FARM PRODUCTS.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13287, 19 June 1936, Page 4

FARM PRODUCTS.

BUTTER FIRM ; CHFESE QUIET. DAIRY STOCK IN DEMAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., has received the following advice from its Louden office, dated .June 1# :-—l);.Cry produce Clast week s quotations in parentheses): Butter, New Zealand choicest salted, 106 s to 107 per cwt (Ills). Quietly steady. Cheese: \Vh-te and coloured. CIOs per ent <6ls to 625). Market quiet. The London butter market has been buoyant for the past week cur ten days, _ hilt is now quieter. Ihe price rose fiout 105 s to 10, s per cut. for the first week of this month and the market closed on June* 11 at Ills to 112 s. and this in comparison with 86s per cwt at June 12, 1935. The cheese market has also greatly improved, but is now slightly easier. The closing price for white and coloured oil June 11 was 6ls 6d, an advance of 3d to 3s 6d per cwt on the week, in contrast with 44a for June 12, 1935. CLEARINGSA LE. •Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on the clearing sale of dairv stock and horses held on account of Mr H. W. Hall, of Ashhurst. We report a highly satisfactory sale, the cows, although !>eing chieflv September and October culvers, were a typey lot, competition right through being keen with values realised proving very satisfactory. to the vendor. The three horses submitted also sold freely. Quotations: August cal vers. €6, £6 ss. £6 10s, £6 15s, £7. £7 os, £7 10s, £8 to £8 os; September and OctoTJer calvers, £4, £4 lOs, £5. £5 os, £5 lOs, £5 15s, £6 to £6 lOs; heifers. £4 ss. £4 7s 6d. £4 !<►>. £4 15s, £4 17s 6d. £5 os. £5 7s Od; rising two-year filly, £24 ss: out* rising two-year gelding. £ll ss: one two-year gelding, £l3 ss. ASHHURST SALE.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report on their Ashhurst sale, when a small yarding of sheep and a iair yarding of cattle was offered. The sheep met a good demand and the cattle, which included some good quality beef, were disposed of at late rates.

We quote: Aged ewes, r.w. S.D. ram, 14s; fat lambs, 18s 2d; twotooth killers, 15s; fat Shorthorn cows, £6 2s 6d ; fat P.A. heifers, £5 17s 6d; fat P.A. and Hereford cow's, £5, £5 lOs; fat Jersey cows, £2 lOs, £2 15s, £3, £3 15s; store cows, £2, £2 10s; -empty Shorthorn cows, £3 6s; empty Hereford cows, £3 10s; empty Jersey heifers. £2 10s ; dairy cows, September calvers, £3 lOs, £3 15s; slips, 10s 6d: hinau posts, £8 17s 6d pod 100. SALE OF MAKIXO JERSEYS. The New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Distributing Co., Ltd. report on the sale of pedigree and grade Jerseys, held on account of Mr P. R. Simpson, Makino. Owing to the very rough weather there was a. small attendance. Although the bidding was inclined to drag, the prices realised wore fairly satisfactory, and compare favourably with recent sales of similar cattle. The average price worked out at lO guineas. Quotations for young cows, best, lOgns., llgns., 12£gns. to 15gns. ; older cows, 6gns., 7gns., Bgns. to 9gns. ; unsound, ogns. to Signs. ; two-year heifers. 6gns. to lOgus. ; grade cows. £8 lOs. £9 to £lO os; two-year hull, vTairua Carbineer, 18gns.