MESSRS. BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13457, 27 April 1907, Page 8

MESSRS. BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT.

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons report : —

Horses — We had a full yarding at the Haymarket on Friday last. " Competition for anything young and showing quality was keen; active waggon and express sorts brought from £28 to £41 ; aged draughts, £16 to £25; unbroken medium colts, £26 to £30 ; buggy horses and good hacks, £14 10s to £22; light, harness and ordinary hacks, £7 to £16 5s J gig ponies, £3 5s to £14 10s; light unbroken colts, £8 10s to £14 ss.

At Remuera on Thursday dairy and store cattle came forward in usual numbers. Cows near their profit sold from £3 10s to £8 10s; dry, £1 10s to £3; other stores at recent quotations. There was an average yarding of fat cattle; those of good quality retained late values," others were slightly lower; steers ranged in price from £5 to £10; cows, £2 10s to £7 2s 6d (310 sold).

Sheep were in moderate numbers. Best wethers reached 235; lighter weights to 20s; heavy ewes to 18s; others 16s; shorn lambs 10s to 14s 3d; those in their wool, 12s to 15s 6cL

Pigs were in larger numbers than usual and sold well throughout. Small were from 5s to 14s ; good stores to 255 ; porkers, 25s to 30s ; baconers, 35s to 46s (173 sold).

Hides, skins, tallow, etc — Hides, ox, s|d to 9Jd; cow, s*d to 6id; kips, s*d to s|d; calf, 6d to 6Jd; horse, 8s 3d to 11s 6d ; stags, 3|d to 4d ; damaged hides, 3d to 6Jd; horse hair, Is s£d to Is 6d; bones, £4 15s to £5; tallow, 22s to 26s 6d ; skins, largo, to 8s 6d ; best pelts and lambs, 3s 7d to 4s 6d ; dry and damaged, 7d to 3s 6d.