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Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 65, 5 December 1896, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

TheWaikato Annus Office, Frid iy. HAMILTON MARKKT PRICKS OUllRKN'T. YVTuil.KS.wa-: : Maon, Od per lb ; hams 7,1 per 11) ; eegs 7<l per dozen ; butter, dairy,."..! to (id per lb : factory 101 per lb; uhooso, factory, 4Jd per lb; onions, 2d to -".d per lb : table potatoes (local), as per cut ; chad', £2 1 7-s Od to CI M per ton : sharps, 4<'J I to 5s percwt ; bran -is ild n?r cwt; "Us (Smitlisiii), 2< M to 2s lid per bushel ; ditto, (loud), 2--< i;.l per bushel : fowl wheat, 3s lid to 3s ild per bushel : maize, 2s 10 1 to 3s 3 1 per bushel. Retail : P.acon, (i',.l to ,dporlb; hams, 7.1.1 to S.l per lb; eggs S.l per dozen : butter, dairy, Od to 7<l per Hi ; factory, Is per lb; faeioiy clace, (id per lb ; onions, 3d per lb : chad', ,C 3 5s to «•;; l r,s per ton : sharps, 5s 3 1 to ,>s M per cwt; bran, "»s 3-1 per cwt ; cats (Southern), 2s 101 to 3s per bushel; •littn (local), U 11.1 pc bushel ; fmv. wheat, 3s 10 1 to Is 3d per bushel ; maize, 3s Id to 3s 7d. Remarks :-Glial!: Market glutted; Potatoes : Still very scarce. HAMILTON STOCK MARKKT. At the monthly sale, held in the Hamilton Borough Yards oi Thursday an average quantity of stock was brought foruar 1, the cattle j ens being filled with :i B ocl cliss, including (pute b>o head of beef, which sold at prices about l<h per head lower t'.mi at the previous nunket, say, from 15s to 17s 01 per 100 lb light weight cows and heifers, «o!lm" relatively, better than heavy steers'! The sheep yards weie full, all fat steck, the bulk of which sold ar from Is to 2s each lower than previous rates : 7s being the top price for best shorn cwci ; wethers a shade less, were in moderate number, an 1, if of any size, were well competed for. At the conclusion of the stock sals the 300 acre farm, known as Bceicseonrt, was offered by Messrs McXtool &l id Co. lint although the property is well situa ted (being near Hamilton) and the terms seemed easy, bidding was slow. J be property being started at £2 per acre, and only reaching £3 it was passed m. The following prices v. civ> realised: Cittle : Yearlings, 24s to 2Si ; two year steer-=, C2 Ss to t'2 15s ; do. heifors, JlOs to 30s : empty cows, poor, 2 * to 3<i-< ; fresh, .£2 5s to C.): bulls Shorthorn yearlings, 35s to t'3 : grown, up to ft : Hereford do., :!o.s : fat cows. £3 ,s to, _t.i J3 S the bulk going at about £.-, !•»-, the highest pi ice being reached for sonic well tini-he.l cattle trom Mr 1 ickering, of Hautaru, who also topped the market with steers i'7 being reached for a useful ox weighing about 5001 b. Fat steers of good .padi'v made from £5 10. to C 5 15s ; dairying cows were poorly represcnte 1 and dull of sale, springing heitcrs from i'2 to 12 i:,< ; good cows, t 3 to C 4. Rhuep : I'at nwes (shorn), (is 3d to 7s : mixed sexe?, 0s Od to 7s : wethers (i, 0 1 to Os !l I ; _tat ewes in wool, l:s ; fat l.mbs, small, ;>s ; medium, (is 0 1 to (I) ild : extra choice from Mr T. Hunt, 7s 7d : no store sheep in. Pigs : Wcircrs, 151 to 7s ; slips to 10s; grown pigs, 17s 01 to 20s Od. Horses", a few offered, with but little demand. On Friday the 27th u't. Mr Laiigley he'd a very successful sale of the furniture and stock of Mr W. Mathews, of Tc Mata, good prices were realised.. AUCKLAND MARKK is. Missus lluxTKi: axd Nolan's Weekly IvEloUT.—Grain, seeds, hor.-efeed : Quietness Ins characteri-cd the market. A iiiOdcr.ite number of sales have been effected without noteworthy alteration in value. Mniz-on wharf, 2s 01 to 2s Sd per bushel ; ex s'o'e, 2- lOd to 3s ; oats, •J s 1)] ; bran, .ft to f-l 5i per ton. Horses : Agaii a huge number was brought forward, and found pnrehaors at fully hist week's value:. Entries for disposal by auction at the rurham Yards were nuiiiiToli*. Heavy draughts Fold up to C-Js lO.j ; nielium, '.'i2 to fIS ss; lii-ht barr-css h r>es, '.' I 15s to til 17s (id : hacks, C3l')s to tK) iOs. Wool : Wo ..pencil the series .-ales with a catalogue of 1013 ba'ts. There wai gocd , con.petition thiotighout the sile, although not so brisk as rn previous occasi'ius ; there was a decline of from id to ;d on a'l classes Details already published. Hides, skins, tallow, bones : Wo dispos d of a lar«e catalogue on 'J hur.-.l y. Wc ipiotc : Rxtra stout. 5 1 to Od ; stout, 3id to lid ; ow and stc?r, 2id to 3id ; calf, 3iil to -Id ; bones, C 3 per Ion; Ullow, 133 to lis ; longwool skin-, 3s ill to 5, (id ; crossbreds, 2; 7s to Is 5.1 : country, Is to 7.- 1! : lambskins, Is 11 to Is ild ; pelts, 41 to !)d. tattle hive I cell brought forward in a v. rage number*. Daiiystock Mere not in brisk demand, but tat stock showed an improvement in prhes. At Newmarket on Tuesday Ihe yards were fail lv tilled, ited compi titioa g |. We quote : Ox beef from IS; to oil; |l) lib ; cows, 10s to ISs. Slice]) : The Newmarket pens were fihly well tilled and the previous week's values barely sn tain tl. We quote : Shorn w thers, 0- !)d to lis 3d ; ewes, lis to '.!- 0d ; lambs, plentiful, fold at from 2s (■ 1 t > IDs. Pigs, more numerous than usual, sold freely. Mkssiss A. RrcKLAND and Sons" RkI'otrr. At the ILiymarket meadow bay has l-rought 2s and 2s 3tl : oaten sheaves, 2s and 2s 3.1 ; straw, 2s 0 1 cwt ; oats, 2s Od : maize, 2s 'Jd bushel ; guano, £:', 10s ; bonedust, ''.."> and £(} ton. On l-'ri lay, hor.-e stock, in usual number, were without alteration in value. Mcdijin to heavy draught brought from til to (20 each. On Monday at Pukekoh; a full muster of store cattle and dairy cows were competed for, pdces generally in favour (f the buyer. Consequent on the wool sale the usual weekly sile of bides and skins was po-tp,nod. On Tuesday the estate at Mangerc brought i'2o the acre, ant! that at Kirikiriroa 5s od. Til it at Waitakerie was withdrawn 30s an acre being the hic.he.st offer. The re-serve is 50s. At the wool sale on Wt.-dn sday, on a few fancy clip- wlrch brought extieaie values at hist season's sale then: was a fall of a penny a lb, but on avt-rag-i sal's in many iust inces last season's values were sustained. The tlepreciation in mist cases did not exced a lialfpenny, and many more were a farthing only ,\t R.-n.ucra in Thursday dairy 0.,\.s.nted. Calves numerous, fresh-drop-ped calves in demand at from Is to Ss each. Rat eilv, - dull of sale and at lower vilue*. IV. cattle b: usual number, 20'J ; were steadier in value than last w.ck. Steers were at ISs lODlb vith little variaCo i : cows, 1 ts lo late were better worth Is each. lOfiOsohl. Store sheep at lower v.dues, 251) sold, [nought fi'-m Is (id m i- :>,.l each. L.mbs in full number, 100 sold, v.er- at la-t week's va'tles, prices i.-mge 1 from is to Sseieli. Pi-'s plentiful. Largo pigs much lower in price. Porkers and young pigs at 1 ite values. NKWZKALAND DRUC MAN!) RMS. Kioii'TifnUNi:. /-.land. DrtigCjmpiny ;Limited; mau-ire pre- list:- Per ton. i..\-' r-upcrpho-plrOJ (l"!d phosphal.s 10 1- r cut. : holu >!e, :;-' il pen -i.l. ; aminju'uv, lj percent.; - > - 0

Pel- ton. " 15 " Superphosphate (total ph.isph.Ue.s-, 31 pw cut. ; soluble.' 2'V-7 per cent.), •Jowt. sacks 4 .'! 0 "C " Superphosphate (total phosphates, 40 per cent. ; sdublo, 13 per coat.), 2owt. sacks .. 4 fl 0 Special Potato Manure.. • • 10 ° Special Turnip Mao are •• { ] •_' ° Sproinl Rape manure .. .. 0u 0 Bone.lust (pure), Steamed (pho.'. lime 51 per cent., am. 4 per cent.) .. GOO Do. (pure), Given (pho«. linm 51 percent., am. 1 per cent.) .. GOO Do. and Mlood (phos. lime 35 per cent., am.-i-.V per cent.)., o 7 ll Special Root Manure .. .. Go 0 Special Grass Manuro A (for top dressing) G 5 0 Special Grass Manure r, (for per"muncnt pasture) .. ..<>•_> o Special Corn Manure .. .. <> 5 0 Special Maize Manure .. .. 0 5 ° Sneciul Oicliard Manure A (for j-owng trcc») 7 5 0 Special Orchard Manure n (for fruit- formation) .. .. i o 0 Sprcijl Glover Manure.. .. (i '> ° Special Onion Manure.. .. 75 0 Special Sugar-beet Maiiurj .. 8 I<> (l Sulphate of Ammonia . . .. 13 0 0 Coral i jitccn Giumo. •Jowl. sac!;.--, |J4 percent. ldiosphatcof limu 1 S 0 Kainit, original sacks abi»ut 2 ( .. vt ; ~" t 10 o Per cwt. Nitrate of Soda, original sacks about 2ewt. .. ..01-30 Muriate of Potash.original sacks about 2c*vt 0 1G 0 Sulphate of Potash. !>-3 per cent, original sacks about 2cwt. .. 0 IS 0 Sulphate of Iron, original casks f about 3cwt I*o Per bag. Special Garden Manure, lllb bags 0 I C Fowl Grit, lllb hags, coarse or tine .. .. ~ •• 0 1 G Puro Linseed Oilcake, lino crushed, or, if required, rough crushed or in whole cake, l.'.cwt. sacks, I'S .3s per ton. riiC'junt : All prices are less 2\ per cent, discount for radi. Previous li-ts now cancelled. Prices subject to alteration without notice.