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Taranaki Daily News, 13 July 1916, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

KEWTO.Y KlNfrs REPORT. On l'riday, June :;o. at „, v WaiwaikiiJ'o yards there was a lull vardiii" of '•lUle tor which lh,. demand'was keen everything yarded being cleared at the' liammor. Mixed yearlings made £3 5s yearling: steers £3 Ss (id to £4 2s (Id' yearling heifers ,-r.o ]ss ,„ a -Is. empty JO-inonth hoilcrs ;C-I Os lid, small in-caif noiiers £5 7s (i,), right 20-monil, steers £4 Mis to £5 Mis (id, dairy cows U7 f,s to £l2, «}>i-i««in- ? heifers' .Ci), forward cows up to .19 Ss, store eows Cli o s to £7 14s, small store eows £5 us, bulls On the- same day at Toko for Messrs Evans and liiitchins clearing sale there i»a.s a good attendance. The herd of rows was in full condition, and sold at very consistent prices from £lO to £lO »», averaging £ll i- 3 (jj f or the ]ine of 4(. iearhng heifers made £3 2s, sprin*. mg heifers £5 15s to £0 15s, bulls £9 15s, farm horses £23 to £2S. At Douglas on Monday, 3rd inst there was a fair entry, 'all of which was cleared a* follows: Weaner steers £3 14, store cows £4 Ss l,„ £7 Ms lid, forward eows CS 12s to £fl 7s, bulls C 7 springing heifers £7 to £S 'las, dairy cows £S 10s to £ll 17s (id, 4-tootii wethers 30s 2,1, fat and forward ewes 275, lambs Ids lid, f.m. ewes ;„ ] Kmh (culls) 21s (id. On the same day at Warea for Mr T. Meirer'; clearing sale Ihere was a good attendance The ( , ows wer( , in „I Vill condition, selling up to £ls ss° and making a good average of £ll 4 S 5yoar Shorthorn bull made £ls ]ss' 2year Shorthorn in-calf heifers £lO 5s to £lO las, smaller sorts £7 15s to £S 10s, weaner heifers £2 Ids farm horses £3O Ills to C 37, Leeds'' basic slag ,£S per ton. milk express £3S spring cart £2-1. disc harrow's CIS, s.f." plough Cfi, chain harrows £7 5s »ower £l3. On the same day at Hnirangi for Mr. R. F. l.angman's clearing sale there was a good attendance. The cows were in fair condition, and were very keenly competed for. the herd selling'at from Cli 15s 1o .CIS Ids, averaging £ll 5s for the line. Yearling heifers made C 3 is, in-calf heifers £(! to £0 15s, farm horses £2O l(l s to £2fl. On Tuesday at Stratford there was a fair yarding of sheep wiMi a fair entry of cattle. The wet. cold day did not improve the appearance of the'sheep and buyer- did not operate freely, vendor's r< serves appearing to put a damper upon Ihem. Cattle were in keen demand, selling very rapidly. Yearling steers made I made- £4 4s (id to £4 7s. small £3 3s, yearling heifers £2 15s to £3 (is fid, 20-month steers £5 15s to £fl Mis, rough ; 2.}-yenr siecrs CS Ids, yearling Shorthorn bull £5 Ids. empty 2n-mnnf.li heifers £4 10s. store cows £0 4s to £" IGs, forward and fat: cows £S Ids to £ll 12s fid, bulls £7 to ,Cfl, small lambs ISs -Id, 4 and 5-ye.ir ewes in lamb 32s M. ■'. 4 and (i-tootb and f.m. ewes made. 31s sd, sonnd-nioufhed owes in lamb 30s 3d. In the dairy pens there was a good entry including several advertised lines. Mr. P, Walsh's dairy cows were mostly backward and were not competed for so readily as f,.r .Mime of the other dairy callle offered. Mr. Wash's eows sold at from C 7 to Cll 15s. averaging CM (Is. eight cows offered on account of Mr f'lem. (olowoll realised from £lO to .CIS 15s. averaging £l2 0s dd. Dairy cows on account of other vendors made from £0 5* |„ Cl 3, springing heifers C 7 IDs to CO Ills. On Wednesday 51.1 i. at Koru. for Mr. K ■ I Howell's sale, the attendance was .satisfactory. The dairy eows were tnnsl!ly very small and backward and the heifers undorgrowu. The biggest eows made from £S 10s dd to £fi 10s. small C 3 10s to £7 ss, small heifers £5 to C 7 15s. emiitv heifers £3 17s (id to £4 Ids. bull £7 ss. On the same day at f'ardil)'. for Mr. If. I.aey's clearing sale, Ihere was a good attendance of buyers. The cows were mostly an aged line but had shewn very good returns and made very satisfactory prices as follows: Dairy cows, best, £l3 ; lo £ls. others £11). aged Co to CS ss, the held averaging £ll 2s, springing hellers CS to CI2. yearling heifers" C?i 3s to C 3 7s. bulls '.C-l 15s to ,CS ss. breeding sows up f n £S 15s, aged farm spring cart horses £23 10s and £24, gig £2O, dray £1,3 10s. On the same day at inglewocd for my weekly sale (here was a good attendance, and a full yarding of cattle, of which the majority of lines were cleared at sn.tisI'aclorv prices. The sheep yarded were a little hard of s;ile. vendors' reserves being considered on the high side. Prices obtained wev,- £3 Ms. choice sprinsriii" heifers CO 5s to CI2 7s lid. yearling heifers £2 17s to C2 Ills, yearling steers C 3 I Is. unod springing heifers £5 10s to £S 15s. in-calf 2 and 3-year heifers Cli 7s (id, store cows C 4 Ids to C 7 ss, forward cows up t 0 £S His. small bulls Cli '/■■- lid, f.m. ewes in lamb 2(is to 335. cull lambs lis Id to Ms od. On Thursday, dlh. at Pukcngahu. for Air Iv T. Kneeb„ne's clearing sale, there was a fair at lemhmcc of the public, who mad., -nod competition for Ihe dairy herd, whirl, sold at I'r.mi £!« to CMS. averaging CI3 Is for the line of 40. Hreediiig sows made C-l 15s to Cfi, yearling heifers C2 Ids f„ C 3 lis, lambs 21s, ~„■(,, ]„ | ;i) „i, .),j s (i( t On Ihe same day at !:-.1|..(n for Messrs. (Irivn and TyrcH's clearing sale, buyers were orosrnl in good numbers. The dairy cows were a. good lot in very fair condilion. bin a good number of them wore aged and -hewing backward in condition. The best cows ,ohl at from Cl 3 lo tin. good snris up to CI2 Ids, backward cows C 7 15- to CM 10s. empty cows Cli 10- to CS 2s lid. the herd of S7 dairv cows averaging CHI !>s (id. Yearling heifers 1,. C 3 12s (id to C 4 10s, in-calf heifers C 7 to CO, pedigree llolslein bull 22.! gns. grade bulls £5 r,A to £lO IDs. Al Kaponga yards on Friday, 7th inst.. Ihere was a good yarding which sold as follows: Kmpiv 2d-monlh heifers C 4 17s. store cows iM ISs to C 7 l."><, forward cows i>; 5s to £!1 Ids. bulls £3 l os to CO ss. dairy cows up to £l7 10s, ■pringing heifers up to £!). .A* Ibiboin on th,. same day there was a full varding with brisk competition tor all lines olVered. Springers were in | good onndiiinn and sold very readily at lecord prices for these yards. Prices obtained were: Yearling steers up to C 4 Ms. we.iners C2 to C2 Ss, yearling llolstein heifers CI Is to £4 Ss, 'grade yearling heifers C2 ISs lo £3 4s lid, mixed yearlings C 3 Ids. rough 20-monlh steers 'Cli. empty 2-vear heifers CI 12s to CI I'.ls. bulls' L 5 5s |,i CS, store cows Cli Ss („ r.7 Ids. forward cows CS lis lo CS Ids fat cows Cll. dairy cows (guaranteed sound i trf 15s to CO. choice Shorthorn 2-year springing heifers, nice line of 5 at £ll, good well-grown 3-year Shorthorn heifers £0 10s to £ll, others £7 12s (id to £O. Jersey 2-year heifers (small) £ii 15s to £7 17s (id.

FARMERS' COOP SOCIETY'S REPOUT. The Farmers' Co-Operative Oiganisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., port:A;. npimake on Saturday. Ist inst., wv hold a clearing sale lor Mr. <i. King, l'iicre was a good attendance of buyers and a successful sale resulted. The best dairy cows sold at from .CIII 10s to £lO 10s,'others £!) to £l3, yearling heifers J.'.:l 3s to £3 lis, steers £3 7s, horses £lO to £2(l. Okaiawa: Forward eows '£S to £9 2s sluiv eows £0 to ,€7 12s lid, in-calf heifers .Cli to £7 15s. dairy eows C!l 10s. At Auroa on Monday 3rd, at Mr. T. Saddler's charing sale dairy cows sold at f'nni £8 Ills to £ls, in-calf heifers £0 10s to £!) 10s. At F.gmont Village on Monday last we held a clearing sale of Messrs. Hall 3ms.' live and dead stock. There was a good ali'iidi'ice, and a satisfactory sale was held. The dairy cows sold at from £!) 10s to £l4 for the best, others £0 to £8 10s, bulls £lO 15s to £IG 10s, ewes 25s Od to 27s fid, horses £l3 to £35. On Tuesday, at Whcnuakura, we held a sale nf Messrs. Honeyfield Bros.' dairy emv;, Past dairv eows sold at from £l3 to .£!.', 10s. others £S to £l2 10s. breeding sows .L'-l ."is to £5 10s. Fltham: Prices were on a par with late sales. Fat cows £lO 3s, fresh conditioned cows £S to £9 15s, forward cows £7 to :CS, store cows £5 15s to £fi 17s fid, vearling heifers £2 15s to £3 7s, in-calf heifers £5 10s to £7 10s. On Wednesday, at Te Kiri, we held a clearing sale for Mr. James Tynan. The best'dairv cows sold at from .CM IDs to £lll, others £8 to £l4, in-calf heifers .Cli 10s to £O. yearling heifers £3 13s, inlamb ewes 29s (kl, fat hoggets 27s (id. Hawera: Fat cows (extra good) £l2 12s fid to £ls 7s fid, fat cows £lO 5s to £ll lfls. fresh conditioned cows £8 5s to CO Pis fid, forward cows £7 to £B, store cows CO to £0 17s (id, yearling steers £3 17s to £4 Bs, yearling heifers' £2 to £3 7s (id. In the dairy pens: Best dairy cows £l2 10s to £ls, .'ithers ,CS 10s'to £l2, in-calf heifers £(i 10s to £ll. Sheep: Fat wethers to 37s fid. forward ewes 23s to 2fis, in-lamb iwes 2gs (id to 30s, store lambs 18s fid to 23s "lild. Pigs: Weaners 15s to 18s, -tores 23s to 20s. On Friday, at Omuturaiigi road, Otakeho, we held a clearing sale for Mr. O. V. Adlam. The dairv cows were a choice lot, and averaged £ls 19s. The best dairy cows sold at from £ls to £2l, ollic'rs £lO to £l4 10s, sow and litter £7 ss. At Midhirst, on Friday, we held a clearing sale for Mr. C. Vince. Thenwas a good muster of buyers, and a satisfactory sale was held." The best dairy cows sold at from £l2 to £lfi, others to £ll 10s, heifers £G 15s to £7, yearling 'heifers £2 12s, steers £3 WOOL. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., yesterday received the following cable from their London oflice: "Merino market active. Compared with June 8, prices are 5 per cent, to 71 per cent, higher for crossbred. There is a good demand for fine, at pinto 5 pel cent, higher, but coarse is par to 0 per cent, lower."