COMMERCIAL.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 3012, 5 August 1916, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

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There has been fair business doing iv (lie potato market in Wellington. Oats havo shown a weakening tendency, and very little business is doing. ' Wheat i.s offering fre<"lv_. and the tone of the market is weak. Maize has again declined in price. A.s anticipated in. the last report, the supplies of pollard from Australia at lower prices have had the effect of reducing quotations for tho local article. Bran has also fallen m price. The demand for prime "dressed pork continues good. Honey is scarce, and readily bought up. Eggs ar„ still in very short supply, and last weeks advance has been maintained. Linseed oil cake meal is being largely availed of for stock feeding.

Cabbage and cauliflower are still realising high prices, and the demand is good. Carrots and white turnips Are now coming in freely, and prices havo declined. Parsnips are in short supply, and realising good figures. Pumpkins and marrows are plentiful, and fair prices aro Swedes aro hard to quit.

On account of bad weather and tielay in shipping, supplies of fruit arc short. Choice dessert apples and pears are in keen demand, and bring excellent prices. Cooking apples arc also in short supply, and prices aro high. AValnuts are scarce and keenly enquired for.—Post. MASTERTON SALES. At the Waipoua saloyards on AVcdnesday, there was fair competitoin : Fat and forward wethers 33s lid, 2-tooth to f.m. cues in lamb to S.D. ram 33s Od, f.m. ewes in lamb to S.D. ram 24s Gd, S.D. .hoggets 21s, shorn hoggets 18s (id, woolly hoggets 10s Gd, fafc cows £12 12s Gd, 3-year bullocks £10 los, 2-year dairy heifers £5, 3-year dairy heifers on drop £8, springing cows £G 15s lo £7. PALMERSTON SALES. Abraham and Williams report: AYe held out weekly sale at Palmerston on Thursday. Owing to the- wretched

weather there was a lack of attendance of buyers and very little stock changed hands. Cull hoggets 9s Gd, fat hoggets 18s 3d to 20s od, yearling heifers £2 los, 2-year heifers £4, forward cows £6 2s. THE N.Z.L. AND M.A. CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT. The Now Zealand -Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. reports: During the week we have held yard, sales ay Himatangi, Apiti, Rongotea, Palmerston North, and Feilding. AYe also held a dairy salo on account of Mr C. Carr jointly with Lovin and Co., and a two day's' annual salo of Jerseys on account of Mr S. R. Lancaster'm conjunction with Dalgety and Co. The •weather during the week has been exceptionally boisterous, with much rain •and a. cold south-easterly gale and of tho sales have been adversely affected in consequence. At Apiti on Tuesday a fair yarding of sheep and cattle camo forward.

the bulk of which changed hands at satisfactory prices: Cull owes 10s 9d to 14s, cull hoggets lis 3d, small hoggets 17s Id, fair hoggets 21s, 21s 3d. to 21s Bd, extra good hoggets 28s 6d, cull wethers 21s, store wethers 29s 7d, mixed age ewes in lamb 26s 3d, 2-

tooth ewes in lamb 34s sd, mixed yearlings £3 lis 0d„ 2-year heifers £4, 2-year steers £7 to £7 12s Gd,

forward cows £6 14s to £6 17s Gd, dairy cows-£7 10s to £10 10s, ;nigs, slips 16s.

At Feilding on Friday wo had a good entry of sheep and cattle, including a, large number in the, fatpens.- AYe wero successful in obtain-

ing record prices for Feilding fat stock on account'of Mr A. J. Cooper, of >Mjasterton, 3 Hereford Ivulitocks being bought by Mr E. Short at £27 ss, 1 bullock by Mr J. Sporle £25, 2 bullocks by Mr R. C. Reid £22; 4 wethers bought by Mr A. A. Mitchell £2 10s, 7 wethers same buyer £2 7s, 4 prime maiden, owes bought by Messrs AY. Reid and Son £2 10s. 2 ewos, Mr Ai. A. Miltchel.) £2 sp; other fats also sold well and cattle

were in keen demand. The store sheep were mostly of inferior quality and very little enquiry existed, a number of pens, being passed at auction. Small hoggets los, medium hoggets 21s, cull ewes in lamb 19s to 20s, fair ewes in lamb 275, empty ewes 19s,

forward wethers 295, extra prime wethers £2 7s to £2 10s, medium we-

thers 33s 3d to 34s 6d, extra prime ewes 38s Gd to £# 10s, light ewes 24s Gd to. 26s Gd, fat hoggets 23s 9d to 23s lOd; 2-year heifers £4 14s to £5 ss, heifers in milk £7 ss, 3-year springing heifers £9 to £9 ss, springing cows £7 10s to £8 10s, forward cows £6 lis to £6 18s, extra prime bullocks £22 to £27 ss. On Monday we held a most successful sale of dairy stock on account of Mr Charles Carr, at Newbury, in con-

junction with Levin and "Co. There was an exceptionally large attendance of buyers and the cowsv which wore of good quality and in great condi-

tion, sold particularly well. Tho heifers were unfortunately rather law in condition, but also realised good figures: Best cows made £13 to £15 10s and £15 os to £18 10s, later cows £10 to £12 10s, backward cows £8 to £10. The whole herd of 100 averaged just on £12. Springing heifers £9 to £9 10s, pigs, slips 20s, porkers £2, breeding sows £3 10s to £7 15s, sows with litters £6 to £8 10s, waggon £40. On Tuesday and Wednesday we

held Mr S. R. Lancaster's annual sale jointly with Dalgety and Co. In spite of tho rough, cold weather, there was a good attendance both days, and we bavp, to report a very good sab> Buyers were present from Hawke's Bay, Waikato, Taranaki, Wellington, Nelson, and local districts. The pedigree cows averaged. 33gns, prices ranging from 20gns to G4gns. The pedigree 2-year heifers were of very good quality and sold from 17gns to GBgns, averaging ,34-Jgns. Tbe imported bull "Majesty's Fox" was secured by Mr C. L. Dormer, of Cheltenham, for loogns. Other.bulls were sold from lOgns to 30gns. The grade cows in milk averaged £13 for 36 head, best prices being £17 10s, £18 10s. £19 10s, to £20, No. 1 herd of 51 cows (springing) averaged £13 7s,

best prices being £15 to £17 and £18 10s to £21, backward cows £10 to £15 No. 2 herd (milked by Mr Davey),

57 cows (springing), averaged £13 17s, ibest prices being £15 to £17 10s and £18 to £24; 8G 2-year heifers averaged £9, best prices being £10 to £12 10s and £l 3 10s to £14, backward heifers £5 to £8. LEVIN AND CO.'S REPORT. During the past week wo held our yard sales at Huntorviile, Rongotea, and Feilding. At each sale wo had small offering, and no doubt owing to the recent severe weather, prices Tor store sheep showed a considerable drop on late rates. Store cattle aro in good demand, and we sold most lots at each salo. At Hunterville. fat ewes 275, fat cows £11. .forward, cows'£7, cows to calve £7 10s, bulls £4 to £6 10s, pigs. breeding sows £3 to £0. stores 22s Gd to 275. At Rongotea, f.m, ewes in lamb to Romney rams 265, forward ewes 18s 6d, b.f. killers 21s. trood hoggets 21s 'd to 21s 2d, medium hoggets 16s 3d. fat cows £8 los to £10, fat and forward cows £6 15s to £7 12s Gd. store cows £3 19s to £5 10s. springing cows £11 to £13, others £6 15s to £8 17s Gd. springing heifers £8 Is, 20-month

Leifers £3 19s. store pigs 18s to 26s

At Feilding, light fat ewes 245, medium hoggets 19s, small hoggets 14* Id fat and forward wethers 33s Id. fat cows £8 4s to £9 10s, light fat cows £7 7s 6d to £7 10s, yearling steers (bad colours) £3 ss, springing heifers orv account of Mr Fetch £G 12s" Gd to £9 17s Gd others £6 ss, forward cows £5 os to £6 Is, store cows £3 los. FEILDING MARKET. Atkinson and Co. sold yesterday: AA r eaner pigs 15s Gd to 18s, poof sorts 10s, medium stores 255, 27s Gd to 35s Gd, good to 445, hens (per pair) 5s Gd, Gs, 7s 9d to Bs, cockerels 5s 9d to 7s. ■p.b. roosters lis, ducks 7s to 9s, table potatoes I.os to Lis Back, pig 3s to 4s, onions 10s to 12s cwt, feed barley 3s !kl per bushel, .baled hay £5 per ton, food oats 3s Gd to*4s. pumpkins 8« sack, peas 7s to 1.2s bushel, wheat straw chalf 30s per ton.