FARMING NEWS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 137, 12 May 1941, Page 10

FARMING NEWS

FEILDING STOCK SALE. The Associated Auctioneers report on the sale hold on. Friday at i'cilding before an average attendance of buyers: Ilie yardings were smaller than has been the case lor some time, and values all round were practically unchanged. Approximately 2000 ctorC sheep were penned, the entry comprising two particularly w'ell-brcd )>cno of ewe lambs offered on account of Mr T. E. Craine, Kiwitea, the purebreds realising 27s 9d and the other pen making 25e Bd. 'I he balance of the yarding, which was made up of three pens ot two-tooth ewes, odd pens of breeding ewes, and several pens of wether j lambs, with the uouai pjeus of oddments, met with a lair inquiry, and the pre|Vious week’s ratcc, were maintained with I practically a total clearance. bo stoic j w others were on offer. A email yarding of | fat sheep, the quality being a little indifferent, sold to a good attendance of butchers, and a free sale resulted, the best of the wethers selling from 220 to 24s 3d and the ewes from 11s 6d to 13s, with lighter sorts from Bs. Several irons of lat Jambs were on offer and these sold under keen competition at full schedule rates. A full yarding of fat cattle, which comprised a good proportion of station beef, with apptoximatcly 50 head of ex-dairy torts, met with a free sale at prices tully on a par with those ruling the previous week. Store cows sold well, and the previous week’s recovery was fully maintained. There was a small yarding of station calcic, which included three pens of well-bred 21-yr-old l’.A. and Hereford steers with odd pens of 18-mos. steers and five pens of 13-mos. and 21-year-old l’.Asteers. A particularly nice entry of 65 21-year-old well-bred l’.A. steers in forward condition, offered on account of Mr David Howland, Tiakitahuna, told under good competition, the two pens realising £7 15s and £7 16s respectively. ’J he best ot the heifers sold for £4 7s 6d. Realisations all round were practically on a par with those ruling at the autumn cattle lair the previous week. A small yarding ol daily cattle came to hand and prices were unchanged. Quotations: Eat lambs, 18s 7d, 19s Id, 19s lOd, 21s Id, 21s lOd. 22s 7d, 22 10s; fat wethers, 18s lOd, 19. s lOd. 20s 2d, 21s lOd, 21s Id, 22s 7d. 23s 4d, 24s Id; fat owes, 11s Id, 11s 4d, 12s 4d; store wethers, 19s, 19s 3d; 2 th owes r.w. S.D. rams, 28s, 28s Id; breeding owes,; 7s, 8s Id, 10s; b.f; lambs, 10s. 11s 6d. 13s 4d, 14s; w.f. wether lambs, 12s Bd, 14s Id, 14s 6d. 16s 3d; ewe lambs, 18s Id, 20s Id, 25s 9d, 27s 9d. l’cticr cows, £1 ss, £2 15s, £2 17s 6d, £3 6s, £3 9s. £3 15s. £4 7s 6d; fat run cows, £5 12s 6d, £5 17s 6d, £6 2s 6d, £6 7<s 6d, £6 17s 6d, £7 2s 6d: fat cows ox dairy, £3 2s 6d. £3 7s 6d,’ £3 17s 6d, £4 7s 6d, £4 17s 6d, £5 12s 6tl, £5 17s 6d; fat bullocke, £7 17s 6d, £3 2s 6d. £8 12s 6d, £9 12s 6d: vealers, £l. £1 12s 6d. £2, £3 10s, £4 10s; 2i-vr l’.A. steers, £5 Is, £5 7s, £6 Bs, £7 15s, £7 16s; 2i-.vr P.A. heifers. £4. £4 7s 6d; woaner Jersey lieiferrt, £2 17s 6d, £3 ss. £3 14s; dairy heifers r.w.b., £6 to £9 17s 6d; dairy heifers, calved, £4, £6 to £8 17s 6d; dairy cows, £5 to £3 15s. INSURANCE SCHEME. FOR PRIMARY PRODUCE. An explanation of the situation concerning war risk insurance on export produce was given on Saturday by the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. J. G. Barclay). The Minister said that! at the meeting of the South Auckland Dairy Association held in Hamilton last w-cek. a statement was made to the effect that the Australian Government had accepted a war risk insurance on dairy produce in Australia. Ihe true position, however, was that the United Kingdom Government accepted a war risk insurance in Australia on exactly the same line sas in New Zealand. That was, from the time of shipment of the produce Neither in Australia nor in New Zealand was there a war risk insurance on meat or dairy produce )>efore shipment. The dairy industry in Australia was itself considering the introductionu of a scheme of its own for butter and clice-c to cover war risk while the produce was awa'ting shipment. “In this country the Government i* giving early consideration to a general insurance scheme for all primary products,” Mr Barclay concluded. Potato Prices. Rangitikoi potatoes are fetching from £9 10s to £lO a ton .a rise of more than £4 over prices about six weeks ago, and almost double those for the same time last year. Bay of Plenty Maize. Large areas in the eastern Bay of Plenty are covered with ripening maize crops. Finn weather in April following generous rains in March has been beneficial to the crops.