Waikato Tunes Office, Monday. WAIKATO MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2201, 17 August 1886, Page 2

Waikato Tunes Office, Monday. WAIKATO MARKETS.

Hit AmiKi> UuckiANiAs Wkkm.y Llk-roiuv-U Cambudge on Satuiday theie was a very Urge attendance and an un» usually large quantity of farm produce offeted. Wo quote : Poultry, from Uto U M each ; oats, 3s ~>d per bushel ; chatf, £4 7s 'Ji>d per ton ; bacon, 7d per lb ; eating potatoes, 8s to Ss <>d per bag; Lapatono kidneys (seed), from 5s to <>s lid per ewt ; Magnum Honuin do., (is per ewt. Stuff from iho co operative store sold well, as also did the fiutt and ornamental trees from the nurseries ot Menson and Sharp. At the cattlo .sale alarm* number ot pood stoic cattle sold at fair puces. Only one dairy cow, two days calved, sold at £4. For other stock prices were— Store cows, from £1 10s fur those in low condition, to £2 V»s in fresh condition : calves, mixed sexes in low condition, lls ; IS months old steois, £2 10> : i\v. heifeiN, IT):,. No sheep offered. At the sale of hoisestheie was <i» unusually Luge attendance from all parts of the district, and the horse stock ottered were of exceptionally good quality. In consequence of so much farm produce, trees, &c, bavin? to be gone through before the hoise sale, we had not time to nfter more than half the hordes brought forward, and over 40 were not put up. Mr Isaacs' hor&es were in very low condition, but sold at good prices throughout ; his harness aho sold at good pi ice.s. Waggons from £'(> to £13 10s ; draught mare from neighbourhood made £21 10s ; draught horse, £21 l.~>s ; ditto, 415 ; medium di aught maie by Fancy, £12 ; and many more at coi responding values. Riding hoi ses also sold at fair prices, light riding at £4 5s to £i> ; upstanding hacks at £17, and one sold privately at £22 10s. Private sales during last week have been— 3oo ewes just lambing, 7s (>d ; 250 fat wethers, 12s lid, 10 at los, and 200 at lls ; and 200 store ewes at 7s 3d. Have now in paddock for sale— so riding light harness and draught horses, 150 ewes in lamb, 9 pure Hereford bulls and 50 stoic sheep.