LOWER RATES

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20953, 4 November 1939, Page 11

LOWER RATES

MORRINSVILLE VALUES DULLER TONE FOR BEEF BRISK DEMAND FOR BACONERS In line with the slacker demand shown for fat stock at other sales in the Waikato during the past fortnight, there was a duller inquiry for most classes of fats at the Morrinsville sale yesterday, baconers providing the only exception. In some cases the difference was not very appreciable but in other instances the i drop was fairly marked. Store stock were similarly more difficult to sell. Choice quality entries were few in the beef section for which lighter supplies were forward. The small number of light steers on offei ,changed hands from £8 18s to £ll *4s, while the best entries in the cow and heifer beef section realised from £7 to £8 10s, the latter figure being obtained for a pen of heavy Polled Angus cows. Other meaty sorts were cleared from £5 10s to £6 10s, but the bulk of the entry sold from £3 10s to £4 15s. Fewer Store Cattle Store cattle were not offered in the same numbers as recent weeks, but the reduced supply failed to prove of any assistance to competition, which was generally slow, some of the entries failing to reach vendors’ reserves. There was little enthusiasm about the dairy cattle sale, although any entries close to profit sold well, usually making from £9 10s to £ll 10s. Fair quality descriptions were .traded from £7 to £8 10s, with a large number of sales from £5 to £6 10s. A small entry of fat sheep commanded fair competition, but values, if anything, were a shade lower than those of the previous sale. Fat wethers off the shears were auctioned from 22s to 24s 6d and light sorts at 19s 6d. Fat ewes were quoted from 18s to 20s 9d and light i?t sorts at 16s 9d. An extra heavy entry of fat pigs included a fair proporti m of baconers, which sold very firmly up to 80s Despite the size of the entry, values in some cases were just a little better, the fact that extra buyers were operating proving an advantage to vjirkfs. AUCTIONEERS’ QUOTATIONS FARMERS’ AUCTIONEERING CO., LTD The auctioneers quote as follows: sheep.—Lhoru rat wethers 21s to 2 1s 6d. shorn fat maiden etves 18s, rat woolly ewes 2us, lat shorn ewes tr, s fid to Ms yd. lat woolly wether hoggets 24s to 26s mI, fat shorn hoggets 19s to ids 9d, store hoggets 15s 3cl to 16s 3(1. Cattle. —Medium fat Rolled Angus steers £l2 12s 6d. fresh conditioned Shorthorn steers £8 5s to £8 18s. medium fat Polled Angus cows £S 11s, medium riborthorn hellers £7 ss, heavy Jersey cows £G 151

to £7 15s, medium Jersey cows £4 18s to £6, heavy Jersey heifers £6 19s to £7 17s, medium £5 4s to £6, heavy boner cows £3 10s to £4, medium £2 8s to £3, light 35s to £2 2s, forward-conditioned Shorthorn cows, £5 16s, heavy potter bulls 1 £8 to £9 12S Od, medium £6 10s to £7 15s. ' light £1 los to £5 15s. two-year Jersey service bulls £5 to £6 lus, yearling Jersey bulls £1 5s to £6, others £3 5s to £3 lus, best yrarling Jersey heirers £4 0s to £5 ss, poorer Jersey heifers £2 2s to £3 ; 12s, two-year Jersey heifers £4 3s to £4 10s. Dairy Cattle.—Best springing heirers £lu 5s to £ll lus, good springing heifers £8 5s to £9 15s, backward £5 5s to £•* 2s 6d, good heifers in milk £8 to £9 15s, poorer conditioned heifers in milk £5 to £6 lus, good young cows In milk £8 10s to £9 ss, others £6 5s to £7 10s, aged and poorer conditioned cows la milk £3 to £4 15s. Pigs.—Heavy choppers £2 10s to £2 17s 6d, others 34s to £2 4s, best baconers £3 18s to £4, medium £3 12s to £3 16s, light £3 4s to £3 10s, buttermilk pigs And heavy porkers £2 lOs to £3 2s, medium £2 10S to £2 14S, light £2 48 to £2 BS. good quality large stores £2 to £2 ss, I best slips 3us to 35s Od. best weaners 20s to 26s od, others 12s to 17s 6d, sows with • Utters £7 17s Od to £ll 17s 6d. Dal get y and Company, Ltd. Cattle.—Fat cows £7 to £9 ss, light fat i heifers £5 15s to £7 10s, heavy Doners £j ■ 7s 6d to £4 ss, medium £2 12s Od to £3, lighter 25s to 355, quality dairy cows to £l2, do. heirers £9 to £9 los, two-year Polled Angus and Hereford steers £5 17a Od to £6 14s, mixed coloured bullocks at £9, quality dairy heifers £5 to £4 17s 6d, others £2 lus to £3 ss. DAIRY CATTLE SALK Datgcty and Company Ltd., report having held in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., a special dairy sale at Frankton on | account of Mr R. Holmes, of Horotiu, on Wednesday. A fair bench or buyers was I present and a good sale resulted, bidding I being brisk for all good quality cows and J heirers. A total clearance was made or all the calved cows and heirers and ail cows and heirers close to profit, but a few later-calving cows were passed. Quotations. —Good calved Jersey cows £lO 10s to £ll 13s, others £9 to £9 10s. older cows £6 10s to £8 ss, good calved Shorthorn cows £8 10s to £lO ss, do. Holstein cows £7 10s io £9 15s, do. Ayrshire cows £9 10s to £ll, good calved Jersey heirers £9 15s to £ll ss, others £7 lus to £8 15s, good springing Jersey cows ta los to £9 lus, do. hellers £9 10s to £iu 10s, others £7 10s to £8 15s. WAINGARO OFFERING Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having held a sale at Wamgaro on Thursday when a rail- yarding or cattle caine forward to a good bench of buyers. Buyers were keen on ail well-grown cattle and bidding was brisk Tor this class, prices being Tully up to late rates. Young cattle were still showing the effects of the hard winter, but a good sale resulted, the whole yarding being sold under the hammer. Quotations. —Four-year Polled Angus steers (fair store condition) £9 to £9 1 Us, three-year do. £8 to £s ss, two-year do. m good condition £0 lus to £7 17s, threeyear Shorthorn-cross eteers £6 10s to £6 14s, two-year* do. £4 los to £5 ss, yearling Polled Angus steers < lair condition £3 to £3 16s, do. crossbred heifers 35s to £2 lus, two-year Polled Angus heirers (well-grown) to £4 ss, do. fair £3 to £3 10s, shorthorn-cross cows with calv|. ai Toot to £4 7s, good dairy cows (calved; to £9 ss, others £4 lus to £»'• 15s. boner cows 3us to £3 2s od, potter bulls £6 12s 6d to £7 lus. G. W. VERCOE A CO., LTD G. \V. Vercoe and Company, Ltd., report having held their stock sale at Waingaro, when a small entry came forward. The demand throughout was steady and a very satisfactory clearance resulted. storeconditioned three-year-old Polled Angus steers sold to £8 13s, store-conditioned three-year shorthorn steers lo £7 vs, small two-year Shorthorn steers to £5 ss, yearling Polled Angus steers small) to £3 lls, empty two-year Polled Angus heifers to £3 15s. dairy cows to £8 15s, potter bulls lo £9 1 Us.

WAIHI QUOTATIONS The Farmer*’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report that at their fort nightly stock sale ai Watlat on Thursday a Tull yarning or rat and boner cattle oarne forward, with bidding very keen and vat ues remain inf Arm. A medium perming or dairy rattle, comprising moaviy backward cattle, was not In demand, but a small offering or bulls sold at late rate*. Competition was (steady tor a small entry or yearling helrers, but the majority in this section were small and In r ather poo: condition. A good yarding or fat plga met graid competition, with the demand remaining hrnr tor a smaller penning or atores and weanera. Quotations: — battle. —Light tat cows 10 to 10 12a, poorer conditioned It 5s to It its. heavy boner cows 13 10s to li 15a, medium £3 ts lo 13 15s. light 11 6s to 11 lla, canner cows 25a to 351, two-year Frlealau steers £3 ss. Shorthorn bull £». two-year Jersey bulls 17 to 17 16a, yearling Jersey bulls £3 to 13 sa, medium quality yearling Jersey and Jeraey-cross heifers £4 Is 6d to £4 Bs, smaller 13 10s to 13 17a 6d, poorer conditioned £3 to 13 6s. Dairy cattle.—Ayrshire beirera, late calvers, lo loa; Jersey beirera, late calvers, £5 to 15 2a 6d. pigs.—Medium baconera 13 8a to IJ 13s, light 13 la to £3 68, buttermilk pigs £2 13s to 12 16s, medium porkers 12 os to £2 lis, light £2 to £2 os, chopper* £2 IDs to £3 Bs, large atores £2 to £2 40. Slips 288 ed to 80S, rood weanera *3* Vo 278 6d, other* 16s to 20t, Tamwortb aow and litter £4 10s. NGONGOTAHA A ALE The Farmer*' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Ltd., report having held their .Nguugulaha slock sale yesterday, al which nature a small yarding or cattle was penned, the majority or the entry consul lug or boner and rat Jersey cows. Dairy hellers were penned In small numbers to meet a steady demand at satisfactory values. Quotation!. —Medium rat Jersey cows £5 tOs lo £ „ 14s, light £4 6s lo £4 Hr. medium boner cows £2 10s to £3. ligm 35s to £2 3s. beat springing Jersey netrers £,; 12s od, other s £1 7» 0d lo £4 t (is, Jer sey helrers in milk £4 Its, aprlugliig Jer sey cows £7 10a. The famous tobacco-box formerly belonging to Sir Walter Raleigh is still in existence, and is now a museum piece, and, of course, extremely valuable on account of its history and associations. Fashioned of metal it is cylindrical in shape, seven inches high, thirteen inches in diameter, and the outside cover is of gilded leather. It holds about a pound of tobacco, tor, of course, Sir Walter loved his pipe. One wonders what his tobacco was like? Hot and strong, probably, and not in the least like our own "toasted,” which is neither hot nor strong, but cool, sweet and fragrant, and just about as pure and delicious as it can be. Comparatively harmless, too, owing to its nicotine being largely ellmin-. ated by toasting, so that over-in-dulgence won’t affect you. The genuine toasted brands are: Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. They’re all good—so good in fact, that they’re being imitated. So the safest way when you buy is to ask for the brands named. The imitations are worthless.