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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8799, 29 April 1907, Page 2

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| High Commissioner's Report. !Per Press Association. Wellington, April 29. > The following cablegram has been 1 received from the Higly Oommia- | sinner, dated Loudon, April 27: — ! The mutton market is dull, and trade for all claa-es has been very slow and prices baiviy maintained. Canterbury mutton is at B%U and In or tli Island 3%d., The lamb market is steady, ana there is a good demand for all lamb. Light weights are quoted at s>4d for Cauterburv brands, other brands oj-g’d, heavy weights Oautebrury s^cl, others i^d. The beef market is quiet, but firm, and quotations are and 3d for hinds and fores respectively. The butter market is dull owing to the poor demand experienced. Choice Mew Zealand is quoted at 975, Argentine 90s, Siberian 90s, and Danish 101 s per cwt. The choose market is steady at 62s per cwt. f The hemp market is quiet at a I decline. Good fair grade on spot is | quoted at £llß 10s, April-Juno ship--11 monts £33. Lair grade on spot £3O, t April-June shipments £29 10s. Fair current Manila on spot £3B per ton. The Cocksfoot seed market is quiet, and buyers are uot keen to do business, as they are "waiting for reports concerning the American crop; I7lb bright clean New Zealand seed is quoted-at 52s per cwt. Quotations for Bradford tops arc as follows: 30’s (low crosbsreds), Is -I}ld ; 40's (low crossbred), Is 44’s (medium crossbreds), Is 7d ; 50’s lialf-breds) Is 9y<d. Market steady. Woo!, Skin, Hide and Tallow Sale. \ The Kovr Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report: — At our fortnightly sale to-day we offered 25 bales and a number of sacks of vrcol, a fairly large Quantity of skins rani hides and a small lot of tallow. In sympathy with the uncertain feeling in the wool markets of Europe, which recent cables indicate, ouv local sales to-day displayed an easier tone, bidding lacked spirit and prices must be quoted lower than those ruling a fortnight ago for all classes of produce. We should quote the decline in values to be about Jd per lb for wool, to ”d for skins, and Sd to Id per lb for hides. We quote : Wool; Ccarso crossbred, Sid to 9i; rough and seedy crossbred, 7i cl to 8d ; lambs crutchings, sidto Gd ; ewes orutching«, seedy, 4)d to CJd ; pieces, 3acl to sd. Sheepskins : Crossbred pelts, 7d to Old inferior and broken pelts, 2id to Gd ; kalfvroolled crossbred, 8d to 9d; lambskins Sid to Pd per Hr; gi-oon skins, fa to 5s Gd ; green lamb skins, 3s 9d to 4s 3d. Ilides : Only inferior lot forward. Wo quote : —Ox, yjd to 5,d ; cow, 5d to 5-}d ; slippy and cut, bid to 4i}d ; calf, sound, 'ld; calf, damaged, 2d to 4d. i Tallow ;In tins to 20s per cwt. Feiicling Marks! Report A. H. Atkinson and Co. report: Notwithstanding wot weather a vary fair entry of pigs came forward on Friday. There was a good attendance of buyers and prices ruled on the whole up to lust week, weauers being if anything a little easier. A small entry of poultry sold at improved prices. Produce came to hand in average quantities and sold at late rates. Quotations. Horses, etc. Hacks £5 3s Gd to £5 sa, gig £l2 10s, dogcart £23. Pigs: medium woauers 8s to 10s, small and inferior 3a 3d to (is, good slips 1-la to IGs 9d, others 10s to 13s, small stores 13s to 15s, modiv. n 16s to 19s, light porkers 22s to 23s Gd, medium to 27s Gd. Poultry: Cockerels 3s to 3.s -Id, hens 2s IDd to 3s -M clucks Is Gd to 2s, turkey gobblers 10s (id, ditto hens 5s -id to Gs 2d. Ail per pair. Produce : Medium table potatoes 8s I per sack, inferior 4s Gd to Gs per sack, pig ditto 2s Gd to 3s per sack, prime onions 9s 9d per cwt, inferior 7s (id per cwt, swedes Is 9d per sack, cabbage 3s 3d per sack, pomp-, kins and marrows per lb, cooking apples Id, eating apples to Ibid per lb. Factory bacon: Bides 7>|d, hams 7%d per lb. Stock Report. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd. report on their [usual weekly sale at Feilding on Friday as follows: There was a fair yarding of sheep, considering the time of year and the recent heavy rains. The following is a list of the prices realised: — medium lambs 9s Gd to 10s Gd, inferior lambs 8s to Ss lOd, cull lambs os Gd to Gs. There was a medium entry of cattle. Special entry of '2% j year bullocks £3 to £5 18s, do - heifers in calf £5, on account of Mansoirs estate Jersey heifers in calf £5 5s to £5 10s, young Jersey 7 bulls 2gus. Messrs J. H. Nixon and Co. report as under: —At Wanganui on the 34th lust, wc had a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle, and were favoured with a good attendance of buyers. Sheep sold well, nearly all the lines being disposed of before the close of the sale. Young cattle and fat cows found a ready sale. We quote :— Sheep : Fat wcfii3rs 10s 9d to 17s, fat owes 12s 9d, 14s, :o 14s 3d; forward owes lis3d to 13s 3d, 2-tooth wethers 13s lOd to [3s 3d, f.m. ewes in lamb 95.9 d to 13s .od, mixed lambs poor 5s Id to 7s Id, others 9s Bd, 10s Id to 10s 3d. Cattle: Fat cows £5 Gs to £5 IGs, light £3 8s to £4T3s, store'- cows £2 Os, empty heifers 33s Gd to £3, -30mouth steers |£3, 18-month heifers 36s Gd, yearlings mixed 33s Gd, Pigs: Wcaners 7s 3d to 8s 6d, porkers 335.