FEILDING STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 192, 18 July 1925, Page 3

FEILDING STOCK SALE.

BIG PRICER REALISED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) yho yarding of botli sheep and cattle at yesterday’s F'eilding sale was under tho average but some good quality stock was offered which sold at extreme prices. Ewes in lamb made up to 45s for several lines and springing heifers up to £ll. Fat wethers made 42s and 43s 6d and fat bullocks to £ll 9s. Details of the sale are: Sheep: Fat lambs 12 at 31s 6d, 10 at 24s 6d, 10 at 25s Id, 20 at 26s Fat ewes: 6at 28s, 18 at 26s 9d, 48 at 34s 3d Fat wethers: 15 at 43s 6d, 1 at £2 17s, 25 at 43s 6d, 25 at 435, 20 at 425, 14 at 30,s 3d, 6 at 34s 6d, 21 at 42s Od." Store lambs: 50 (ewes) at 27s 4d, 58 (wethers) at 29s 6d, 56 at 28s 7d, 76 (ewes) at 28s, 86 m.s. at 25s lOd. Store wethers: 62 2-th at 36s Jd. Store ewes: Ewes in lamb, 331 at 345, 61 at 27s 2d, 66 4 and 5-yr at 32s sd, 61 at 295, 40 2-th at 455, 108 4 and 5-yr at; 29s Bd, 43 at 45s 6d,' 194 4 and 5-yr at 43s Id, 114 do. at 32s 9d, 99 4. 6 and 4-yr at. 44s 2d. 90 do. at 455, 120 2 th at 445, 63 at 31s Id Cattle—Fat cows: £4 Is, £4 ss. £7 17s 6d, £9 ss. £B, £6 13s, £7 10s. Fat bullocks: Bat £ll. 9s. Store cattle: Yearling Shorthorn steers £4, 3 at £5 7s, 4 at £4 Is, 10 P.A. heifers at £3 14s, 20 vveaner Hereford steers at £4 10s, 6 do. at £3 10s. 4 2-yr steers at £4, 8 P.A. do. at £5 14s, 4 steers at £5 6s, 45 2-yr S.II. steers at £6 9s. Cows: R.w. S.H. buff, £4 6s, forward cows £3 14s, £3 5s 6d, empty cows £2 12s 6d, £3 ss, 9 heifers at 455. Dairy cattle: Cows £5. £6, £4 2s 6d, £6 7s 6d, £6 17s 6d, £8 ss. £7 10s. £5 4s £5 30s. £6, £6 10s. Springing heifers: £3. £3 12s 6d. £3 Bs, £6 2s 6d, £7, £5 ss, £7, 5 at £lO, 2 at £ll. AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows : A medium entry o£ all classes of stock came forward. Tho quality' of the sheep in most cases was only fair. However, the demand throughout was keen, and every pen changed hands at satisfactory prices. Cattle were in keener demand than they have been for some time. Wo quote : Sheep : Fat wethers, £2 2s 6d, £2 3s, to £2 3s 6d; light wethers, 34s 6d to 38s 3d : fat ewes, 26s 9d, 30s 6d to 34s 3d; F'at b.f. 2-tooths, 34s 6d. Store sheep: 2-tli wethers, 36s 3d; ewes in lamb to Romney rams, £2 4s 6d; owes in lamb to S.D. ranis, 31s Id; poor. 19s Id; hoggets, to 31s. Cattle: Fat bullocks, £8 5s to £ll 9s: fat heifers, £5 10s to £7 10s; forward cows, £2. £2 10s, £2 17s 6d to £3 Is; store cows, 30s to 355; empty heifers, £2 2s 6d to. £2 ss; springing heifers, £3 7s 6d, £5, £5 ss, £6 2s 6d, £b 10s to £10; dairy cows, £3 5s to £s' 7s 6d. Dalgety and Co.,- Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a good yarding of sheep and a. small entry of cattle. Quotations: F'at wethers, to £2 3s 6d; light tat ewes, 265, 27s 3d to 28s: fat lambs, to 32s 3d; good 4 and syr ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, '£2 3s sd. £2 4s 6d to £2 5s 3d; low conditioned ewes, r.w. S.D. ranis, 29s 9d to 32s 6d; small ewe lambs, 27s 6d; small wether lambs, 26s 9d; good yearling Jersey heifers, to £3 8s; dairy cows at drop, £5 12s 6d to £6 10s. STOCK MARKET. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report having held a very successful sale on account of Mr G. 'Bacon, Tokomaru, on 17lh ins:. '1 lie herd of 63 cows and heifers averaged £8 10s, the best. Jersey* cows bringing up to £l7 10s. Ye quote: ■ Best Jersey cows, second calvers, £ll, £l2, £l3, £l4 iOs, £ls, £l6 10s to £l7 10s. Others £7, £7 10s £B, £8 10s. £9 to £lO 10s. Late calvers £4, £5 to £6. Cows in milk £6 ss, £ll to £l2. Springing Jersey heifers £8 10s, £lO 10s to £l2. _ Woaner heifers £3 15s. Breeding sows £5 ss/ £5 17s bd, £6 5s to £7 2; 6d. Sow with litter £7 10s.

AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL. DOMINION STATISTICS. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, July 16. Interim agricultural and pastoral statistics gazetted show that the areas “own and the yields therefrom in the 1924-25 season were : Wheat for threshing, 166,967 acres; yield, 5.447,168 bushels. Wheat for chaff, etc., 1092 acres; yield, 1688 tons. Wheat, not harvested, 1C25 acres; (fed off). Oats for threshing, 147,325 acres; yield, 5,700,132 bushels. Oats, for chaff, etc., 308,545 acres; yield, £07,232 tons. Oats, not harvested, 16,280 acres; (fed off) Bariev, for threshing, 25,116 acres; vield, 796,728 bushels. Barley, for chaff, etc., 231 acres; yield, 384 ton 3. Maize, for threshing, 8595 acies; yield, 426,195 bushels. Maise, for ensilage, 594 acres; yield, 2407 tons. *• Linseed, for threshing, 6611 acres; yield, 2392 tons. Rye grass, 66,722 acres; yield, 30,340,602 pounds. Cocksfoot, 12,253 acres; yield, 1,850,999 pounds. Potatoes, 23,179 acres; yield, 135,961 tons

There were 452,956 acres sown in turnips and 15,047 in mangolds. it should be noted that the verification syst oin discloses that the estimated yield of linseed is not likely to be reached. Probably the tin a l result will be 75 per cent 01 the total namqgl. The estimated number of horses in the Dominion at January 31 was 315,751 ; dairy cows. 1,320,203; total cattle, 3.500.832. Sheep shorn during the 1924-25 season were 22,290,763. Lambs tailed during the season were 11,467,566. The total sheep at April 30 were 24,002,742. Pigs at January 31 numbered 438,471. AG R Kit'LTl'll A L JNSTUU(TION. The chief agricultural instructor reported to the Wanganui Hoard of Kducaiiun at its meeting this week as follows -‘‘The work in the schools generally is at present confined to the indoor scheme, and it is unfortunate that delay caused !>v our .inability to secure certain of the apparatus in New Zealand lias resulted lately in the course being bung up in some cases. This is only temporary, however, and as full stocks came to hand this week, distribution will commence immediately. Where material is available the teachers are entering enthusiastically into the experiments, and on visits the children show a keen in t crest in the results obtained. In some cases teachers have been inclined to take a narrow view of each experiment, confining discussion to the actual happenings and neglecting their application to the everyday world, but it is hoped by personal supervision and advice to overcome this tendency ami to secure recognition of the facts and principles underlying each separate observation. i.L is pleasing *to note the attention paid to agriculture by the inspectors on their visits, and to this is no doubt partly duo the awakened interest displayed by the teachers. Out of doors little is being done except digging operations in preparing for the new season’s work, and observations of any green crop which may have l>eon planted. Environment generally occupies a premier position at this period of the year. Our time is very fully occupied in meeting committees regarding improvement schemes, and in pro- . partition for Arbor Days. As in the past, the city nursery is drawn upon for many of our trees and shrubs, while the Fcrestry Depart merit, (his year is supplying certain species free of charge.” • SHEEPSKIN SALES. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house under dale of the 16th instant Sheepskin sales held to-day ; attendance of buyers is good ; good competition from Home trade. Continent and America. As compared with last sale’s' closing rates merino combing skins very firm, crossbred combing' skins , prices higher 7 \ per cent, on average. Clothing skins firm. The North Otago executive of the Farmers’ Union yesterday passed a resolution protesting against Air 'l'. It. Sidey’s Summer Time Bill and decided that a copy of the resolution be sent to the Prime Minister and member for the district-