COMMERCIAL.
STOCK MARKET. The YV'airarapa Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., report having offorcil a iair < ntry of sheep and a medium ysirtlinj; of cattle at their vYoodvillo sale on Monday. 29th inst. The sheep entry consisted oi .some good quality hoggets, which mel with good competition, prices in all instaneos exceeding vendors' reserves. The lollowinor [ s a list oi prices: 50 mixed sex hoggets 32s 6d, 132 m.s. Lincoln cross hoggets 36s 2d, 70 do. .'Mis 7d, 7! 2-th shorn wethers (small) 2-ls Id. I yearling heifer (jo hjs, 5 store cows L' 7 ."is, 1 yearling steer l'-l 10s, 1 -Jersey bull' £'?' 10s, I •rood heifer ami call' LiL\ 1 dairy cow at dron I'll. At the firm's Pahiatua sale on Tuesday, 30th, a small entry of stock came forward. In sheep the most entries failed to reach vendors' reserves, and little business resulted. In cattle there was a good demand for springing heifers and good dairy cows, and sellers would be well advised to market this class oi stock at an early date. We effected the following sales: 30 fairly good hoggets 30s, 30 ewes and lambs 38s (id, b' 2-yr empty heifers L'G L3s, I 2-yr Jersey'steer £7 17s (id, 3 2-yr steers ( J8 6s (Jersey colours), 2 2-yr springing heifers I'M and Li 1 12s 6d. 1 empty cow £*7, 1 springing dairy cow LT2 12s 6d, 1 Jersey heifer in milk Clo 15s, small yearling heifers L' 3. yearling .lersev Imlis I'2 10s to L"4 Los, 1 4-vr Ifolstein bull Cl2 Wis. 1 2-yr Holstein bull U?.gns, 1 2-yr Shorthorn bull 1 -I. 1 , g i is.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10122, 1 November 1917, Page 8
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271COMMERCIAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10122, 1 November 1917, Page 8
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