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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2152, 24 April 1886, Page 2

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**-'' Waikato Timei Office, Friday. X '*' WAIKATO LI\K STOCK MAUKETS. lffo&lfc \V. J. HUNTK.II AND Co. RKPORT.-r On Tuesday last, at mil opening Hale of new ynul.s, Ohaupo, we had the largest nuutefrof cuttle that has ever be«n yarded herJ, and pronounced by many present to be the finest lot yet seen together at one aalc. There was alno & very large atterc!das|e*touVers being frtim all part* of.Wnr*WW, Hik"ntuu, Te Amha, and other; <Sutdistricts. , Thcro wan good competition, especially for grown oxen for turnip feed/ injf; also beef and dairy cattle, the creator part being sold. Our yards although tried _to their extent were incapable of all the Cattle being yarded at one time, and' pens c?ftftfr beijur told were emptied and* ruled afresh. The sale lasted until dark. Those not sold at auction weie disposed of privately next morning. We quote: Dairy M wtww f 4-i to £612t 6d; heifer*, £2 15s to £4 10s; steer calves, £113* to £2 ; 1} and 2 year old steers, £2 7s to £2 10*; 3 year old steers in low condition, £3 2s 6d to £4 ; 4 -.•Maf'Old bullocks in freah condition, £4 7s * oa'co £6 5s ; spayed cows and heifers, £2 7* nJtUSiXQi; well-bred 24 year old iteera, £3 BS§JnBrto£3los; fat cattle, about 60 head sold ; fat heifers, £3 10s to £4 15a ; fat cow*, £4 to £52a Gd; a pen fat bullocks, £7 Is; fat ewex, 'Js ; young pigs, 7« each. Mr J. S. Buokland Reports:—On Monday at Cambridge. 2000 good 4 and fltooth wethers were otfered, and 1,500 good > fim*. The ewes were all sold at from 5s ' Ga for those in low condition to 6s 9d for th'jse in good condition, and 100 bulled ewes were placed at 2s 6d to 3s. Wether* f -dull of wile, 700 only being placed at 7s, 150 r «*7qGd, and 20 inferior at 6s 6d. Have ■till over 1000 good wethers for sale.—Oh .Thursday not many cattle were brought ''"forward, but those offered were of good quality, and met ready sale. Dairy cows , at £3 ss, £317s Od, £4 16s, and £5 ss; year1 'Kntfsteert at £2 11*; steer calves at £117s; and heifer calves at lo.s. A |>en of good *rt*ii steers at £5' 2* 6d; fat heifers and cows from £315s to £4 15s. Enquiry "for .i«prin£ carts and waggons; also for mowing machine for fern-cutting.

«*< ,*„ .'~ auckland livk stock markets. , Mr,, Alfrkd Buckland's Wbeklt Rk- ;' *ORT.— At the Haytnorket on Friday, April 1 X, fodder sold more freely, and an advance of fully Is the cwt. was obtained; oats were ■'-•ttatiy at 2s 8d; maize, 3s lOd the bushel, potatoes, from 40s to 70s the ton ; bonedust, jgvttying with sample, £7 and '£7 5s the ton. .Horse stock fully maintained late values, ajQd the, Cortland waggon, horse, and Iqipptfttb brought £45. At the wool, hide, ana skin sale on Tuesday, hides were pitched' in full number, and of better •aVeraM quality than usual. Prices ranged up to 4}d the lb. ; skins from lOd to Is 6d Stkh ; wool 4gd to ssd per lb; fat from 10s - tffTlSs the cwt At the private sale held at Messrs Carleton and Graham*, Otabuhu, .■ion Saturday, then was a numerous at- ' tendance and good competition. Beet cows brought from £7 to £9 10s each., At the , Drury sale on Wednesday there wan the usual muster of cattle. Young stock were in brisk enquiry at full values, but grown steers were lower in price. • At ftemnerd on Thursday dairy cattle at their profit were required, and best Animals brought from £8 to £10 each. Store cnttle in full number; and although freely competed for were at lower values than , nitfie'rtb, particularly grown cattle. Fit cattle, yarded iv lens than usual number, were almost unsaleable, beat quality only sold:; prices for them only ranged from 12s for gooff cows to 17s for prime steer*, but as many remained uusold as were sold. Fat calves were in less than, usual number and p'^nftjutained their price. Sheep, in average number, were at last week's values. Lambs also maintained their price. Pigs of all classes abnndajit, well-bred porkers kept their late values, 2W the lb., but store pigs #**nd anything not choice were at low prices. *£ Mussks G. W. Binnet and Sons' Re~K>RT.— At our sales ,on Tuesday last, the competition for all classes of hides and •kins, &c, was good. We quote : Heavy ox,' wet-salted, up to 4£d the lb.; cowhides from 3Jd to 4d, light 3d to 3}d ; calf ; 4d to/ 4±d the lb; dry-salted heavy hides 4£d to 4gd the lb. Sheepskins: Local butchers' from Is 3d to Is 6d; lamb.", In Cd; country skins, 6d to Is; lambs, 8d to lOd each. Tallow: First-class, 13a 6d; second, 11s to 11s 6d ; inferior, 10a per cwt. Bomefi^s per cwt.

„ AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. • Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : 1 Butter, fresh, 8d ; butter, salt, 7d to 8d ; CHeese, good local, 5d to 7d ; Canterbury, do., none ; Eggs, per dozen, Is Od ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., o.\d to 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, (kf to M ; Hfwn.% 0W to BJd<; Canterbury Bacon, 8d ; equal num- „ bers Hams and Bacon, B|d ; Hams, 10|d ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 30s ; Fowls, per pair, 2.s to 3.s fid ; Feathers, baked, clean and, selected, Is fid to Is 9d per lb. Retail : •*Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to lOd per lb ; salt do., prime, B.Vd to 9d ; inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb., Od to 9d ; Eggs, per dozen, 2s ; Lard, per lb, Gd to i)d ; Fowls, each, 2s 6d to 4s ; Ducks, do., 2s Od to 4s ; Geese, do., 5s Cd to 8s ; Turkeys, do., 5s to 7s Gd : Bacon, per lb.. 7£d to Is ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d.

/ $lyt and Corn Mahkit.— Wtolewle (selling ex stove) : Maize, local (now), 33 3d to 3s lid ; Oats, 2* s\d to 2s Cd ; Barley, 2s 3d : ' Malting Barley, '4s 2d to 4s (id ; Wheat, 3s 9d to 4s ; fowl, 3? 7d to 33 9d ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 &J to £5 10s ; Lucorn, ditto, £C to ' :£6: £6 lOs(nomraal) ; Straw; i>erload, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15.s ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £G 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 per tun. Retail : Chaff, per cwt., 5s to 6s ; Potatoes, fis (5d per cwt. ; Maize, 3s 6d to 3s i)d ; ' Oat«, do., 2s 9d ; Wheat, fowl, por bushel, 3s Ud to 4s ; Barley, feed, do., 2s Gd to 2s M; Hay, per cwt., 6s 6d to 7s ; Lucern, do., 7s - (id to 8a ; Oaten do., 6s to 7s ; Straw, do., 3b to 4d.

Manuues.—Bonedust, Sydney, prime, f§ lOu to £0, inferior £7 15s to £8; Bon?our. £9 to £10; Auckland, £8; Peruvian i Guano, £14 to £17; Coral Queen do, £5; Long Island do, £4 10s, bags included; Superphosphate of Lime, 21! per cent, to 28 per cent., £l> to £6 10s; do., do., 36 per vent, to 38 per cent., £8 to £8 10*; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8; 20 per cent, £6; Corn Manure, £8; ! Root Manure, £8 10 a ; Grass Manure' £7 10*; 'Bonednst. £».

,\ Srajos, —.Retail: Swede and 'Turnip Seed, la to Is 3d per lb; Sorghum, Is; Planters' Friend, Is; White Clover, Is ldfr Red Clover, «Jd; Cowgrass—American, 30d ; English, Is; Alsyke, Is Id; Timothy, «d ; Trefoil, 8d ; Lucorn, Is (»d ; Rape, (»d ; Ryegra»s (scarce), Us (id to 7« Gd jter bushel; Cocksfoot, .% Gd por biibhel. Flwii A! \rkct.—^V^lolesalo: Superfine flour, silk dmssed, per ton, £11 10s; do., ' do., household, £!»10sto£l0l0s;humheds 5d., fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and ' bags free ; Southern, do., £9 5s to £!) l.Vj; • Brun, ])er ton (sack.-, included), £5 10s ; Sburittt, £(! 1O»; Cabin Bread, do., £*l."i • Oatmeal, do., £13 to £14 ; Pearl Barley, „ do., £17 10s to £18.

MiMOKLLAXEourf. — Kerosone, 130 J test (duty paid), Is 7d ; KiO test (duty paid), 2a; Lime, slacked, Ls per bushel; Quick Lime, in stone, ls Gd to 2s; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; Oft M 14s; Ti-treo R^ils, t'2 10s to £4 per 100; Puriri Posts £<» to £7 ; Shingli>« 13-. M H»s M j)er 1000; Hobnrt Palings, Wt., "17* to 20s; lift, 18s to 21s; Hobnrt Rails, 80s to 90s; Wire, No. (!, £12; No. 7, £12 10s: No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30.s per cwt. Buying and .selling quotations.

Kauri Gum axd Flax Market.— Supplies for month to date, 250 tons. We" < quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary, £25 downwards; fair ordinary, £32 to £34; best, do., £36 to £38; East Coast, £52 to £5T>. Flay, per ton, £15 to £19; Tow, do., £5 lftt to £8 10s ; Fungus, per lb., 2^d to 3|d ; Cocoauut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s; Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.

• ' Chairman (to orator of the evening)— There is a glorious audience, Colonel. ,1 never saw a more eager, expectant crowd. What greater inspiration cau a speaker want than a house filled to overflowing. ' Orator {nervously)— l'd rather have a jfnt bottle filled to overflow ing. The usual religious services are advertised in another column. Win Henderson. Hamilton, warns tradesmen. ■ and others rot >o give credit to bis son, Hugh. * *D. Salmon, boctmaker, Hamilton, claims public attontipn. Messrs \V. "J. Hunter and Co . will sell nt Ohaupo, on Tuesday, May 4th, 800 head cattle - as~perlist in advertisement, sbcep, &c, tic. CfßKii or DiiiN'KiN'G. -" A young friend of mine was cured of an insatiable thirst for liquor. that had so prostrated his system that ho was unab'c to do any business. He was entirely cured by the use of Am. Co's Hop Bitten. It ' allayed all that bornin? thirst, took away the . appetite for liquor, made his nerves steady, and ri hc has remained a sober and steady roan for more than tw» years, and has no desire to re- ' turn to his cups." — From a leading R. R. Official.