COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 124, 18 July 1911, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NsMitoii King’s Report. Air. Newton King reports:— At Waiwakamo ,m Thursday, July Gtn, there was a iair yarding, witn a good .vt-ichdauco of ouyers. Yearj hug iiviii-ta made 36s to £2 Us, year- ! I rag stems ids to 33s Gd, yearling I jersey nailers £2 os, two to thresyat nr-caii heifers £3 ss,to £-1 7s Gel, do. -Jersey strain £5 10s Od, springing iioners £5 12s Od to £5 16s, store i.nv,s £2 to £3 os, forward cows £-)., ; p; raging cons -to to £B, dairy cows £0 ids to £l3, bulls £2 Is to £3 12a Od, two-tooth ewes 13s, old ewes (is ii), welders 10s 3d, lambs Os (id. On’ Friday. 7th inst., 1 It eld a clearing sale at Warea on account of Air. T. Sutton, when there was a fair attendance. J'larly caivers made £6 to £l2, later do. £! to £5 15s, very late, and poor conditioned £3 to £3 os, 18 month lieif’crs £2 IBs (id, ■ cows in milk £B, bull £lO, trap mare £!), gelding £7, sows £2, small stores .1 Os to Jls (id. dray £l2, discs £(! Ids, sundries at usual rates. At I’reuui on Alomlay, the 10th inst., owing to the very wet weather there was only a poor yarding. Two to three-year springing heifers made £3 ids to- £4 IBs Gd, yearling Jersey heifers £2 IDs, store cows £2 ios, forward cows £3 10s to £-1 17s, Jambs 7s Gd. At Stratford on the 11th inst. there was a fair yarding, with a good attendance of buyers. Weaner heifers (small) made 22s Gd, mixed weaners 3us Gd, yearling steers 33s Gd to £2 4s, yearling heifers • £2 3s Gd to £2 8s (id, 2 to 21 year heifers £2 14s to £3 os, 2-V to. 3 year hellers £3 155, - store cows £2 lbs to £3 3s, forward cows £3 os to £3 ios, springing coivs £4 Jos to £5 os, 21 year steers £3 t)s, lambs 8s id. On the same dayM sold, on account of Messrs. I hlenocrg tiros., at the Stratford dairy yards, early caivers at ,£G to £8 ss, later £4 to £5 15s, stores and empty co\\;s £l 10s to £5, springing heUers £5 to £7 10s. On Wednesday, i2th July, 1 held a clearing sale at Normandy, in conjunction with Messrs. Gillies and i\alder, on account of Air. Jr. A. Higgs, u aeu there was a good atteuclai.ee, and the cattle, especially those showing good Holstein strain, sold well. Oonu grade Holstein early caivers made £iU to £2i os, later au. £0 to £il us j pedigree Jersey cow ‘ tna” 2ogns., * -Lady Trench” -jjj gas., pedigree Jersey bull “iv bee \ iugns., pedigree yearling jersey null ygas., ordinary early caivers .Li Ids to £l4, later £-t 5s to £<, yearling neneis £2 is to £2 Bs, 2 year heifers £3 Is, mare £2l), gelding £i i to £22 lUs, dray £8 iGs, waggon £33 10s, mower £l2 10s, disc £o, gig .£l3, rake £7, plough £G us, suudnes sold well. At Stony iiiver on the same day there was only a small y arding, and bidding was very quiet. Mixed weaners made 21s, yearling steers 3Us to £2 Os Gd; yeai lirtf nailers, 34s to 3os Gd, empty heifers £3 I.os Gd, springing heifers £4 2s, store hows oils to £3, fat, cows £1 l4s to £5 us, dairy cows £5 5s to £7 IDs. On account of the estate of B. Gray, .deceased; Springing heifers made 1 £4 2s, dairy cows £G to £lO os, ’ gi‘a<ie Jerseys up to £l4 15s, pedigree Jersey cow ‘ Cream .Waver” iSJgmj., do. ‘‘Jicws Countess” Joigns., bull £ll ss. 1 ’ 1 On Timrsday, July 11th, I held a clearing sale at my Stony iiiver yards on account .of air. A. Alexander, when there was a very large attendance from both North and South Taranaki, and from Auckland. The stock were \ in excellent; ‘condition, but competition for the fat and forward bullocks,,was not as keen as was expected, prices being in favour of buyers. Sheep also wore good buying, the scarcity of feed, no d’opbt, being accountable for the limited demand for both classes. A big Jot of horses were offered, most of them being of excellent quality. Bidding was keen for anything showing quality, and good prices were realised all round. Working bullocks £IG 5s in 223 10a nor pair, fat do. up to 13s, forward £4 IGs to £5 13s Gd, 2’ year steers £3 3s Gd to £1 2s, wmiuers 225, in calf heifers £3 7s to

.C-i Is, springers £5 12s (id, forward cows £3 -Is to £.‘-5 12s, breeding ewes 12s 2d, two-tooth ewes 11s Gel, four

laid six-tooth and i'.m. ewe\ os Kiel to Ts 2d, wethers 11s Id, lambs Bs, Romney rams £1 Ids, lambs do 10s

to 11s 6cl. marcs by (Quality Kiiig £45 to £Bl, by Knight of Thistle £4l to £7O, by Sandy Krskiue £SO, by Agent £25 to £OO, light draught mares £ls to £25. mare by Tasmania £27, gelding backs to £l-3, by Uhlan £l7, by (Jordon Rouge £lO to £22, mores £6 to £2O, fillies to £22 10s, foals £5 to £7 IDs, drill £22, roller £lO. dray £9, mow r £S, discs £B, wool press £7, sundries sold well.