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Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1920, Page 8

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LONDON METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph.—l'ress Assn.—Copyright, Received April 111, 10.15 pm. London, April 12. Copper.—Standard spot i; 102 12s lid; three months £11)3 ss; electrolytic ingots £HI; bars £ll2. Lead.—Spot £37 15s; forward £4O 15s. Spelter.—Spot £4B; forward £SO 15s. Tlu.—Spot £345 2s lid; forward £345 73 6(1. Silver, 6?%d per ounce—Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn. FARMERS' CO-OP. REPORI The Farmers' Co-operative Organisation report : At our Eltham yartls on Wednesday, 7th, tve report ti fair yarding. The was dull as buyers were not numerous, but. a fair amount of stock changed hands. We quote: Twotooth wethers 32s od, lambs 18s, cull do. 10s, steers £8 16s, lSrnonth steers £5 to £5 17s (id, fat cows £lO 10s to £ll 10s, Jersey wearier heifers £8 7s lid. Shorthorn do. £3 IBs, steers £2 5» to £2 Ills. At Ha.weru on Thursday, owing to the rough weather, there was a small yarding of slieop and cattle. The sale was inclined to drag and prices were lower than late sales. We quote: Lambs 15s to ISs Id, cull do. 10s 9d, 4, and 6tooth weUiera £1 7s Orl, f.f.m. ewes 17s, hulls £8 10s, store cows £7 5s to £B, dairy cows £lO to £ll ss, empty heifers £7, weaner heifers £3 7s Cd. At Waverley on Friday rough weather still prevailed and the yarding was smaller than usual. The demand was equal to the suppl? and everything was sold at satisfactory prices. Quotations:—Wcaner pigs 12s to 355,-2-tooth wethers :)4s 3d, 4. and 6-looth ewes 235, lambs 15s, IDs 3d, £1 Os Id,'heavy cows £ll 7s 6d, boners £4 12s 6d, 2',4-year steers £8 7s Cd, 20-month Hereford steers £0 7s Cd, 20-month steers (HoLstein) £5 15s, yearling Hereford steers and heifers £3 15s to £4, weaner heifers £3 10s, dairy heifers £lO to £l3 10S. AUTUMN HORSE FAIRS.

The Farmers' Co-operative Orsanisntlon So-1 ciety report: ' At Waverley on Thursday, and .it Hawera. on Friday, we conducted our autumn horse Viir, when we had a total entry at all falra of about 41)0 horses .There was a largo attendance of outside buyers, the Auckland province being particularly well represented. There, was also a good local force present, the whole of the Taranaki districts being well represented. The entry comprised a large proportion of good ellfty draught marcs, together with <i fair number of spring rarters. harness norsea, and haelmeys and thoroughbreds. The demand for good young draught mares and useful farm horses was good, and practically everything of this description changed hands at satisfactory prices. The fact that there lias been very little breeding 'for the past Ave years, is now making itself felt, and there are now very few young horses coming forward to take the places of the old ones, and we can see nothing but high prices prevailing for sonic time to enme. The following are some of the sales: Account of Lupton's ICstate: Two off Ally £37 )9s, 3-year draught gelding (unbroken) £3.1 10s, Mr. W. H. Watkins one do. £3O, one do. £32; Mr. Isaac T.iipton, one gelding £37 10s; Lupton's Estate. 7-year draught mate £4O 10s, two do. at. £4O, one do. £37, one do. £32; Mr. B. Watcrlaiul. half draught, £2B; Mr. John Martin, ono do. £22 10s; Mr. F. .T. Finer, one ivaggon gelding, £2O. On account. Davidson's Estate: Brown mare £42, one do. £3O, one do. £4l. one do. £42 10s, aged marc 245, bay gelding. 3 jears (unbroken), full brother tft.Vo.lo, fir.Oj 2-year-old, ■ full brother to Hushman, £3."; Mr. B. C LTsaght. naught filly (unbroken), £3l 10s; Mr. ]'. Bremer, 4-year gelding, £3l 10s; Mr J. W Burke, fielding, r, years, £44; Mr. Alf Clamlln, gelding, £4B, mare £ls, one do. £42 10s, one 'lo. £4O; Mr. .Tohn Adams, mare £39, one. do. £32. one do. £2S 10s; Mr. Arthur Cole, man, one gelding £52 10s. Mr. H. McCann, cno gelding. £33 10s; Mr. F. ,T. Brown, gelding, £3l 10s; Mr. P. 0. Wlllcocks, half draught, £-20 10s; Mr. S. Bolton, bay gelding £39; Mr. L. G. Simpson, 3-year mare, £34! N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT.

Tho N 55. Loan and Mercantile Agency, Co., Ltd., Stratford, report as follows: On March .111, at our Stratford yards, the following prices were realised:—Sheep: Lambs lis (Id to 17s, 2-tooth wethers 275. 4 and 0tooth wethers 2Ss lOd, 2 and 4-tooth ewes 24s fid, 0-tooth ewes 20s, f.m. ewes 13s to 17s 7d, P.omney rams 30s to £3 3s. Cattle: Wcaner steers £2 to £2 15s, weaner heifers £3 to £7 0s (Jerseys) ; empty heifers £4 10s to £5; In-calf heifers £9 to £lO 10s. On March 32, at Kohuratahl, competition for sheep and young cattle was keen. Steers were neglected. We o.uote sales as follows: Sheep: Lambs 13s Od to 15s lod, 4 and 0tooth ewes £1 9s to £1 10s 3d, f.im. ewes $s Cd to £1 Is 9d, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 295; cattle: 2>t-year steers' £7 12s, mixed calves £3. Bs, cow and calves £7 10s 18month heifers, in calf, £3 3s, heifers in calf £lO lis, empty heifers £S 18s, tails £3 to £3 ss. At Matau on April 1 competition was good, tnd thd following prices were realised' Sheep: Two and 4-tooth wethers 27s 2d, 4looth to f.m. ewes lis 2d, 6-tootli wethers 30s id. Cattle: Two and a-Jmlf-year in-ealf heifers £9 to £ll, 20-month in-calf heifers £9 12s Od, 3%-year bullocks £9 2s, 2 ] /.-year Jersey steers £4 12s, bull £6 10s. On April 9, at. Tarata, we had a small vardIrg, everything offered being sold. Sheep: Lambs 15s 7d to 15s 9d, f.m. ewes 15s, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 255, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 30s 4d, 2-tooth ewes and wethers (mixed) 21s Cattle: Fat cows £lO 13s, cows In calf £lO, 8-year Jersey bulls £8 18s Od, 2y,-year iwers £0 Is, in-calf heifers £0 12s Cd." Private sales:—-At private sales we realised tho following prices: Lambs 12s Od to 22s Cd 2-tooth wethers 28s 9d, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 28s Cd t'o 32s Od, fat ewe.3 30s, 2V,-v«ar steers £5 15s to £«. in-calf heifsrs £9 to £lO ss, dairy cows £2O ss, goats 15s, Lincoln rams £3 3s,

AUCKLANO STOCK MARKET. j Tha Now Zealand loan and Mercantile I Agency Company, Limited, report:— At Wontficld sioro sale dairy rattle, sold under teen competition at late rallies: Best £ls to £23, Bound young eovra £ll to £H 15s, others £7 to £lO 13s. store cattle penned in loss thn,n average numbers, sold »t late quotations: Empty cows and heifers £1 to £7 r.s, yearling heifers £3 IDs to .£4 73 6d, cows and calves £7 15s to £tl lis At Papakura, wo had a record yarding a We proportion being heifers suitable for dairy purposes. For these tlicro was a keen demand, Walkato buyers purchasing freely Jersey heifers hclnc most favored. We 'quote • lies' dairy cows and heifers £IC lis to £•>' Ids, sound yonni; cons £l2 to £lO "a Cd others £9 to £ll it!,, ased cows and Inferior belters from £6 tn £S J ss, 31,4 to 4-y M r-old steers £ll to £l4 105,22 2 to "3-year'£7 10s to £lO 7s (id, 18-month to 2-year £4 l. r ,s to £7 r.s, yeaTllnr; £2 15s to £4, steer calves best £1 15s to £2 10s, others £1 to £1 13V he for calves (best) £2 to £2 17s (Id. others tt ins to £1 IDs, poor and weedy calves 15s upwards, empty cows and heifers £5 10s to £i J os 'n°,'""o y s' eal ' lin » tn 18-month heifers ■•o„ tn £4 18s, Jersey heifers irt ealf 2 to "-V-, years, 12;m3 to -lUsiis. IS-month to 2-ve.ar Kriis to.ll-i,giia; younger and poorer quality Jersey to 7% E n s . best Shorthorn dairy heifers Sk'gns to l(i-}i R ns, others figns tn B'4

At W'esifleld fat stork ranrket href was permed in average numbers. Choice oxen sold t.: £2 I4s per lOfllb, prime ox £2 10s to *« ljls per lOOil), roup-h and inferior ox £« Bs~to £2 lis (nw and heifer beef sold at. from £2 ■ls in £2 lis per 1001b. Steers sold at from for l*rt £IX to £22 2s M. others £l3 10s to 5! r" „. ns nnd llßlfer9 Sol<l •>' £» to £l4 ..s. _ Sheen were panned in full numbers, nnd, uniicT steady competition, at late rates No extra heavy prime iveihers or ewes we.ro penned. Heavy prime wethers £1 17s fid to £1 Ills (Id. medium prime wethers £1 m M i" ! , ] ,'r "-; '"■''"■ " ri '" e w »tbers £1 J3s i)d „ „ ' s '"'• smaU unfinished wethers £1 12s to £1 13s lid. heavy prime ev.es £1 12s to £1 Lis, medium prime ewes £1 Ss (Id to £1 lis !)d. light prime ewes £1 Cs to £1 "is lid, unflinlalicd small ewes l!la to <>l £ inferior ewes 12s Cd to 18s lid. A good entry of calves were irregular of sale, henvv rain showers uriylng buyers to shelter. litinn.ps sold from £1 7s (id to £s n s h vealers £3 iris to £J o Si niedlum £2 lSs to £3 14s, light £1 lSs to £2 14s, fresh dropped -','" ~ 1 / is , Pies were penned in large numbers and sold well at. late values Heavy iiaconers £7 n» to £S 14s. medium £C Ill's ,%",'. f W*** to ,. £u - "««'•'' Porkers £o Is to £:, J 9 S> medium £4 lis to £.', lighter £3 108 to £4 4s. Store plus were I dull of sale, the heavy rain being mnlnlv responsible. Sows, in pig, £B to £7 10s. biff si mo pits ... 1 :.s to £2 17s, woa.ners !)s to r,l. A fair entry of lambs sold at lute rates No extra heavy or heavy prime hnmhs were yarded Medium £1 Ss to £1 8s ltd, light £1 j Is to £1 4s :)d, small and unfinished llis to £l. lis !)d, Inferior-and weedy Ss upwards