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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 7 October 1925, Page 6

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DAIRY PRODUCE. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLE. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated the 3rd instant, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London; Butter. Market firm owing to email supplies of finest. Official quotations are: New Zealand, finest salted, 228 s to 232 s per cwt (2s Old to 2s Ofd per lb); exceptional, 234 s per cwt (2s Id per lb); unsalted, 224 s to 228 s per cwt (?.<: to 2s per lb); other qualities, 216 s to 220 s Tier cwt (Is lid to Is per lb). Australian, salted, 216 s to 220 s per cwt (le lid to Is 11:1 d. per lb); unsalted, 212 s to 218 s per cwt (Is 10;Jd to Is llid per lb); other qualities, salted. 206 s to 214 s per cwt (Is: lOd to Is lid per lb; unsalted, 194 s to 208 s per cwt (la 8;1 cl to Is IOJd per lb). ' Argentine, salted, 196 s to 2205, up to 204 s per cwt (Is 9d, Is 9Jd to Is 93d‘ per lb); other qualities, 176 s to 194 s ner cwt (Is 63d: to Is 83d per lb) ; stored. 186« to 194 s per cwt (Is 73d to Is 83d per lb) ; other qualities, 180 s to 184 s per cwt (Is 73d to Is 73d per lb). Canadian, salted, 212 sto 216 s per cwt (Is 103d' to Is lid per lb); unsalted, 206 s to 212 s per cwt (Is lOd to Is 103 d per lb). Irish, salted. 216 s to 218 s per cwt (Is lid to Is llid per lb): unsalted. 218 s to 220 s per cwt (Is llid to Is 11-J-d per lb). Danish. 228 s to 230 s per cwt (2s OJd to 2s Old per lb). Cheese. Market firm. Stocks of New Zealand are nearly Official quota T A ions are :-' fci Un rr 1 i iff' finest farmers, 130 s to 140 s (Is 2d to Is 3Jd per lb).

Canadian, coloured and white, 116 s o lLga ner cwt (Is o£d to Is OJd per lb). New Zealand, coloured, 116 s to ,118 s per cwt (Is Old to Is OJd per lb); white, 116 s to 118 s per cwt (Is OJd to Is Old per lb). Estimated stocks of cheeee on hand, October 1, London, Liverpool and Bristol, were: Canadian and American, 221,200 boxes; New Zealand and Australian, 6650 crates, against 172,400 and 38,970 same time last year. Shipments of New Zealand produce arrived this week per s.ft. Remuera, Ruapehu and Matatua. ' Other Produce. Casein. —Argentine, £44; Italian ren£ss; French rennet, £65. JERSEY BULLS. YEARLINGS AND TWO-YEAR-OLDS NEW PLYMOUTH SALE. Thirty-one guineas was the average price obtained at the sixth annual sale of pedigree Jersey yearling and two-, year-old bulls held at the Waiwakaiho show grounds yesterday by the New Plymouth Jersey Breeders’ Club. Thirty-six bulls were catalogued for sale, and 22 were disposed of, the remainder either inviting no bid at all or being passed in at a figure below the reserve price.

A large bench of buyers were present. but bidding was not brisk except on a few of the lots*. At times the sale was very dull, while at intervals competition would suddenly centre keenly on some bull that was particularly fancied.

The top price of the day was realised by Mr H. C. Sampson’s two-year-old Woodland’s Bright Peer (Bright Sultan —-Woodland’s Faith), which was purchased by Mr S. W. Ingram, Bulls, for 75 guineas. Bright Sultan is an imported bull, and the dam, Woodland’s Faith, was a gold medallist with a record of 7091bs of fat as a two-year-old. Woodland’s Bright Peer was first

of all passed in, the reserve being 100 guineas, hut was sold subsequently at the figure named. Four other bulls brought 50 guineas or over. Mr H. Stonex’s Besses Oxford Sultan, sired by the imported bull Xenia’s Oxford Lad, fell to Mr J. F. Phillips, Waitoitoi, for 57 guineas. Mr G. H. Bells’ Pinewood’s Golden Laddie (Viola’s Golden Laddie —Vista of 0.K.) was purchased by Mr J. H. Street, Bell Block, for 55 guineas, while Mr W. Crosby, Waipuku, secured’ Mr A. A. Ward’s Miro Meadow’s Toko (Miro Meadow’s Teddy—Miro Meadow’s Carnation) for 50 guineas, and Mr H. C. Sampson’s Woodland’s Squire l (Hua Brook Squire—Pilot’s Jewel) fell to Messrs Nelson and' Gi'een, Stratford, for the same price. Generally speaking, the prices are a distinct advance on those ruling at last year’s sale. Excluding Mr Alec. Christie’s Vivandiere Prince. which brought 350 guineas, and his Hardshot, which realised 400 guineas, the average price*? at last year’s sale was 23 guineas. Out of a catalogue of 50 bulls offered, 31 were disposed of. At the 1923 sale 53 lots changed hands out of a catalogue of 80 head, the average price being only 16 guineas and the top price 36 guineas. From these figure.* it would seem that the number of bull** offering is declining as the years go by, and the average price is increasing.— News.