Commercial.

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 13537, 30 October 1916, Page 3

Commercial.

STOCK BEPOETS. Messrs. Abraham and Williams,. Ltd. report on their Otaki Wale, held last Wednesday: Medium entries of both sheep and cattle came forward and all lots sold at prices well in favour of vendors, rates being fully maintained.^ Quotations —Sheep: Ewes an J lambs £2 3s S)d, cull ewes and lambs 31s,

fat and forward ewes .'l6s, 15-months heifers (good colours) £5 ">3s lid; empty forward heifers £7, £7 17s, fat bullocks (light) £l7 3s, fat cows £l2 2s fid, heavy fat cow £ls 12s, empty cows £7 12s. £7 17s, dairy cows £8 12s (id, £9 10s.'

A fat wether presented by Mr Or. W. Taylor and sold for the Red Cross Fund realised in all the sum of £27 165.,

Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., Palmcrston 'North, report having a small yarding of sheep, and a fair entry of cattle at their Feilding Sale on Friday, 27th October, which sold as below: — Sheep: Mixed hoggets 325-4 dto 32s 7d; 15-months heifers £5 12s 6d, £5 15s, to £0; yearling to 15-months steers to £7 2s; 20 : months steers to £8 9s; 2.1-year steers £9 14s (id to £ll 10s.

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The usual fortnightly sale was held on Friday, before a full bench of buyers. Only oddments of wool were offered; bale' lots are being kept for the opening sale of the season in November. Sheepskins were in keen demand, and all sound pelted fullwoolled sold at 13d to 13% d per lb. Shorn belts sold up to 4s each, aud salted woolly skins to 17s 6d each. Hides and calfskins sold well at late rates, calfskins being a shade higher in price. Sheepskins: Half bred 13d to 13% d, line crossbred 13d to 13% d, mediumcoarse crossbred lid to 13V»d, short to half-wools 7V 2 d to 12d, dead and damaged' crossbred .Sd to 12y 2 d, inferior and badly damaged Id to Sd. lambs U!4d, damp, salted and green 5s to 17s (id,'pelts 2%d to B%d, lamb, salted 3s to'3s 3d, pelts, salted 3s <><t to 4s.

Hides: Ox, heavy, (iOlbs up. to 12% d; ox, medium. 50-591bs, lid to 12% d; ox. light, 41)lbs and under, lid to ll%d; cow. heavy, 551bs and over. ll%d; cow, '.■ medium, 42 to 541bs, ll%d to HVi-'d; cow, light, under 42 lbs, l<H4d to HVjd; cut, slippy and inferior. o%d to lOd; bull, stag, Sd; yearlings (16 to 241bs), 9%d to ll%d; calf, superior (up to M'ilbs), 12i<,d to 13% d; calf, medium good, ditto, lid to 12% d; calf, damaged, ditto <>d to Tallow: In tins, etc, 21s (id to 25>s ca.

Sundries: Opossum skin, is :">(l 10 3s; horsehair, Is 2d; cow tails, Is. The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co. report:— During the week we held yard sales at Himatangi, Apiti, .Rougotca, Palmerston North, and Feilding, and a dairy sale on account of Mr H. Sly at Whakaronga. On Monday at Himatangi we had a good yarding of cattle. Bidding was spirited throughout, and we sold practically the whole' yarding at good values. Yearling heifers £2 17s, £3, £3 K's, 15-month heifers M 10s, £5 3s, .15month Holstein heifers £5 4s, small yearling steers £3 (is, £3 17s, 2-year steers £8 10s, 2-year empty heifers £7 ss, £7 (is, empty store cows £5 10s, £C> 17s, £7 3s, £7 7s, forward cows £B, £8 15s, £5) 2s. fat heifers £8 13s, £1 16s, fat cows £lO 10s 6d, £ll ss, £ll 13s (id. 2-year springing heifers £(> 15s£ £7, £7* ss, £8 2s, 3year springing heifers £8 17s (id, £s>, £lO 2s (id, yearling bulls £5 18s, £(i, 2-year bulls £8 15s, £8 10s, £lO. At Apiti on Tuesday a moderate entry met with a good sale. Yearling heifers £3 lis, yearling steers (small) £4. Kis to £5 lis, yearling steers (fair) £(i 5s to £0 Kis, 2-year steers £8 lis to £!> l(?s, heifers in calf £6 2s (id to £7 ss, empty seifers £7 2s, forward cows £9 15s, cows with calves £!) 7s, bulls £5 2s (id to £9 10s.

At Mr 11. Sly's sale at Whakatonga on Tuesday there was a good attend- j ance, and the cows which were a particularly good lot, sold well averaging £ls 12s all round. Best cows £l7 to £2O .I.os, fair cows £l4: to £l6 10s, aged cows and winter ealvcrs £lO to £l3 10s, three-quarter cows £9, bulls .8% gns. to 10%gns., sow with littei' £8 10s, sows in pig £3 to £4 ss. On Wednesday we held our usual monthly sale at Bongotea. There was a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle. The attendance was good and competition keen, every lot selling at auction at prices in favour of vendors. Ewe hoggets 31s, yearling heifers £3 15s, 15-months Jersey heifers £5, small vearling bulls £3 15s cows with calves £6 15s, £8 17a 6d, £0 ss, fat cows £7 7s 6d, £7 lis. £8 lis, 8 15s, forward cows £9 £<) 3s £9 Bs, £9 10a, £lO 2s Od, fat rows £lolo*.£lo 12a fid, £l3 ss. 2-ycar bulls £5, £5 ss. At Feildingljpn Friday we had a heavy yarding of sheep and cattle, an. cattle,'and recent high prices were more than maintained. Quotations: Good hoggets 355, small hoggets Las Od. halfbred wethers 28s 10(1. small 2tooth wethers 24s 66, ewes with lambs •if foot £2 9s, 15m-onths heifers idjs (id, yearling steers £7 3s, yearling Hereford heifers £8 10s, 2-year Hereford heifers £ll ss, forward ewes in calf £S 17s Gd, forward empty cows £lO 5», fat eows £l4 10s and £ls 8s to £ls lis.

/ WELLINGTON WOOL. SKIN. HIDES AND TALLOW HALES. Levin aha Co., Ltd., report as follows regarding Friday's sale:- — Wool: Nothing was offered except n few old fadge's and oddments. Wool is being hold for the first sale of the coining season, which has been lixed for November 15. Sheepskins: Market very linn at last sale prices. We quote:—Halfbred. 13d to lSViil; fine crossbred. 13d to K!Vid; medium-coarse crossbred, lid to l.'iVid; short to half-wools, T'-jd to I2d; dead and damaged crossbred, ,Sd to liy.d; inferior and badly damaged. Id "to 8d; lambs., lid; damp, salted and green, 5s to 17s fid; pelts, 2%d (o B%d: lambs, salted, .'is to 3s 3d; pelts, salt«d, 3s Gd to 4s. Hides: Market firm except for cut and inferior, calf declined Vjd to Id. Ox heavy, OOlbs up, lid to 12Vad; ox. medium. 50 to 591bs, lid to 1.2% d; ox. light, 4»lbs and under, 1 Id to 11%' d; cow, heavy, 551bs and over, UHd; cow, medium, 42 to 54lbs, 11%1 to ll%d; cow, light, under 42 lbs lOV'd to IU-«d; cut, slippy and inferior," to I0d; bull. stag. Sd: yearlings (16 to 24)bs), 9*4 d to 11 %<1;

ealf, superior (up to lGlbs), 12% d to l.'!%(.l; calf, medium-good (up to 16 lbs), lid to 12% d; calf, damaged (up to lGlbs), 6d to 9%d. Tallow: Firm at last salt- rates. In tins, etc., 21s (5d to 29s Gd. Sundries: Opossum skins, Is 3d to :ss: horsehair, Is 2d; cow tails, Is.

WELLINGTON MARKETS. j The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Company re- ; ports on {Saturday as xollovvs regarding Wellington market prices: — Produce. —vvneat, good whole fowl. 5s (id to 5s 8d bushel; maize, local, ;>s per bushel; oats, feed 4s, crushed 4s 2d per bushel; seed oats, Australian —Algerian, dressed and clipped Is Dd, others 4s 3d, Cartons and .Sparrowbills 4s, Duns 4s (id per bushei; partridge peas seed, Vs to 7s (id per Imsliel; feed peas, (is (id; Russian barley cape seed, 4s 6d per bushel; barley feed, 4s per bushel; barley meal, £s 10s per ton; pollard, £7 10s per ton; rice poilard, £7 per ton: bran, £5 per ton; linseed "oil cake, slabs, meal and nuts, £ll 10s per ton of 20001b, 100's 12s, 50's (is 6a-; chaff, oaten sheaf £5 His to £o" per ton; straw, £3 10s per t..u.

Vegetables.—Potatoes, £lO to £ll per ton; new potatoes, '£%& to 3d per lb; cabbage, choice (is to 7s, medium 3s to 4s per sack; cauliflower, choice 13s to i(is. medium (is to 10s sack; (arrets, best 12s to 14s, others (id (id to -Ss Od sack; onions, £8 to £9 per ton; turnips, white 5s to (is per sack; leeks, 7d to lOcl per bundle; lettuce, 4s to (is per case; spinach, 3s to 4s per case; beetroot, 4s to tis per sack; spring onion, 9d to Is 2d bunch; marrows, (is to 8s per sack; swedes, 5s to (is per t-wt; pumpkins, 7s to 10s per sack; asparagas, 6d to lOd bundle; Nelson green peas, Is to Is <xl per peck; Htitt hothouse" tomatoes, lOd to Is per lb; parsnips, 10s to 15s per sack; rhubarb, lis to 10s dozen bundles. Fruit. —Apples, dessert choice 12s to 15s per case, cooking 8s to 10s per ease. General. —Drefesed pork, 70's to 00's (»%d to 7d, 90's to 100's l>y 3 d to <s%d, laconers rid, choppers (heavy) 4d per lb: honey. 6%& to 7d per lb; eggs, fresh Is 3d to Is 4d per dozen- beeswax, Is 0d per lb; fungus, 5d to (id per lb; walnuts, 9(1 to 10d per lb. Poultry.—Light table hens 3s to 4s, heavy hens 5s to lis, cockerels 4s to ss, heavy t-oekerels 6s to 7s, good heavy ducks 7s to Bs, Indian Runners 4s to 5s per pair, turkey gobblers Is to Is Id per lb, hens lid to Is per-lb live weight.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have 'received the following cablegram from their London house, under date 25th insl.:— Tallow: We quote present spot values for the following descriptions: Fine mutton 49s per cwt; good beef 40s ftd per cwt; mixed 41s oil per cwt. market firm. N.Z. FARMERS' FERTILIZER CO. LTD. Farmers interested in the manufacture of fertilizers in the Dominion should make a point of reading an advertisement elsewhere in this issue from the N.Z. Farmre.s' Fertilizer Co. Ltd. relating to tho formation of the company to earry on the manufacture, of manures on a large scale. The capital of the Company is £500,000, find Messrs Buscottfl) and Boucher *::? be on the stall at the Show to

give any information that may be re quired.

HOWARD WATCHES. Show visitors arc requested to visit Lauchlan and Co.'s show-room upstairs in Coles' Buildings and inspect tlie wonderful collection of jewellery, silverware and watches. The special attention of farmers is drawn to the "Howard" watch with which is given a 20 years' guarantee. These watches are imported direct from the manufacturers and are sold at bedrock prices. There are thousands of them in use in the Dominion, all of which aTe giving complete satisfaction. The jewellery and silverware on view is also imported direct from the world's leading manufacturers, which enables the lirm to sell at very low prices. Visitors to Palmerston during the week are particularly requested to note that the firm's address is upstairs in Coles' Buildings.

SHOW HORSE SALE. Messrs. Abraham and Williams Ltd. advertise particulars of their annual Spring Show Horse Sale, when they will offer a splendid lot of draughts, hacks and harness horses, unbroken ponies from Olrig ' Station, express and light lorry horses, a thoroughbred mare. 2 and 3-year unbroken geldings by King's Guest, a yearling filly by the same sire, and a draft of Mr R. D. Knight's well-known spring cart medium to heavy draught marcs and geldings. No more, entries will be taken for this sale, which will be held at the linn's yards in Grey Street at 1 p.m. on Saturday next. PEDIGREE STOCK SALE. Abraham and Williams Ltd. will sell on the Show Grounds on Friday next at 9 a.m.. Holsteiu cattle on behalf' of Mr F. L. Howell, Parapararnau, Joseph Liggins, Tokomaru, H. D. Bedford. Hamilton; Jerseys on behalf of Mr Andrew Buchanan, of Raukawa. Full extended pedigrees may be obtained on application to the auctioneers.