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but improved as the sale progressed, and prices advanced 2s per 1001b, the range T>eing 25s to 29s per 1001b'. Steers made £7 17s 6d to £13- 5&; heifers, £5 10s -to £8 7s 6d, and cows, £5 Seto £7 7s 1 6d ; veal calves made 40s 6d to 445, according to size and quality. A medium entry of store cattle, mostly poor sorts, again met with a free demand ; 15 to 18-months sorts realising 41s, .to £3 12s 6d; two-year-old heifers, £3 15s to 3 18s; three-year steers, £7; three-year heifers, £5 to £5 15s; and dry cowe, £2 to £5 lls. Dairy cows brought £3 10s to £8 12& 66. Fat pigs were in moderate supply, and they met- with a keen demand, and prices, if anything, were firmer. Choppers made &0s to 89s; and one exceptionally Large and prime Berkshire sow, sent in by G. L. Stead (Brackenfield), made £5 7s 6d; heavy baconers brought60s to 71s; lighter sorts, 50s to 58s, equal to s|d to 6d per lb ; large porkers, 42s to 48s , smaller, 35s to 40s ; equal to .6d per lb. Store pigs also sold well, larger sorts making 30s to 36s 6d ; medium, 20s to 28s; and small, 14s to 13s 6d; and weaners, 10s to 17e. At, the big Christchurch wool sales the auctioneers reported that "a number of choice lots received full attention and competition from the Dominion millß. In. most cases the choicest half-breds went to the local woollen mills." That's the quality wool Kaiapoi, goods are made of. Support the country that supports you, by purchasing Kaiapoi goods. — Advt. For children's hacking cough at niftht, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is od.Advt.

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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 9, 11 January 1912, Page 4

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