COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE CO. | The N.Z, Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Stratford branch, report as follows: On Monday, 13th August, wo held a clearing sale on account of Mr. Hatcher, who has sold his farm. Despite the wet day buyers turned up, and a good sale resulted, sundries and impl«monts also selling well. Cows, small and threetesters £8 os to £9, good early sorts £l2 to £lB 10s (average for herd £l3 10s) ; aged gelding 50s, mare £l2, sow £5, store pigs 2G$ to 275, fowls 2s 9d; tine harrows 37s fir. chain harrows £-4 Os. discs £7 lis Gd, Donald jack £'4< 15s, cake £8 10s, mower £S 10s, f.f drill £3G, chaff-cutter £3, Planet jr. 255, spring cart £7 ss, gig £5 ss, dogcart £lO, separator £3 9s, milk tans 28s to 345. sledge 225. covers 10s to 26s Gd.

On Friday, 10th August, we hold our usaul monthly sale in our Te Wera yards. We had a fair yarding, and most lilies changed hands at ruling rates. Old in calf cons £3 to £S 10s, fat and for\vnrd ewe, 34s 3d, ewes in lamb 2Ss Sd, old owes *22s. 4-tooth wethers 31s (id, lambs 10s 8d to 23s 2d. Our next sale at these yards will be held on Friday, September 7.

On Tuesday, 14th August, we op'ened our springing heifer sale at 12.30 p.m. The heifers offering were a little backward, and owing to the unprecedented storm then raging, few buyers attended and few animals changed hands. We sSn.ll continue these sales on alternate Tuesdays at 12.30 in future. Since we last reported we have Bold n large number of stock privately. Fourvear bullocks off turnip* £IG, 3- to 4year.stcrc bullocks £ll ss, Polled Angus

bull £3O, store cows £ll 15s to £7 12s (id, springing heifers .01!, wcaner heifers £3 os, -1-tooth, 0-tooth and f.lll. ewes "2< to 335, 2-tooth ewes 203. hoggets (various lines) 21s fid, 255, 2Gs, to 27s 9d.

BURNSIDE. Burnside.—The demand was exe<>c-\ing-v keen, and prices advanced 10s. per lead. Best bullocks, £2O to £22 10s; ,'>:tra £25 17s (Id; good, £lB to £l9 !0s; medium, £ls to £lO. Ik\-,t cows md heifers, £11! 10 to CIS; extra, £22; rood, £l4 lib to £ls 15s; <n-\Uuni,-light, £ll to £l3. The number of ,hc-ep penned was 251)0. The quality was not quite equal in that of last week. At the commencement of the ;2le the demand was good, but toward.! the finish prices declined fully Is

head. Prime wethers, 425, to 4Ss: extra, 52s Gd; good 38s to 'lds; medium, light, 34s to 3Gs; best ewes, 40s to 45a; extra, 51s; good. 36s to 3Ss; meciifiu, light. 32s to 31s. The lambs penned numbered 2l)u. There was excellent eompetition by graziers, and prices wenhigher than last week. Best, 283 "fp 30s; extra, 31s; medium to good, 2(ls to JSr.. There was a small yarding of pigs. For fats and stores prices wc.ve jqual to last week's rates.