Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 612, 22 April 1876, Page 2

Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening.

Sah o» Fabm Stock and Imflbiukis.— We would remind our readers of to-daj't §*!<• at Taruahere, by Mr Kennedy Mil], aii t be fa,riu of the Mem-* Douglas', wluoh coaiuionc-ei at oat o'clock. Mr Knox reportithat at tue iale of household furniture, &c, at Mi a Neiion'i, Mamiltoa Wo»t, luld yestetday, there was ft large attendance, aud good prices ruicd. Ma Alfueu Bcckland's Weekly Report.— At Papakura oa Wednesday not many dairy cattle were offered foi' sale. For tbo-e penueci, there was good competition, they brought from Lfl to Ll3 Well-bred steers, from 18 month* ■• two year* old, were better rcpreien led ivan usual They are a cla«s always in douiand, aud »old | freely, bringing from L 4 to L 5 8s B«ch. Serial penß of choice caWes biougla from 42» to 60a eacu ; iafeuor, from 22s (id. Fat catUe, mostly cowi, wero in full numbers and of good qualily ' They -brought from 34: to 28e tlie KiOlbi. At Keiuuerft, on Thursday, store oultle were mslioi-t supply. Dairy cattle fairly represented. Fut caule in full nuinben, 170 peuned ; the continued large number* biou,hl forward h»ro lowered rtilue* about 2* 6d ma 100.be. Fat stoic sheep offered were of uiditferent quality, and lairlj competed for. Fat ehoep pientiful ; last week's quotations for best quality Bustuiued j iufenor io«er m price. Pigs ot ail kinds pleutiful and in full demand, at higher rates thun hare lately i uled. Pric« given were : dairy cattle, LS to LL2 ; calree, 2<3s to 4Qi ; yeai lings, L 3 to L 4 : ihree-yeai-old-Bleeri. L 5 10s to L 7 ; fat oattle, 23s to 2S* tho iOOlbs ; lat eucep, 2Jd to 3Jd the 1b ; well-fcred I*L pigs, 3id to 4id the lb, lire weights. ArerAgtf obtained were . 8 head, 'fhos Keid. L 7; 8 head, W Flavell, L 7 5a ; 8 head »leer», X W Cowler, L 7 2s ; 35 head, H Kuox L8; 11 head, It Diokiou, L 6 )7s 6d ; 2b» head, \Y Law, L 6 15s ; 15 head, W Vickers, L 7 12s; 12 head, W Vining, L8 ; 2S head, Wm Short, L 7 12a 6d ; l«0 wethere, W H Kuox, 2le 6d , 6j wether*, Eeid Uros, 22s ; 60 wethen, Ihomion lko», 19s 6d ; 97 ewei, W Jiobert Hall, 16s 9d j 119 ewe», W Kuig, 12 3 6d each.