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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 120, 13 July 1911, Page 4

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TARANAK! WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALE. MR NEWTON KING’S REPORT. On Tuesday, July 4th, I held my usual four-weekly sale of above produce. Tl;e catalogue comprised 12 bales and 72 sacks wool, 2740 sheepskins ,16 casks, J kegs, and 40 tins tallow, 978 hides, 231 calfskins besides the usual assortment of bones, horse hair, cowtails, etc. There was a good attendance of buyers, and competition was keen. Wool and sheepskins were on a par with late rates, any change being in favour of the buyer. I did not have any first-class lines of stout ox hides to offer this sale. Prices reahsed for the classes offered were equal to last sale. Best lines of cow hides sold at late rates, ordinary cow in most cases declined £ per lb. Tallow declined 10s per ton. Wool.—Coarse crossbred 7d to 74d; cotted, 6]d to fifd; coarse lambs, 7d; seedy lambs, sd; crutchings, 3kl, 4Jd, -1-id, 4|-d, 5d to s ld; pieces, 3fd to 4 id; scoured pieces, 9d; first dead, G.jd; second dead, od; locks, 3d to 3-tfd; skin pieces, 3d. Sheepskins.—Coarse crossbred halfwool, 6fd, Ckl, to 6|d; second grade, half-wool, old, skl, ofd, to 6d; hoggets, o'd, fid, 6.',d, 6id to 62d; Jwool 32d. 4d, 4id to okl; pelts. 2d to id ; dead lambs, 4d to 4kl; dead (damaged), 2 : |d to 3kl; damaged, halfwool, 4jd to 4kl. Damp lines as follows:—Full wool, 5s Sd, 6s to 7s fid; threequarter wool, 4 s 6d. 4 s fn i. 4s Bd, 4s 9d, 6s to 6s Id: half w. ol 2* 3d, 3s, 3s 3d, 3s fid, 3$ 7ci. 3s IGd 4 io 4s 3d; quaveer wool, 2s, 2s 2d, 2s fid, 2s 7d to 2s Pd; pelts, 2d to fid; damaged, 2s, 2s fid, 3s 4d to 4s 3d; black, 3s 8d; dead, 2s, 2s 3d to 3s; dead lambs, ]o>! to Is 6tl.

Salted Linos.—Full wool, Ss 9d; threequarter wool, 4s, 4s 2d, 4s 3d, 4s sd. 4s 7d, 4s 9d, 4s lOd to os 4d; halfwool, 2s 6d, 2s Bd, 2s lOd, 3s, 3s id to 3s 7d; damaged.' Is to 2s 3d Hides.—Ox (stout), 7-J-d; heavy 63d ro 7id : exti a heavy ox, 6d to 6id ■ medium, G.kl to (3Jd; light, 6d to C^d; out ox, okl to 5;,k1; superior medium. (3-3 cl to 7id; cow (superior heavy), fijjd to Gf’d; superior medium, 6§l to Old; ordinary cow (heavy), 6Jd to 6|d; medium, 6)d to 63d; light, fid to o|d; slonpy and wet, s;]d to fid; cut ccw, -1 ;d to 53d; farmers, cow, heavy, I ; 5-d to 53d ; light, 44d to old; stags. 4d to 4jd : cut stags, 3)d; slippy cow, Id to 4Ad; yearlings, si|d to fijd; special lines," 7d to 7Jd jslippy, 3d to 4d; cut, to s§d. Horse Hides.—Heavy, 8s 3d. 10s fid. to 16s 3d: medium, 7s 3d, 7s 9d, 83’to 8s 9d; light, 4s 6d; cut, horse, or, to 5s fid. Calfskins. —Firsts, 7d to 7fd; seconds, 6jkl to 7d : cut, 4fd to sd; slippy, 3i to sscl; dry calf, Is 5d each. Tallow.—Best mixed, 21s to 24s Cd; medium. 23s fid to 23s fid; in tins (best). 23s 3d to 245; medium, 19s: in kens, 23s fid. Horse Hair, Is 7d per lb. Cow tails. Is 7d doz. Pigskins, Is each. Coat skins, fid each. Mv next sale will he hold on August Ist. '