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Taranaki Daily News, 29 June 1920, Page 2

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NEWTON KING REPORTS. At Douglas, on Monday, 14th., a good yarding of hot!) sheep and cattle came forward.; Sheep sold well hut otherwise a dull market prevailed. Lambs 13s 8d to 15s lid, hoggi-ts 245, ewes in lambs 22s Gd to sua r»d, fat wethers 335, rams ]3s /id, store cows £0 15, dairy cows £lO 10s, springing heifers £lls 10s, yearling heifers £4 lis. At Stratford, on Tuesday, 15th., a fair yarding of cattle sold at late rates. Store cotys £3 12s to £5 12s Gd, forward cows £8 ss, mixed weaner steers 21s to £2 ss, mixed, weaner heifers £2 3s to £3 3,45, weaner Jer*,sey heifers £4 Is, empty heifers £4 4s ttf£G ss, in-calf heifers £5 C>s to £7 15s. In tho dairy pens a small herd of dairy crows sold on uccrunt of MV. A. C. Beaven, afcraged £l2 10s, prices ranging up to £lO, dairy cows £ll Ids to £lB 10s, springing heifers £lO to £l2 10s. At Inglegood, a good yarding met with fair inquiry throughout. Practically a full clearaneo was nv-e:' Lambs 12s Gd to 21s, ewes 21a, weaner lelfcrs £3 16s, weaner Jersey heifers £5-ins, store cows £5 Ills to £C 7s Gd, bulls £4 17s Gd to £0 7s Gd, 20month steers £4 lis, empty heifers £G ins to £7 2s, in-calf ditto £9 to £l3, springing heifers £IG, dairy cows £l4 to £2(l. At ltahotu on Friday, 17th , mixed weaners 375, weaner heifers £2 20s, weaner Jersey £4 10s, store cows £3 10s, empty heifers £5 10s, in-calf heifers £7 15s, dairy cows £ll to £ls, springing heifers £l." 10s. Tho market for dairy stock appears to be i showing a much firmer tone, good cattle in I all cases realising high values, I have con- | ducted the following clearing sales and reI port as follows At Matapu, on tho 14th (J. A. ICnight) : Mixed weaners 355, cows averaged £l2, prices ranging mostly from £lO to £l7; a few good cows sold at prices ranging from £2O to £35, sundries and furniture sold Well. At Warea, on tho 16th., on «rcount of Dncker Bros.: Wether lambs IDs, ewp lambs 235, ewes in lamb 275, Tarns 2fls, weaner steers £2, weaner heifers 21s, 20-month steers £4, In-calf heifers £7 r»s, dairy cows £2l, mure £3O, one aged mare £2B, mare unbroken £27, colt £lO, sundries and furniture sold very well. At Mimala, on the same day, on account of YV. Duggan, 52 dairy cows averaged £32 31s, prices ranging mostly from £32 to £33; best cows made from £3B to £44, heifers £9 ss, bull £ll, sow and litter £lO to £ll, sows in pig £lO, fat sheep 33s fid. At Ngacre, on the same day, on account of W. D. E. Woreley, I's cows avei'agcd £l7, prices ranging from £33 to £3O; sundries and furniture realised god prices. At. Stratford, cn tho 17th, on account of C. Bells, 15 cows averaged £lO, best cow realising £24 10s; gelding £22 At Rahotu, on the same day, on account of P. James, 48 cows rf/ernped £l7. best cows rondo from £23 10s to £36, unbroken gelding £37 10s, aged gelding £2S. ! THE TALLOW MARKET. Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London office under date of 23rd Inst.—Tallow: There will be no public sales this week. Nominal quotation sweet beef and mutton SOs, good color mutton 70s, good colored beef and mixed 73s to 755, scarcely anything doing. FARMERS' CO-OP. REPORT. The Farmers' Co-op. report as follows: At Opunake. on Monday. 21st, we held our foTtnightly sale Rough weather prevailed and there was a small yarding of static Dairy heifers scld in a lino at £l6 12s Gd (good sorts, well grown Jersey cross), sow and litter £l2 lfis. sundries on account of Mr. Geo Corfcin sold well. At Mannia, on Tuesday, we had a good entry of cattle and all sold at the hammer. A line of dairy heifers, Jersey, were yarded and sold readily. Store pigs and sows lo farrow were in demand. We quo!;?: Pigs, store £2 and £2 2s, sows £5 to £ll, store cows sold at lato rates. Jersey weaner heifers £G Is. weaner steer £1 4s, dairy cows £lO to £ls 15s, dairy heifers Jersey £lB 10s and £l7, 2-tooth wethers 345, lambs 19« i. At Stratford, on Tuesday, we report a good entry of cattle. Kidding seemed more free on all lines than at recent sales. Weaner heifers were in fair demand. Store cows sold at late rates. At Inglewood, on Wednesday, Tough weather again prevailed and we report a small yarding, Store cattle sold well up to* late rates \ Dairy cows and heifers were yarded and so|d well. At Auroa, on Friday, a small entry came forward. • All sold readily at the hammer. Cows forward brought to £7 ss, light cows £3 5s to £5 15s, iambs 18s Id, waggon mare aged £9 10s. On Monday we conducted a most successful clearing sale of pedigree and grade Freisians on account of Mr W J. Bell. Welwyn, Hawera. Despite the inclement weather there was an attendance of buyers, the whole of the Taranakl districts being well representee. 'Hie prices have already appeared in the News ,On tho same day, at Mahoe, we had a successful sale on account of Mr F. 11. Barrett. Although tho rain eamo down in torrents, it was not sufficient to damp the splTits of the buyers; tho herd averaged £lB 18s. A Matapu, on Tuesday, we conducted a clearing sale on account of Mr A. H. Gilbert Trices ranged from £l2 to £3O. On Wednesday, at Mr. W. White's, Manaia, although a fair number of the cows were showing age, the whole of tlm herd were ;t good milking type and all In splendid condition. The young cows sold well Prices £lB to £45, average £2l 4s, The older sorts were neglected and hard to quit, dairy Jersey heifers made from £ls to £26, Jersey weaners £B. On Wednesday, 23rd. we held n clearini>; sale of dry stock and implements on account of Mr J F. Cat*®*, Ohangai. All farm tools and sundries sold well. Waggon brought £56, and on all lines bldddlng was keen. Jersey cross weaner heifers brought £5 Bs. wellgrown Holsteins ditto £4 7s and £4 10a, Holstein weaner steers good 37s Gd, lamibs 16s. ' STUD STOCK SALE. The usual breeders' consignment sale was hold on the Falmerston North Show Grounds on Thursday last, when tnero was a very large attendance of cattle men Business opened with Frisian bulls, but the only ones which changed hands were a pair of two-.vear-olds from Mr. T. H Overton's Canterbury stud. These were sold at lit) guineas and 50 guineas respectively, the former bein* purchased by C. O. Cook, of Nelson, and the other by R. A. Wilson, of Bulls. Milking Shorthorns were well represented on the male side, but there was very little demand. The principal sales were for 11. Brown, Auckland. Taanakl Nonnarei, at 51 guineas, to J. Watson, Canterbury, and Tamaki Emigrant 3rd, at 44 guineas, fo G D. Goodrich, Taihnpe. Other bulls brought from 20 to 40 guineas, somo selling as low as 10 guineas There was practically m- demand for other classes of bulls, and very little was done in tho female sections except in the Jerseys, in which some tery spirited bidding was seen for cow and heifers from Mr. P. Jones, Woodvllle, a record of 300 guineas being made. The principal sales of Jersey females were: On account of P. Jones, Woodvllle, Tw.vlish's Clematis, at 300 guineas, to A. E AYeston. Hawera; Sultan's Clematis, at 360 guineas, and Miss Petune, at 325 guineas, to Murray Bros, Opotiki; Victoria's Charm, at 100 guineas, to ]•! A. Hamm, Huknnul; Charm's Clematis, at 100 guineas, to R. O'Donnell. Bimnythorpe. On account of J. W. Hamlin, Kaimatarau: Miller Twylish, at 70 guineas, to F A. Tone. Pnlmerston North: Patch's Darkle, at GG guineas, to H. R. Phillips, Te Rehunga; Twylish's Fancy, at 50 guineas, to H. Smith. Colyton; Patch's Lily, at 55 guineas, to H R Phillips, To Rehunga: Twylish's Milky Way, nt 50 guineas to W. • A. Anderson, Lertn. Others sold at from 40 guineas to 48 guineas.