STOCK AND GRAZING NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3614, 19 June 1923, Page 11

STOCK AND GRAZING NOTES.

Weekly Stock Sales. Monthly (continued). Burnside, Wednesdays. Duntroon, 2nd Wcdnej-4-ddiugton, Wednesdays da.v fTiiireka Railway Juno- Woodlands, 3rd Wedtion, Tuesdays. nesday. Wallaectowu, Tuesdays. Milton, 2nd Tuesday. Fortn.'ahtlv " It.ilfour. 3rd Thursday. J ‘ 3 bomhury, Ist Friday, fiiversdale, Fridays. Duntroon, 2nd WedoesAshburton, Tuesdays. day. fferiot, Thursdays, Otatitati, 2nd Friday. Hinton, Thursdays. Biveradale, 3rd Friday. Wyndham, Thursdays. Waik..ka, last Friday. Clinton, Thursdays. last Tuesday. Balclutha, Fridays. Periodically as Horn, Tuesdays. Advertised. Month!.. Lumsden, Mossburu, ™ Jrumy - Orepuki, Mataura, Palmerston, 4th Thurs- Waikruaiti, Riverday. ton, Ngapan, and Hinton, 4th Tuesday. Otago Central Sales OTAGO. Trie weather in Otago continues settled with fine days if at night it is cold and frosty. Stock are doing well. A fair amount of lea ploughing has been done, and altogether the outlook for winter is promising. BURNSIDE MARKET. The yarding of fat sheen at Burnside totalled 3700, compared with 5579 a fortnight ago, a number of pennings lacking finish, and there being a fair proportion of ewes of mixed quality. Few consignments cf heavy wethers were forward, but apparently enough for the demand. There was generally a very fair trade, good killable ewes 'improving Is 6d per head, and were taken uv export buyers very readily, but heavy sheep were fully Is per head cheaper, and at times competition lagged for this class. Two and four-tooth maiden ewes, good skins, made 37s 6d. » The entry of fat lambs —1593, as against 1223 a fortnight ago—comprised fair to medium lots, with a good springling of store hoggets. There was a brisk demand, the usual export buyers operating, and prices were about Is 6d to 2s a head better than was the case at last sale, when, of course, butchers were keen buyers, but secured very heavy' lambs for show purposes at moderate values per lb; lamb made to 9id per lb. Tho yarding of 385 fat cattle, compared with 372 at the previous sale, was made up of fair to good sorts, but some unattractive animals were noticeable. The demand opined on medium quality,, for which competition was net brisk. Once quality was reached, however, the demand brightened up. and sales were readily effected at 1-ast week’s prices, which, indeed, were improved upon in some instances: quality beef at times made to 50s per 1001 b. Some slackening occurred at the close of sale. An entry of over 350 head of store cattle, most of them of indifferent quality, met with a dragging demand. Some nice lots of Hereford wearers made 23s to 465, and a yard of four-year-old Hereford cross bullocks (a bit thin) £5 12s to £5 15s, and half a hundred station breeding cows £2 to £3 10s, extra to £5. The pick of a moderate lot of dairy cows realised £ll to £l4 10s. A medium supply of fat pigs, mostly porkers, eased 7s 6d per head, bacon sorts making around s|d, and porkers 6£d per ib. Values of small and store pigs indicated no improvement on rates ruling at tho previous sale. ADDINGTON YARDS. There was a very large entry of fat sheep at Addington, the proportion of ewes being heavy, but of medium quality, with the usual exceptions. There was a general allround trade demand with exporters keenly parlicipating in ewe mutton. Wethers made up to 6|d per lb, and handy weight ewes around 4d per lb. The yarding of fat lambs was considerably greater than a week ago, with prices showing marked improvement, a rise, on the appreciated values of the previous week of about 9d per head being realised, lamb making up to 10R1 per-4b. A capita! entry of store sheep, mostly ftoem within the province evoked spirited competition for all classes, and prices throughout. were well maintained: good crossbred wethers made to 32s 6d, with breeding ewes making 2s a head better rates than were obtainable early ip the month, while hog-

gets improved Is 6d a head on rates ruling at the previous sale. A moderate entry of fat cattle numerically with many yards of three-quarter fat animals elicited keen bidding. A lino of some 30 head of cows from the \\T. ir lira pa were included in the offering, and these made from £6 to £3 per head. Although somewhat irregular, the demand was at times equal to a rise of £1 to £2 per head compared with rates current a week ago. Tat cattle generally improved £1 a head, beef making to 32s 6d per 1001 b. A large entry of store cattle failed to create much of a demand. The duality with few exceptions was indifferent, medium cows predominating. Dairy cows were somewhat dull of sale, best sorts making £l2 to £l6 10s Owing to a small entry of fat pigs, prices improved, and porkers sold with great readiness at around B£d per lb, baconera making to 7gd per lb. Store pigs (a small entry) made last week’s values. NORTH ISLAND STOCK VALUES. Values of sheep in the North Island indicate that they are maintained, even if in some markets transactions are somewhat limited. In the Poverty Bay district, fair wethers realised 23 3 to '2ss, hoggets ' 10s to 14s. fair old in-lamb ewes 225, medium young ewes 22s 3d, three to four-eyar-old bullocks in very forward condition £f. In ihe Wairarapa forward wethers made 26s to 27s 3d, young eyes in lamb, very fair sorts 29s to 31 3s, springing heifers £5 to £6 ss, springing cows £7 10s. In Hawke’s forward wethers 243 to 235, owe hoggets to 21s_ 6d. wether hoggets to 19s. young owes in-lamb 20s to 30s, weaner mixed calves of dairy type £1 6s to £1 15s two-year-old station steers to £4 2s. COUNTRY STOCK SALES. Only a few hundred sheep were offered at the sale at Clinton on Thursday. A yard of good crossbred wethers realised 28s 6d, medium mixed sex hoggets 235. Some 3000 sheep were yarded and sold at Balclutha a third of them being fat lambs, tho balance chiefly hoggets with a few pens of wethers and ewes. There was a capital sale, and dry sheep were fully Is 6d better than at the previous fixture a fortnight ago. Wethers made 26s 9cf to 29s 7d, good ewe hoggets 26s 2d, mixed sex hoggels good 21s Sd to 24s 4d, culls 11s fid. Crossbred ewes, sound mouchs, but not guaranteed 31s, sound mouth “Central” ewes 3Cs 6d, thin and failing breeding ewes 19s. A fair demand was experienced for the few cattle offered. STOCK NOTES. There is somo indication—slight, perhaps—of some life in the demand for dry siieep. The pulse of the' store market in Cantcibuiy seems stronger, and we have noticed, not infrequently, that the throb is felt in our province. It is stifled somewhat so thai. the early birds can get well “on the wing,” but is none the less welcome. Hoggets, wethers, and breeding owes are dearer in tho sister province than they were last month, while beef at Addington was up £1 to £2 per head in comparison with Dates luling a week ago. Certainly there was a smaller market, but now ili.it fattening cattle require something move than what is obtainable in a glass paddock, we may anticipate m Otago, with seme confidence, a steady and always appreciating demand for prime cattle. Although no very high prices ior head were paid for fat value at Burnside on Wednesday, up to £l6 5s per head was paid on two occasions for prime duality bullocks. Messrs Small! Bros (Moa Fiat; arid R. Ya'dlev and Son (Moa Flat) securing £r3 10s to"£ls 5s and £l3 10s to £i4 rOs for well finished stock. Why encourage classes for old bullocks? Why indeed, when the winner at the recent Winter Show, Dunedin, in the “mife'r three vears old class” killed out llOSlo? this weight, indeed, is verging on the heavy side. . , The Clydesdale Horse Society, tocotiand, is allowing a replica of the fifth Cawdor Oup as won Iqv Mr W. Moore Black, wiiu Flashdale, to be taken to Australia. A special inscription is to be put on tho replica in honour of the unique cselit. A valuable consignment of Clydesdale horses was iast week shipped from Dune Jin to Australia Messrs Mitchell and C Lrien, i.ho well-known Oamaru exporters, sending across their recent purchases from Messrs Thomson's Wai-rorigoa Clydesdale stub Otago. Tiie shipment included the unbeaten colt Brown Brilliant (by Dun ure Fabric ex Brilliant IV), the filly Ladv Fabric (by Dunure Fabric ex 1 ride ot Trowan), and the mare Bold Princess ,by Baron Bold ex Princess). All told, some 2o well-bred stud Clydesdales left these shores last week for sunny Australia. Mr Robert Paterson, of Stamperland, Cathrart, has sold to an Australian breeder. Mr N. Ramsay, Prospect Farm Newbridge, Victoria (says a Home paper) the rising two-veer-old Clydesdale colt Stamperland Star" by Mr T. Clark s well-known champion’ Rising Star, out of Lady Gay, by Alfred Mansell and Co. live stock exporters, Shrewsbury, England, recently sh taped from the Royal Albert Dock, London on behalf of Mr E. Craig 1 aimer, per s s Port Darwin, of the Comrnonw eaitn and Dominion Line, the prize-winning Hereford bull at Cambridge Royal Show Meddler (40915), sired by Bodenham Gaifiefd (26034). from Kyton Satire 4th oy Prince Charming (29972). He. traces back lo the noted bulls, Shraden W izard (2871| • Gav Boy (A 5584). Grove Wilton 2nd L 3845). and Monarch (7858). The bull, which has been sold at four figures, is destined for the Hereford herd of Mr Reynolds, Ilooartt me, A At r the sale of Red Poll cattle f rom the English herd of Mr Cailj le-Sm.Lh, good little uas experienced. A two-\ear-old hnifor Ashmoor Matlock, by Ashmoor Pearson, dam Ashmoor Mate i30001b) sold for 650-rns Forty-eight cows and hmfers averaged £lls 10s, and nine bulls averaged £ 'iVo Dorset Horn sheep have just been shipped to South Australia one of them , being a ram lamb bred by Mr A Johnson of Svdmondsbnry, England, which last year carried off several Awards He was one of tho group winning tha challenge cup at ne Dorchester show and ‘-ale, won find prize and the breed championship at the Horches ter Agricultural Show, and was one of tho pair winning first rnze at Yeovil.— Home Pa Mr‘W Price-Tones, of Rnsebay, Tercdoniva (N.S W.). has imported by the s.s Font, (now in port) five young shorthorn bulls and tnree heifers (states the Australasian}. Among the bulls is Bletchley Orangeman by Hean Orangeman, first, champion, and winner of challenge cup at Birmingham, and Shorthorn Society’s prize at Royal Cen-

tral Bucks Show (Eng.). Blatchley Romeo (one of ilio consignment) is a roan bull, second at the Royai Central Bucks Show in 1921, by Edgeote Royal Chief, dam Augustina Maid, half-brcther to the Buenos Aires champ on, which sold for £4566 ; Star of Ulster, a roan, by Red Butterfly, dam Beautiful Star, half-sister to Blossom, which sold for £2000; Carrowreach Knight, by Naesmorr Benedict, by Edgeote Master piece (a noted prize-winner), dam Carrow reach Broadbooks. The heifers include Notlaw Bellona 25th, bred by Dr B. Harley, by Notlaw Niger, dam Notlaw Bellona 21st, winnex of 10 first prizes at leading English shows and unbeaten. Tho sale of 60 head of “Middle White’ pigs at Histon, England, on account ot Messrs Chivers and Sons, created considerable interest in tho pig world. The average of £59 11s 6d for 60 is uncommonly good. Forty-four females averaged £57 11s 6d with a top of lOOgns, while 16 boars averaged £65 0s Bd. with a top of 300gns for Histon Hover 34 th.

—The largest anti-friction bearing in the world, recently on show in London, weighed more than a ton, and was more than four feet in height.