PAHIATUA SALE.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13374, 30 September 1936, Page 4

PAHIATUA SALE.

KEEN DEMAND FOR HORSES. DISTRIBUTING GO'S REPORT. The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Distributing Co., Ltd. report on their weeklv sale held at the Pahiatua sale.' ards yesterday a s follows: A special entry advertised on account of the Pahiatua County Council, who offered the whole of their heavy draught horses. harness, drays and equipment, also approximately 2 -: tai.s chaff and 4-50 bushels of feed oats, no doubt brought forward a large attendance of buyers and hidc'i. g was most spirited throughout, with the result we report a total " a ranee under the hammer, the chaff and oat- being purchased by local farmers and local bodies, while sill of the horses were purchased by outside buyers from Marten. Longlnirn. h\ atherston. WePi hapeWe quote: Heavv draught horses. £3l*. £43, £46. £SO. £52 Ids. £-54, £59 10s, £6O and £7O. Chaff. £7 to £7 5s )>er ton ; oats, Garton feed. 4s 4d to 4s per bushel. Block drays. £l7, £2O and £2l. Harris: All disposed of at satisfactory prices. On account of other vendors, we quote: Sheep: Eat ewes. 30s. Dairy cattle: Heifers, forward sorts. £6 to £C 7s ril ; latex - calvors. £5, £5 5s t<» £5 15s ; - ■cond calvers, £6. Pigs: Weaners, 15s to 20s; stores, 19s to 20s. H orses: Aged mare, £3O. DALGETY'S REPORT. Mes srs Dalgety and Co., Ltdliave to report on their usual weekly sale when they submitted a small entry of sheep a nil cattle to a large attendance of the public*. Bidding was spirited and they were successful in disposing of the who! of the r entry at very sa.is a -tory prices. There was improved demand for dairy heifers. The following prices were realised: Sheep - Woolly wether hoggets, 24s 4d ; springing dairy heifer >. £4, £4 10s, £5 2s 6d. £5 7s 6d. £5 10s, £5 15s to £6 10s. LOAN COMPANY'S REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. re|xirt on the weekly sale held on Tuesday, when a good yarding of dairy stock came forward and met with gofld com petition. Quotations: m Eat ewes, 265. V Springing Jersey heifers (near * profit), £6, £7. £7 iOs; Jater calvers, £5 lOs, £o 15s; small springing heifers, £4 to £4 15s: springing Jersey cows, £4 15s. £5 lOs, £6 ss; heifers in profit. £5 10s to £6; cows in profit, to £5: yearling Jersey bulls. £4 15s. Small pony, £8 ss.