MESSRS. JENKINS, MATTHEWS, AND PIGOTT'S REPORT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13156, 5 May 1906, Page 8

MESSRS . JENKINS, MATTHEWS, AND PIGOTT'S REPORT.

Messrs Jenkins, Matthews, and Pigott report ?— . We Ihlajd <a 'good . muster of cattle at our Uremri yards last Monday, and sold nearly everything. We quote :—: — Pigs (slips) 4/, 18-months steers up to 37/, fat cows £3 10/ to £3 15/, IS-months heifers £19/, store cows 35/, 2-year steers £2 12/6, 3 : year steers £4 5/, old cows up to 29/, bulls 17/ to 40/.

We had a poor yarding of cattlei at Waitara\on Tuesday, and buyers were not yery' keen. The sheep . jpen^wero occupied; by 329 f .m . §wes; f rotn the South; and these 'were- eagerly competed iar, and sold at 15s-9d ; \ JBnionths steers 29s to 31s; IS. months heifers 25s to 295; store cows 26s v to 33/; old cows 20/; Hull l£2.

EBW PLYMOUTH, MAY £ Bewail Prices. — Country vebtiiera mud understand that the New Plymouth 'dealers sell at these prices.

Butchers' meat.— Beef: Sirloin, sd; prime ribs, 3d to 4d;,rump steak, *>d; otter roasts from 2d to 3d ; boiling tjaef fcjom 2ld to 4d; com beef, from 3d

to^>p^^' : 'Uuttoa-: Hindquarter, 5d forejcfuarters 4d, iegs 6d; loins, 6d ; chops $d; shoulders 6d ; necks and breasts, 3d per lb. Pork : U'resh, 6d per lb. Veal 3d to Sdper lb. Sausages; Beef, Bd ; pork 6d.— These prices are for cash only; i& per lb for booking over on© week. Furm and Daiigr produce.— Milk 3d per <quart; butter, dairy lOd, factory Is and Is Id per ft ; cheese, B>dper tt> ; eggs, 2/ ; fowls, 5/ pair ; ducks, 6/ per pair ; turkeys, 7/6 each; lard Bd, bacon B*d_; best hams BJd to 9d per ft>, rashers lOd. ! , Flour, Grain, &c— Flour (local and imported roller), 11s 6d per }«osbs, to per 50Ibs ; wheatmeal 3s per s*Kb bag ; sharps p*r 2001 b sack, 14« { bran, 5s 6d per 10026 ' fowls' wbmt, 4s per bushel; oatmeal, 25ft bags, 3s 6d ; 6at« 2« 9d ; crushed oats, 3s ; barley, 3s 6d ; maize, 4s 6d ; beans whole 4s ..6d, crushed 4s 9d ; straw chaff, 2s ; sheai chaff, 5s per sack. (These are retail' cask prices only.) wafciuts, 9d per ft; dates, 6d per ft ; ' . dried . figs, Is per : : ; . ft ;

.;: FrHatv-Bananas 3d Rer? ; Jfe ,;,.. lemons 1/ lo 1/6 per doz., apples 3d; (oraPigies, Is *o J/6 per dozen; t^anatoes4dper Ib-, cucumbers 3d, grap.os 1/6 to %/ per lb. . . :.. ...' ".-.. ;■ Ve^tables— Onaons l^i ft>' cabbages Id and 2d each, potatoes, new, slbs for Jb, carrots 2d bunch, turnips 2d, 'radishes ?d.." C '■■■''. buying prices; .;■'., ; Butter,— Dairy Bd, factory 10d (in bulk)» factory* rolled lid, per lb, cheese* 6d per lb, eggs 1/9 per dozen, fowls 2s pair, diicks, 2s 6d per pair, bacon 6Jd per lb, ham» 7d per lb, laird 6d, fungus 3d per lb.