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Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 2

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T'HK VVIIF.AT YLUUyKX. i By Cable—J'j'ess .Association—Copyright. Loudon, July 22. •Wheat. —American visible supply i2.(i(W,OOD bushels. Chicago July option's J.i;JVi to 11(1, September 104 y t 'to 103 Vi AND GRAIX MARKET. Received July 23, 5.5 p.m. London, July 22. The wool sales are keener, and general competition all round is 'hardening, except for shabby sorts. Following prices Mere realised for the fleece, portions of the Now Zealand clips named: Tokomaru, top average Ki'/id; Goralu, 14(1 and 12d. The sale included 1213 English wool bales, wuich were mostly withdrawn; washed Hampshire Down wool made 23d, greasy lG'/od. IRradford is steadier, with a more cheerful tone: 'o4's 425. super flO's 41VL'S, eomon 00's 40s. s(i's 355, 30's 31s, 45's '27s. 40's 255. Wheat is quiet and steady. Flour is firmer. Oats are. steady: New Zealand 375, Rahia-.Rl.inca, Julv-Angust shipment, 2os 3d. Peas and beans are firm at full prices. XEWTOX KING'S REPORT. On Thursday. July 8, at Xgaere, for Mr. J. llurkett's clearing sale (in conjunction with the !>oaii Company),there was a big crowd of lmyes.' Bidding was ■brisk, the. herd of 12(1 cows averaging IS 2s.

At Midhirst, on Friday, July 0, for Mr. J. Fryday's sale, there was a good attendance. Choice cows brought up to llli, the 'herd averaging £lO 13s, store iows 13 2s Od and ,14 2s Od, pedigree Jersey cow 2,jgs, pedigree Jersey call lOgs.'sow and litter 18 10s, pedigree Jersey bulls figs to ll'/igs, weaner heifers 'll 17s. roan gelding 129. At L'reuui yards, on July 12, there was only a small entry, all of which was chared at the following prices:— Forward ewes 21s fid, empty ewes His 4d fat wethers 255, dairy cows £lO, springing heifers £3 15s to 10 12s (id, store cows 13 Ids to £5 15s, rough steers 13 l'is, yearling 4eers 12 9s to 12 lis.

At Rahotu. on Tuesday, July 13, there was a fair entry, all of Which was cleared at a sharp advance in prices. Weancr steers (fair) made £2 2s, weedy weiiners 12s. emptv 20-month heifers £3 2s, .smiill store cows £3 :!s to £3 ] Bs, fresh, conditioned stores £4 12s to £5 15s. 3year Shorthorn springing heifers £8 10s, 2-yer.v springing heifers' ;£Xi 10s. On Wednesday, July 15, at Ah". Walsh's clearing sale, the dairy cows sold at from £7 to £l3 ss, for the best, and .CI 10s to £5 17s Gd for backward, sorts, or aged, the line averaging '£B 55. The fann gelding brought £3O; yearlings 325, breeding sow £7. _ ; At Lowgarth, on Thursday, July 15, j for the sale in the estate of the lateGordon Townsend, held in conjunction with the Hawera branch of the Loan and Mercantile, there was a very large attendance, all parts of Taranaki being represented. Bidding throughout was exceptionally brisk, as the cattle were choice, fira-de cows brought up to £25 ss, the herd of 30 averaging £l4 14s. Pedigree Jersey cattle sold as follows: Cows, Miss Dew (l r .. Harper, Ngaere), lags; Oaklca's Bluebell (H. Gray, Midhirst), lT'Ags; Meadow Queen's Ruby (T, I.inn, Mangatoki), 27gs; Golden Riverlcas (\V. Rutledge. Mi'dhirst), 28Vi>gs; Oakdale's Flower (-D. h. A. Aslhbury. Mangatoki). 52gs. Heifers, Riverlca's Princess (11. flrcy), !)'/ a gs; Miss Dew's Fancv (E. Kirk-wood). lO'Ags. Bulls, Golden Mark (G. Cowling, Manaia), KVi gs; Drummer Boy (-D. Astbury), 21gs; Ida's Boy (H. A.-Shaw, Eltham), logs; Miss Dew's Clinker (Campbell and Son, vWaverlevl. 17gs; Earl Douglas {A. Hooper. '(Mahoe), 13gs: 'Die Flincher (J. Stewart, Kaponga), 16 1 / 2 gs: Royal Guard (T. Foreman), 7gs; Royal Marine (E. Harper), 18'/„,gs. Empty cows made £4 15s to £6 12s Gd, three-quarter cows £4 5s to £5 ss. choice springing 'heifers made from £9 10s to £l6 ss, backward sorts £4 to £6 l»s. cTioicc yearling heifers £4 2s <sd to £5 2s (Id, farm horses £24 to £4O. Tx>wgarth factory sliarcs 9s fid to 10s fid. At Waiwakaiho, on Friday, July 1(1, there was a good entry, hut the condition and class of most of the yarding were ragged. Store cattle and sheep met with a ready sale at a very noticeable advance in prices, as follow: Hog gets Ids 3d and Mis sd, fat and forward ewes 235, woolly hoggets 17s fid, empty forward ewes 18s fid to £l, store cows from £4 Is to £5 10s Od, empty 20month heifers £2 lfis to £3 10s, mixed yearlings £2, yearling steers £2 2s to £3. ragged wcaners 18s Cd to £1 7s, springing heifers (good) up to £9 ss, small or backward sorts £4 5s to £ii, dairy cows' (mostly ragged sorts) from £G 5s to £lO ss, aged dairy cows £1 '.rs to £5 10s, pedigree Jersey cow, Mary. 19gs. At rrenut, on Monday, July 10, for Mr. Tom Carev's clearing sale, there was a good attendance. Bidding from start to -finish was exceptionally brisk, a very satisfactory sale resulting. The dairy cows were a fine lot. the choicest scli- ' ing up to £lB, ff°°'l sorts made from £8 15s to £ll 10s. backward sorts £5 10s to £7 ss, the herd averaging £lO lfls. Mixed yearlings made £1 Gs, Jersey yearlings £2 Os lid. breeding sows £4. 'sow and litter £5 15s, farm horses £34 and £37. tripod and harrows £7, >.!. plough £7 10s, hayrake £4 10s, di=c £'. l.

On the 'same (lay. at Douglas, there was a fair yarding, which sold as follow-,: Kilt heifers £7 \U to C 7 10s. (laincows £:") los. 20-montn steers £3 IS* to £4 10s. :i-voar springing heifers £7 ;>s. small weaner heifers 23s till and 24?, ewes in kml) 17s Oil to 21s, hoggets los. On the sumo day. lit- Tii>'d Road, Stratford, for Mr. George Cidilv's sale, there was a {mud attendance. The cows were a mixed lot. and sold at from £S Ids to £l4 for the ihe«t and from £o 7>s lo C 7 ."is for oilier -oris, the ho>'d of 33 making a jrond average of £S 10s, Swinging heifers made £7 .'is to £lO, em-ptv cows' £2 lis. weauer heifers Wis, hrcodiiiir sows £3 2s Ikl to £7 12s fid. I In Tuesday. July 20. at Uniata. for Air. 1\ MeOormick's sale, thee was a ecod attendance, despite the awful wenIher. Those present were Imyers. and made aood coin'iietition. The eattle. rpaKinplv heifers C2 Ms >lid. yearling llolstcin heifer CI. Shorthorn hull €S los. springing heifer Cli los, store cow-'- C2 12s (id to £!. KM. < SWI -* '"- la ml. KSs. On the same day, at Strafford, for the fortnightly sale, the weather bloi'Ked ino-4 of the cattle anil sheep, evcryiliinu- 'having to he sold in (he dairy shed. forward cows made from £o i:>s to £7 10s, fat cows up to £S 13s. store cows C, 13s lid to C") Is. Yoar'limr heifers -'.'Ss. Yearling to 20-moiuli steers (roiiffh) £3 ss. empty heifers up to 13 los. yearling hull £3 7s fid. 2-Year steers ,Cl' :is lid to Co, hoggets UN 7.1. On 'Wednesday, for Mr. \V. Snell's sale, despite the weather, there was a good attendance, tile dairy cows selling' at from IT) 10s to £ll I.ls. aYoragiiiL' £S 10s. lvnrptv cows £3 Ids to £-1 los, springing empty heifer £S. On Thursday, -Tnly 22. at Oabiru, for Mr. J. 0. 'Sumner's clearing sale, there was p, good crowd of buyers. The dairy cows were all second calvcrs, just a little backward for sonie Imyers, but'

they made a very satisfactory average of '.OS Ids lid. li'est cows close; up 110 j 15s, others CI l.">s to CS, store cows j £3 7s lid to C 4 7s (id, pedigree Jersey bull llgs, purebred Jeivcy raw 1-211, purebred Jersey springing ■heifer 111, 10s, springing heifers" C 7 to 17 10s. yearlinys 11 Ss lid to .CI 15s (id, -1 and ii-tootli ewes ill "Tanrl> CI 8s Oil, farm houses £l2 10s to -CM, according to Private Kales.—Since we last reported we have disposed of a large quantity of both sheep and cattle to local and outside buyers, the demand at present being unsatisfied and we would be pleased to receive particulars of any cattle for sale. We quote prices: Yearling heifc's 11 10s to 1-2 '2s, yearling steers 12 Pis fid to 12 IGs. empty -20-month heifers 12 15s to 13 2s i()d, 2-yea.i- steers 14 12s (id, £4 lis, 14' 10s. 14 ss. £4. l.'ls 12s (id: 2'/, to 3-vear steers 1(1 17s (id to 17 ss, 3i/,-vear bullocks 10 10s. fat bullocks 114 10s, stores £3 5s to C 4 ISs Od, forward cows 15 lis Oil to 111 12s. fat eows 17 10s to 10, dairy eows (in herds) 111. 110, 13 os. OR 10s. £8 ss, 18, 111: choice springing heifers 'CO. 18. 17. .10 10s. 1(5 ss ; -2-vear heifers £4 10s. Field of turnips 15 5s to 18. Fat sheep 2(iI lid, fat ewes 24s to 255. emptv owes IS; Ito 21s'fid. ewes in lamb 22s (id, 225. 21s j (Id. 21s, 20s. 10s. 17s, Ids; hoggets 15s (id, 15s, 14s, 12s.

MATTHEWS. HAMLIN AND 00.'S •REPORT. Owing to the very wet weather on Wednesday last, we held no sale in our Inglewood yards. On Thursday, July 22. we held a verv successful sale, in conjunction with Messrs. iWebster, Dohson and O'o., at Mr. (leorge Kennedy's, there being a. very large attendance from all parts of the district, and. everything being absolutely without reserve, bidding was brisk throughout. Prices wore as follow: —■ Earlv culvers 18 to £l4 10s, others 15 10s to 17. heifers in calf (small) 13 2s fid to 14, ewes in lamb 25s 3d; horses £7 10s to 130 10s: 'implements, sundries and furniture at satisfactory prices. ADDINGTOX MARKET. Chriatchurch, July 21. At the Addington live stock market there were moderate, yarding* of Lit stock and a good attendance. Fat cattle, fat lambs, and fat sheep showed an advance in price. Good store sheep, especially ewes, ewe hoggets, and wethers, sold well.

Store sheep.—Good ewe hoggets, 15s 3s to 17s Id. fair hoggets 12s !)d to 14s 10(1, inferior hoggets 10s to lis 3d, good sound-mouthed ewes 21s to 2'4s, fair sound-mouthed ewes 17s Od to 18s id, good four and six-tootli wethers 20s to 21s 3d, two-toothed wethers 17s 6d. Fat lambs.—Extra prime lambs to 30s, primp lamb.-. 20s to 245, medium lambs I7s Od to Ills (id, light find unfinished 13s to 17s. .

Fat sheep.—Extra prime wethers t-i 4(ls, prime wethers 22s (id to 30s, other wethers 18s to 225, prime ewes 21s to 27s (Id, medium ewes 17s to 20s, inferior ewes I2s to Iss. (id.

Fat tattle.—Extra prime steers to £2O, ordinary steers IS 10s tq £ ! 2, extra prime heifers to 115, ordinary heifers £0 to £8 Ills, extra prime eows to £l(i 15s, ordinary eows C 5 12s (id io £10; price of beef per 1001b 28s to 425, extra prime to 445. Store Cattle.—-Fifteen to eighteenmonths sorts ,13 ss, three-year steers £4 lis, drv cows £2 to £0 Is, da'ry cews £3 His to £l2 15s.

Pigs.—Choppers 50s to 140s, extra heavy baconers to 87s, heavy baeoners fiss to 725, light baconers 52s Od to (ids, price per lb fid, heavy norkers 40s to 4(is, light baconers 335, t6 375, price per lb Cd to Ojd. f Store pigs.—Medium stores 28s to 325, email stores 1,",s to 20s, weane.rs 7s lid to lis, sows in pig (in low condition! 30s to 425.

BURNSIDE MARKET. Dimedin, July. 21. There was a large entry of cattle at Biirnnide to-day, 230 being yarded. A great proportion of the entry was of medium quality, and required another month's feeding. Prime beef was eagerly competed for, as has been the case for a number of weeks, and satisfactory prices were obtained. The sale, opened with prices 7s fid below lmt week's rates, but values hardened as. it progressed, until last week's level was reached. Prime bullocks £l4 to ,£'.s ss, extra prime to £l6 ]os, medium £l2 5s to £l3 10s, light £8 17s 6d to £io 7s Od, prime cows and heifers £lO 5s to £l2 to £ls 15s, medium £7 12s 6d to £0 ss. . Fat sheep.—Only 28C0 wore penned, and this number was made up chiefly of ewes of fair to medium quality with a few hundred prime wethers. Competition was particularly brisk throughout, butchers bidding with great freedom, and prices showed an advance oT 2s (id to 3n on last week's rates. Prime heavy we-thors, 2fis fid to 31s 3d; extra prime, to 40s: medium, 24s Gd to 2'Gs Od; light, 21s to 22s Od; prime heavy ewes 28s 3d to 30s; extra prime, to 35s 3d; medium, 23s Gd to 20s 9d: light and aged. Ills to 20s fld.

Fat lambs—The .entry totalled 11-10, mosi.'y of only medium quality, quite a number of Hip pens having the appcaraiiee of liaviiiy been in better condition a short time apo, and failing in condition from loss of teeth. There were a few pens of splendid quality, and these realised very satisfactory prices. Export buyers were competing with more freedom, and'prices advanced Is to Is lid per head. Prime medium. -ISs («1 to ills, light and unfinished 14s 9d to His lid. figs—There was a moderate yanuTig of fat pigs and a. fair number of stores and weaiic's. Porkers and baeoners were in pood demand, aud owing to the small yarding realised an advance on late values. For good slips and stores there was better competition at slightly improved values, but for suckers there was only a moderate demand.

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Tin- XVw Zealand 1....;,! :•;»! Mcicant.ili 1 Agency Company, i.lnriti'l, reports: Hirst dairy cows (VliM- to profit) sold at from t'S Ills to €l2 '.")s, others £li to €7 l.'iS; eupty cows £3 lis to £(i lis lid, according to condition; yearlings to IS-montli steers £3 4- to €4 12s lid, 18-mciith heifers €2 \',i-; to €3 10s, steer calves €2 -!s to £3. heifer calves £1 Is to -CI 17s, smaller calves (mixed *w<) VM to .11 Us. linlk CI to Cli 17s lid. ■Heavy draught hoises €24 Ids to €34 10s, medium draught hor-.s €l7 to €24, liirli't harness horses £lO to Clii, hacks .€7 to £l3, gig £l2. <lrav Cli.

IHest dairy cows sold at, from .€'ll to £1(1. best 'dairv heifers sold at from £7 Ids to tlo'l.Ts, other eows £5 10s to £O, other heifers €."> to £(i os, empty cows €'l log to £5 7s (id, -'alvcs £1 to £2 os. .hulls £5 to £lO His: heel, at Westficld rates; -2 mares £ll and £l'2; cart £lO os, light waggon £ll los.; disc £.) 10s. harrows £5 as. trap £4. Mr. T. Lookic's farm at Waipipi, of 127 acres, was offered hy auction and sold under the hammer for Ci"> 10s per acre, the purchaser being Mr. llcn.'i'C Kaihan.

(In, 'Wednesday, at Westiiehl yards, heef was yarded in small numbers, and nrices again advanced, host f|i:ality sellinn: to £2 os per tOOih, others €2 to £2 3s; cows and heifer- €1 13s to £-2 '.U. Siteers. no extra, ■icavv-weiL'hts va<d,'d. sold at from €lO 10s to CIS 17s fid, A draft of 20 steers from Mr. K. Clarke, ratumahoe. -rv.all. but well fatted, averaged £l7 ris 0.1; cows and heifers from €,"> 10s to t'l'S 12s (id. Calves were penned in average muuhers i and sold at fullv last week's rates. Runners sold, at from. £."> 7s Oil to £0 17s (id, heavy suckers £2 10 s to £3 13s. lighter ditto £1 los to €2 «-. ■iiriit £1 2s to CI 17s; small and fre-h-dropped 5s to 235. Sheep were penned in average numbers, and sold at greatly improved rates. Tlcst -wethers =oid at from £1 13s to £1 Ifls 3d. others €1 4s fid to £1 12s: ewes, well fatted. \£l (Is fid to £1 14s 3d: others €1 2s to CI 8s fid; hoggets, best. ISs fid to £1 fts flcT: others 1.5s to 17s !)d. figs wee penned in small numbers, and sold at improved rates. Large haeoners £3 Ifis to £3 17s. light haeoners.'none yarde.l. and arc wanted. Medium haeoners £3 Ifls to £3 17s, light haeoners €3 to £3 fls, heavy porkers £2 Ills to £3 4s, medium porkers £2 9a to £2 14«. light porkers £1 13s to £2 7s Oil, slips £1 3s to £1 lfls, weaners 17s to £lj simb-rs Ifls.to Ife.