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Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1919, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. •By Telegraph —Press Assn.- Copyright. Melbourne, Sept. 5." Barley.—English malting ,03 9d to Gs, Cape 4} Gd to 4s 9d. Oats.—Algerian milling 5s 4d to 5s 6d. feed C> 2d to 5s 3d. . .Potatoes, £l2 to £l3 10s. Onions, £l3 Ids to £l4. Heavy hides iii good condition unaltered kips and light a %d to Id lower. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At Urenui otr Ist lust., I report rin exceptionally big yarding of cattle, the quality of all classes taken on the whole being good. Enquiry throughout was keen, store cattle seHiijg .mostly at late rates. Dairy cattle, mostly heifers, wero penned In big numbers, there being a b(g demand, well grown heifers selling exceptionally well. The sheep yarding was small, tho whole of which, mostly fat and forward sorts selling at lato rates. Mixed yearlings £2 183 Od to £4, yearling heifers (well grown Jersey and red poled sorts) £r> to £5 is, others £3 18s (Id to £4 17s, yearling •teers £3 10s to £4 17a, 2-year-old empty heifers £7 to £7 10s, smaller sorts £5 lis to £6, 20-month steers £4 17s 6d to £5 IDs Gd, 2-year-old steers £0 17s (id to £8 55,.3-year-old bullocks £9 8s to £ll, fat cows £l3 12s Gd, fat heifers £!) 10s to £9 17s 6d, store cowa £0 IBs to £B, cows and calves £a 7s Gd, bulls £7 to £lO, forward ewe 3 30s, fo& Ward wethers 355, mixed sheep 245, 3-year-oW dairy heifers (choice) £l4 10s to £lB I#3 !>d, 2-year-old ditto £l2 to £ls, bacltWfiM sorts £9 10s to £lO 10s, heifers (calved)' £lO and £lO, dairy cowa £lO to £l9. 1 At Stony Kiver, on 4th. Inst, despite rough weather, I had a fair yarding. Of the "irtore cattle all sold at ordinary rates, with tho ex-' ceptlon of a few pens of 2 and 3-yenr-om conditioned steers. Dairy cattle were yarded In small numbers, the quality right through being poor. Mixed yearlings £4 83, yearling heifers £3 19s to £4 4s, yearling steers £3 ]4s to £5 Bs, 2-qear-old empty ■ heifers £8 5a to £7 10s, fat cows £lO 12s lid to fill, store cows £7.to £8 10s, bulls £7 to £B, forward ewes 31s, dairy cows £l3 to £ls, dairy he'fets small and backward, £7 to £9 10s. At Rnhotu, 011 29th. ult„. I had a small entry rough weather preventing most of tho advertised lines coming forward. Nevertheless a good s.ile of the stock yarded resulted, especially for dairy heifers for which there was a strong local demand. Mixed y?arllngs £3 14s Gil, yearling steers £4 14s; yearling heifers £4 23 to £5 Bs, 2-year-old empty heifers £fl 5s to £7 Is, store cows £6 10s tq £B, bulls £l3, dairy heifers (close up) £l3 to £ls, others £lO to £l2 10s, dairy cows £l2 to £IG, At Kopongii, on 29th. Inst., I report a fair yarding all of which changed hands at late rates. The dairy sale attracted keen attention, some very choico dairy heifers on account of Messrs. I! and A Cleland selling very well Yearling heifers £4 lOtt to £4 Iss, yearling steers £2 16s to £4 183, yearling bnlis £4 10s, 20-month ompty heifers £6 to £G 10s, store cows £7 to £9 10s, dairy cows £l3 to £l6 10s, dairy heifers £l2 to £l7.

BDItNSIDE MAHKET. , „ Dunedln, Sept. 3. At Burnslde yards 139 fat cattlo were penned. Competltoln was keen, and prices advanced 10s per head at the start and showed a tendency to rise further towards the end. Extra prime bullocks £33 12s fld, prime £23 to £3O, medium £l9 10s to £23 10s, light £lO to £lB prime cows and heifers £l7 to £2O medium £ls to £l6 10s, light £l2 upwards.' Sheep: 1427 were penned, mostly medium to good Prices opened at late rates, but adranccu tovards the linlsli. Extra prime wethers to 68s ,d, prime 58s to 65s medium 48s to r>os, light 'iOs to 40s, extra prime ewes to 08s, prime 40s to 495, medium 3!)s to 445, light 24s to 355. Pigs: There was a medium entry of fats and a small yarding of stores. Pats were a shade easier, and stores realised late rates

ADDINGTON MARKET. . Christchurch, Sept. 3. At Aldington market to-day there was a fair entry of stock of all kinds,, store sheep and fat sheep being the smallest sections Store sheep prices kept up well for forward wethers and good hoggets, but the demand for other ciasess was poor. Two-tooth ewes 21s 3d to 32a, 2 and 4-tooth ewes 30s 9d, 4, 0 and 8-tooth ewes. 24s Id to 30e, 4 and G-tooth wethers 32s 9d to 33s lOd, C and 8-tooth wethers 42s Id to 355, ewe hoggets 30s to 33s 4d, mixed sex hoggeta 18s to 30s Bd, wether hoggets IDs 3d to 29s 9d. Fat cattle 374 varded. The quality was variable, and prices or all good stock were satisfactory, but the market was patchy, and the general level of prices barely -up to the previous sale. Extra prime steers to £3B 15s, prlmo £l9 10s to £24 IDs. ordinary £8 15s to £l9, extra prime heifers £2l, prime £l4 to £l9, ordinary £G Ss Od to £l2 10s, extra prime cows £2l 15a, nrlme £l2 to .£lB. ordinary £8 2s 6d to £ll losr. Put sheep: Tho yarding was much smaller. Shan lust week, but tho quality offering was better. Tly# sale opened well, but quickly slackened, atld except for extra prime lines dedined' Is to Is (Id per head. Extra prime u'etherfc to 745, prime 43s to sl!s, medium 378 to 41s. lighter- ;!2s 2d to 30s, extra prime ewes figs 3d to Gls, prime 4|ls to !ils, medium 31s,' hogg«ls 18s 3d to 36s Grt. There was a moderate yarding of store cattle, with a fetv well-grown sorts, and the sale generally w«» a dull one. Three lines of yearlings sold at £4, £4 18s and £r,. \ line of twentv-two itulres realised £3 19s. Dry cows sold up to £S. There was a scarcity of presentable vealerp, and a large proportion of freshlydropped calves and a email number of runners Runners £4 17s (id to £G, fair calves £2 5s to £4 10.3, small and Inferior 5s to £2 2? The dairy cow entry was moderate, with mixed quality. Inquiry for anything good was very fair, but other sorts Were neglected. Heifers £8 to £ll, secund calves £8 to £l4 third and fourth callers £IH to £l7 10s. There was a fair entry of fat pigs, and good competition. Extra heavy baconers to £9 os heavy £7 to £8 lis, medium £5 10s to £6 10s (equal to 10>4d per lb.), heavy porkers £4 10s to £5 ss, mui'.itini £3 5s to £4 5s (equal to 10s to fclo is ou. there was a large yarding Of . store piss, hut the demand was not particularly keen. Best stores 60s to 08s medium 52s lo 58s, small 42s to ,50s, weaners 20s to 28s, sows. In pig. £5 to £8 5s

THE MEAT TEADE. Farmer members of the House of Iteprosentalives ure concerned about the prospects of the meat export trade. A few days ago Mr reared asked tile Prime Minister to cable for information regarding the term of tho purchase contracts ontere.d into by the Imperial Government with packers In Argentine and the United States. Mr. l'earce asked again the other day whether the cablegram had been sent He said that the farmers of the country were most anxious to know what the position was If these American contracts, were to be finished 111 1 a month or two, then ships would be available for tho Now Zealand trade ■ Also if tho American enntrncts, which, were far purchase at very high prices, were, to bo ended tho Imperial. Government would be ablo to reduce the Colonial meat at lower prices anil this would increase the consumption of Wat in Britain. Mr. Massey replied that the cablegram had been forwarded that day.