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Taranaki Daily News, 22 July 1922, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, July 19. At the mixed wool sale in London there was a poor selection of inerinos and a moderately good lot of crossbreds. There was strong and active demand from all quarters a‘ full opening rates. The "Strathfleld” clip realised 18d. The B.A.W.R.A.’s statistics of wool at June 30 last showed: In stock and afloat 1,300,606 bales, comprising Australian inerinos 202,527 and crossbreds 650,141; New Zealand merinos 2516 and crossbreds 427,098; South African crossbreds 18,324. Ar the.tallow sales 932 casks were offered and 875 sold at about l,Bd advance; fine mutton 42s a cwt., imedlum 37s 6d, fine beef 41b 6d, medium 37s 9d. Waihi Junction shares, 9s 9d. Wheat.—Cargoes steady ; good demand for near positions at increased prices; the Ardoyne’s cargo sold at 53s 6d, Panama Transport 53s 6d; steamer parcels weaker on American decline; parcels afloat 53s -3d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, July 20. Oats.—Algerian feed, local Tasmanian -4s to 4s 2d, white 4s 2d to 4s 4d. Maize.—Yellow 5s 4d, white 5s 2d. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £9. Onions.—Victorian £l6. Adelaide, July 20. Oats, 3s. Melbourne, July 21. Hides.—Competition dull throughout. Values for wet and badly scored lines declined a farthing a pound, whilst, all good conditioned parcels remained unchanged. Barley.—English, 3s lOd to 4s; Cape, 3s. Oats, 3s 2d to 3s sd. Potatoes, £6 10s to £ 7 ss. Onions, £l3 to £l4. THE POULTRY MARKET. Messrs. Webster Bros, report: Cockerels in demand 2s 9d to 5s 6d, hens 3s Id to 3s Bd, pullets (backward) 3s to 4s 6d, laying 8s 6d. L. A. Nolan aud Co. report: Cockerels 4s Sd to 9s 6d. small Is 7d to 4s. hens 2s 5d to 7s 3d, pullets 5s 6d to 7s 3d, ducks 2s lOd to 3s 4d, turkeys 10s 6d to Ils. THE PIG MABKET. Store pigs realised up to 365, and slips 18s to 235, at Newton King, Ltd.’s New Plymouth' haymarket yesterday. BURNSIDE MARKET. GOOD COMPETITION FOR LAMBS. Dunedin, July 19. A feature of to-day’s stock sale was the excellent quality of lambs offered. Over 1200 were yarded, and a large number qf pens contained prime, well finished animals. There was keen competition amongst export buyers, and almost the whole of the yarding was secured by freezing buyers at very firm rates. There was a large yarding of sheep the bidding for which was mostly confined to butchers and graziers. The yarding comprised a good proportion of prime wethers and a fair proportion of ewes. The latter are still coming forward in satisfactory numbers, and bidding was confined mostly to prime quality. Prices for heavy weight ewes and wethers showed a reduction of about 2s, and for medium wethers about Is 6d per head. The yarding of fat cattle included a number of pens of excellent quality bullocks. There was a fair demand, as butchers were short of supplies. Last week's prices, however, were barely maintained. Store cattle showed a slight improvement, and pigs sold moderately well. Fat Cattie.—A large yarding, the number penned totalling 209 head, and among the number were some heavy weight bullocks of excellent quality. There was a good demand for all prime quality animals, but last week’s prices were not maintained, there being an easement of 7s 6d per head. Prime ox beef made from 25s 6d to 27s 6d per 1001 b, medium ox 23s to 255, heifer beef 20s to 22s 6d, and cow beef 20s. Prime bullocks real-

ised from £ll to £l4, medium £8 10s £lO, light and unfinished sorts from £6 10s jio £7 10s, prime heifers sold at from £7 | 10s to £8 10s, medium £5 10s to £6 12s j 6d, light and aged from £5 to £5 10s. I Sheep.—A large yarding, numbering 3225 • head of good average quality. Freezing buy- ; ers were not operating to any extent. Wethers j were well represented. Heavy wethers deI predated Is per head, and light sorts were .Is fid easier. Heavy ewes sold well. Prime heavy wether mutton sold at 4d to 4’Ad per lb, light wethers to 4%d, priune ewes 3d to 3%d, light and inferior 2>4d to 3d. Extra prime heavy weight wethers realised from 30s to 38s, prime 23s 6d to 26s 9d, medium 18s to 22s Gd, light and unfinished sorts from 17s upwards, extra prime heavy weight ewes realised from 19s 3d to 225, prime 17s to 19s, medium 13s to 16s, light and aged from 8s to Ils. Lambs.—A large yarding, numbering 1274 head. Some of the pens contained animals suitable for freezing purposes, but the bulk of the yarding was comprised of unfinished sorts. There was an excellent demand for all prime lambs, and prices improved to the extent of 9d per head.- Prime lamb brought up to 7%d per lb. Prime heavy weights realised from 23s to 295, medium 19s to 22s Bd, lighter kinds from 16s to 18s 6d. A good many pens of heavy weights realised 26s fid. Store Cattle.—A good yarding, which included two pens of three and four-year-old bullocks. These were sold under good competition at prices ranging from £4 17s to £5 59 per head. Prices for other sorts shewed a slight improvement. Several pens of six-month-old calves realised £2 per head, and some' pens of dairy cows were sold at satisfactory prices. Pigs.—A medium yarding, all classes being represented. Competition was fairly brisk, and a clearance was effected. Baeoners r.-p'lised prices about equal to last week’s rates, but porkers were a shade easier. Best L.i-oners realised from 5%d, to 6d per lb, and best porkers from to 7d per lb. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. SLIGHTLY FIRMER PRICES. Christchurch, July 19. At the Addington market to-day there were smaller yardings of all classes of fat stock and slightly firmer prices ruled. Store Sheep.—A bigger entry, and a spirited market, there being an advance in the values of ewes, although hoggets were scarcely so keenly competed for. Halfbred ewe hoggets made 225. mixed sex hoggets 15s lOd to 16s Id, wethers 15s 2d to 15s 3d, smaller halfhred wethers 13s 3d, good 4, 6 and 8-tooth ; crossbred ewes in lamb 26s to 28s 3d, backyard sorts 20s 10d, ordinary 21s 3d to 235, good sound-mouthed halfbred ewes in lamb 27s Id, low-conditioned 25s sd, failing-mouth-ed 20s 6d to 22s 7d, 5-year halfbred ewes 16s 9d, aged ewes in lamb 10s 8d to 15s 9d, 4 and 6-tooth halfbred wethers 18s 9d to 19s 6d. \ Fat Lambs.—A yarding of 682, compared with 33® last week. Export buyers secured the greater part of the yarding, competition being free. Extra prime lambs made 2Ss to 325, prime 21s Gd to 25s 6d, (medium 18s to 21s 3d. Inferior 13s ‘9d to 17s 6d. Fnt Sheep.—A small yarding of about eight races, the majority being wethers. The market opened at last week’s rates and firmed slightly, but weakened towards the close. Prime mutton showed all advance of about Is to is 6d per head, and other qualities were unaltered. Extra prime wethers made 27s 6d to 34s 6d, prime 23s 9d to 275, medium 21s to 23s Gd, inferior 18s 6d to 20s 9d, extra priune ewes 24s 6d to 28s 6d, prime 19s to 245, medium 15s Gd to 18s 9d, inferior 13s to 15s. Fnt Cattle.—A slightly smaller yarding than last week, 325 compared with 345. Values improved by 20s per head. Extra prime ataera

realised £l5. 12s Gd, prime £l2 to £l4 10s, medium £8 10s to £ll 10s, light £5 to £B. Extra prime heifers made £lO to £l2 2s Gd, prime £7 to £9 10s, light and ordinary £4 17s Gd to £6 i'Oa. Extra fine cows £lO 12s 6d, ordinary cows £4 10s to £5 17s Gd. Vealers.—The smallest yarding for years, and anything good sold well at a very sharp advance. Runners made £4 18s, good vealers £3 15s to £4 ss, medium £2 15s to £3 10s. Dairy Cattle.—Extra good third calvers, at drop £l5 15s, good August calvers £8 to £lO 10s, good August second calvers £lO 10s, fourth calvers £6 10s, medium cows £5. Fat Pigs.—Porkers showed an advance on late rates, hut baeoners were not in brisk demand. Choppers made £3 15s to £5 18s, light baeoners £3 10s to £3 15s, heavy £4 to £5 10s, extra heavy £4 5s (average price per lb Gd), light porkers 40s to 48s, heavy 50s to 57s Gd, extra heavy 66s (average price per lb B%d, to B%d). Store Pigs.—A small entry, and sales were difficult to make. Medium stores realised 22s to 32s 6d, small 17s to 21s 6d, weaners 7s to 13s. FARMERS’ CO-OP. REPORT. The Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., report for the week ending July 15, 1922, as follows:— ■ On Monday, the 10th, at Mr. D. Turners, Oeo Road, Auroa, we had a large attendance of buyers and both cows, implements, and horses, met w;ith a good sale, the horses in particular fetching good money. Two waggon geldings fetched £33 10s and £32 10s respectively, aged mare £27, ditto £24 10s, best cows £ll 10s to £l4, fair to good-£7 to £lO, a few cows and old sorts round about £5, pedigree Jersey bull guineas, weaner heifers 30s. Some nice quality Jersey heifers on account of another vendor brought £l3 10s. On Tuesday, the 11th, we conducted a clearing sale on account of Mr. J. A. Parkes, bn the Lower Nonmanby Road, Manaia. The arrangements of the sale did not help the auctioneers, but despite this drawback we have to report a very successful sale. Best cows, grade Jerseys £25, £2l and £2O, other very good cows £ll and £l4, the herd averaging about £ll. Useful farm gelding £24 10s to £l5 10s, sow and pigs £3 10s. At Ehtham yards on Wednesday, 12th, a fairly good entry of store and young cattle were yarded and mostly found buyers at recent Tates. We offered on account of. Mr. Baber, Dairy herd of;■ good sorts of .cows, arid competition being good we report a satisfactory sale in the dairy pens. Good young cows showing well brought value.

At Hawera yards on Thursday we report a full yarding. Pigs were in good demand, porkers made £2 7s 6d, good forward store pigs £1 15s, slips £1 to £1 9s, sifiall hoggets 14s Gd. Pen of fat cows and heifers £4 12s Gd. forward young cows and heifers £1 Ils to £2 16s, old cows 17s 6d to £l. Line of Jersey weaner heifers £4 14s, others £4,. mixed weaher heifers £1 13s -to £2 12s Gd. Tn the dairy pens, we offered thq herds of Messrs. Green, also Messrs. Murray and Winks, and Mr. A. B. Robertson. Competition was well maintained throughout, good cows bringing good prices, right till the end of sale. £l2 to £l4 was, the price made for better sorts of cows, showing well, others according to quality. On account of Mr. W. A. Duckworth, good quality well grown heifers brought •to £l3 3s. others not quite so close up £9. On account of a client a. gig brought £32, horse and harness £22. At Waverley yards on Friday, 14th, a good entry caime forward, the sheep pens being filled, in fact this is the biggest entry we have yarded at. Waverley for twelve months, some 200 odd dairy cows and heifers, 1600 sheep and 200 store cattle, and practically eyefyteingi was' sold at the hammer. AIT lines met competition and a total clearance was mde. The dairy yards were also full. Herds offered on at-*-count of Messrs. Johnson Bros., and Mr. F. J. Finer, also Mr. H. Brehnan, were offered and met ready sale. Messrs. Newland Bros’., and Johnson Bros'., dairy heifei’s sold troll, bidding being well maintained , throughout the sale,. Quotations: Sows to f'arroW £3 5s to. £4 ss, 111-lamb ewes, two-tooth ‘.£l Bs, lines, Ln-laitnb ewes £1 3s to £1 ss, line store wethers, 4-tooth lambs 14s. Gd. Store pens, empty heifers £2 5s to £3 ss, store cows to £1 6s, mixed weaner heifers £2 16s. Best sorts of dairy cows showing well forward £l3 to £l5, other cows according’to quality £7 to £l2, best heifers brought to £l3, also £7 10s to £ll. At Stratford yards on Saturday we held a clearing sale 4 on account of Mr. J. E. P. Hickey. There was a good attendance, bidding was keen and we report a very bright sale. Best cows made up to £lB. others £l2 to £l4, more backward sorts £6 to £B. Yearling draught filly £l6.