COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 July 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

DAIRY PRODUCE, ETC. RETAIL PRICES, NEW PLYMOUTH. a. d. Butter Creamery (pats) 1 8 Registered dairy 1 # Separator 1 5 l'res 2 4 Lard 1 6 Hams 1 5% Sides Bacon 1 4% Rashers Bacon 1 9 Rashers Ham 2 0 Milk (quart) f 7d FRUIT. Apples (Jonathans) 4d and 6d Apples (cooking) 5d to Is Lemons Ss to 4s per doz. Bananas 5d Oranges—Callfomtaii Sunkist 43 doz. BUYING PRICES. Butter— Registered dairy 1 4% • f.ieamery (pats) 1 7 Separator 1 4 Eggs 2 J Fungus 4 Flour—2001b. sack 38 0 1001b. bag 20 0 501b. bag 10 0 251b 5 10 LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright. London, July 13. At the wool .sales prices were unchanged, but the general tone was much Improved, and there were far fewer withdrawals. Shares —Bank of Australasia £BB, Bank of New South Wales £3l IDs, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, £OO 10s., NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At .Urenul, on nth, I had a good yarding o! sheep and small one of cattle, and report ft full clearance. Sheep were Inclined to drag, prices being a shade easier. Cattle sold at late rates. Lambs, lfis to 18:t. I'd; cull do, 14s; ewes, In lamb, 29s Bd;i f.f. empty ewes, 27s 4d to 27s lOd; 2-tooth wethers, 32s 3d; f.f. do, 325; mixed weaners, £2 2s; weaner .heifers, £3 3s, £3 4s, £3 10s; weaner steers, 28s Cd; yearling Jersey bulls, £5 ss, store cows, £2 12s Od, £4 £4 ss, £0; empty heifers, £5 7s 6d, £6 18s 6d; in-calf heifers (jersey), £l2 10s; springing helMrs, £9 ss; do Jersey, nig; dairy cows, £l3 to £ls 10s. . At Stony Hirer, on 6th, tho yarding was small Sales were made at the following quotations: Lambs, £2O to £2l 2s; in lamb ewes, lis to 24s 0d; 2-tcoth wethers, 275; mixed we- -r heifers,' £2 lis; mixed weaner steers,to £2 12s; weaner bulls, 24s 6d; store cows. £Sr 10s, £5 17s, £6, £0 10s; bulls, £4 10s; empty heifers, £5 12s Cd, £6, £7; in calf heifers, £10; dairy cows, £l4. t At Waiwakaiho, on 9ih, I report a small yarding.. Store cows, £3 15s, £5 10s; fat cow, £8 15s; 2-year Jersey steers, £2 13s; In calf heifers, £8 ss, £lO 15s; springing heifers, £ll, £l3 to £l6; dairy cows, £l3, £l4 10s, £l7 10s. During the week I conducted the following clearing sales:— At Stratford, oh stli, on account Mr.' D. Hyndman, the small herd of cows sold well, realising an average of £22; weaner Jersey heifers made £8 to £8 10s; a sow and litter made £lO 10s; do, in pig, £l3 to £l3 10s. At Lowgarth, on 6th and 6th, I conducted a sale of pedigree stock on . account of Messrs. J. W. .T. Gardiner and S. It. Sollev, and a sale of grade cows on account Mr. N. Burke. Top prices for pedigree cows ranged from 50 to 70 gns; top prices for hulls Tanged from 20 to 54 gns. Mr. N. Burke's grade cows sold particularly well. This herd of 40 averaged £23; top prices ranging from £26 to £3l; weaner heifers made from £3 18s to £4 13s; pigs, slips, 20s; store pigs, £2 3s to £2 6s; sows, £0 to £lO 15s; 1 marc realised £53; geldings, £6 10s, £2l, £37;. pony, do, £4, ids and £l2 10s; sundries" realised good values.

At Rahotu, on 7th, I conducted a clearing sale of dairy cows on account air. Run Bishop. This herd of 80 cows averaged £l9 15s. the herd contained a fair sprinkling of good Jerseys, which sold particularly well, prices for this class ranging mostly from £25 to £33. The top price realised for the herd was £4O; prices for other classes ranged from £l4 to £2O; a 3-year Jersey bull made £29; 2-year do £6 to £7 10s; hoggets 225. At Bird TCoad, Stratford, on same day on account Mr. ,T. Willis, his herd of 37 cows sold at prices ranging mostly from £2l to £29. The whole herd averaged £l9 10s; In calf heifers made from £ll to £l2; sows and litters, £G 10s to £l2; sows, £8 10s to £9; store pigs, 2Es: gelding, £47 to £l4; 1 mare, £ 39; pony, &5. A large quantity of furniture and sundries sold well. On the 9th at Stratford, on account Mr. J. 0. Palder, herd of S3 cows averaged £l!i 3s. Tho top prires realised ranged from £lB to £2l; in calf heifers sold well, ranging from £2l 10s to £23,.and from S5 2s to £8 5s for inferior sorts. Other quotations: Geldings. £8 to £36; mare, £18; mixed sheep, 18s; sows, £9 10s to 12% gas.; boar, £1 lis fid; sundries and furniture were disposed of at satisfactory prices. At Douglas on tho 21st ult. I conducted a sale of pedigree and registered milking Shorthorns on account Mr. Arthur Needham, Buyers were in attendance from all parts of the North Island, thero also being a few from the South Island. Despite tho rough state of the weather the sale , went with an easy swing throughout, good prices being obtained and tho cattle eventually being well- distributed. Top prices for the cows ranged from 30 to 50 gns. The herd sire. "Lord Kitchener," was sold for 320gns. The top prices for the heifers ranged from 25 to GOgns, the bulls to 55 gns.