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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13995, 2 September 1909, Page 4

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SALE. li|gni* Co-opeta-l&iira rAaaociatap«V Ltd., report holding .stock and \ farmaccount" of .Mr A.-Mc-tbe homestead, Claiideboje, ' "jast. Although ' the ?#*«Sl«:>raa we . atfi'faiMliirV x -rf~ bayera' waa good. Dairy Su£wniffhe chief feature of the «iate conipeled ; for, and Si»liLl.«ii.tbe following quotations:— fgr<fc**»-.in"iiiiflk, £6' Ss, £6 :7s. 6d to £8; - £5 ||lte£r£7:;';£B to *£Bfo;.cow» to calve 7»6dLt©'£s ss; sS^'eiahwr^cahrers,.£4~2s 6d to.folOs; it satisfactory il . <ponsigninent aad Bfcipan;,:iLtd. (per .Mr -H. iirof'a«nt),v report h23rd>Tvlr', follows: — Me'of-oar last report the been; ./Eiiglkh mnttott is W per lb, i«.i»d Scotch :-per ; lb," this lifter figure Sightly (ower Hhan last WrjkacnptioM'of jneat •dftf&line in value. • and' la during the we«kt—/M , tngbtn- Grange, 19] 721 and cwrOp4wa: 'Although the ■te are small/ they are t" iccten• stocks." and_ - until .in (om haiid ( wo »n iardly C-adraiice; in valne*. C-an-only 'raaking to «tb£>b«*Mual£y, ibout ld per lb.. ' North Mat lid to 3ja;per lb. lb «rir«;oa the' Biom salearc 'td «w eTcn.»t »ocn aiSSSU he. hi Soiknring ducaM, . Opawa 81,396 lis" vmker-.'. » .frtUl of ■e*. >aU- froai- New JBca 5 -' Sl&iWr-in' addition:to ?560 carcases froni €fAU»t*afia, *&s> carraws .from. America." Theimarket is di£ weaSerr attempted last not: having- «etArith sneww, vCtfce': tliffirolty in clearing each day?? gy|ia>iihi|fc'.«»«lriiig -ifiipnuihle to maiwthe' tdait agreed vponf s Cantcr'laaW'in : -3W jto 4d vkr

f 1 Ibfor prune weighto, be, " c Ae nine; blaafei* frotri3ld to 3|d ||p(r;-IS. " Jamb w not in snf'iP' acctfirate • quor ft^Abimca^tMdaK^MAßKET. gsfe- ~ - *~y -* c - - J Owing * to'wet weather', toe- entries of r va*b«£; * were geßefal ly H Km aller• than of iktivaail-.ihi attendance «w hunted, vfit cattle yten doll of sale, and fat '-sheep, oAring -to the, abort supply,, - ■ ahowed-an iinprovenient at .the opening ; ,\of the sale, bat towards the close price? -* f&lbelow.those of .last week. Store ; VfaeepLaleo aold vrell, and p«g* showed i no change. Store t and v idairy etttle *era dull of wleV . Sheep.—-The entry of stores was ,«nall, -the- majority being hoggets, Paid there were a few pens of ewes and There Was a better enquiry I T for all .?!»»;' and'hoggete. which were- mostly "medium sorts, «old' at an | of abonfc Gd per head. On«? * lot of - three-quarterbrW ewo hoggets halfbred hoggets, small, and ; 0 f arised'aene % 2d to Ste Gd. and ewe* ' and -lamba 6s lid, all counted. There woe 'a few new season's fat- lambs penned, and they sold* at 15s 6d to 18s. - -The supply of fat sheep was short, and included aorae good lines of wethers. Thomarkct opened at an advance on ' la*t week's "rates, but when butchers -had filled their requirements, prices | fell bclow those of last week. Prime ■ Wtfy>w made 16s to 19s 7d. othere 13s r ed to lb 6di prime ewes. 14s to 16? < '3d, others 10s to 13s €d, merino wethers 13a, hoggets 9s 6d.t013s (kl. e - ' Cattle-—304 fat cattlr. were entered, ..the' balk being of good and prime " quality. The » sale was very dull and. dragging, and a number of pens were

passed. - Prices ruled ■ about equal to Is per lOOlbs below last week's rales. Steers made £6 r» to ill as, heifers £5 5s to £9 ss, and cows £4 10s <" £7 17s 6d, equal to 19s 6d to 21s «U •for prime, 17s 6d to 19s for mcdiujn. and 15s 6d to 17s for cow and inferior beef, per lOOlbs. A.small yarding of store cattle met with a poor vearlings making 28s to 30s, fifteen to eighteen months £2 5s to £2 9s, twovear steers £4 2s (VI, three-year stecre £5 'lss to £6, and dry cows2os to £d 17» 6d. Dairy cows were also jlull ot sale at £3 to £7 15s. . . Pics.—There was » medium entry of aU dashes, and tliey sold at about the - previous week's pricey, except I stores; 'which were a little easier, i Choppers sold: up to £3 . r ®^ I baooners 55s to 635, equal to ,J- . L 111. ; lirce porkers 40s to 445, and lighter? | 3ge. to 39s ,equal to ftjd to 5Jd. P«r Il»; large stores 25s to 308, medium 10s to 'JUSjFind weaners 14s to 225. BPRNSIDE STOCK MARKET. .; DVNEDIN, Sept. 1. Cattle.—27B bead were yarded, , a fair''proportion consisting of -prime herfccs and bullocks, and the balance , of' iqedium and inferior quality. Prices receded about 10s per head except for. heavy weight bgllocks..Best bollocks £lO to £11" lft», extra to £l2 7s 6d, meditom £8 to£p bwA.he.fcrs £7 to £8 ss, medium Slieep.—343s were yarded, 2UOr hoggets, which soljl at fallmi, prices. The quality was only medium, and-prices, on account of tlio number l«nncd, showed a >leclinoorjromU to Is 6a on last weeks. kxwrUrs wero not operating, and mostof. the butchers hare b.gsupphcs .■.'""r; Best .wethers 13s 6d extra- i*» 16s 9dj. medium 12s to, 13*. fid "to lis 6d, best «wi» -lis. to 1-vWj medium 9s to 10s. - ■ , , i'ics. —]20 were yarded, of gooo quality. A fair num'ber of suckers were iforwaril. and arnwmbnr of porkers and liaconers. Suckers lus to 6d, slips 21s to a* (*l, stores 2* to 38s'. ,Makers 395. Gd to 4/s 1.-l.t baconers 49s to s<s. heavy to toUs. s DI'NKDIN GRAIN MARKET. ( Except for sonic, demand for seed lots, tho wheat market -is very , dull, and little ' business is pacing. I lie only enquiry from'millers js for prime Velvet. Primo millrng w 4s |Jd, inediuni -4g 3d to 4s od,. wiwlc lowl wheatJil to-3s lid. " '... i |. ' .The Stocks-of oats in'stores are ion, and consignments'haVe - be£n' hght - or some timc„" tut • they are equal _la . the demand ' - Little- " Buiiness - doing, except Tor - seed ; or Ip.caf, ,_trade ; lotsJ Seed lot# Is l(kL.to 2s,, prime .milling l»*:7Jd to "Is BJd, - best feed Is id to Is 7jd. ' '' . / '• - . .