NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 8 June 1912, Page 2

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

On Thursday, May 30, I hud a good attendance at Mr A. P. Pringle's clearing sale at Riverdale. The majority of the cows were low in condition, realising from £7 to £9 5s for best; others f3 ■ 10s to £6 os ; dray and harness, £15 ; heiters, £5 Is to £6.

At Bell Hlock on Friday for Mr E Westwood's clearincs: sale there was a very large attendance. Good quality cows were very keenly competed for and vealised from £10 to £14; late calvers £4 10s to £10; small £6 to £6 los; store pigs £1 10s. On Saturday I held my monthly horse fair when owing to the exceptional^ rough day many of the horses entered did not arrive. Competition was anything but keen, the sale being on the slack side throughout. I quote: Halfdraughts £17 to £21; harness horses £10 os to £16; upstanding hacks £11 to £14; hacks £3 to £6 12s 6d: pair of pomes £25 10s; Cortland waggon £34 At Rahotd on Tuesday, June 4, owing to the wretched weather, I had only a small entry, a lot of advertised cattle not being yarded. Some good heifers were penned, meeting with very keen competition at advanced rates'. Good co a£ c Holatein yearling heifers from £3 6s 6d to £3 3s 6d; others £1 14s to €2 14s: steers £1 4s to £1 16s 6d; store cows £2 11s to £3; forward cows £3 9s to £3 11s.

Private Sales. Business during the week has been good but rather disjointed through the holidays and the Show. Good dairy herds are still wanted, and I invite particulars of any for sale. Weaners to yearlings are in enquiry. Empty 20-month heifers" £2 ISs 6d to £3 ss; yearling heifers, good,

£2 17s 6d; good mixed £2 to £2 2s: poor £1 to £1 os; Holstein yearlings £4; 2-year in calf heifers £4 10s; 3year choice in calf heifers £7 14s; good £6 to £6 10s; small £5 ss; store cows £3 10s; dairy cows, choice Jerseys, £14 14s; others £12, £10, £9 7s 6d, £8 10s, £8 os, £8, £7 10s, £7, £6 6s, £6 ss. £6; bulls £5 ss; lambs 8s 6d to 9^; ewes 5s to 10s; well-bred Leicester ewe iaiybs los; Leicester ewes £1 Is.