COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 105, 24 June 1911, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY STOCK REPORT. Newton King, On Wednesday, the 14th inst., 1 field a clearing sale at Rivcrlca, on account of Mr. A. McEwan, when there was a good attendance, mere was keen competition for tho stock, which was mostly young, and good prices were realised. Weanors made 39s Gd, springing heifers £5 to £5 ■l7s Gd, in-calf heifers £4 Is to £4 7s Gd, dairy cows £5 2s Gd to £9 17s Gd, store cows £2 15s, pony £G, mare L*9, trap jiorse £l3, 3-year draught colt £39 ss, plough £G, sundries sold ;’.t visual rates. *

At Midhirst on Thursday tbo IGth inst., I held a sale on account of Mr. A. G. Fisher. There was a large number in attendance, and any of the stock showing quality and in forward condition (especially tiie Jerseys) were keenly competed for. Early' caivers sold for £7 10s to £lO 15s, later do. £5 10s to £7, very late and empty .££ to £4 15s, Jersey heifer chives ,£G 15s, weaners 375, pedigree Jersey hull '2o,\ guineas, hall draught geldings £l.B 10s to £2l, harness horses £8 15s to £lO IDs, breeding sows ,t2 15s to £l, drill £29, mower £9, discs £O, roller £l9, hay-rake £~y 15s, timber jack £0 10s, chain harrows £3, 2 stacks of oaten hay realised £lO each, and all snndiies sold well. .0n.., Monday I . field a clearing sale on the lamer Palmer Road, on account >.) Mr. \. A. Stapleton, when there was a fair attendance. The Mock was well competed for, and the eons, close up, were in good demand. Early caivers made £7 5s to Li2, later £5 10s to £7. very late £3 10s to £5, weaners £2 Gs (these were good Jersey strain), grade Jersey. hull £2 2s, hay gelding £l3 ss, hack £lO, woaner pigs 7s, stores 15s to_ !9s.' saws £2 ss, cans 255, plough £7, milk waggon £32, 72 shares in the Kanpokonni Dairy Factory brought £2l ; snndi ies sold well. At Rahotii on Tuesday there was a lair yarding with a good attendance of buyers. Young stock was in good demand, and sold at prices slightly in advance ol late market rates. Woaner heifers made £2 Gs to £2 10s, wearier steers 38s Gd to £2 Is, mixed weaners 395, do. small J9s to £2 2s, store cows £2 12s Gel to £3 Is, forward cows £3 J Is to £1 17s, 18 month heifers £2 13s to £3 Bs, springing heifers £5, hulls £1 15s. A quantity of furniture sold on account of Mr. James Phillips realised satisfactory prices. Voting, Hobbs and Co. At Strathmore" on Monday, 19th inst., wo hold our monthly sale in that district. All the advertised cattle came forward. The yarding was comnrised chiolly of cows and young cattle. We quote:— Dairy cows £5 17s Gd to £G 10s, store to fresh do. £3 5s Gd to £3 IDs,

18 mouth steers £3 to £3 Is Gd, {■.{lives 20s to £i 12s Gd. .At Stratford on I uesday. 20th, wo had ;i full yarding, hut owing to the continued rough weather, purchasers were inclined io hold Ml, with tiic result that store cows and young steers wore difficult to qiiit at vendors" receives. Eat cows made £5 1-1 s Gd to !.*) 15s, store to fresh do. £2 15s to £3 -Is, dairy heifers £4 10s to £5 15s, 2 year steers £•!, calves to warlings £1 14s to £2 ss, weanors 25s to 30s, lamlis Ss to Sc 3d, 2 tooth owes (small) 12s, cull ewes 3s Gd.

Tim Nsw Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agsnoy Co., Ltd. Tho Stratford branch of the above firm reports:—Wo held our usual fortnightly sale at our Stratford yards on Tuesday last, when we yarded 720 cattle and 46 sheep. YVo disposed of about half of the cattle cad tho sheep. Altogether cattle are dull of sale, and very dillicult to quit. Except weanors, which have advanced considerably since our last sale. We had some very nice limiters yarded, both Holstein and .Holstein--!ersoy cross, which' attracted considerable attention and brisk bidding. It is very apparent that dairy fanners now recognise that the Holstein cross are the most profitable dairy cattle, consequently anything showing this cross is keenly competed for. The following prices were realised ;—Weanors (poor and weedy) I Is to 20s, fair to medium quality 26a Gd to 30s, while anything well grown and good colours, realised up to 30s, one line ol Holstein heifers realising 495, Gd; cows (light and low condition) 47s Gd to G2s, forwards cows GGs to 74s Gd, fat cows 99s to 105 s, 18 month steers (a good number of which wore yarded of fairlv good quality) only realised 65s to .GSs ;< a very nice line of 3 year old* steers -(forward condition and good finality) were disposed of at 107 s Gd ; 2 year empty heifers are now in demand, and a line of those sold at.GGs; 3 year old heifers (Holstein .cross'* realised I 10s to 1555; other 3 year old heifers in calf, of fair quality and in good condition, wore disposed of from 100 s to 110 s; bulls from G4s to 80s, and a small line of sound mouth ewes realised 6s Bd. During the week we have disposed of a considerable number of dairy herds at prices ranging from £8 to £7 10s.

Messrs Matthews and Bennett report that their was a fair entry of cattle ill their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Most lots changed hands,, prices being on tho rise. Prices were as follows; Wcaners 33s to 3Gs Gd, springers £G 5s to £7, incalf heifers £3 2s to £4 4s. empty heifers £3 2s, good in-calf heifers £1 5s to £5 10s, store cows £1 16s to £2.