COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 15, 2 September 1911, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

Newton King's ‘Weakly Report. On Wednesday, the 23rd, at. Mr. S. A. Gooding’s'sale at Buiakama, the re \\*.s a good attendance of buyers. The cattle aid not look at their nest, just haying come oil’ a Jong chive, and the majority being old. Early, dal vers made £7 10s to £lO .Ids, later £5 lOs to £7, old £1 to Co 10s, empty £4 10s, springing heifers £5 2s (id to £8 12s (id, 2 year empty heifers £4 Its, stallion “Toiler” £4O, On Thursday, 24th, I-hold a clearing sale at Toko on account of Air. A. Campbell, when tiicra was a largo attendance of the public. The sundries, furniture, and horses sold well, but there was not such a keen demand for the heifers, which wore not in good condition. Any that had been well done sold well. Prices wore;—Coves in milk £3 Ins, heifers calved £5 to £7, 2 year heifers close to profit £0 2s 6d to £lO ss, later £4 to ,-00, yearling heifers £3 os, wcaners 10s, empty heifers £1 12s to £4 15s, mare £2B, 3 year filly £25, 2 year gelding £2l 10s, yearling colt £ll, old marc £l3, pedigree Jersey Imll “Specialist” 20j guineas, “Scientist” guineas, pedigree cow “Nolly Darling” 20j guineas. On Friday, 25th, there was a good attendance of the public at Mr. J. Robson’s clearing sale at Pembroke Road. The majority of the cows aged, and sold accordingly, though ■'.vtidug ye-’ing and forward sold well. Cows in milk and close up £8 to £l3, old £2 5s to £0 ss, springing heifers £0 ss, empty cows £2 to ;t3 iOs, bull - " -It -f* 11s (id to £1 sy, 18 months heifers £3 7s, yearling heifers £2 Us od. On the same day, at Air. H. Putt’s clearing sale afc Waiongona there was a. large attendance, and the cattle, though mostly on the old side, sold well. Young springing cows £0 10s to £9 10s, old and backward £2 5s to £O, pigs and sundries at satisfactory prices.

At Mr. P. Anderson's sale at 1 ataraimaka on Monday tiic rn was n. good .ittemlnnco of buyers. Bidding was keen, and excellent prices were realised loi the cows, waif'!') were a nice lot, and in good condition, though a number wore late cnlvei s. Cuing springing cow s brought £8 to £l.l os, old and backward £3 15s to £7, mare )j2O I Os, gelding £1 I ids, dray £2!) 10s, gig £1.2 os, Oakura Dairy Factory snares 7s Gd. At my usual foi tnightly sale at Raliotu on Tuesday I had a fair entry, mostly of springers, ai a .s.m..g c,. _ j 'no cicmand throughout was not quite so keen for the young cattle, but most lines wore quitted at too bam mer at full market rates. Yearling •■fers made £2 2s to £2 10s, yearling steers 30s to £2 4s. wcancis • to 255, empty heifers £2 1 Is to £3 j.9s, fat cows £5 7s to £5 I is, spi inging cows £!• to £O, springing heifers C.TI9S co £7 2s Gd, heifers in calf and lair £ 1 to £i 10s, store cows 36s Gd to £3 I Is. •''MatthcV/s B-annott. Mattlicws and Bennett report a good horse fair at Inglewood last Friday, Fully the advertised muster came forward, and met with good competition, --r-.vvtally good young horses suitable for farm work. Prices as follows: ij ,dr ur.ingi.us, unbroken, £l6 to £22; milk cart liorses, £lB to £2+; good harness do., £ll to £l6 Is; weeds, £1 5s to £2 Is; and a consignment of ■ ■•Vi’ - -isf '-toi v m:w~" <'t. the Mart on Saturday pigs sold well, .t . us. SI *• . S tO ..IS. Atthe stock sale on Wednesday, we had a good muster, and bidding was good for all classes, springers showing an improvement on last week’s Prices as follows:—20 months to 2 year steers, £3 8s Gd to £■! 2s Gd; empty 2 year heifers, £3 8s to £3 15s; Holstein, £4 Gs; store cows, £2 is to £3 11s; old do., £1 5s to £2; springing heiidPs;' £5 15s to £6 ss; cow's! £5 10b to £7 15s; late to., £4 10s to £5 15s; second rate, £2 15.- to £3 10s; hoggets, Us 7d; culls, 5s 7d ; fat wethers, £1 0s 9d.