RANGIORA.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 11749, 25 November 1903, Page 9

RANGIORA.

There was a good attendance at tlie Rangiora market yesterday. Tito entry, of stock in the North Canterbury Stores yard* #aa 1100 sheep. 95 cattle, and 125 pic*. Prices were:—Shorn sheep, fat owes 14s 3d to 15s 9d, wethers 14b 6d to 19s 3d, fat lambs, 14s 3d to 15s 3d, ifat hoggets to 16s 6d; unshorn sheep, fat ewes to 21s 6d, ewes and lambs (all counted) 9k to 11* Bd> hogget* to 17s 7d. CuttlerBeef made equal to 25s to 27s od per 1001b, fat lieiiers to £9 10s, springers £6 10» to £8 st, medium sorts £4 2s 6d to £5 10a, milch cows £7 10s to. £9, two-year-old cattle to £4 2s; od, yearlings to £2 10s, calve* 25s to 32s 6d, small sorts to 18s, vealera to £2 10s. Pigs—Baconers 35s to 60s, porker* to 30s, stores 18s-to 255, wearers 10s to 16* od, tuckers 6s to 10s. In 'the Stores Produce Yards prices were:—-Heavy crossbred sheepskin* 6* 64, merino do os 6d, medium .skin* 3s 6d, lighter sorts 2s, pelts 9d, fat l|d per lb, wool 6eL hide* iid, horse hat?' lid. Poultry—Roosters 6$ per pair, pure birds lis 6d each, hens 3s 64 per pair, ducks 6s, chick wheat 3* lid per bushel, oatIs Bd, barley 3s, pigmeal 6s 6d per sack, bran 3s sd, sharps 6* 3d, potatoes 3s, seed do 2s, pig do 6d« In the Progress Yards, H. Mat Son and Co. had an entry of 209 head, and prices were:—Ewe* and lamb* 8s to Bs Id, merino ewes Bs, &t ewes 16s 9d, wethers 17s, fat lambs 15s, merino ewes and lambs 9s Id. Conway Mateon and Co. sold a bay cob at £14 10s, steer* at £5 2s 6d, heifers £5 4* 6d to £9 lis, cow £8, calf 7s 6d, row in pig £4 Is, store* 18s 6d to 30s. Poultry---Rooster* 4* per couple, hens 3s, geese 6s. Sheepskins—Heavy woolled to 5* 6d, medium do 4s, lighter sorts 2* Bd, heavy merinos 6s, medium 4s 6d, lighter sorts 2s 6<L pelts od, wool to 7d per ib. Chic-wheat 3s per bushel, pigmeal 6s. per sack, sharps 6s, table potatoes 3s, pig potatoes 9d. ,