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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LXX, Issue 4241, 4 October 1912, Page 2

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PUNEDIN PRODUCE MAftKST

Messrs A. Moritzson & Co, Dunfld.i leport:— . Cheeee (or direct steamer to Dune«iin i wanted atJid (■β-bi Akaroa. Walnutß.-6d f o b. Akarov Cocksfoot-Brght I3lh seed from 4Jd t< feed Oats. -Offa.iUcS at fro n 2 ' l ' 3 3 * H f.O.fe.s.i. Dunedin. . Fowl Wheit -8.-st w'.ol* 3» 81 f n b b i. Chaff.—New season's good £3 10s 0 I 1.0.b Straw— Wheaten 35* 01 f 0.0.5.i Folblom £8 10s f.o.b f-.i

ADDINGTON LIVE &TOCK MARKET. Wednesday

Messrs H.. Matson & Co. report : — There wer« tn dera'* entries or st ck, and the attendance was t,mall«-r 'han usual, tai ORttle were rather firmer rtiure the<<p, μ-ir tioulnrly wtiheia, sold well, mid »••* fee ifen'i fat lambs brought hi«h pr chb I-μ Sjbeep showed au udvnnuu' vi Is to Is 6.1 pel hoad. Biioon pigs were rather eaeiiir, but tforkere were firmer, and Ktore-i sold well. There was a good do-naud for store and dairy cattle. The yarding of store sheep was a v»rj ■mall Oin , , »nd consisted if » few ewes end lambs, a couple oi p ns of ewes of an indifferent clas". «.mI a i * mix d U ts, includ ing one o' r h >r:. mi- i> (~) .otaions are:Hogßets: Ewts .f v •h.-.i.ii ■• « > ■•- 17- 4d ti; 17s 9d, one lu.b oi <.*>.)• c- v- .> ►»• » t. u oi mixed bh»', i»nd i>- vi-rj to.wimi oonditioi , realising J 9 4d, weiherc 15< 10rl t> It) 0 . Wethers: . iimll-t*<> touthf, J (is 91; foui, ■ix and eifilit lO'iih h'l'fbrtds (midium). IS Jd. Ewts: Two d>o hs, n.:er;or and in low condition, IBi 51; twee und lumbs (ul counted), l-s 10 i; shorn thetp (m'xed ■ixep) 13s 5 I There wero 40 new p< ason'fl tut Imnls penned, ai.d they were all well yr »wi end in nee coml.tion. Tluie wi s a ke-i demand, and iho piic s ob'aintd \wra *\n highest y<-t ncnied in the yard*. r lhc priineet sets nn.d.- -21s to 28s CI, rm<> lighter 18-j U> 20d. Thtre wiis ii m< d rate va ding of fai cheep, the uuminrs beii g somewhat pniallti than la»t werk. Th« uiaikrt opened well, end pricee w<re . c oon fiotu Is to Iβ Gd above those ruling Inst weik. This was.particularly the case in medium wethers The ian<_e of prices wa> .• - Extra piime wethers to 29s 9d, primo 22s 6d to 26, 6d, others VJi to 2 - Jt; extra prime ewes 26s Id, prime 18a to 243, othere 16a to 17s 6J ; hoggets I9i2d, shoin wethers 16i 4.1 lo 18s 3d. prime merino wethers l'Ji to 9d, oibers Hs Id to 18s Id. One Peninsula sale was : For ti. Gardiner (Purau) 100 wethers at 22s 9i to 29i 9J Onahundnd and sixty.six fat cittlo were penned, oompared with 232 at the previous ■ale, and 178 on Sep emr<er 18;h. Generally speak ng, the ciltle ( ffured were of a good olass, and tho denimd, for oow 6howed a decided improvi menr, prices all found being u'rnvr. Jbo pice of beef ranged from 281 Oil to af.s CI per 1001b ft7Crndii gto qual.ly. b tee re realised 18 103 to £11 lU.', extra to £14, heifer* £7 7s 6d to £9 10-, extra to £13 12s (3J, and cjwu £6 153 to £11 I7s6d.

There waa a medium er.try of fat oalvea, all clas-ee being represented, though many having been g'nss'ffd could not properly come under tne d> tinition of vealers Thfi full ratine of prices was 8j to 80s, the latter price being obtained for an excellent ani* mal.

There wae a loir entry of store cattle, lines of fifteen to eig iteen month sorts predoini' Dating- The niHJoiity were in fair oudtion, giving evidence ul having been well winicrod, elthough a few were in indifferent condition. The demand for alt descriptions was brltk, competition being keen. Yearlings made 27s 6d, fifteen to eighteen month sotts £2 6i to £3 Us Od. two year steers £5 Hβ (o £5 12s 6J, two jear heifers £1 loe, two and ft half year Bteers £5 17s 6d, three yeßr heifers £5 lOi to £5 12j Gd, and dry cows 30b tn £6 53.

A fair number of dairy cows wire iff rod, bat a considerable p/oportion were of an indifferent class, being apparently the cullings of the herds. The demand, however, was good, all dißcriptions Felling freely at prices ranging frem £4 to £10 17=) 6d. In tbe let pig section there was a fairly. large entry, and the class was uniformly good. The demand for baconers wne earier, but the prices for porkers were somewhat better than at rteent pales. Choppers realised £3 10s to £5 175 Cd, large baconere £3 12i to £4, and .'smaller lotH 58s lo 67s 6d, these price? being rqualto 4Jtl to 5Jd per lb. Large porkeis made 47s (id to 52--, and lighter sorts 383 to 455, equivalent to 5Jd to 6d per lb. The tupply of stores was insufficient for the demand, and several 1 would be buyers were unablo to secure sup , plies. Only a couple of pens of large stores were offerfd, and these realissd 42s to 48s, whilst medium ecrts made 32s to 40e, small pigs 18] to 30s, and weaners 123 to 21s.