MONTHLY STOCK REPORT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2691, 3 September 1887, Page 2

MONTHLY STOCK REPORT.

Mesbes Lowes and lorns report for the month ending Ausust 31st, as follows:-The continued drought of last Autumn, preventing the crowth of grass for the winter feed, and the low priw of frozen meat and tallow,- has had the effect, of paralysing the stock markets and all transactions havo in consequenbe been less both as regards numbers and figures obtained.

CAWIX-We have placed several lines of beef privately, about 100 foall at the following prices ,-£6 6s to i!fl 10s for bullocks, and &15s to £5 6s for cows, the quality beinir good, and at the rate of about 16s per.cwt for bullocks, and 16s for-ews. r Very lew stores have chained in all cases betas very low. : Good young dairy- cow? sold'freely at from £5 to fifi. Th9.above pric« for beef are not equal to those of last winter, The local supply baa been quite equal to the demand, and Wellington has drawn horßupplies from the East Coast.

Sheep.—The market* have been. quit© aa.active.as previous seasons,' eapeciaUy fat atoek, which suddenly row during tha month quito pep lb. with every indication of the rise continuing, the number o.f.'fat sheep in this, district boihs'very limited, a fact due to the failure of {the turniporopj. Otherolaesesofsheepdid not show such an improvement..:, The past-hard winter is'tolling a tale aotbpgit, the old ewes'and hoggets,' the" mortality in these two classes being, very great,; Our transactions in sheep have been about 11000. fat wethers, COO. fat owes, 900' store wethers, 60Q dry-ewes,, 1000 owes in lainb, and 1000 hoggets, at the following prices; -Pat wethers, 12s 6d to 10s 9d; fat ewei 8b to lis; In store wethers the prio.es ranged from 8s to 9s;' for ordinary 2 and 4 tooth crossbred ■wethers 10s to lis; for. wooled sorts-, dry ewes sold according to ai»o and condition, ranging from fis to 8s; ewes in lamb, varied a good deal in figure as did their age and quality, owesselling as low as 4s to ss, while good conditioned owob well-forward in "lamb made 7s to 8o 3d;' For lioggetsthe demand has been very active, all good : stroug ones selling freely at the following prices-Shorn,4s. toss;.woDlled, Bs (id: to 6s 9d; poor weak kinds, 2s to 3s. 'Horses.— Transactions have been limited, the demand being mostly for good young farm sorts,-, some 'fcwelvo of which we have sold by auction-, and placed privately.at. figures ranging from £l2 t» £l4 for rough, unbroken, station draughts, to £l7 and £2O for. three and old handled• farm mares and geldings.-A few good, useful, ."sound hacks found purchasers at. from £lO to £l2, inferior sorts£4 to U, old crooks hard to.sell at any figure. . . ■ Pios.—The saleß have.nofc come up to previous seasons, Porkers, and iiaooners have sold freely at about 3d per lb. Small

pigs have been hard to'cjuitj the abaonco of grass causing milk to be very scarce, ' Sheepskins—The prices have improved of late. We made for fine wooled 3jd to 4d per lb, and 2d for short pelts. Rabbit SKiNS.-The transactions have increased, which is due to the 'favorable reports of the Home salos. We report a free sale; at Is to Is Id per lb for good prime winter skins.

The Corn; Makket has been very active during" the past month, a great quantity pf grain being putintothegrouncl'' onr traniartions have been principally in ..pats, qiaiitipg ..about 8000Jbushels heayjSparrow ■> bulffarid-Banadiras'for s'eed,C making from Si 6d "to 3s; prey's and. light Tartars,%4d to 2s 6d;; blaok; feed from ?b 8d to 2»"4d. 'l'he--transßotipnß, ip., been limited to a few-parcels-"for seed at 4s 6d. Peas made 3s 6d.to 3s9d j barley, 2s 3d to 3s! (Jd rvcfiaft oaten sheaf; 14; oaten Btraw, L2"lsa'; wheaten straw, L2 10s; make, 4s 6d ; : broken chick wheat, 2b 9d. V Potatoes. market for this article has remained 'steady throughout.' tho month, the bulkof the supplies'coming from the South, the local crop being, a complete failure; we -quitted about GO tons of table derwonts, averaping 70s ; seed flukes, L 6 ; dor'wont.seed, (jOs; pig potatoes, 2s 6d per sack. Gkass Seeds.—The markets have been overßtockod. The crops in this line were very [good, the drought not setting in until grasses were well grown, and .the. dry weather later serving the harvesting operations. A great quantity of Taranaki Beed reached this quarter. The following are pur quotations:—Rye. old .pasture,.3s6d ■; cocksfoot, 4|d.' ' ; ,-,,,. Poyi/TRY.—Sales have beon limited, fowls making from 2s to 3a; turkeys, (is ; ducks, 3s to Cheese.—The stocks are very.heavy, some tons of last season's still in. the district ; prices ruling ftorn 4d to ■ 41d' per 1b..: ;■•■ •

Bacon.-r-ThU article is still very 'dull of aalo, good smoked and well cured making Gd to 7d, while green draes at sd, hams 7d.' ..-•'. AjbßicuMmui. Implements' and YeHici.F.B do not move off as rapidly as is consistent with the improvements in the district, but the general depression' in trade, produce, and agriculture accounts for thiß. With the past few weeks of bright warm weather, farmers who were backward with their farraina; operations have boon enabled to get m the balanoe of their crops, and with a; favorable season they have every prospect of a fine yield, 'the area put under crop being' considerably larger than last seasons. Whiit with the steadily maintained rates of wool and grain, the capital 'lambing already coinmenoed, with every-indica-tion of an early spring, we shall prediofc a much nioro chooriul outlook for farmers., graziers, and traders generally fur tho future than for the past season. •