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Taranaki Daily News, 5 July 1921, Page 2

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ANTWERP WOOL SALES. FATE OF CANADIAN WOOL. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Antwerp, July 2. Tho wool sales have concluded. Prices were generally unchanged, and the fine qualities rather firmer. Tho total sold in the two days ..as 18,000 bales, out of 20,000 offered. American and German buyers abstained irom bidding. Washington, June 29 (delayed). The Canadian wool, which forms one of the chief exports from the Dominion to the United States, will probably be sent to Europe owing to the recent emergency tariff duties imposed by Congress. The United States has been the outlet for half the Canadian clip, and the exportable surplus from the Dominion will amount to 7% million pounds weight. Extremely low prices are being paid at country points in Canada. A large quantity of raw wool is being sold at 6 to 12 cents per lb. The highest price for best wool is 33 cents. LONDON MARKETS. London, July 2. Walhi shares, buyers 27s 6d, sellers 30s, Talisman 6s 4d and 6s 6d. Tallow.—Stocks 10,810 casks. Imports during June 3784 casks, deliveries 4229 casks. Cotton.—Liverpool quotation, American middling up and August delivery. 7.84 per lb. Hemp.—July-September £37. Jute.—June-July £25 15s. Rubber.—Fine hard para 10%d per lb, plantation first Latex crepe 8 7-Bd, smoked ribbed sheet 7 7-Bd. Copra.—South Sea bagged June-August shipment. £2B 10s per ton. Linseed 0i1.—£35 10s per ton (equal to 2s lOd per gallon). Turpentine.—Bos per cwt., equal to 6s per gallon. • HAMILTON MARKET".

The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co. Ltd., report:—

At Hamilton on June 30, we had an .average yarding of cattle, sheep and pigs, tho bulk of which was satisfactorily cleared. Practically no prime quality beef was penned. Values were on a par with those recently ruling. Light weight steers £9 10s to £lO 6s, unfinished £7 15s to £8 15s, fat cows, medium weights £7 to £8 2s, forward bullocks of which a good many wore yarded did not draw as brisk competition as usual, 4 years made from £7 19s to £9, £7 to £7 2s 6d. fresh conditioned cows were in fair demand making from £4 5s tc £5 7s 6d, store cows £1 3s to £2 15s. Very few cattle were in evidence, yearling steers sold up to £2 15s, heifers same age to £2 13s. Fat sheep pens were well filled and sold under good competition at a slight advance on last week’s rates, wethers, prime to 265, light and unfinished 18s Gd io 21s 9d, fat lambs 19s 9d, forward wethers 17s, forward ewes Ils 3d to 15s. Pigs were in short supply and sold at about last weeks values, baconers making to £6. porkers £2 12s fid to £3 17s 6d, slips £1 10s to £2 2s fid.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Hawera branch, report; On Wednesday we held a clearing sale on behalf of Miss Cross and Mrs. Walsh, Opunake. There was a good attendance, bidding was fairly brisk throughout, and a very successful sale resulted. Tl:e herd of eighty five cows averaged £l2 10s. We quote: Best cows £lB to £2O 10s, good cows £l4 to £l7 10s, old and inferior sorts £8 to £l2. cows (tn milk) £5 to £lO 10s, Jersey £5 12s GiL

steers 27s Cd, bulls £3 to £6, weaner pigs 7s. On Friday at Palmer road we had a good yarding. The whole yarding was disposed or under the hammer at prices ou a par with late rates. We quote: Fat cows to £6 13s, forward cows £2 17s to £4 ss, others at market values, weaner heifers £2 to £3, lambs (medium) 10s lOd, bulls 21s to 355. WHEAT AND OATS. THRASHING RETURNS. Returns of actual thrashings received to June 20 from thrashing until owners show that, so far, 6,342,809 bushels of wheat and 3,992,942 bushels of oats had been thrashed out. The average yields per acre in cases where particulars of areas were furnished (covering 98 per cent, of the total thrashings) work out at 32.75 bushels for wheat and 37.18 bushels for oats. A table is appended showing, by land districts, the quantity of j wheat and oats thrashed

Bushels. Bushels. Wheat. Oats. 1,100 80 14,027 36,881 4,876 17,105 Wellington 80,703 128,962 15,984 20,995 29,943 36,687 Canterbury 5,073,173 1,949,514 Otago 1,054,178 998,391 Southland ...... 68,825 804/327 Totals - 6,342,809 3,992,942