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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13809, 21 January 1909, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

STFDHOLME HARVEST HORSE SALE. Guinnessand LcCren report having lel&'Jfcheir harvest horse sale at Stndholme yesterday. There was a large attendance: of ... buyers ,and others interested: * The- entry consisted of; about 80 draught, spring carters, ! and .light -harness horses. The demand for good young draughts was keen and bidding spirited, while the ; demand for_ aged and inferior horses -was practically nil. jjfales were made from £25 to £46 10s. the" latter? price being paid for an exceptionally good gelding. Spring .carters "and harness horses ranged in :price from £5 to £25 10s. There is istilta good enquiry for good young and stannch farm horses suitable for hardest work. . .

'J ADDIXGTON STOCK MARKET: Per Press Association. ' ;,. a C- CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 20. . At the- Addington yards to-dav there were average entries in: all classes, and .considering that the harvest: is now in full-swing, a large attendance. . .The fernjers present were iinanimons in expressing pleasure -that the weather conditions had - .at length changed, warm sunshine having given pjact? to rain, whieh'cHaracterised the.-. first* weeks of-:'the ijoiv year, • enabling the work bf harvesting, wliic-fc ;had"-.been seriously delayed, t<i be proceeded with. Farmers, were generaliy of j opinion that six weeks %or two months of dry weather would' he acceptable, frilly this, period, being required in order to save the very large harvest. Keports. made by farmers went to show that the rape and turnip' crops .were growing luxuriantly, andi-gave every promise of giving an unusually abundant.return. "

wrS again a moderate entry of fat sheep, sufficient only for bntehers' requirements, and they were the only buyers. The market opened firm- at last week's prices,- and tliey improved Somewhat as the sale proceeded. The range of prices was: —- Prinj>wethers'l6s 6d to 19s 9d, lighter 13s 9d to 16s, prime ewes 145j.0 16s od, others lis 6d to 13s '6d. Tlie yarding of fat lambs numbered 2335, the quality, taken all round, being poor, the-bulb being little better than- forward stores. Export buyers took"' 262 rrt prices ranging front'] 3s 10d. to 15s Id. ;A few lines of heavier lambs were taken by bntehers at prices up to 16s 7>d, 'rape lambs from 13s unwards. Several - lines of lambs of freezing quality, which failed to reach the reserves, were sent -to the works on owners' account. Only' three export buyers participated in the sale. In the store sheep pens there was a representative entry for this, time of the year, the great majority being well grown and in forward condition. ' For, young ewes there was ■ an especially keen demand, but for lambs the sale was a- little easier•'without, however, resulting in any appreciable fall in values, buyers showing less keenness. Ewes, principally two and four-tooths, realised fronT 12s-9d to 16s 7cl, wethers 10s lOd to ,-14s 2d, and lambs lis llxl to 135^103. Cattle^—Tlie yarding -of fat cattle comprised. 286 head of fair average quality, and the market showed a rather better tone, although no advance in values has to be recorded, prices being on a par with those ruling the previous week. . Steers realised £6 to £lO 10s, heifers £5 to £7 12s 6d, dry cows £4 10s to £7 10s, calves from 4s 6d to £2 16s. Store cattle met with a very keen demand, probablv on account of the abundance of feed. Yearlings sold at 30s to 31s. fifteen to eighteen months ols, two-year steers £'3 Is, two and a half-year steers £3 13s, two-year heifers -£3 Is to £3 -8s 6d, three-year steers £4 16s to £6. fouryear. steers £7 10s, , three-year heifers £3 10s 'to £4 7s ,6d, speyed heifers £5 17s 6d, dry cows 33s 6d to £3 1-js. Pigs.—A medium entry was pfenned, rma prices all round were on an equality with those current at the pre pons sale. Choppers realised £3 to £4, heavy baconers 52s 6d to 595, lighter 45s to fsos. porkers 83s to 445. good stores 34s to 365, smaller 2os to 30s, wea'ners Ife to 21s, and suckers 14s to 17s 6d.

. BUENSTDE STOCK MAIiTvET. DUNEDIN, Jan. -20. Cattle. —200 head were yarded, chiefly medium quality steers and heifers, with a good pen of choice quality. The number was more, than ample* for. trade requirements. and prices dropped from, 5;; to 10s perjiead. Best- bullocks £B.los to 1/s 6d, medium £7 to £B. 1 i«rlit £•"> to £p 10s. best cows and heifers £f>_ 10s to CT 10s, medium £4 10s to £•>. lijilit and inferior £3 to £4 os. Sheep.—3479, including 1000 stores, were penned. Taken all over the quality was above the average, but the supply was in excess of requirements, local tradesmen having good supplies on hand from last week. The sale dragged throughout, and prices receded Is to Is (kl. the drop being more noticeable in ewes. Best wethers 16s to ISs. extra heavy 10s to "21s Jd, medium 14s 9d to ]-3s 9d. light 13s to 14s fid. best ewes los 3d to 10s .HI, extra to 18s 6d. medium 13s to 14s 9d,

i light and inferior 7s 6d to 10s Gd. Lambs. —620 were penned. The demand was somewhat slack, and prices slightly eased at the beginning, while a drop of Is was noticeable at the end. Best- lambs sold at ]ss to 16s, medium ]2s-6d to 14s 6d,. inferior and light to lis fid. Pigs.—l3o pigs were yarded.. The supply was in excxess of the demand, and young pigs showed a decline of 3s to 4s tier head, while heavy sorts receded j,d per lb. Suckers sold at 12s to 14s' 6d.. ; slips 16s to 20s. stores 23s to''2Bs, porkers, 345• to 38s, light baconers 42s to 475, heavy haeoners 50s to 06s. - nrXEDTX GKAIX MARKET. Oats-.—Quotations show /little or no change, hut there has been a better enquiry for good shipping lines, chiefly Gortons and pnme Sparrow bills. Medium and inferior grades are only saleable'locally at low values. Prime milling Is Sd'to Is B£d, -good to best feed Is 6ld to Is 71d, inferior to medium Is" 3d to Is 5-1 d per bushel, sacks extra. Wheat. —-The quantity of milling wheat held locally is now very small. Millers have taken most of. the prime lots, and medium quality finds an outlet as fowl, wheat, for whieh there is a steady demand.' Prime milling 4s 61d to 4s 7Jd, prime velvet to 4s Bd, medium "to best fowl -wheat 4s 5d to 4s 6d, medium fowl wheat 4s to 4s 4d, broken and damaged 3s to 3s 9d per, bushel, sacks extra..