COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23830, 4 December 1940, Page 5

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

FUANKTON QUOTATIONS J SHEEP VALUES DECLINE KEEN COMPETITION FOR BACON [FROM our OWN coiuikspoxdent] HAMILTON, '] 'ues da y An extra large yarding of fat sheep came forward at the Fraiikton stock salo to-day, and values showed a decline, particularly for wethers. Fat lambs were steady at late rates. There was a large cattle yarding and values remained steady. Prices for fat calves, which were yarded in medium numbers, remained very firm at late rates. A full entry of pigs was penned. Heavy baooners met with keen competition and rates improved. Porkers were easier, while store pigs and weaners were steady. Dalgety and Company.—Heavy prime fat wethers, £1 Gs (id to £1 8s; prime fat, £1 5s to £1 (is; light and unfinished, £1 3s 3d to £1 4s; prime fut owes, £1 to £1 2s; woolly fat hoggets, to £1 7s; fat ewes, 17s Gd to IHs Gd; shorn store hoggets and wethers, £1 2s to £1 3s 3d. Medium prime bullocks, £l2 to £l'2 4s; light, £lO to £l.O IGs; prime heavy fat cows, £8 IGs to £0 2s (id; light. £7 15s to £8 12s; light fut heifers, £7 2s Gd to £7 14s; boners, £2 IGs to £4 lis; lighter, 27s to 37s Gd. G. W. Vercoe and Company.—Heavy prime bullocks, £l4 to £ls ss; other weights, £l2 to £l3 lis; light, to £11; heavy prinio heifers, £lO to £ll ys; other weights, £8 to £9 15s; light, to £7 15s; heavy prime COW'S, £9 to £9 15s; others, .€7 to £S 17s (id; unfinished, to £0 1.2s Gd; heavy fat Jersey heifers, £7 10s to £S ss; lighter, £0 to £. 2s (id; fat Jersey cows, £5 15s to £7 4s; light, to £5 10s; extra prime runners, to £« J (>S; prime, to £7; light, to £5 4s; vealers, £2 15s to £4 ss; light, to £2 los; small calves, 25s to 355; boners, £3 15s to £5 ss; light, to £3 1.0s; potter bulls, to £lO. Heavy prime wethers, 27s to 29s (id; medium and light", 24s to 2(is 9d; unfinished, to 23s (id; heavy prime ewes, IHs to 19s (id; others, 15s to 17s od; light, to 'tis, .Prime hsavy baconers, £! 10s to £1 13s; others, i.'i 12s to 11 y S ; heavy porkers. £3 ,s to £3 Ids; others, £2 12s to £.'! Os; choppers, to £5 (is; stores, 31s to £2 Gs (id; slips, 21s to 335; weaners, 10s to 225; maiden sows, to £ I 2s Gd. Farmers' Ami ioriecrinp.—Prime wethers, 25s to 30s; unfinished, 23s yd to 24s (id; fat woplly two-tooth wet tiers, 30s 3d; fat ewes, IGs Gd to 19s; unfinished, .12s to 15s; light fat lambs, 21s to 24s ("id; woolly wether hoggets, 23s (id to 28s (id; woolly ewe liokgets, 29s .3d. Prime bullocks, £ll 4s to 113 ss; medium fat cows, £(i Is to £7 lis; lighter, £5 2s to £5 18s; boner cows, £2 Is to £5 2s; heavy potter bulls, to £lO 10s; lighter, £5 10s to £7 7s Gil; vealers, 29s to £4; backward two and a-half year Polled Angus and Hereford steers, £7 3s to £7 IGs. Choppers, £2 2s to £4 2s; prime heavy baconers. £4 10s to £4 12s; others, £3 10s to £4 8s; butter-milk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 IGs to £3 8s; porkers. £2 4s to £2 14s; stores, 31s (id to £2 lis; slips, 24s Gd to 325; weaners, 8s to IGs Gd.

FELT AND TEXTILES EXPANSION IN NEW ZEALAND Referring- to the New Zealand interests of Felt and Textiles of Australia, Limited, at the annual meeting in Sydney Inst month, the chairman. Sir Walter Massy-Greene, informed shareholders that the new factory of John Grant and Company, Limited, in Wellington had been completed and production commenced. A modern factory ,had been fully equipped and was capable of supplying the Dominion with all its requirements of all types of felt and with plain and stippled body carpets. Extensions had also been made to the original factory of the subsidiary to increase the output of the underfelt department and to establish a new industry to manufacture absorbent cotton wool. The chairman said he was very hopeful of the outcome of tho venture owing to the acute scarcity in the Dominion of tho products manufactured and the restrictions placed by the Government upon imports. The reverse suffered by the company through the destruction of the factory of Xevv Zealand Slippers, Limited, had tieen minimised through the possession of other smaller factories in Xew Zealand combined with adequate temporary arrangements, factors which emphasised the value of the system of manufacturing in different centres. The factory was heiner rebuilt on modern lines. Speaking generally, Sir Walter said the growth of business, particularly in certain of the company's subsidiaries, had been rapid and consistent throughout the year. Taking the group as a whole turnover had increased by 32 per cent on that of the previous year.