THE CATTLE MARKET.
SHORTAGE IN THE SOUTH. At the Burnside market on Wednesday (says the Otago Daily Times) j there was an' advance of 10s per head in the price of cattle as compared with the previous week's market. During the past two weeks the price of cattle has increased to the extent of fully 30s per head, and it is considered that it will go a great deal higher before the maximum is reached. About 140 head were yarded, and the highest price reached per head was £l4. The quality was not good. In fact, the cattle that had been offering of late would at ordinary times be classed as stores, but there is not a sufficient number of good 'quality cattle in the market to meet the demand. As an indication of what is to be expected in the way of dear meat, it is reported that an Invercargill butcher has entered into a contract with a Southern dealer to supply him with cattle during the winter and the early spring at the rate of 40s per 1001b., which is equivalent to £l4 for an animal turning the scale at 7001b, which can only b&. classed as a medium sized beast.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10222, 25 April 1911, Page 4
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203THE CATTLE MARKET. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10222, 25 April 1911, Page 4
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