DEMAND FOR HORSES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22541, 5 October 1936, Page 5

DEMAND FOR HORSES

OHAUPO SPRING FAIR

HIGHER VALUES RULING GOOD PRICES FOR HACKS The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, hold its Oliaupo spring horse fair on Wednesday and Thursday. In spite of the general acute scarcity of horses in the Waikato, considerably more came forward than were advertised. The first day there were entered approximately 80 unbroken horses of all classes, and SO draught horses, while on Thursday about 80 draught horses and 30 hacks were brought forward. Values for (he unbroken animals were fav- | ourablc from the vendor's viewpoint in com- i parison with recent Waikato prices. Although ' a few were reserved, the bulk changed hands. | On tmth days there was a consistently strong i inquiry for draughts. Particularly in the caso j of medium to heavy farm horses, prices eclipsed those quoted recently iu many cases j to a marked extent. Hack values were appreciably above expectations, and high prices were obtained. Unbroken horses: Messrs. W. J. and H. H.•Thompson obtained £3l 10s for a two-year-old filly, bought by Mr. K. McDonald; Messrs Duncan Brothers bought a three-year filly from same vendors at £4l; Mr. F. H. Laurie, two-year filly, £34; Sirs. W. G. Brindle, mare and foals, £36, to Mr. J. O'Connel; Mr. T. Kelly, two-year filly to Mr. A. \V. Clements, £27; Mr. A. R. Saunders, 15 unbroken horses, up to £3O 10s; heavy farm unbroken horses, £27 10s.to £4l; medium, £22 10s to £27; lighter, £l6 to £2O; inferior, to £ls. Draught horses: Mr. F. J. Warner, bay filly, three-year, £6O, to Mr. L. Rice; Mr. E. A. Duncan, three-year mare, £SB, to Native Department; Mr. A. Forsyth,' eight-year gelding, to Eamo buyer, £4l; Mr. T. Hoult, mare to Native Department, £43; Mr. C. Peck, bay gelding, £52, to Mr. E. McVerry; gelding at £53, to Mr. C. P. Stark; gelding at £4l 10s, to Mr. W. Waugh; bay mare to Mr. D. Murray, £44; Mr. T. Kelly, bay gelding, £37 10s, to McLean's Estate; Mr. A. Marsh, bay mare, £46 los, to Mr. J, Rosborough; Mr. 11. S. Duncan, three-year bay gelding, to Mr. A. X. Mackay, £l7; Mr. J. Forbes, Waitoa, sevenyear mare, to Mr. P. F. Lonergan, £4B; Mr. R. Xorrish, nine-year gelding, to Mr. F. Coulter, £10; Mr. J. T. Bryant, bay mare, £l9, to Native Department; Mr. A. Forsyth, two draughts to same buyer, £44 and £l6; best heavy farm draughts realised £ls to £'6o; good heavy horses with trials, £37 10s to £45; medium farm draughts, £2O to £35; i aged and light farm horses, £l7 los to £25. Hajiks: Mr. W. J. Woods, gelding to Messrs. W. J. and H. H. Thompson, £lO 10s; Mr. H. Holmes to Mr. W. Davis, £7; to Mr. J. Findlater, £8; Mr. R. Russel, four-year mare, £8 los, to Mr. W. Davis; Mr. \V. F. Saunders, gelding, £.ll, to Mr. M. O'Ma'lley; best young hacks made £8 10s to £11; good class young hacks, £7 to £8 os; aged and inferior sorts, up to £6 15s. DEMAND FOR BULLS The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Hamilton, reports having held its Te Awamutu annual grade bull sale on Friday. There was an entry of approximately 100 bulls, most of which were yearling and two-year Jerseys, the balance being young Shorthorn grade bulls. The majority were medium to plain-conditioned. Local buyers were present in large numbers and spirited competition prevailed. Attractive young bulls were the most keenly sought, but all sold readily and prices compared favourably with those at recent sales. Messrs. S. J. and AV. V. Walker were paid the top price of £22 for a two-year grade Jersey, the buyer being the Pollard Estate. Mr. J. R. Flay obtained up to £l2 for medium yearling Shorthorn bulls. Best quality two- j year grade Jersey bulls made £l7 10s to £23; good sorts, two-year grade Jerseys, £ls to £l7 10s; medium bred, £ll to £l4: inferior, up to £10; choice yearling Jersey bulls, £7 10s to £10; medium quality yearlings, £5 to £7; inferior sorts, to £4 15s; average conditioned well-bred yearling Shorthorn bulls, £lO to £l2; medium, £7 10s to £10; inferior, up to £6. Dalgety and Company, Limited, he.ld its annual bull sale at Te Awamutu on Friday, when a good yarding of both grade and pedigree bulls came forward and met with good competition from a full bench of buyers All wcll-growjn and good conditioned bulls of all breeds sold readily, but poorer sorts were dull of sale. Good ■ two-year pedigree bulls made llgns to 15gns; others, 9gns to 12gns; good yearling Jersey bulls, 12gns to 13gns; good grade two-year Jersey bulls, £l3 10s to £ls; other two-year Jersey bulls, £S to £ll 10s; yearling grade Jersey bulls, £4 10s to £7 ss: two-year grade Shorthorn bulls, £8 10s to £9 ss; yearling Shorthorn bulls, £5 to £6 ss. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its annual bull sale at Te Awamutu on Friday, when a good yarding of 'all classes of bulls was offered before a large attendance of buyers. Competition was firm for bulls in good condition and showing quality, while poorer conditioned and aged bulls, although not so keenly sought, sold on a par with late quotations. Good conditioned two-year Jersey bulls realised £l3 to £l6; others, i! 9 to £l2; poorer conditioned, £6 10s to £8 12s Od; well-grown yearling Jersey bulls, £7 15s to £8 10s; others, £5 10s to £0 17s (id; small and poorer conditioned, £3 15s to £5 ss; pedigree yearling Shorthorn bulls, to ISVigns; grade yearling Shorthorn bulls. £7 10s to £8 10s; smaller, £4 15s to £5 ss; aged bulls, £5 to £5 15s. The Farmers* Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its annual bull sale at Te Puke on Thursday, when the advertised number of bulls came forward, the entire yarding changing hands at satisfactory prices. Quotations: —Pedigree Jerseys: Account of Mr. W. Newman, Maketu. Welcome Lord Swan, 20gns; Maketu Oxford Swan, IGgns: yearlings, 6y a gns to TVigns; on account of Mr. \V. E. Riddell, Bonavale Dairyman, lG'/agns; two-year-olds, 13V s gns to 20y 2 gns; on account of Mr. T. G. F. Sutton, Cosgrove Punch, 17gns; two-year-olds, 6y a gns to 13V 2 gns. Grades: Jerseys, £5 10s to £9 10s; Ayrshires, £4 10s to £9 10s; yearling Jerseys, £3 17s 6d to £5; potters, £2 to £4 10s. DAIRY FACTORY OUTPUT NORTHERN WAIROA COMPANY [li\* TELEGRAPH —OWN* CORRESPONDENT] DARGAVILLE, Saturday The make of the Northern Wniroa Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, for the season to the end of August is 20'? tons 12cwt., compared with 207 tons 14cwt. for the same period last year. For the period £19.253 6s 7(1 has been distributed by the company, against £15.501 4s 10d last year. During August, 233,7871b. of fat were received, for which £ll 565 'ls lid was advanced, the corresponding figures for the same month last year being 250,9101b. fat, for which £0673 is 3d was distributed. The company has also distributed £20,758 lis 4d. representing a final payment for the season 1935-36 of -Jd per lb. of fat. This brings the company's payment for that season to 12.348-Id", one'of the highest payments in the north.

BULLER DISTRICT PROGRESS [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WESTPORT, Sunday The Buller Herd-testing Association held celebrations last night to mark the occasion of reaching a 3001b. average of butter-fat for the season. This covers ■lO per cent of the cows in the district. Complimentary references were made to the rapid development of dairying in tho Bullcr district. The Karamea company also celebrated the opening of its new butter factory on Friday. COTTON, RUBBER, COPRA, ETC. (Received October 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 3 (Quotations on September 26 in parentheses.) Cotton. —Spot, 7.02c1. (6.73 d) a lb.; November delivery, 6.68d-(6.48d October). Rubber.—Para, 10id (lOJd) a lb.; plantation. and smoked, 7Jd (7|d). Jute. September-October shipments, £l7 os (£l7 Is 3d) a ton. Hemp.—Quiet. Copra. October-November shipments, South Sea, sun-dried, £l3 10s to London and Rotterdam (£l3 15s) a ton; South Sea, smoked, £l3 7s 6d to Marseilles and Genoa (£l3 ss); plantation, Rabaul, hot air dried, £l4 10s to London and Eotterdam (£l4 15s). Linseed Oil.-—£27 |£27 10s) a ton. Turpentine.—39s 6d (38s 9d). a cwt.