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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 355, 18 October 1898, Page 2

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The Waikato Argus Officb, Monday. MR HUNTER'S CAMBRIDGE SALE. Mr W. J. Hunter had a fair sale at Cambridge on Saturday. A large number of animals changed hands, but young stock and dairy cattle were not in great demand. A good number of bullocks changed hands at from £5 15s to £6 6s. MESSRS McNICOL AND CO.'S WAIHOU SALE. Mkssks McNicol and Co. : s Rehoet.— At our Waihou spring cattle sale, held on Friday last, we yarded 807 h«ad, all well-bred, but in very low condition, owing, no doubt, to swamp fires last autumn cleaning out a lot of holdings. We had a good attendance of buyers. Nearly all lots cleared, but although prices were about equal to Waikato markets, they were a good deal lower than at this time last year. Beef sold well, and higher than for some sales past. We quote :—Fat steers, £5 13s to to £7 ; fat cows and heifers, up to £5 7s 6d ; fresh conditioned cows, almost killable, £3 lis to £3 15s; well-bred calves, 17s, 10s, 19s, 20s, 19s, 21s, 18s, 14s, 16s, 15s, for different lofe ; 15-months-old steers, 27s 6d to 335; well-bred lj-year-old steers, £2 8s ; low-conditioned old steers, £2 5s : 2J to 3i-year-old steers. £2 14s, £2 18s, £2 19s, £3 9s, £3 lis, £3 12s; empty cows, very low condition, 27s to 355; best dairy cows and heifers, up to £4 7s 6d ; others. £2 to £3 ss; fat wethers, 14a; store wethers, 9s 3d ; fat ewes, lis 9d to 12s; ewes and 1 ambs, 9s ; fat lambs, 7s 6d; potatoes, 8s to 9s 6d sack ; medium draught mare, £2O 15s ; pigs (weaners), 6s 6d to 10s 6d. MR W. J. HUNTER'S HORSE SALE. Ok Thursday at Mr W. J. Hunter's sale at Ohaupo, about 300 horses of all descriptions were yarded, most of them of a light class ; not many heavy draughts offering, for which there is an unsatisfied demand. Anything good in that line selling well ; in fact, with the exception of weeds, there is a good demand all round for horses. There was a good line of young unbroken draughts from Rukuhia, which sold at high prices, and a yearling got by Royal Conqueror fetched £l4; also a jearlingby Better Times sold at a high price. Some of Prince Fergus' gets also sold well ; one three-year-old colt making £23. Many farmers regret the loss of Prince Fergus to the district, as his stock for farm purposes is hard to beat. As showing the demand for working horses, one twentytwo year-old fetched £ls 10s. It was certainly a record horse sale for Ohaupo, taking the number of horses Bold and the large attendance of the public. It took a day and a half to get through the lot ; one hundred and forty changing hands the first day and over seventy the next. The following prices were realised : Heavy draught yearlings, from £lO to £l4 ; medium draughts, unbroken, from £l4 to £ls 10s ; heavy draughts, unbroken, from £2l to £23 10s ; unbroken, light harness, from £lO to £l4 ; heavy draughts, from £l6 to £25, with an unsatisfied demand ; light harness, from £l3 to £2l ; lighter sorts, from £6 to £lO, good demand for anything fit for cabs ; plough horses, £l6 ; well-bred hacks, from £lO to £l6 ; ordinary cobs, from £6 to £lO ; ponies, from £1 10s to JBs.—(Own Correspondent). AUCKLAND MARKETS. Mr J. Jones' Weekly Report.— Poultry: Roosters, Is Gd to 2s 4d ; hens, 1b 4d lo Is 8d ; ducks, Is 5d to 2s 3d ; turkeys, 2s 3d to 7s 5d ; pigs, 5s to 10s 6d each : butter, 7}d to 9d; eggs, Sd doz; cheese, 4|d to s|d ; keg butter, 7d to B£d ; hams, 6d to 7_d ; bacon, 4£d to 7d lb; potatoes, £8 10s to £8 15s; onions, lfd ; pumpkins, 5s 6d to 7s 6d ; kumara3, 6s to 7s ; carrots, Is Gd ; new potatoes, Ud to 2\A lb ; oats, 2s 7d to 2s lOd ; maize, 2s 9d to 2s lOd ; bran, 4s ; sharp 3,5 s ; chaff, £4 5s ; oranges, 3s to 8s 6d ; lemons, 5s to 7s 6d; loquats, 3d to 4£d lb. Mr Richard Arthur's Weekly Rejokt.—Business during the week has been good. Southern table potatoes, £7 103 to £9; seed do, £5 to £6 10s; new potatoes, Shepherd's Id to l_d, kidneys l*d to 2d ; carrots, white 30s to 353, red 35s to 50s ; pumpkins, 5s to 7s ; onions, Jd to 2d ; sharps, 4s 9d to ss; bran, 3s 9d to 4s; oats, feed 2s 8d to 2s lOd, seed 3s 4d to 3s Gd; wheat, 33 9d ; maize, 2» 10(1 to 3s; vegegates were to hand in large supply and were disposed of at good prices ; Cape gooseberries, 3£d to 4d ; lemons, '3d to 5d dozen ; dried apples, 6d to 7d lb; fresh butter, 7|d to Bjd ; inferior, 6d ; keg do, 8d to B£d ; eggs, 7-Jd to 8d; cheese, 4Ad to sd; Canterbury bacon, 6_d to 7d ; Canterbury hams, 6£d to 7d ; roosters, 2s to 2s 4d; fowls, Is 9d to 2s 3d ; special kinds, 3s to 4s 7d ; ducks, Is 9d to 2s: geese, 2s 6d to 3s; hen turkeys, 2s 2d to 3s; gobblers, 4s 6d to 6s 6d ; young pigs, 9s to 13s. Messrs Hall and Pakkixs' Weekly Report :—We had a big sale to-day, and are pushing business ahead week. A 1-ton consignment of Waikato potatoes realised £9. We can supply new fruit cases at wholesale prices, any variety, with prompt attention to orders. Also new lewt potato bags, 3s doz. Prices realised at sale last week: — Butter (dairy), 8d to 9d ; keg, 7d to 9d ; factory, 8d to 9d; cheese is wanted ; good, 5d to sgd ; second, 4d to 4gd ; carrots are scarce—27a Gd to 40s per ton ; chaff is easier—say £4 to £4 10s, ex store; eggs, 8d to 9d doz; we can place any quantity Id to 2d over market (cash paid without supplying goods); potatoes (old), very scarce, £9 to £lO 10s ; new kidney, l£d to 2d ; Shepherd and Early Rose, ljd to lfd ; peas, 2s Gd to 2s lid peck ; want daily consignments. Poultry : We got good prices again to-day, and recommend sending in before 'Xmas. Roosters, Is 9d to 2s lid, fat; voung, Is Gd to 2s 2d ; hens, Is 9d to 2s "3d ; ducks, Is Gd to 2s Gd ; turkeys, 5s to Bs, wanted ; pigs, better supply last week, demand good ; weaners, 5a to 18s Id ; store pigs, 19s to 28s 3d ; pork—we can sell in any quantity, to 4d ; lemona— better supply, 5s to Gs per case ; loquats—3d to 5d lb ; gooseberries—we want heavy consignments this year, promising to do our utmost with what are sent to us for sale. Messrs Alex. Aitken and Co.'s Report.—Last week's values all round were well maintained at our sale to-day. Po aloes ard onions were in short supply. New kidneys made 2d per lb. Butter and eggs, huge supply. Fruit, scarce, demand not brisk. Poultry, fair supply, paying prices ruled for good table roosters and hens. Ducks, scirce. We quote as under : —Table potatoes, £8 10s to £9 lis ; Hobart seed, £6 ; kidney, £8 10s ; new kidney, 2d per lb ; Shepherd, 1 }d ; 'Frisco onions, 15s 6d ; pumpkins, £8 10s, scuee (wanted); kumaras, 7s; swede turnips, 50s ; carrots, white, 20s to 25s : red, 30s per ton ; green peas, Is 6d to Is 9d peck ; oats, ex store, 2s 9d ; ex ship, 2-j l\d ; oaten hay, £5 to £5 15s ; maize, 2 < Sd to 2s 101; sharps, £4 17s fid ; chaff, £4 10s ; bran, £3 17s Gd ; charcoal, 3s (id to .'!.-; 91 per sack ; butter, prime, dairy, 7d to Sd ; factory .rolls, H)d ; bulk pastry, 7d ; medium dairy, to 6|d : keg pastry, 7d to 7_d ; ■eggs, 7i}d to Sd ; bacon, Canterbury, to'7d ; farmers, 4d to 5d ; honey, bulk, 2d to2£d; section, 3s to 3s Gd; hares, Is Gd each; rabbits, Is p : iir ; cheese, 5d to 5Ad ; farmers make, 4d to 4£d ; Hobart apples, Stunners, 8s Gd to Pis;

French crabs, Ss Gd to 10s 6d ; dried, 4d to 5d ; lemons, 4d to 6d per dozen, Us to 6s 9(1 per case ; mandarins, Ss 6d to 9s per case; oranges, Tahiti, 10s case ; Poormans, 8s fid J bananas, ljdlb: bunches, 3s to 3s 3d ; pineapples, 3s Od to 5s dozen, 10s to lis case ; loquacs, 2d to 2|d lb ; cucumbers, 6s to (is Gd d< z ; Cape gooseberries, 4£d ; tomatoes. to 6d lb ; walnuts, 4id ; peanuts, 2£a to 2£d. Poultry : Table roosters. Is lOd to 2s 4d ; mixeri, Is 3d ; table fowls, fat, Is 7d ; hens, laving, Is 4d : cockerels, Is 3d ; ducks, Is Gd to Is Sd ; young and fat, 2s ; ducklings, 4£d to Gd ; turkey gobblers, 3s to 3s 9d ; hens, in aood condition, 2s 9d to 3s ; poor, 2s ; geese, young, 2s fid. Pigs: Weaners, good breed, Ss to 103 ; others, 3s 9d to 5s ; stores, 25s to 295; porkers, 12s to 16s.