HIDE AND SKIN REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2894, 1 September 1909, Page 23

HIDE AND SKIN REPORT.

Messrs Dahjety and Co. (Ltd.) report as follows : — Rabbitskins. — We held our usual weekly auction sale of 'rabbitskins on Monday, ■when we offered another exceptionally largre catalogue to a full attendance of the trade. Prices for winters show a decline, as with the mild winter and the warmer weather of late a large proportion of the skins now coming in are more or less off season, and so do not command the high prices of a month ago. Competition was brisk and prices on the whole firm. Our catalogue was cleared as under : — Super winter does, 32d to 355; second winter does, 24d to 32d ; outg. winter does, 17d to 20d; prime winter bucks, 17d to 19d ; second winter bucks, 15d to 17d; outg. winter bucks. 13d to 15d; springs, lid .o 13d; incoming winters, 16d to 18d ; autumns, 14d to 16d ; racks, 9d to lO^d : first winter blacks, 24d to 33d; second [winter blacks, 20d to 24d. Sheepskins.— We held our usual weekly auction sale of sheepskins on Tuesday, when we offered a good catalogue to a representative gathering of buyers. We cleared our catalogue under good competition at prices about on a par with laite quotations. Full-woolled : Halfbrcd, 8d to BJd; fine crossbred, 7^d to Bid; crossbred, 6Jd to 7£d; merino, 7d to B£d. Half to three-quarter wools : Half bred, 74d to 8d ; crossbred, 63d to 7£d ; merino, s£d to b^d. Quarter-wools: Half bred, 6d to 7d; crossbred, 5d to 6d; merino, 4Jd to sjd; lambskins, 7d to 7Jd; pelts, 3.d to 4d. Hides. — We held our usual fortnightly sale of hides on Thursday, when we submitted a medium-3ized catalogue to a full

attendance of the trade Competition was dull compared with our last sale, and prices showed a decline of id to id on all j cjasses except calfskins, which were sold • in strong demand, and realised satisfactory prices. -.Our catalogue was cleared at j prices as under -.^-tOx : Extra heavy, none offered; heavy, 6d to"6Jd; medium, s£d to 6J ;- light, s£d to 6d ; inferior, 3d to 4sd; cow .-.heavy, s^d to .6d; medium. s£d j to sgd ; light, 5d to sid ; • inferior, 3d to ' 4£d each ; calfskins, to B£d ; horsehides, to ' 10s each. Tallow and Fat. — In exceptionally keen demand Prime mutton tallow, 10s to 235 ; I mixed mutton tallow, 16s to 19s; best caul fat, to 17s; rough fat, 14s to 16s per cwt. I Dunedin, 27tb August, 1909. SALE OF A CLYDESDALE COLT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Ltd.) report having sold, on account of Mr Wm. Gardiner, Papakaio, the purebred Clydesdale yearling colt Baron Hanna, to Mr Thos. Muirhead, of Garston, Lakes District. Baron Hanna' d* sire is the far-famed Baron Fyvie (imp.), and bred . by Mr J. P. Sleigh, St. John's Wells, j Fyvie, Aberdeenshire ; sire. Baron's Prids . (9122); dam, Fyvie Bell (15,795), by Prince > Thomas (10,262); g-dam Thelima (15,268). by Maines of Airies (10,379) ; g-g-dam, Marito (9866), by Darnley (222). Baron 3 Hanna's dam, Princess Fanny, is by Crown Prince, dam Jean, by Lord Lome (imp.); g-dam, Fanny, by Younsr Banker (imp.) ; g-g-dam. Miss, by Lofty (imp.) ; g-g-g-dam, Nellie imported from Australia in 1862. From the above it will be seen that Baron Hanna Js connected with the best Clydesdale blood procurable, and his breeding is, j therefore, undeniable. The price paid for the colt was highly satisfactory, and Mr Muirhead is to be congratulated on secur- I ing such a fine specimen of horseflesh, and j -Mr Gardiner on getting! an adequate return., for Us forasiarbt in mating Baron Fyvie ' with Princess Fanny. * j • , WAITAHUNA STOCK. SALE. • The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association report; — We held our monthly stock sale at the Bridge Yards, Waita- ' huna, on Tuesday last. There was a good attendance of buyers from Balclutha. Lawrence, Greenfield. Milton, and the Taieri .!. to whom we submitted a good entry of , both sheep and cattle. Full-mouthed ewes sold up fro 13s 2d, broken-mouth ewes to ' 9s 7d, hill lambs to 10s. Steers brought up to £5 ss, cows and heifers to £5 ss ; horses, pigs, etc., at full market rates. ANNUAL STOCK SALE AT RAN- ! FURLY. I The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association report: — We held our annual sale of sheen, cattle, and horses on Wednesday last. There was a splendid entry of fat ' and forward wethers, hoggets, and breeding ewes, and a good attendance of far- ; mers from all parts of the Maniatoto Plains and Ida Valley. Competition was not crood, however. The bulk of the entry, consisting of merino and cross sheep. 1 changed hands at fairly satisfactory prices. [ Two lines of splendid merino wethers j fetched lls and lls 6d ; crossbred wethers, ' 13s to 14s; hoperets, lls 6d to 12« 6d. | Several mixed lines of cattle were yarded and offered at auction, but the owners' reserves were considered high, consequently little business was done. Mares and geldings suitable for farm work were j in good demand, and quit/? a number changed ownership at from £28 to £35. GORE HORSE SALE. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. reports: — *W<* held our monthly haree sale • in Ward's Bizaar on Friday, in the pre- I .<*3nce of a large attendance of farmers and dealers. Our entry was made up of 50 horses, the bull, of which were of quality above the ceneral average. Throughout the sale bidding wa« bri-sk, and everything in the shape of draughts, with one exception, changed hands at prices most satisfactory to vendors. Extra good young mares found ready sale at from £35 to £55. Useful farmere'. from three to seven >ears, brought from £25 to £32, four to seven- ' year-old geldings bringing from £22 to £39, according to size and quality. Several spring-cart geldings sold at from £20 to £30, and a number of aged marcs and geldings brought from £10 to £20. There seemed to be plenty more buyers present for good young sorts, but aged horses were ' not so much in demand. I DUNEDIX HORSE SALEYARDST"^ ' Messrs Wright, Stephen.son, and Co. (Limited) report as follows: — Ftu last j Saturday's sale there was a. rather poor , ; entry of horses, both in respect to num- I bers and quality. There were several buyers in the yard on the lookout for j first-class heavy draught geldings, also for ' young well-brrd mares, but as our entry did not include any of thene descriptions j very little busines-s wa=- done. The demand j for second-class draughts is not so keen, still business amongst this sort is rather : better than it has be-on for some tim« past. Good young, staunch spring-cartel s and spring-vanners continue scarce. The inquiry for firdt-cla^s harness horecs has impro\ed of late, and a.t the present time wo have buyers for a few reliable '• animals. We quote: Superior \oung draught geldings, at from £40 to £15; evtra good ditto (prize- winners), at from £45 to £50 ; superior young draught mares,

at from £50 to £60; medium draught mares and geldings, at from £30 to £40; aged, at from £10 to £15; strong springvan horses, at from £25 to £30 ; strong spring-carters, at from £18 to £25 ; milkcart and butchers' order-earfc horsss, at from £15 to £25; light hacks, at from £8 to £13; extra good hacks and harness horses, at from " £13 to £25 ; weedy and aged, at from £5 to £7. OTAGO FARMERS 7 HORSE BAZAAR. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited) reports : There was a good attendance our horse sale on Saturday last, when we sumbitted a large entry of all classes of horses totalling 47. The draught section was well represented. Country consignments came from Waiwera South, Balclutha, Ida Valley, Wedderburn, and the Taieri. The majority of these met fair competition, although prices of everything were in favour of buyers. Several useful spring-cart horses were placed at high prices, but these ware particularly n-c-? animals, the correct stamp for grocers' cart work in the city. Gocd young marcs are inquired for, especially those showing signs of breeding, and both at auction and privately during the week we placed a number at top values. Just && the moment light hackneys are dull of sale, but we expect them to improve from this on. We quote : Gooc Clydesdale mares, suitable -ior stud purposes and general farm work, £40 to £67; good useful draught mares and geld- "»£?, young and sound, from £35 to £44; ordinary farm draughts, £28 to £35; lighter and older, £20 to £28; heavy lorry geldings, from £40 to £55; spring-carters, suitable for town and hill work,' £20 to £30; upstanding buggy mares and geldings, from £16 to £25; hackneys, from £10 to £15; lighter sorts, from £6 to £10. PROPERTY SALE. Messrs John Reid and Sons' auction room was crowded on Saturday afternoon with residents from the Taieri and others, when that firm offered at auction a number of building allotments fronting Church street, Mosgiel. These allotments ranged in area- from 37 poles to 1 rood 10 poles, and are situated in . a central position in tho township. Under good competition all the vacant allotments offered found purchasers at prices ranging from £52 10s up to £87, .with an unsatisfied demand. There seems to be every prospect that the completion of the double railway line to Mosgiel will result in a substantial increase in land values in that locality. Messrs F. Carter and Co., hotel brokers, report having eorapleted the sale of the freehold of the Waipiata Hotel, Waipiata, togetnor with the stock, furniture, and effects, to Mr D. M'Gregor at a reasonable figure.