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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 9 November 1907, Page 5

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XEWTOX KING'S REPORT. At the llayiuarket oil Saturday go-Kl store piga made 23s to 27a Ud, slips Ids to 17s, porkers 335, horses .CI 10s to C 3 12s Oil. At till' mart there was a good entry of poultry. Chicks made 7d to Is Ud, pullets 2s ocTTo 2s Bd, hens Is Sd to 2s Ud, eoekerels 2s 2d to 2s !)d, du-.'ks li Ud to 2s 3d, ducklings Is Cd. A large <|iiantity of furniture and liousjInid cU'ects wa» sold at satisfactory prices. Oil Monday at Stratford mv annual bull fair attracted a large number of buyers. There was a capital entry .if bulls; principally .Shorthorns and '.leviCys. Ml the former class the we;! known breeders 11. Cibson, C. J. Hawken, W inks' estate, and ]!. E. Jlclliie offend sonic really good animals, while in the •lersey class .Mr. Thomas Linn topped the market with a good two-year ball, which realised C2S, other vendors realising up to C 1.1. Two-year Shorthioi bulls made from £7 to ell 1.55, ordi lary grades and crossbreds from C2 ills to 10. Ridding throughout was ve'-v spirited., and nearly everything was soM at the liaminer at very satisfactory prices. <iu Tuesday at Stratford there was ;t very big yarding, especially in the store yards. .Most of the cattle were looking rough, and were not up to the us.i il average quality. TSidding on the whole was not up to the previous sale, and several lines were passed in. Twelve to IS UMiiths steers made £2 10s to .£2 IS-, yearling heifers 23s to 31s, st'ire cows LI 10s to £2 10s, fresh conditioned from C2 18s (id to £3 10s, fat cows cr> 10s to C 3 14s. In the dairy pens bidding for springers of '"i-jd quality was spirited, and good pri'; j s were realised throughout the sale, liejt printing heifers made £3 10s to £0 3s, inlerinr and backward £3 to £4 2s Oil, licitcrs calved C2 3s to £3, springiig cows £3 15s to £lO. At Stony River on Wednesday tlis yards were crowded with stock. There was a large Attendance and brisk bid ding, nearly everything being sold at 1 lit* hammer at excellent prices. Yearling steers made £2 4s to £2 13s (id 2-year do £3 lis to £.'! 12s fid, yearling lieilers 27s lid to 33s (id, 18-nionths to 2 year do 33s to TTTs, Springing do £4l 17- to £3 3s, .lersev do £7 10s, sto/e . cows £2 :»s to C2 17s, fresh-conditioned . do C 3 5s to C 3 17s fid, fat do £4 Ms to £(i 3s, bulls £2 10s to £7, wealier ; pigs 10s (id. At 'Toko on Wednesday I held a cleir- - ing sale on account of Mr. W. 11. Rennio. v.hcn there was a good attendance md I very -at isfactory prices were realise.!. '• Cow- near prolit made £7 to £S f>s. . backward callers IJ3 .Ms !o £(j ss, ye'l'liltg heifer- 325. bulls C 3 as to £3 7s fi.l, horses cl I to £2O, hack £3 13s, sows 11 3s to £3 3s. On account of other vendors, springing cows £0 3s lo £l!l li 3s. springing heifers £3 10s to CI 13s, y empty heifers £2 3s fid to £2 13s. 1. AVU.SOX AXI) NOTjAX'S RETORT. We had a fair average poultry entry . last Saturday. Trices ruled on aboul II a par with the previous week. W< '' also quitted a good catalogue of sun in dries. We had our first shipment o 't' strawberries this week, which sold a n > satisfactory prices. We will be haviaj ,s I'uWhcr consignments at regiflar inter vaK We quote:—liens Is lOd to 2 4, 3d, roosters Is (o 3s, cockerels 2s, duck 'j 2s to 2s 2d, ducks and ducklings 0s 'Jd. SHARE REPORT. It- Wooilliouse, sharcljfroker. report the following sales for the week enilin 1 " Vovember lltli:—Waihis, l£B 10s (id, C ' s Ss. £8 7s fid, Talismans £2 !)s (id, £ 10s; Champions (contributing) Is 11 y. ,n 2s Id. 2s 7d, 2s (id. 2s 7d; fiolden C'rns (delivery three months) 5 1 ,{.d; Cnhlc " Kelts (paid) 2s '3d; New Waitekaur *' 1U