FARMING NEWS
FEILDING STOCK SALE. SHEEP MARKETS FULLY FIRM. At the Feilding stock sale yesterday values for store sheep and fat sheep remained unchanged, but the market .showed a firming tendency for the store sheep which were not up to last week’s standard as far as quality was concerned. There was a good inquiry Dairy cattle were in short supply and prices were firm. Boner cattle sold well and the same may be said in regard to the fat cattle. Quotations: — FAT SHEEP. On account Coulter Est., 10 jambs at 18s fid; account R. K. Lourio Eel.. 16 ewes at 21s 2d; account W. Hcncghan, 21 do., at 13s 6d; account E. B. Marshall, 9 at 14s 4d; account Lo Roy Henson, 18 lambs at 20s Id; account E. M. Hare, 7 ewes at. 14s 6d, 60 at 20b lOd, 30 at 20s and 20 at 15s 6d. Other quotations: Ewes, 9 at 14s 4d, 14 at 15s 6d, 12. at 16s 10d, 18 at 18s, 20 at 21s, 5 at 21s 2d; lambs, 11 a 13s 6d, 5 at 17s lOd, 10 at 18s 9d, 5 at 19s Bd, 2 at 21s, 14 at 21s sd, 52 at 225, 7 at 235. STORE SIIEICP. Breeding ewes.—Account E. B. Wallace, 9 4-5 yr. at 19s, 203 at 255, 120 4yr. at 28s Bd. 100 syr. at 27s 3d; account A. B. Porter, 101 Ath. 4yr. ewes at 265. Other quotations: 89 2ths. at 27s 9d, 103 aged marked 6yr. ewes at 18s 2d, 70 f and f at 10s Bd. 32 6yr. at 14s 9d,' 9 s.m. at ,10s 9d, 9 stores at 2s 6d, 7 aged marked 6.yr. at 7s fid. Wether lambs: 82 at 17s Bd, 100 at 15s 9d, 13 at 14s 6d. 54 at 11s 3d, 20 at 15s, and 20 at 17s Bd, 7 at 8s 6d, 30 at 17s, 8 m.s.. at 15s lOd, 54 at 17s 9d, 49 at 17s 7d, 100 at 16s lOd, 48 -at. 14s 3d, 123 at 16s lOd, 86 at 16s, 19 at 13s 6d, 44 b.f. at 16s 2d, and 29 do. at 16s. Ewe lambs: 101 at 235, 10 at 16s 6d; wethers, 14 at 12s lOd. DAIRY CATTLE. Spg. cows, £4, £4 2s 6d, £5, £5 30s, £6. £6 15m, £8 10s, £lO 15s; cows in milk, £6; spg. heifers, £5 4s. STORE CATTLE. Cows, £3 15s, to £4 10s; weancr heifers, £1 ss. FAT CATTLE. Cows, £4 12s 6d, £4 15s, £4 17s 6d, £5, £6. £7 12s 6d; S.H. do.. £6 ss; PiA. do. £8 16s; station heifers on account A. B. Porter, £6 7s 6d and £7; steers, £7, £7 Is, £9 15s.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 168, 15 June 1940, Page 12
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451FARMING NEWS Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 168, 15 June 1940, Page 12
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