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Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1920, Page 2

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NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At Uromil on Ist inst. I held my supple-mc-nta.ry sheep fair nnc> cattle sale and report a fr.il- yarding In each section. The sheep market maintained a steady tone throughout, practically n full clearance being made at tho hammer. Priws: Good shorn lambs 17s Id, do. 13s Od to 14s, mixed 2-tooths 25s 6d, 2-tooth ewes 25s 2d, 2 to 4-tooth do. 275, 6tooth nnd f.f.m. 19s to 21s, sm. do. lis 9d vo )4s, 2-tooth wethers 27s fid, 4-tooth do. 30s itd, mixed aged do. 2Ss 4d, rams Vf. to 2!i ens. Cattle also sold with a bright tone. Store cows £5 lCs tn £8 ss, bulls- £8 to £lO ss. 3 and 4-year bullocks £ll 17s Cd, 3 and R-vear do. £7 Ss Oct. 3-ycar Jersey steers (with condition) £O, 18 to 20-month steers £4 15s, smaller do. £3 to £4, 18 to 20-month empty heifers £5 os to £5 lis, weaner heifers 30s to £2 18s, steers £2, mixed weaners £2.

I report a small yarding at Stony River the following day. Small mixed weaners 20s, weaner steers 255, heifers £1 for small sorts up to g3 Is for Shorthorn line, fat cows £lO 15s to £l2 Is, stnro do £6 5s to £Bj 10s, cows nnd calves £7 Ills, 18 to 20-month steers £4 (!s, good shorn lambs 17s Id, small do. lis Bd. At Kohuratnhl on 3rd inst.. In conjunction with the NZ.L. and AI.A. Co., I held my supplementary sheep fair and cattle sale. I report a good yarding, sheep maintaining a firm market throughout, enquiry being both local and from outside, whilst cattle also in most cases reached vendor's reserves. Sheep: 2-tooth wethers 28s, poorer do. 20s, 4 to 6tooth 30s 9d, poorer do. 20s, 4-tooth ewes 26s 3d, s.m. do. 14s'Id to 17s, lambs 15s sd, 2-tooth rams 2gns. Cattle: 2 to 2%-year ic. heifers £8 17s Od and £9, 18 to 20-month do. £4 7s Od to £7 ss, 4-year bullocks £ll to £ll 10s, 3-year do. SI), 2 to steers £5 to £0 2s Cd.

At Ohura the following day I held my supplementary sheep fair and cattle sale. The yarding was quite up to advertised numbers. Sheep sold very well, a strong local demand accounting for most of the yarding remaining in the district. Cattle also met with good enquiry, steers being yarded in big numbers and making the bull: of the sale in this section. Sheep:-2-tooth ewes 29s to ?,0s 2d, small do. 25s Od, 4 to C-tooth 21s to 255, 6tooth to f.f.m. 19s to 235, f.m. do. 14s 6<J to ISs Id, 2-tooth wethers 27s to 30s Id, 4-tooth do. 26s 3d to 295, small do. 20s, fat and forward do. 20s Cd, lambs 14s to 16s, rauns 1 to' Cattle: 4-year bullocks £l2, 3-year do? £8 18s to £9 Is, 2 to 2%-year do. £8 9s, 18 To 20-month do. £5 ss, 20-month to 2-year heifers (r.w.b.) £7 5s to £8 2s fid, 15 to 18-month empty heifers-' £3 10s to £4 10s, fat. cows £l2 to £l2 15s, store and forward do. £7 to £9 10s, heifers and calves £7, bulls £B.

At Waiwaltalho on sth inst. I report a small yarding, and quote as follows: Extra prlm« maiden heifer £25, mixed weaners 365, 18month steers £4, hulls £6 to £9, 2 to year I.e. heifers £ll, small woolly laimbs 13s 6d, shorn do. lis, culls 6s 3d, fat and forward sheep 265, cows (in milk) £6 to £ll, heifers (in milk) £9 to £lO ss, heifers (spg.) £ll 10s to £l3 10s, choice 3-yeair heifers '(spg.) £23.

FARMERS" CO-OP. AT TIKORANGT. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) The sheep fair hald by this Society at Mr. H. A. .Foreman's yards Tikorangi, on Monday, tho Bth inst., was almost In th« form of a celebration, as the first sale held under co-operative conditions in that section. The auctioneers and staff were received with enthusiasm, any assistance needed was readily forthcoming, and there was some hard work to do. There was a large gathering of settlers, buyers and onlookers, and a strong muster of sheep to meet their requirements, some 4000 being yarded, while, to crown all) the ladles—"God bless 'em"— of the district provided a. most ample lunch, backed up by a plentiful supply of ten, which proved most acceptable to the tired and thirsty workers. The sheep, mostly locally owned, were of unmially good quality, and realised good prices accordingly. Late shorn lambs brought 20s, cull lambs 13s Bd, 6-tooth to f.m. ewes 20s to 28s. cull ewes from 0s to 14s. 2-tooth wethers 32s 6d, 2-tooth ewes «Ss 3d to 33s 7d, fat ewes 32s 6d to 355, rams 3 to 4 guineas. The opinion expressed by representatives of the society is that it is a good district with the right class of settler established there.