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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1562, 18 June 1920, Page 2

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RABBITSKIN MARKET REPORT. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows: —We held our regular fortnightly sale on Monday, 14th June, when we submitted a good selection of skins to a full attendance of buyers. Competition was again keen. The lower grades of skins did not quite reach the level of last sale, while the later-caught skins sold at a higher level. The quality of the skins is improving every sale and this partly accounts for the higher proportionate prices for winters. In face of the unsettled state of the London market, the result of yesterday's sale should be satisfactory to clients. Our catalogue contained a good selection of skins and prices obtained for winters were above our expectation. A few selected winter does brought up to as high as 96 id and selected winter blacks touched 140 d per lb. In recommending clients to continue forwarding their consignments regularly to the Dunedin market, we do so, feeling that is in their best interests while the Home markets are so unsettled and uncertain. The following are the prices obtained by us at yesterday's sale: —Runners and suckers up to 14* d per lb, summers 22d, light racks 22id, heavy racks 24 3d, prime racks 28d. early autumns 45d, late autumns incoming winters 542 d, early winter bucks Gild, do. does 64d, winter bucks 64?. d, winter does 7 ~>"id, first winter bucks GGJd, first winter does 90id, mixed fawns 32-} d winter fawns G3Jd, summer blacks 30d, autumn blacks 50d, second winter blacks 73d, first winter blacks 120 d. hareskins 20} d. horsehair 30d. catskins (each) 9d, summer broken 132 d, autumn broken 18d, winter broken 30id, milky does. 14-d.

The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd. (stock department), Pahiatua, report on the undermentioned sales as follows: — At Woodville. on Monday, the 14th June, we offered a fair entry of both sheep and cattle. Sheep retained late rates throughout and a fair clearance was effected. Cattle were very dull At Pahiatua. on Tuesday, the 15th June, in the Mangahao yards, we offered a small yarding of stock. Sheep made fair values, but cattle were almost neglected. We report the following sales:—At Woodville: 25 f. and. f. wethers 31/3. 65 m.s. 2-ths 18/2. 40 ewes in lamb 23/8. 1 fat cow £ll, 1 do £7 7/6, 1 do. £6. 12 forward cows'£s 15/, 9 do. £5 10/ 4 store cows £3 1 2-year steer £5 15/. At Pahiatua: 182 m.s. 2-ths 24/10. 54 2-th ewes 24/6, 30 empty- ewes 20/2 7 Jersey cross weaner heifers £3 2/, l empty heifer £2, 1 bull £1 12/6. The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op. Association. Ltd. (stock department), Pahiatua, report on the undermentioned sales as follows: — At Woodville on the sth June, we held a very successful clearing sale of surplus Jersey cows and heifers on account of Mr J. Murray, jnr. As Mr Murrav has been a breeder of Jerseys for the past twenty years, his stock, particularly heifers, were in good demand. There was a good attendance of the public, and the herd of 20 cows and heifers averaged the very satisfactory orice of £lB 15/,» S 20-month Jersey heifers realising the satisfactory price of £23. At Pahiatua on Tuesday, we held, our usual weekly sale in the P.F.A. yards, when we had a very fair yarding of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle, principally dairy stock. Sheep sold well up to late market rates, but cattle of all classes were dull. We quote the following sales:— 65 fat ewes 28/9, 45 do. 27/7, 72 4-ti to 4-vear empty ewes 22/10, 19 2-th empty ewes 21/, 84 ewe hoggets 18/1, 68 do. 16/9. 39 wether hoggets 17/1, 79 do. 17/, 28 do. 14/9, 46 empty ewes 17/8. 73 do. 12/4, 12 forward ewes 23/9, 11 ewe lambs 11/1, 24 m.s. lambs 8/; dairy cows sold from £l3 15/ to £9. At Ballance on the 9th June, we held a successful clearing sale on accoxint of Mr J. E. Towers, when -we offered his dairy herd of 22 cows and usual farm sundries, etc. There was a large attendance of the public and bidding was spirited throughout. The dairy cows sold from £2l for the best, to £8 for inferior sorts, 3-year heifers £l2 5/, 2-year heifers £ll, m.s. weaners £2 5/, 2S-year-old steers £4 15/, 2 horses £6 7/6 and £6; sundries of all descriptions sold well. We also offered on account of Mr Garlick, 12 first-class Holstein cross dairy cows, which sold particularly well, and the whole 12 sold from £24 10/ to £l3.