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Waikato Argus, Volume IX, Issue 826, 10 December 1900, Page 2

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IT—TV Waikato Argus Offick. This Day. MESSRS McNICOL & CO.'S' SALES. Ox Thursday last, 6th iust., we hell a clearing sale at Mr G. A. Farmer 8, Shaftesbury. There was a pood attendance of neighbouring farmers. The 36 /'dairy cows iu milk sold well, making from £3 10s to £7 16s and averaging £5 15s; young calves, las; medium draught : mare, £'29 ; light springcart mare, £l9 10e ; springcart, £8 ; sundries and fur niture made usual rates. At Waihou ou Friday last we yarded 400 head of cattle. Prices if anything, for all classes were a trifle easier. Kmpty fresh cows, £3 7s 6d to £4 ; fresh 2j-year-old steers, £5 to £5 ss; fresh three-year-old steers, £5 16s to £6 ; 1| to two-year-old steers, £3 10s to £4 ss; good yearling steers, up to £2 18s; yearlings (mixed), £2 6s to £2 9s; J 5 mouths steers, £3 43 ; yearling , and 15 months heifers (choice), £2 lis ; f 6 springing heifers, £4 to £4 10s; fat cows, /_ £5 to £6 ss, the majority being wellHone heavy weights ; fat steers, £6 6s to £B, according to weight; fat ewes, 13s ' 6d; fat'sheep (mixed), 14s to 14s 01; :! lambs, 7s 6d ; pigs (weancrs), 4s 6d to 7s. The five dogs advertised from Harry ; Cook made £l, 10s, £2 ss, £4, £i 10s ; hacks, £4 to £4 15s; harness mare, £l4. Furniture at Tc Aroha on Saturday made usual rates. AUCKLAND MARKETS. / Mk J. Jones' Weekly Report.— /'. Poultry in exceedingly large numbo*".. ' were penned, and the market war overstocked. Prices were low., except for good young roosters. Roosters, Is 9d to 2s ; cockerels, la 6d to 2a 3d ; hens, Is 4d to Is 9d ; others, Is to Is 3d ; ducks, Vis 3d to 2s; geese, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; turkeys, gobblers bs 9d to 9s 3d, others (poor) 5s to 6s 6d, hens 3a to 4a; pigs, 6s |i9d to 148; potatoes, kidney 7s 6d to 8s : 9d, others (is to 7s> Shepherds' 4s 6d to 6s ; onion?, \\A to 2d ; peas, B£d to Is ; bean*, 4d to 5d ; butter, 6d to Bd, keg 1 6d to 7d, box 7d to 7£d ; eggs, 7_d to Did ; bacon, s}d to 6d ; hams, cheese, 4d to 4|d ; honey, 3|d to 3|d ; : lard, 4d to , Jlfd. Fruit : Apples, 14a per case ; ■'■. lemons, 7s to 6s 3d ; cherries, 8d to lOd ; gooseberries, 2 : [d to 3d lb ; tomatoes, 5d to 6|d ; walnuts, 5d to sfd. i Messrs Richard Author and Co.'s Weekly Report.—Business during the week has been brisk. New kidney.", in • brisk demand, save 20 tons, having been v; ; cleared at from £7 to £3los for the bulk, a few choice samples at Id per lb. Old potatoes are almost done, very few coming to hnnd, selling at £4 10s to £4 16s per ton ; new onions, l_d to 2d per lb ; \ : green peas, 9d to Is 2d per peck ; rhubarb, 2s to 4a per dozen ; chaff, £3 to £3 5s ; maize, 2s 9d, ex store; oats, 2s 4d ; , bran, 3s 9d to 4s ; sharps, 4s 3d ; fowl ' wheat, 2s lOd to 3s. Fruit: Fair quality to hand, gooseberries realised 2d to 3£d . per lb; local cherries, 7d to 8d per lb; • loquats, 2d to 3_-d per lb ; tomatoes, 5d I to 7d lb; lemons, 6s to 8a 6d per case. | Poultry: Very heavy supplies, table roosters, as high as 2a 9d each ; others, , Is 3d to2a 3d each ; ordinary fowls, Is - to Is 8d each : chicks, 3d to Is each; t ducks, Is 3d to 2seach ; ducklings, 3d to sis each ; geese, 3s to 4s 9d each, iu good demand; small pigs, 6a to 10s each. Dairy Produce: Fresh butter, 6id to 7|d; separator, 7d to 8d; keg, (id to ... 7d; farmers' cheese, 4_d to 4|d: factory, '.'-: sdto 6d ; eggs, 8d to per dcz.cn ; honey comb, 4d lb ; bulk, 2d to 2Jd ; '-"■'. bacon, 6d to 6Jd; hams, 7d to 8(1 tor prime factory. -'- Alkx. Aitken (Limited) Rbtort.—The demand for produce was well susfainod during the past week. .; New kidneys were in short supply, with :; a good damand, ou Tuesday £8 10s to £9 »vas the ruling price, on Friday iu consequence of the collapse of the \ ■ Southern market.,, seven pounds was the top price. In cereals therein no change. ■ : Butter and eggs, the latter has advanced. Fruit heavy supply of local fruit received which sold at satisfactory prices for vendors. Poultry, a good demand for table fowls, rooaters and hens in poor condition, low ; turkeys and geese good de- ;:.'■' mand, high prices obtained for fat birds. The following is an absolute summary of our sales':—Potatoes, new kidney, 8a to 9s; round sorts, 5s 6d to 6a , cwt; peas, 6d to Is per peck; . cucumbers, 3s to 6a doz; French beans, . 2s 8d pk; cabbages, 2a per sack ; rhubarb, 3s to 4a per dcz; oats, ex Btore, 2s to 2s 4d; maize, 2s 9d ex store; wheat, 2a 9d ; bran, £3 15s; sharps, ';'. £4 10s ; chaff, 7s. Good sorts still scarce and wanted. Butter : Prime dairy, ,7d to 7jd ; medium, 6d to 6_d according to maker and quality; 'factory rolls, lOd ; keg, 6>}d; pastry, 4_d to 5d ; : fresh eggs, B_d ; hams: " Drakes," 9d ; Farmers', 7d ; even numbers, bacon, . to 6}d ; Farmers', 5d ; Waikato gooseberries, to 3}d; cherries, 6d to G_d ; tomatoes, 5d to 7d ; pine apples, 8d to lOd per wise ; lioney, section, 3a to 3a 3d ; ' lemons, 7s to 7s 6d case; bananas, 2d lb, 2s <Jd to ds 61 bunch ; oranges, Island, 83 6d case; cocoanuts, 7s 6d per sack ; apples, 14s 6d case ; walnut?, s]d to 6d; peanuts, 3d; charcoal, 3a to oa 6d ; beeswax, Is 3d ; f ungu a , 3d lb ; poultry, good demand, roosters, 2s to 3s 3d each ; hens, Is to Is 7d; ducks, ] Is to Is 9d each ; turkey roosters, 4s 6d to 78 6d; hens, 2s 9d to 3s 6d; geese, 2s 9d to Ss 6d; pigs, 7s 6d to 10s 6d. STOCK SALE AT AWAKINO. The saleyards at Awakino, half-way to New Plymouth erected by Mr Newton King, were opened on Thursday. Over 100 head of stock were yarded, and there was a large attendance of representative buyers from Opunake, Pihama, Stratford, Waikato, Mahenui, aud intervening districts. All were sold at the hammer, being a splendid lot. Prices were very satisfaetoiy. Heifers, 12 to 15 months, £2 14s tj £3 ; steers, £3 to £3 Bs. A magniiieeut line of two to two aud a-half steers, from Mr W. Kelly, Awakino, was much admired, and brought £4 19s each. A Goo line of bullocks, two and a-half to three years, belonging to Messrs (jsorge and King, brought £5 14s each ; bulloeks, three to four and a-half years, £5 17s 61 to £7 10s; slore cows, £3 12s to £4. A large line ot one to two and a-half year old beifers, of Messrs Elliott and Bayley