COMMERCIAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1744, 19 February 1920, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTION SALES

Bleeders of fat lambs in the North Island are universal in their praise of the Southdown ram as a means of producing early tut lambs, and their experience of the past season has taught them that the Southdown ram, mated with a good 4 or 5-year-old Romney or Romney-Lincoln ewe. lias produced excellent results. In order to secure the best returns, it is necessary to see that the ewe is sound in constitution, and carrying enough condition. Owing to the increasing price of first-class hind, suitable for fattening, it will be necessary for farmers to increase their production by paying more attention to the class ofxtwe most suitable for breeding fat lambs. A imi(|tio opportunity will bo offered to graziers to secure the very best ewes suitable for this purpose, when the Wuirarapa Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Ltd., will offer," at their Mangahao yards, Pahiatna, on Monday next, 25rd hist, the annual drafts of ewes of well-known breeders in the district. It is an undisputed fact that the sheep from tho bush districts arc sound, robust-constitutioiiod sheep, heavy clippers, with the reputation of doing well wherever they go eminently suitable for breeding fat lambs.' STOCK MARKET. Dalgety and Co,, Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a good entry of sheep and a small yarding of cuttle at their Bulls sale on Monday, 16th February, 1920. Sheep met with very fair competition, but cattle were dull of sale. Sheep: Cull lambs 6s Id to 8s 7d, small lambs 9.s 9d, 10s 2d to 13s Id, very fair lambs 16s 6d, good lambs 18s, fat ewes 26s 9d, 27s Id to 27s sd. Cattle: 2-lvr heifers £6 15s, Bulls to £l3. ‘ Tim New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: —At llangiotu sale on Monday we had a large entry. Bidding was dull, lint wo cleared the yard at prices in favour of purchasers. Fatcows £lO 10s, £lO 15s to £lO 17s 6d, lighter cows £9 5- to £9 17s 6d, forward cows £B. £8 12s 6d. £8 17s 6d to £9 2s 6d„ store cows £4 17s Oil to £6 ss, cows and calves £5, 2yr discoloured steers £4 10s, yearling sl>-ers £4 10s, yearling heifers £5 12s 6d, weaners £2 10s, bulls £6 to £l3 ss. Per Press Association. IN V FIB 'ARC I LL, Feb. 18. At a sale at Invercargill on behalf of Mr \V. 1). Hunt between £SOOO and £6OOO was paid for' draft stool; offered. The top price for a Sind Romney ram was_ 180 guineas, the high avarago of 60 guineas being maintained throughout. Prices for heifer calves ranged to 127 guineas, and for bull calves 95 guineas. The former avi raged 70 guineas*' and the latter 47 guineas.