RANGIORA.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13168, 15 July 1908, Page 8

RANGIORA.

There was a good attendant ~*M Tuesday's market.. Iα tho stookriJSl there was an entry of 5000 cattle aud ISO pigs. Prices wo«Jsl Xf lmo £* h mbß liis to 16a 4d - i&wP I*> to 14s bd; prime wethers 17aH*t5ji 13s 9d, lighter 13s 6d to 1&; fitSJS 10s 6d to 135 , . eound-mouthed e*p<Fr§ lamb 12s to 14s (id failing mouikSl 9s 6d to 11s; forward lambs 1W toloSr 6d, store lambs 9s /to 10s 6d BctfaSl 2s. Cattle: Fat steers £6 10s tor*P 7s 6d. fat cows £4 10a to £R £o .10s to £7 7s 6d. milch £7 10s, two-year-old etoers £2 uSp! yearlings 12s 6d to 20s, calves 7sfsfs Pigs: Choppers G3s to 87s, baconen'jfeJ to 60s, porkers 47s to 50s, store* 18iS* 295, small pigs 12a to 19s, suck«i»{W&ft to 12s. ; jt| In the produce varde heavy skins made to 5s 9d, fighter SkßjZ* merinoss. calfskins U 6d. 2d; wool crutcmngs 3Jd per lb 3id, fat lid, horsehair Iβ. PwuwN Roosters Gs per pair, hens 2s 6d.*MsS lets 4s. ducks 5s 3d, ganders teMp each. Chickwheat 4s 9d por htakO* oats 2s 9d, barley 4s 3d, peas and 4s 3d, oatsheaf chaff &fe per ton, sfcnSf chaff 40s, bran 6s Gd per sack, shkrigtl 10s 6d, pea meal 14s, wheat potatoes 7s, ' carrots 3s. parsnipe swedes 3s, apples 6s per case. ™^p? (PEJCSS A3SOCIATIOX TMJKBAM.} '-^ NAPIER, July In reply to complaints irhicn • h*l#? been mado over the action of the sociated Hawke's Bay Stock AuctkaUgjeX in raising the commission on sales of Uw| stock in their yards to 3J per ceat., is explained that the reason is that'thii brokers havo awakened to tho fact tioiiilp they had previously been giving eerrices to farmers at an' rative rate, taking into account th*'*? risks of the business. ' "iSs