MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16808, 18 March 1915, Page 11

MARKET REPORTS.

SKIN SALE. At the usual weekly akin sale held by the Canterbury By-prcducts Company a'. Sdekburn there was a good demand, and prices were aa follows:—Pelts 8a 3d to 4s lOd, lambskins 4a 5d to 5a sd, black lambskins iSa 6d to 4s sd.

JOHNSONVILLE. [Pek Press Association.]

■WELLINGTON, March 17.

Good entries of bullook3 and sheep at Johnsonville fat s'.ock sale sold a* Icte rates. Light bullocks made £l2 to £l2 16s, medium wothers 21a, light wethers 20s Id, extra heavy ewea 25s 3d, heavy ewes 225, prime ewes 19s 3d to 1!)3 .6d, light ewfs 17s Cd to 18s, prime lambs 15s to 15s 6d, shorn lambs 10a 6d to 12s 6d.

BTJRNPIDE. [Peb Pbess Association.] DTJNEDIN/ 1 March 17.

I Pat cattle —140 were penned. Last week's I rates ■ were fully maintained and towards > the end of the aalo prices showed an adVance of fully 7a 6d par head. Best fcullocks £l4 to £ls, medium to good £l2 to £l3 ss, light £9 10s to £lO 15s, best cows cows and heifers £9 10a to £ll, extra to £l2, medium £7 10s to £8 ss, light £5 10a to £6.

Fat sheep—l9oo were penned. Prices were much the same as last week's rates, .though towards the end of the i sale they were la per head better. Best wethers 26s to 29s 6d, extra' to 31s, good 'to medium 22a 6d to 245, light IPs to 19s 6d, beat owes 23s to 2fis, py'ra to 80a 3d, medium to good 19s to 21a, light 15s to 17s, inferior 12a 6d to 148. Fat lambs—The entry to.ailed 980. There was a good demand for prime aorta and prices were, on a par with last week's raps. Prime -18 s 6d to 20a 9d, extra to 255, medium ' 15s 6d to 17s, unfinished 12a 6d to 14b. '

RECORD PRICES AT NEW ZEALAND WOOL SALES. Wonderful prices have been obtained at the wool sales in New Zealand

throughout the present season; and at the recent Wellington sale, which concluded the regular series, all previous records were eclipsed, by a sale of 22 bales on behalf of Mr R. Adamson, Hokitika, at 16§d per lb. It is interesting to trace the record prices for greasy wool in New Zealand during the last few years. In 1906, the Pahau Pnstures Estate, Culverden, got 15d per lb. This constituted the New Zealand record until 1909, when Mr J. E. G. Simpkinson, of Ashley Bank, North Canterbury, obtained 15Jd per lb, which remained the record until this season, the present record being, as above-mentioned, 16£d per Jb, recently secured by Mr R Adamson, of Hokitika-

It is noteworthy that all these recordtakers from 1906 to 1915 were users of Little|s Sheep Dips. Little's Combined Dip (Fluid and Powder used together) was used on the Pahau Pastures flock; and Little's Powder Dip was used by Mr Simpkinson and Mr Adamson. During the present 6eason users of Little's Sheep Dips have taken the top price at each of the following wool sales:—Napier, November 21 j Christchurch, December 7; Dunedin, December 23; Christchurch, January 11; Christchurch, February 8; Timaru, February 18; and Wellington, February 25. At Christchurch, on December 7, five fanners tied for top price, \ and four out of the five were users of Little's Sheep Dips; three of them using Little's Fluid, and one Little's Powder.

Chief New Zealand Agents, Plackburne, Smith and Co., Oristchurch. 8893