COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5026, 15 May 1895, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

1 D.4&we reports liaving- held his i I usual fortnightly horse sale atPahi- ; [ atua on Saturday, 4th May. The at- i tendance of the public was large and : i a largo entry of horses came forward. : I j Bidding at the commencement . dragged very much, but improved i as the sale proceeded, although many ' lines were passed in under the i liammer. I succeeded in quitting I most of the entries before the close i of the sale at the following prices: 1 4-year old light draughts £l4 10s '. to £l6; good harness horses £9 to i s £1310s; hacks £4los to £7; old i crocks £1 to £1 10s. No heavy i i draughts came forward. On Tnes- ' day, May 7th, I held my usual fort- i , nightly stock sale at Pahiatua. The : ' entries of stock were large, every pen being filled, There was a good I attendance of the public. Kidding was slack throughout, especially for weaners. Good classes of dairy cattle realised good prices at previous rates, but some of the lines yarded were turned out unsold, not reaching owners' reserves : ThdWlowing prices wererealised: -Fat cows, good, £4 as to £4 7s Gd; flight weights, £3lßs to £4 2s 6'd; store cows, £2 as; yearling steers, 355; strong weancrs, 275; calves, ■ Us; dairy heifers, near calving, good, £4los; do, in calf, £3 2s Gd, to £3 15s; good dairy cows in full profit, £5 ss; do. in milk, £4; do. springing to calve, £4lss to £5 10s. ! Sheep: Empty ewes, 4s 6d, Pigs: None penned. , On Saturday, the 11th, 1 held my .teal weekly produce and miscellaneous sale. Tho demand bus been Black during this week, sales have been effected at reduced rates:— Potatoes, £2 17s fid to £3 10s; \ onions, firmer at Id per lb. I have placed a lino of 21 year old steers privately at £3 10s, and have enquiries for good dairy cows springing to calvo or in. full profit. "P.H. WOOD'S STOOK SALE, [.' ■ Mr .P. H, Wood reports of the stock sale held at the Taratahi yards ns follows:—Sheep came forward in goodj&mbers, and were mostly of Very few cattlo were ■' yarded? Thero was a good attendance ' of the public, but bidding was not so Bpiriteuas at last sale, and several ,- : '■* lots were passed in. There is no alteration in prices to quote,