COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 463, 20 July 1899, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Argus Office, Wednesday. MESSRS McNICOL AND CO.'S OHAUPO SALE. At Messrs McNicol and Co.'s sale on Tuesday, about 450 head of cittle were yarded, the majority being grown steers and empty cows of a good quality and in excellent condition. The line of grown steers and cows from the Thames Valley Company was a splendid lot and elicited keen competition. The tone ot the market was good and the sale was a brisk one, especially for fresh-condi-tioned ateers and empty cows. There was a fair muster of dairy cows, of an average quality, but bidding was languid, £4 10s being the highest price under the hammer. The day was fine and there was a good attendance of the public. The following are the quotations :—Dairy cows, from £4 to £4 10s ; Thames Valley Company's grown steers, . all sold, at from £5 9s to £6 lps, they were a nice lot and did credit to the breeder ; Polled Angus cows, in killable condition, £3 9s ; well-bred Shorthorn empty cowb, £3 19s ; speyed three-year-old heifers, from £3 to £3 10s 6d ; 18months steers, from 39s to 47s ; empty store cows, from £2 10s to £3 2s ; two-year-old heifers, £2 Is ; good calves (mixed aexes), 30a; 18-months heifers, 32s ; steer calves, 24s ; fat cows, from £4 3s to £5 9s ; fat steers, £7 Bs. Sheep : About 600 were offered ; longwool wethers, from 10s 6d to lis ; ewes in lamb, from 7s 6d to 8s 6d ; hoggets, from 6a to 7b 3d.—(Own Correspondent). ROTORUA MARKET REPORT. Mr W. T. Raymond Reports. At my weekly sale at the Mart, Rotorua, the following prices were realized:— Poultry : Hens Is 6d, roosters Is 7a to 2s 2s for pure bred fcwls, turkeys 4s to 7s; eggs, Is 2d dozen; butter, Is lb ; cabbages, 2£d each ; cauliflowers, 6d ; onions. lsd lb ; cheese, slb ; honey, 5d lb; bacon, 7£d to 8d lb, sides ; fresh wild pork, 2\& lb ; parsnips, 4s cwt ; red carrots, 4s ; horse carrots, 2s 3d sack ; potatoes, 4s 6d sack. In the afternoon a consignment of fruit trees met with good demand. NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY'S MANURES. Kempthornb, Pbossbb & Co. s (New Zealand Drug Company Limited) Westfield Manures Prico List, season 1898 : Per ton "A" Superphosphate (total phosphates, 40 per cent. ; soluble, 32/34 percent. ; ammonia, 1 1 percent.) ±o 10 0 "B" Superphosphate (total phosphates, 31 per cent. ; soluble, 26 per cent.), 2cwt. ga cks 4 8b VC " Superphosphate (total phosphates, 46 per cent.; soluble, 15 per cent.), 2cwfc. sacks .. .. •• ..4150 Bonedust'(pure), green... ... 6IS 0 Boneduat (pure), steamed ... 6lb 0 Bonedust and Blood 6 5 0 Special Root Manure .. ..700 Special Grass Manure « A ' (for topdressing) x . •• •• 615 ° Special Grass Manure ' B (for permanent pasture) .. .. 615 0 Special Potato Manure 7 0 0 Special Turnip Manure .. 615 0 Special Rape Manure .. .. 615 0 Special Corn Manure • A ' (for green feed) 6 15 0 Special Corn Manirre ' B ' (for wheat, oats, barley, etc.) .. 615 0 Special Maize Manure • A ' (for green feed) 7 0 0 Special Maize Manure ' B ' (for cob maize) 7 0 0 Special Orchard Manure * A ' (for young trees) .. •• 710 0 * Special Orohard Manure ' B ' (for fruit formation).. .. 710 0 Special Clover Manure.. .. 615 C Special Onion Manure.. .. 710 0 Special Sugar-beet Manure .. 8 10 0 Sulphate of Ammonia .. .. 14 0 0 Coral Queen Guano, 2cwt. sackß, 63 per cent, phosphate of lime 4 15 0 Surprise Island Gnano, 2owt. sacks (47 per cent, phosphate of lime) ... ... ... 316 0 Kainit, original sacks abbut 1 cwt. 4 7 6 Per cwt. Nitrate of Soda (original sacks about 2owt.) 14 0 Muriate of Potash (original Backs about 2cwt.) .. .. .. 16 0 Sulphate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt 16 0 Sulphate of Iron, original sacks about 2cwt 10 0 Per bag. Special Garden Manure, 141 b bags .. I 6 Fowl Grit, 141 b bags, coarse, medium or fine .. .. 16 Linseed Oil Cake, fine crushed, medium or whole cake, per ton 9 15 (■ Vitaflor for Pot Plants, lib tins 0 6 Discount less 2J- per cent, for cash. Prices subject to alteration without notice. Previous lists now cancelled. Aucklaud.July 1, 1899.