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Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1920, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright. London, May 9. Cotton.—Juno 25.43 d. Jute.—April-May £Ol. Hemp.—Dull. February-Aprll £55. Rubber.—Para 26% d, plantation 25% d, smoked 25% d. * Ccpra.—Ssteadler, April-June £SS 10s nominal, Linseed oil, 07s. Turpentine, lflUs. Two thousand tons of Banca tin have already arrived at Swansea, «Jid It Is rumored a further 4000 will arrive in June and July. The present improvement In price is due to bear covering. N.Z. L. AND M. REPORT. The N Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd.. Hawera branch, report for the week ending May 8: At Opunake on Monday, wo had a fair yarding of grown cattle. The large entry advertised did not come forward owing to the Prince of Wales' visit being suddenly fixed for that day. Store cows £5 to £6 23s 1 empty heifers £G 10s, weaner heifers 33s!' steers 20s, fat m.s. 28s. We also held a small sale of furniture, et«, on account of: Mr. T. J. MUdenhail, and prices were very satisfactory for the vendor. On Tuesday, at Manain, we held our usual | sale. Prices wero on a par with recent! sales. At Palmer Road, on Friday, wo had a small yarding. Everything was disposed of before leaving the yards. Store cows £5 15s to £8 Is, medium ditto £4 103 to £5 9s, Jersey weaner heifers £6. FARMERS 1 CO-OP. REPORT. On Tuesday, 4th , at Waverley, we held a clearing sale on account of Lupton's Estate. Everything was without reserve, and we report a good sale. Stud ewes 38s to 295, 4 and 0tooth ewes 28s 6d. wethers 27s Gd to 30s fid. lambs 21s fid to 225, others 13s, Hereford bull £l3 10s, Shorthorn ditto £7 to £9. fat cows £ll 12s, 4-year bullocks £ls 6*. empty heifers £4 12s Od, 2%-year steers £6 2s to £7 ss, light condition run cows £5 13s to £0 Is, calves £2 2s Cd, in-calf heifers £9 15s to £ll 10s. Account Mr. W, H. Hawkins, dairy heifers £lO 15s to £l4 At Elthum yards on Wednesday, we held our usual sale. Buyers were not keen, but most of the yarding was sold at the hammer. We quote sow to farrow £5 7s fid, weaner pigs £1 to £1 4s. store pigs £2 lo £2 Ks, Jersey cross ln-calf heifers £ll> 5s to £l7 10s, best cows £l2 2s 6d. store cows and boners at late rates, bulls £S 15s to £l4 r.s, weaner steers 20s to £2 Bs, weaner heifers £8 lfis to £4 4s. empty ewes 15s to £1 3s, fat sheep 36, lambs 14s fid. At Hawera. on Thursday, there was a good entry which met with fair demand. Prices were not high, but a fair amount of stock changed hands at the hammer and afterwards Quotations: Weaner pigs 7s to 10s Cd, forward store pigs £2 18s, best ewes 28a, fats £2, wethers 23s Id, bulls £4 to £lO 7s Gd, fat cows £l2, forward ditto £8 12s, fid, light cows £fi 2s fid to £fi 7s Gd, boners £4, 20-month steers £3 8s to £s,' in-calf Jersey heifers £ll ss, empty heifers £0 lis. weaner heifers £2 8s fkl. ditto steers £1 5s to £2 lis, dairy cows £l2 5s to £l4 10s. At Waverley, on Friday, we held our usual yard sale. There was a good entry, and tho demand was good, especially for wethers. Two and a half year steers were not wanted Best wethers :>7s 2d. others 33s Id, ewes 28s. others 17s Gd, best lambs 235. others lfls id. 2%-year to 4-year bullocks £l3 15s to £l4 2s, 29-imonth steers £4 12s Gd. low condition cows and calves £5 14s, bulls £0 ]os, dairy heifers £l2 to £l3 4s. empty heifers £4, good Shorthorn calves £3 ss, horse milk carter £l9 ss. MOMONA ESTATE. Messrs. Lewis and Co., land agents, of Wangamif,' report a keen enqu'ry for sections on the above estate, details of which are elsewhere advertised. The estate has been farmed by tho present owner for the past years, and has never been offered for snlo before. If. Is In the best of order, carriw a beautiful sole of rye, cocksfoot and clovers It has wintered on 17G0 acres for several seasons past. lfiOft breeding ewes, which have produced 115 per cent, of lambs, 800 dry sheep, and upwards of 80ft head of cattle, principally 3 and 4-year-old steers, all of which have been turned off fat each year. Messrs. Lewis and Co. affirm that they know of no better dairying proposition than the sections in this estate, and advise those in search of first-class dairy land at reasonable prices, to lose no time in arranging for Inspection —* THE WAIKATO MARKET. The Farmers' Co-op. report:— Beef —Beef has been in small supply at fcOJlt of on* fliwj vaJn«* JjlVft ripc-lined

There is, however, fl. considerable amount of beet being held' With the closing down .of the freezing works grazers are face to face with a rather anxious period. Mutton.—Mutton ia in small supply and drawing fair competition. Forward sheep for turnips are In strong demand. Store cattle.—Store cattle generally are dull although calves show an advancing tendency especially heifers. The same may be said of hbifers a year older. Store sheep.—Store ewes, unless in forward condition, are easier. Good lambs and wethers are still being sought after. Dairy cattle.—Reports from clearing sales throughout the district aro satisfactory. Dairy heifers hare, however, shown a marked decline which was not unexpected. It Is, nevertheless, fairly safe to predict that this is but temporary and that as soon as the surplus Hues notF offering have withdrawn, matters will again right themselves. Pipa—No class of stock has suffered more in the general descent thaji bacon pigs. There is a glut in all markets without immediate prospect of improvement. Wo quote as followsßullocks, heavy prime £l7 to £2O, medium £l4 to £lO 10s; cows prime fat £J2 to £l3, medium fat £lO to £ll 10»; heifers, fat £lO to £ll Hs; bullocks, 3%-year-old, £lO to £ll 12s; cows, fresh conditioned, £7 to £B, good £6 10s to £7; BtoeTS, 2%-year-old £7 to £8 ss, 20month best £5 5s to £6 ss, do. medium £3 10s to £4 ss; heifers, 20-month best £5 to £6, do. medium £3 15s to £4 10s; dairy cows, best £l6 to £25, ordinary £9 to £l2; heifers, Jersey 2-year in-calf £l3 10s to £l2 do. Shorthorn, 2%-year in-calf £9 10s to £ll, do. 2-year in-calf £7 to £8; wethers, prime shorn 34s to 38s, medium 28s 6d to 325; ewes, prime shorn 28s 6d to 31a; store wethers 4-tooth 30s to 345, do. 2-tooUi 27s to 30s; pigg, baconers £5 5s to £7, porkers £4 to £4 los, weaners £1 to £1 10s; horse 3, heavy draughts £4O to £SO, medium do. £35 l tf £!£' llght Uo - £22 t0 fi28 ' harness £ls to £22, hacks £9 to £lB.