Stock Notes.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume XIV, Issue 712, 21 January 1919, Page 3

Stock Notes.

Last wtMjk wus extremely nncvwuLful m stock matters, owing doubtless to the. limited attendance of buyers at the several saleyards, and the continuous broken weather compelling fanners and graziers to seize every sunny interval for shearing or agricultural operations. Added to which hitherto the weather haa boon so uniformly bad that it has seriously affected the growth of winter food throughout Southland, except m a few favoured spots, so that ifc is a i question, unless a change for the bettor oomes shortly,, whether there wi)} not bo m iho near future, more sellers than buyers. This state of things was , foreshadowed on Tuesday', and Thursday at'stouk sal«.s held afc Walacetowq, Wiuton and Wyndham— three different centres— •whore selling was of a very dragcy nature and values fell correspondingly. Wool. — The 'second appraisement m this connection took place 111 InvoreergiU early m the week, and the wool generally opened out better than waa expected, considering the adverso climatic conditions under which it was grown, though rather inclined to be tender m the staple \ howevex this notwithstanding, the returns, we believe, gave general Ratiahiction and compared favourably willi last- year's valuations, the prices ranging ns follows :~Fiue crossbred 17d to 18id, strong crossbred lo^d to 10? d, inferior \vools Ud to UjVl, Ist pieces 13d to liid, 2nd pieces Ud to lid, bellies 9&d to 11 Ad, locks, 3d to 7d.