MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT;

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13357, 22 December 1906, Page 8

MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT;

Mr" Newton King reports :—: — At the Hay market on Saturday small store pigs made '34/,' »lips 11/6

to 3 7/, horses £2 10/ to £9. At the mart there was again aa. exceptionally large ciitry of poultry,

•which sold at tho usual good rates. Chicks made 3d to Bd, cockWels 1/9 to 2/4, hens 1/1 to, 1/6, good laying hens 1/S^to 2/6, ducks ,1/8 to 2/3, ducklings 1/ to 1/6-, gease "•• 3/1, goslings 2/6 to 2/9, turkeys 4/ to 4/6, gobbler^ 7/6. A large qujantity 6l furniture, c.p. ware., etc., was sold at good /prices. ■ Fruit.— At? sales durfng the week pri-

' oes rang-ed as follows : — Cherry plums ,2/ to S/, black plums -3/ to 4, , 'cucumbers 4/ to 'Vi tomatoes' s/ to 9/,. lemons 6/ to 7/, apples 11/ to J-8/, oranges 16/ to 10 /? '~" '\ ' ' * Cattle. — At Stratford, on Tuesday, I hfld an extra sale prior ' to the' ■hiolidays, whon in adcKtiionJ to' the. ordinary yarding! I had a special en-, try of steers Irom j\Jr Geo. RiddeH's Potukura estate. These being for unreserved sale, attracted a large number of buyers, bidding 1 being -\ keen and excellent prices obtained. Yearlings'

•made 2Ss to 32s 6d, 3-year sieeirs.i £4 os, .store cows 35s to -525, for- , ward do. £3 10s to £4, on account of "Mr RkldelJ. 3to 3j-ye a r bullooks £5 10s to £5 13s, 2£. to 3 year do. £4. «J 8 , -2 -year do. Jb'3 to £3 3s 6d, /forward cows £3 1-Js. At Waxwakaiho the same day yearlings made 31s 1 io 38s 6d, 12 to 15ntonths do. £2 • to 44/, • l'S-months heifr.rs 34s to-- 465, stOry cows j£2 to ■£*2 i)s r»d v forward do. £2 15s to £3 ss. springing- heifers £3 5s ±o £4 10s. At Stony Rivo.r. - on Wednesday; nearly everything sold at the hana- • Dier at ■ satisfactory prices. Yearlins heifers -ana^-e 26s to, d®s* *&&V s .;M a p.?s m^ii'f hs'ti H. 6. ,'<t3s «>9> *^t.o^e'if?6y4" i J|2 ?v tO 1 £d 12sV forward do. '£3*io v £$ 'Bs,/ 'fat do. £4 7s to £ ; 1 10?. si?rhlgingv heif- 1 ers x £3 to £3 10s. MESSRS' WEBSTEItTiROS'I REPORT Ufcssrs Webster Bros, report;— Our poultry pras were again well filled on' Saturday last, -'but owing to the suppliers waiting' for the Christmas trade far too many have, been available, ■ with the 'result of a drop ia the prices all roueud. Good 'bens made. Is. 8d .to 2s, old do. 6s to Is 3d, cockerels Is 6d to • Is lOd, yoim<r do. 9d, very young- ducklings 4d,'f/\t chicks Is ]0d to 2-*, goslings 2s Gd td' 2s 9d. , The usual lines followed at satisfactory prices. - Omata.— We^ Held our usual sale at Omata on Monday last, and though I tho entry was not as large as in past sal.°s the prices realised were far in excess of previous rates. Every peri j. was sold, whioh'has been the case now 'for th<?f past, "Vo < -safes. 'Piiice^, as under :— Yearlings 30s, empty heifers '40s to '4sV &il, empty cows 27s to" 525. - cows and calves 43s 6d to 50s, 15 .c,.»ionfhs steersv>r32s Gd to 37s 6d, bulls 37s to 665, ewes and wethers Us Gd. Next stile on January 7th 1 . Owners of halves needing . inoculating please *v t^wtounipate with us\ MESSRS WTT.SON AND NOLAN'S REPORT. Hfpc-crc WHsor) nnri "N"/>Un report :— Last Satxirday we otrain had a very hig entry of poultry, every pen, in-

cluding about 20 _ temporary coops, boIng' filled. Every lot was sold at satisfactory rates. Prices, however, -wore slightly easier than the pwvious week. -We q,uote :— Chicks^ 4d -to &d, young ducklings 6d to 9a, oock«rels 1/ to 1/5, roosters 1/ to 1,7, old and, bidding being" bri»k, all lines hens lOd to 1/3, fat young 1/5 to 1/10. A lime of Ro^comb, Leghorns ? old at^ front. V9' to. 2/2, fat\. du'cldHngs realised from lid to 2/B,' ducks 11/11 1/1 to l/6,.g051iu.0. s 3/,t041b3, turkey. Wns 1/ to 7/6, gobblers 9/ to 11/6. ' ' " ■ •. We have c|uitt,ecL a- large r q(ttantity of fruit during' th^ ' week. We . fjuote : Cuounibers 4s 6d t6 6s. case, potatoes Id to Md, pHerry. pilums 2s to 4s 3d] blue- do/ (small (|uantity) ,8s | 6d, jjananas. 10s to' Us ©dj, tomatoes 12s &d, . strawjberries ' 12s. to 17s 6d M peaches 2s to ,7s '6<i; prices varying according to size -of case.