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Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1916, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Austr.atjan-N.Z. Cable Association. Sydney, August 31. Oats.—Algerian, feeding 2s 6d to 2s id, milling 2s 8d to 2s Oil; Tasmanian, white 2s lOd to 3s. Barley,' 3s Od to 4s. Maize, 3s to 4s 3d. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £0 His to £8 10s. Onions, r £4 10s to '£4 15s. Adelaide, August 31. Oats, Is 9d to 2s, Melbourne, August 31. Hides.—Fair supplies; lights and kips irregular; heavier and mediums easier. Melbourne, Sept. 1. Barley.—English, nominal, 4s 3d to ds 6d; Cape, 3s to 3s 4d. Oats.—Algerian, milling 2s 2Jd to 2s lid, feed Is lid. Potatoes, £6 to '£7. Onions, £2 15s to £3. CHICAGO HOG MARKET. New York, August 31. Hogs at Chicßg" reached a record price, 1140 cents per 1001b. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Wednesday, August 23, at Inglewood, 1 had a good entry of cattle. Buyers were present in good numbers, a most satisfactory sale being held, prices throughout showing a sharp advance. Yearling, heifeis made £3 153 to £4 Is, yearling steers £5 4s, small £3 2s, empty 2-year heifers £5 14s and £5 las, Shorthorn yearling •bull £0 12s -Od, small store cows £5 4s to £5 lit-, good store cows £7 os to £S lis, forward cows £ll 10s to £lO 15s, springing heifers £0 to £9 7 s Od, dairy cows £l2 15s, hoggets 23s 7d to 245, forward wethers 375, ewes in lamb 30s Od.' On Thursday, 24th, at Bell Block, for Mr. Chas. Hoskin's clearing sale there was a good attendance. The purebred English Jjeicester ewes made 2 3 / 4 gns., ewe hoggets l%gns., rams l%gns. to 3y 2 gns., mixed'hoggets 22s Od to -23s 9<l. On Friday, 25th, at Waiwakaiho, tiiero was a full yarding, whish sold readily. One four-year maiden Holstein fat hei fei made £l4 10s, maiden Jersey fat heifers £ll 17s Od, small pen of' ewes with 200 per cent, of lambs at foot 30s, fat ewes 37s Od. Other prices were: Springing heifers to £lO 15s, springing cows £7 5s to £.lO, yearling 'heifer* £3 lis to £3 14s, yearling steers up to £5 2s, small store cow £5 2s Od to £0 U Gd, good stores £7 2s Od to £8 19s. On the same day at Toko there was an improved yarding. Springing cows made £lO ss, springing heifers £7 17s Od to £8 10s, yearling steers £4 2s to ,£4 lis (small), yearling heifers £3 las to £4 4s, empty cows £6 14s to £7 15s, fat cows £lO to illl Is, fat hoggets 275. -

At Douglas on Monday, 29th, empty heifers made from £4 fls to £5 12s, small yearling steers £4 3* Od to £4 7s, empty cows £5 12s (id to £7 IDs, fat cows £lO 10s, springing heifers £(! 15s to £B, springing cows £8 to £lO 10s, 3-year steers £!> Is, hoggets 20s, 23s Id, 225, 21s, culls 18s 6d to 19s. On the same day at Frankley road, for Mrs., Crozier's clearing, sale, there was a good attendance, and bidding throughout was brisk. The best cows sold up £lO 10s, others £9 to £l2 15s, small cows (in milk all the winter) £4 5s to £7 10s, calves lis Od, fat sheep 295, store ,pigs 26s os, farm horses £lB to £2O 10s, pedigsce 3-ycar Jersey bull 14'/ 2 guineas, small yearling heifers £3 Is, springing 'heifers £5 10a to £9. At Stratford on Tuesday, 29th, there was a fair entry of mostly good cattle, which found a ready market. Best fat cows sold up to £l2 15s, forward cows £S lis to £lO Bs, store cows £7 5s to £B, small store cows £4 18s 6d to £6, jersey yearling heifers (choice) £4 16s, others £3 13s to £4 2s, smaller cattle £2 12s Od, yearling steers up to £5 ss, rough 2-year steers ■ £7, cows and calves £7 to £B, empty 2-year heifers (mostly rough) £5 2s to £5 8s 6d, bulls £5 10s to £8 Ms. In the dairy pens I had a good enquiry, best cows selling up to £l4, others £9 10s to £ll, backward sorts »£0 15s to -£B, springing heifers (best) £lO to £l2 10s, others £0 5s to £9. On Wednesday, 30th, at Inglewood, there was a good yarding of cattle, the condition of which was not so good as at previous sales. Busin&s during the day was good, the bigger proportion of the yarding being cleared at the prices, below: Springing heifers £7. 5s to £U Ks, dairy cows £0 10s' to £9 15s, bulls £0 to £9 Ms, empty 2-year heifers £5 4s to £5 12s, 2-year steers (rough) £5 18s, yearling steers £5 2s od, small £3 2s Od to £4 Bs, y.envling heifei'3 £3 4s'to £4 Is, small store cows £5 7s fid to £5 lfls, good stores £7 2s Ud to £8 10s, mixed aged ewes in lamb 3K

ELTHAM, The Farmers' Co-operative Society of New Zealand, Ltd., report having had a good all-round yarding for their Eltham .sale, .particularly dairy heifeis, most of which were quitted at auction, realising tplcndid. ipffiecs. Quotations were as under:—Store pigs 17s, to 255, purebred boar £4»s, hoggets 2.15, to 27s -2d, store cows £7 to £8 fls, forward cows £'.) to £ll 18s, bulls £0 10s to £7 His, yearling heifers £3 :1s to £3 15s, -yearling atccro £3 15s ,o £4 ss, wean'ers 355, lairy heifers (backward) £0 to £7, dairy heifers (close to profit) £7 to £ls, 15s. ADDINGTON MARKET, Fat sheep formed the smallest entry seen for the last few months, and the market wag very firm. Store sheep were in keen demand, and the small entry sold at high rates, 2-tooth halfbred ewes making up to 425. Pigs again lold well, and there was a ,:ood demand for store and dairy cattle. Store sheep—Mixed hoggets IGs 9d to 23s 7d, ewo hoggets 17 s, 2-tooth ewes [37s 6rt to 425, 0 and 8-tooth wethers 29s |9d, sound-mouth ewes 19s Od to 20s Od, merino ewes IPs, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 22s 3d to 245, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 30s lid, 4-tooth wetners 20s 9d to 295, merino wothera 12s lOd to 18s. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 445, j rime wethers 30s to 395, others 25s 7J. to 29s Od, prime ewes 29s to 355, medium ewes 25s to 28g 6d, others 20s 6d to 24s 6d, hoggets 24s to 24s lOd. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to • £25. prime steers £ls to £2O, ordinary steers £9 12s 6d to £l4, extra prime heifers £2O 2s Od, prime heifers £l3 to £l6, ordinary heifers £8 17s Od to £l2, extra prime cows £lB to £25, prims cows £l2 to £ls, ordinary cows £7 12s (Id to £ll. Fat cattle—Fifteen to 18-month, steers £4 os, 2-year steers £7 fls to £7 10s, 2-year heifers £4 15s, 3-year steers £ll. i'lss, 3-year heifers £7 12s to £8 7s 6'' dry cows ; £2 17s Cd to .£8 ss,

Dairy cows £3 10s to .CIS. l'igs—Choppers 80s to 110s, baconers 70a to 80s, heavy baconers 85s to 02s, extra heavy baconers 1U0» to 105», price per lb, 7d to Trftl. Heavy porkers 50a to sG's, light porkers,-445, to 455; price 'per ,1%,'73d to SJd. -'Medium..store's 42s to 475, stores 42s to 475,. smaller 28s to 38s, weaners 20s to 255, sows in uig 80s to 137s Od. BURNSIDE PRICES.. At Eurnside 220 fat cattle were yarded. The quality was good, but the entry exceeded requirements, and prices declined 15s to 20s. Best bullocks made £lB to £2O, extra £2l 12s fid, good £l4 10s to £lO 10s, medium £l2 10s to £l3 10s, best cows and heifers £l2 10s to £l4 10s, medium to good £lO 10s to £l2. Sheep—23so penned, a large proportion being good quality. Freezing buyers were operating, but in most cases the prices were beyond their limits. The demand was good and prices were equal to last week's rates. Best wethers 36s to 28s, extra to 40s, good 32 3 to 34s 6d, medium 29s to 31s, best ewes 34s to 30s. extra 395, medium to good 27s to 30s. Lamb s made late rates. Pigs—Competition was very keen. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, Agency Company, Limited, report:— . At Westfiefd on Thursday best dairy cows and "heifers sold at from £0 to. £l4 10s, others £5 15s to £8 15s, aged and inferior cows £3 5s to £5 ss, yearling heifers £2 13s fid to £4, yearling steers £3 15s to £4 ISs. The advertised lino of 100 yearling heifers averaged £3 Bs>. Bulls made Ogns to 14gns, acording to quality, empty COW 3 and heifers £5 15stto £S ss. On Friday, .it Fapakura, cows sold at from x £7 10s to £ls 15s. Horses made £22 10s and £l2. At Tuakau, on Thursday, springing heifers made £5 17s Od to £l3, cows close to profit £9 to £l2 10s, others £5 10s to £8 10s, empty cows' £5 10s to £8 ss, beef eows £9 to £l2 17s Od, this season's calves £1 12s, yearling heifers £2 153 to £3 17s, yearling steers £4 3 S te £5 Is, bulls £8 10s to £l2 10s; sheep, ewes £1 ss, wethers £1 8s 3d, hoggets £l. On Wednesday, at Westfleld, best oxen sold to £2 7s Od per 1001b, others £2 4s to £2 Cs, no extra heavy-weights were yarded, cows and heifers from £2 4s to £2 0s per 1001b for best, others £2 to £2 3s, steers at from £ll 17s 8d to £2O, cows and heifers £6 to £ls (is. Calves: runners. made from £(» 5s ti '£l2, heavy nickers £4 3s to £(l, medium auckers £2 17s to £4 Is, light suckers £1 las to £2 15s, small and fresh-dropped 3s to £1 12s. Sheep were penned in full numbers, and allowed no improvement in prices, no extra heavy-weights - being penned. Best wethers sold at from £1 17s to £2 3s, others £1 14s Od to £1 10s od, infer-iorly-fatted £1 8s to £1 13s 9d, best ewes £1 13s to £1 19s, other ewes £1 as to £1 lis, best hoggets £1 3s 3d to £1 Bs, others 19s Od to £1 3s. Pigs were penned in large numbers, and receded slightly in prices. Choppers sold at from..£6 3s .to £7 Is, heavy bacorieis. £4 9s to £5 53; medium baconers £3 ISs to £4 Ss, light, baconers £3 5s to £3 17s, heavy porkers £3 to £3 Bs, medium porkers £2 8s t» £2 17s, light porkers £1 15s to £2 os, slips £1 4s to £1 13s, weaners 15s to £1 2s,