an assorted catalogue was offered to a largo attendance of buyers. Most descriptions were eagerly competed for, and erutchings reached almost a record price, one bale realising 12'/od per lb. Sheepskins also showed an upward tendency, advancing %<I per lb. Hides sold better than at our last sale, but prices realised for tallow were considerably lower than those, of former sales. We quote: Wtiol —fFlcece, in >bales, 12>/,d; pieces, in hags, 7d; black, in bags, By,d; lambs, in bags, 10V»d; crutchinga, 12'/ 2 d. ■Sheepskins—(Butchers' y 3 -wools, 9d to 9y.d; three-quarter-wools, 1)y 2 d to 9%d; settlers' full-wools B%d to 9d, lamhs to B%d, lamb pelts 7d to 7%d, pelts fl'/od to 7%d, three-quarter-wool salted fis Sd each, dead and damaged Cd to TVz'l Hides—'Butchers' cow, average 46, Sy.<l; iil, B%d; (10, B%d; washed, 30, <SV;,d; 48, s%d; settlers' stag, 83, fi'/id; yearling, cow, 30, Bd. Talow—ln caslcs, 23s 3d per ewt.; in tins, 21s 3<l per ewt. Horsehair, la fi<l per lb; cow-taila, In C<l per dozen. Our next sale will lie held on June 29, when vendors may rely on consignments receiving every attention.