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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 5 September 1925, Page 10

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DAIRY PRODUCE. LATEST QUOTATIONS. 8Y PftHSS AHyflC! ATION' -Oof* V BMIH/1 LONDON, Sept. 3. The butter market is lirm, and there is slightly better business. New Zealand choicest salted is quoted at tJos to 200 s, and Australian at 190 s to lJ5s per cwt., unsalted 2s premium. Danish is selling at 2225. . The cheese market is quiet. New Zealand is quoted at 106 s to 108 s. LONDON TALLOW SALES.' Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under date of 2nd inst. :—“960 casks of t-al-!ow offered, 720 sold. Since our last report prices are Oil to Is per cwt. higher except for fine beet and good mixed, which aie unchanged. We quote line mutton 525, fine beef 50s 6d, good mixed 47s 3d, low and inferior descriptions 42s to 435.” PRODUCE MARKET. (BY TEI.KOUAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 4. The potato market is the only branch Of trade that is exciting much interest. Business for coastal needs is on the basis of from £8 os to £8 10s f.0.b., sacks in but one case of £8 15s was mentioned to-day. Farmers are being offered £7 on trucks; but not many potatoes are offering, and there is a general impression that the stocks held r„ the pit aie within moderate compass. The Ivaitoa sails for north on< Monday or Tuesday, with from four to six thousand sacks, and the Wanaka, from Timoru is imedrstood to have about 1000.' The Australian market is gaining more strength,, although prices were mu-hanged since the mid-week. Business at £9 10s f.0.b., sacks in, is the limit of prices so far, merchants’ counter quotations at £lO not meeting with any response. The Karetu is to sail on the 14th inst., an space so far has l been booked for over 10.000 sacks, tlie nrospects being that 15,000 to I<,ooo sacks will be shipped. Seeds remain firm. Though business is small, the price, is holding. The oats market is firm, with values at 4s 5d for A’s and 4s for B’s. There is little business. Fowl wheat is firm, and a good deal of business has been done at 7s Id f.0.b., sacks extra. Holders are asking 7s 3d without response.. The continued bad weather is making the wheat-growing prospect very gloomy, ft is now fairly certain that the area sown will be small.

PHDJGR EE STOCK. SALE OF CLYDESDALE STALLION. One of the hugest deals in “horse flesh” which hats taken place in Taranaki for some years lia-.s just been completed through the Agency of the Farmers’ Co-operative Orgai i i>.i t.ion Society of New Zealand Limbed, who lva.ve sold at a very long figure on behallf of Mr. Harry Salway, of Bqll Block, the imported Clydesdale Stallion “Woodhall Reward’’ to Mr. Phil Ward, of Obane, Hawke’s Bay. “Woodhall Reward” was selected in Scotland by Mr. Salway and bred by the well-known breeder Mr. Humphrey Davie Wood'liall Annan. He is five years old and a particularly good proportioned horse, thick and wide, good spring of rib and well coupled up, ancl a good bold outlook. His feet and legis are of the best and he is a very nice mover. Up to ia big size he' will do credit- to his new owner in any di-slfcricb iu New Zealand, and will no doubt 'bo appreciated in Hawke’s Ba-v. Got by Burgie Excelda (19(543) he is out of Woodhall Primrose (47499) by Top Fashion (13812). The sire of Woodhall Reward, Burgie Excelda, was a big horse with all the essentials ol a draught 'animal. He was got by Baron of Burgie (.sire of many show winners), who was a '.son of Baron of Buddy ore. Woodhall Primrose, Ids dam, was by Top Fashion, a--very fashionably bred sire. The Grand dam Sas of Gibside by Brimstone Boy. Right back through his pedigree Woodhall .Reward isi full cl . the best blood, and the farmers and breeders in Hawke’s Bay are very fortunate indeed in having tin their district a .sire ol such outstanding breeding and quality.

STOCK MARKETS. LITTLE CHANGE. SCARCITY OF FAT STOCK. The outstanding feature at present in the stock world is the extreme scarcity of fat stock. It has been steadily accentuating, and the cold, wet, rough weather of the last lew weeks bus made the position acute. There is pra'tically no feed m the paddocks, and stock which have been carried on so long on root crops aie all showing the urgent need of their natural food to balance the ration. Cattle which were nearly fat are actually going back in condition. Prices are very high for all that is procurable, ruling up to £ls foi; steers and £ll for fat cows. The only dairy heifers that have any chance of selling are those which are close up to profit, and even , these are hard to quit. Farmers in actual need of them look at the weather before they decide, and the cold, wet snap today will make the position worse, tor backward stock there is no sale at all. and an v improvement will depend practically on the change to a warm SP There is little doing in sheep, and practically the only, sales are some lines of Ijoggets. These have been quitted at prices satisfactory to vendors. , IXGenerally speaking the market is hindi. and if vendors had stock to ottei thev could quit it easily. Dairy farmers'are not at present having by any means a good time. MARKET REPORT. The Fanners’ Co-op. Organisation Society of N.Z., Ltd., report for the week ending 2nd' inst.: — There has been no growth during the week, and in consequence there has been little alteration in the store market. Fat cattle are still scarce, and prime young cows and heifers are fetching up to £2 per hundred under the hammer. Ox beef may he quoted from £2 to £2 2s; butchers, however, are finding it hard to get cattle with any finish. Fat sheep have not shown any alteration in price. Prime wethers are making from 44s to 455. Ewes 'are in short supply, and are fetching from 3fis to 375.

Store Cattle. —Since our last report one or two lines of store bullocks, 3 and 4-ycar-olds, have changed hands at round about £B. Young cows suitable for fattening have also met with good competition. Store Sheep.—Until the lambing is over there is no business doing in ewes. One or two lines of hoggets have changed hands at fi-om 30s to 335.

Dairy Market.—Dairymen generally are very short of feed, and in eonse-

ononce buying is restricted. Lower good cattle are meting with-keen competition, but considering the prospects and bv comparison with tlie prices of emptv heifers, values are low. Good Jersey heifers are making - fr ° m to £l4, extra chore to £l7, S ood £lO 10s, good crossbred heifers *» to £lO, low conditioned under-sized sorts £4 to £6. ' ' . . , At Urenui yards on Monday, August 31, we report' a- fair to. good, entry in the cattle pens. Buyers ivere in .attendance, and competition was keen. Prices were firm on late, rates. Two-year-old empty heifers made .-to £4 os, medium Jersey weaners £3 to £3.105. All classes of store and forward cattle were in good demand, arid buyers were keen throughout tlie sale. At Hawera on Tuesday we held a clearing sale- of dairy cows on account of Mr.” Fred Reardon. This herd ,of crossbred cows, were in good,condition, and buyers were in-attendance looking for close up to profit cattle, a good sale resulting. For the best quality cows showing Jersey and right up close tlie best prices ruled (£5 to'£2o for these). Good young cows, Jersey-Shorthorn and Jersey-Hoist ein, made £l2 and over. Backward cows were harder to quit. The average over 100 cows was £lO os, springing heifers, well ■ groiyn (Shorthorn-Jersey), ,£8 tlie line. The sale went with a good swing throughout.

At Kakaramea on Monday, the 31st ult.. we had a fair yarding, effecting a good clearance, at late rates at prices satisfactory to vendors. Fat cows yarded sold well, prime Shorthorn cows on account G. Y. Pearce. Esq., making £l2 17s. We quote: Store .pigs 265, weaners 17s; m.s. hoggets 2-Ss 2d, prime heavy-weight cows £l2 17s, light fat cows’£s 7s to £6 9s, empty store cows £3 10s to £3 15s, light, conditioned cows £2 10s to £3, boners £1 10s to £27 In the dairy pens cattle yarded were rather low in condition. Dairy cows £6 10s to £8 10s to £9 os, springing heifers £7 15s to £S 10s, backward £5 to £6 10s. At Okaiawa on Tuesday, September 1, we had a light yarding of store cattle, but a fairly heavy yarding in the dairy- pens. Buyers present were not over keen, and although it was a dragging sale, we had a. pretty fair clearance at prices on a par with recent sales. We. quote: Store cows to £3 Bs, light fat cows to £7,105. «feo:sey cross yearling Infers £2 13s, good quality springing heifers to £l3 10s, dairy heifers £7 10s to £8 os, backward heifers £5 10s to £7. At Eltliam on Wednesday, the 2nd, we had a good yarding and a rattling good sale throughout. All store cattle elicited keen competition, young store cows- being eagerly competed for. In the dairy pens the yarding was rather popr in condition, and vendors had a good sale* We quote: Store pigs 30s, Down cross. hoggets (good) 30s Gd, in.s. hoggets 28s 6d, 4-tootli wethers 3Gs Gd, prime cows £8 10s to £lO, lighter £6 10s to £B, good store cows £4 5s to £4 15s, empty cows £3 to £4. Works' and boner cows were above works prices and went to graziers.

At ITawera yards on Thursday, 3rd Inst., we report a fair good entry in tlie store pens. What store cattle were yarded met a ready sale, best cows making £6 18s to £lO 12s 6d. Graziers were keen for any youngish fattening cattle. Young cattle were not keenly sought for. A line of small Holstein steers made £2 11s. A small entry was forward in the sheep pens. A line of. Down cross hoggets, good condition, made 29s 3d, pen of fat wethers 44s 3d. In the dairy pens we yarded 150 springing cows and heifers, and report a ferv satisfactory sale in this class. The c-old, boisterous weather of the last fortnight has had the effect of making buyers of all classes of stock hold back to a certain extent, for there is little growth of grass while these conditions prevail. However, the hulk of the entry was sold, vendors being prepared to take prices offering. Quotes: Best dairy heifers right at profit £l4 to £ls, Jersey cross good dairy heifers £lO 10s to £l3, others £7 to £9, according to quality backwards heifers dull of sale to £6. good dairy cows £ll to £l4. In the pig pens we had! a large entry from Mr. (A Hodge, who sent forward a big line of forward and store pigs which met firm competition, and we made a total clearance of this class. ' Porkers to £2 17s fid, good forward stores £2 Is to £2 7s. lighter stores 325. Tamworth cross sow and litter of 9 made £l2, sow close to farrowing £7 10s„ At Waverley, on Friday, the 4th inst.. we report a very full yarding of all classes of cattle. The market continued firm on the fat and store cow

-•laffiss. and we report a large clearing at the hammer, few lines being missed in. We quote: Prime fat cows £lO 15s to £ll 7s 6d, fat heifers afld cows £7 to £lO 10s. fat bullocks £l2 to £l3 ss, store and forward cows sold well no to late rates £4 6s to £6 10s, 4venr bullocks (store condition) £8 16s, yearling heifers (low to medium quality) £2 6s, do. steers £3 Is. In the dairy pens best quality heifers close up made £lO to £l3, more backward do. hard to quit, bringing £5 to £7, dairy cows right at profit to £l2 10s, accordins to a mil it v. Pigs sold well, weaner pigs, selling from 18s to. 275, stores £1 12s 6d. In the sheep pens a line of empty ewes made 245, better conditioned do. 27s 3d, store wethers 26s 6d, line of m.s. hoggets 27s 3d.

'The. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, Hawena branch, report: At Otpuivake on August 31 we held ovir ,'fortnightly .sale. A good yarding wad ,submitted, and all sitoek was quit-

ted at ruling rates. We quote.—Forward cows, £4 to £5 (is.; store cows, £3 os, £3 12s Cd to £3 19s; good springing heifers, £8 to £lO 10s; medium springing heifers, £3 10s to £8; backward (springing heifers, £4 10s to £o 10s; good Jersey yearling heifers to £5 os. - At Piiliner Hoad on the 4th inst. we held oilt fortnightly sale. A good yarding! was* disposed of under tire hammer up to vendor s realisations. We quote. -7-Pat' raWiv £7 8s to £9 ; forward heif-eii-i, £6 10s to' £9 ss; good fawn Jersey yearling heifers, £5; mediuiih Jersey yearling heifers, £3 10s; wearier pigs, 23s 6d. . We have sold during tllie week, stock at following prices.— Fab bullocks, £l3 to £l4 ss; fat cows,. £8 10s to £9 s«s; fait wethers, £2 ss; s.m. ewes in lamb to b.f, rams, 43s 6d; mixed sex woolly hcgigefts, 33s 9d; mixed sex hoggetts, 3CV> 6d. SPRING HORSE FAIRGOOD ANIMALS IN DEMAND. Tire annual spring house fair conducted by It. P. Morrissey and Co. was ibeld yesterday and attracted a fairly large attendance of horse buyers and local dairy farmers. Good horses were in keen demand and isome high prices were .obtained. Between 50 and GO were yarded, the majority of the heavier (sorts changing hands, while light horses, were neglected. The malrkeffc was tapped by Mr. G. R. Grantham, whose medium draught mare, 7 years old, realised £60.. Mr. A. E. Lusoombe got £4O for la. 7 year old milk carter of good quality. Mr. S. J. Suisted sold several neat ■ light waggoners at from £23 to £32, and from £9 to £ls for a pen of light unbroken horses. Messrs. Galloway and Sons disposed el a 7 yeai' old delivery cart horse at £3O. Mr. W. Reddings team, of draughts brought from £ls to £23 10s; these were very old. Others on account of other vendors were: —Aged draughts brought up to £3l; light milk carters, £23 to £2B 10s; wUiglgon bouses (inmal’l) £l6 10s to £25; a. lew' light harness horses and luacke isold at from £5 to £l2, bub the majority remained unsold; milk carters brought up to £2B and dr!ays up to £l2 ; vehicles, harness and gear brought full values. The firm’s next fair will be held on October 23.