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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4403, 27 April 1909, Page 4

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[ft v. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Couinauy’s, Ltd. weekly report: j&HorseF : At the ,Durham Yards on pi ay we ba 1 a full muster of h rsea of ptO,>d st .nip He ivy draughts sold at ip £2 ’ H's t * £37 15s; medium do, jwß •Os 'b £29 ; hacks a> d light bar--I*B htr-KS, £8 IDs to £2O ; weeds, £2 Isto 48 ; si ring cart, £l2 10<; cart, 10 lOs. At' Pukekohe on Wednesday there was Kl»'ge must r «,f stor k of nl descriptions ijpdj prices showed a decided improvement on late laws. Dairy cows sold at fßoiti £3 10s to £8 ; heifer®, £3 5s to £6 |Mos; empty c >ws, £1 18s to £3 3s; [grown at ers, £5 5s to £6, lii't/.two to .thre - ear-old do., £8 Htyjtp/i.5 15s ; jp)»:ari n ;ti. '£l 14 s to £2 4s ;’ fjrfves, 13-* to £1 9s. Beef, of which there was a lla ge y*idiug, sold at Newmarket rates. At Waiuku on tSuUmaw *tbje yards wer« w )1 tilled and all-cl4sses' : of stock Sold at late rate.. Dairy cows Bold at fi»m £4 to £7 10s ; empty cows, £2 MtAJlii 2s fid • ' twp 'to , three-year-old steers', > J IDs to £4jT3s ;, jh-arliugs, £1 Is to £2 3s ; calves, 15s to £ l 8a; 1 beef at New market rates ; grown steers, ;'„'£s lOs t. £0 4s. ' afll4 : -»t the Newhiarijet 0 Yards on 'Tuesday c fctle of all descriptions were va.d' din large numbers I'airy cows ' s »ld at f. oiu £3 10s to £8 l(k». ; euijAy cows, £1 17 : to £3; calvtjs, 13s foil 1 ' 10„. Be f was yaidedin full quantities „ and .■•iM under steady competition at ,l<»te rates Oxen told to 21s j?er 1001 b • anti ebrts 17s to lls. Steers sold at from £6 10s to £ll 5s ; cows, £3 10s to £7. A "draft <f 40 steers from Messrs lteed Brothers. Waerenga, averaged £lO Is. Sheep ; The Newmarket Yards were well filled w .Tuesday .and .sold at y.i.ightly improved rates % Wethers sold " at from lls 6d to 17s 9d ; ewes, 8s 9d to 16s * hrggets, 8s 6d ,to 13s ,9d.;, lambs, 8s to 14s 3d. Pigs : 'Porkers sold at from 15s 6d to £l 88 ; weaners, 5s 3d to 10s 9d; ;/ baco. ers, £1 18s to £2 14s. We held a special sale of horses at Pukekohe on Monday, when scarcely the ( advertised number came forward. No extra heavy draughts were yarded. Dmught horses sold at frop . £22 to £BO ; medium' draughts, .£'l9 .to' £26 ; light harness Softs, £l3 to L2& l'0s; hacks, Ll 5 to L2l ; cobs, L 7 10s to Lll 15s; pobies, L 3 10s to L 6 10s ; weeds, Ll 10s toL2 10s. We submitted an extra large catalogue df hides, skins, and tallow oh Tuesday, all lines meeting with keen competition at late rates. yheepskins : Market firm. Best butchers’ skins; large to 5s 6d, good 4s to 4s 3d, small 2s 61 to 3s 3d; lambs’ and pelts, 2s lOd to 3s 3d seconds, 2s ■ d %a' * ‘i ■ /.I • I v;« to 28 3d. ( Tallow : Market firm. Best mixed, to 25s ; good, 23s 6d to 24s 3d ; inferior, 21s 6d to 228 6d ; rough fat, lid to l|d per lb. ' Bones, li4 los‘ , Cowtails, Is 8d dozen. Horsehair, Is to ls9d. Cow hair. Is per IK Wheat: Stocks sre very light and the market is firm at 4s Bd. Oats are in good demand at 2s Id ex store. ! ,

Maize Supplies are light at 4s 6d ex wharf.' ? * 1 ’ ! Chaff! Stocks a* e light and the market is firm.at L4toL4 as ex store. Brau and pollard : In good demaud at L 4 5s and L 6 10s respectively. Onions are wor.h L 6 ex store. Butter : Very slow of sale. The better qualities of farmers are in poor demand. Choice separator, 9d; good quality, 8d to B£d ; poor, 7d to 7sd. Eggs are realising Is 8d per dozen aud are in good demand. Fungus finds ready sale at sd.