For the Man on the Land

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3207, 15 September 1934, Page 7

For the Man on the Land

LIVE STOCK MARKET ' FRANKTON" DAIRY ' SALE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, report on their Frankton dairy sale held on Wednesday as follows: There was a good entry of cows and heifers and a clearance was' effected at satisfactory prices. The consignment of heifers, ex Manawatu, sold well, especially those duo to calve early. A few of these, which had already calved, also sold satisfactorily. They quote: Good quality heifers £4 15/- to £6; medium quality do. £3 to £3 15/-; poorer quality do. £2 to £2 15/-; good quality cows £4 10/- to £5 10/-; medium quality do. £3 to £4; poorer do. £2 15/- to £3 5/y MATAMATA STOCK SALE Messrs Dalgcty and Co. Ltd., report having held their fortnightly stock at Matamata salcyards on Wednesday, when a large yarding of all classes of stock came forward, and me t with an exceptionally good sale. Prices were in advance of late sales. The advertised line of 500 Pollen Angus and Hereford cattle ex the East Coast sold, particularly well, all lots being sold under the hammer. Buyers were present 'from all parts of the Waikato and the cattle were keenly competed for. The following prices ■were realised: Prime quality heavy fat cows £6 10/- to £7 5/-; medium ditto £5 15/- to £5 19/-; lighter ditto £4 10/to £5; prime quality fat heifers £5 15/t 0 £5 19/-; others £4 10/ -to £5; fat Jersey and Jersey cross cows £3 16/to £4 4/-; heavy boner cows 20/- to 28/-; light ditto 10/- to 18/-; 4-year P.A. store bullocks £6 2/-; 3-year P.A. bullocks £5 16/- to £6 2/-; 3-ycar dehorned Hereford steers £5 2/- to £5 32/6; 4-year Shorthorn bullocks £5 18/-8-ycar Shorthorn steers £5 4/-; 3-year 1 Shorthorn and Hereford steers £4 18/to £5 2/-; 2-year P.A. steers £4 9/- to t£ s. -p,A. cross aged cows in calf £2 tyJ-; empty ditto £2 14/-. ; bfot Pigs: A large yarding of 200 fat figj came forward and met with a lood sale, prices being well up to late rates and both, baconers and porkers we re keenly sought after. The following is a summary of the prices received' Prime heavy baconers £3 13/- to £3

16/-; medium quality ditto £3 10/- to £3 12/-; prime quality medium weight baconers £3 8/- to £3 11/-; light ditto £2 16/- to £3 2/-; prime heavy porkers to £2 15/-; medium ditto £2 1/- to £2 8/-; light ditto 31/- to 36/-; others 26/- to 29/-; heavy weight choppers to £3 6/-; medium £2 to £2 1/-. Store Pigs: A full yarding of all sizes and classes of stores w T as offered, 300 being yarded, but prices were slightly easier than late sales. Good quality large stores sold well, but poor quality pigs wore dull of sale. We quote: Good quality large stores 25/6 to 26/6; medium 22/- to 23/6; good quPvlity medium stores 20/- to -22/6; large slips to IS/-; medium 16/- to 17/6; small 13/- to 16/6; other slips 16/-; good quality ■ large weaners 13/to 14/6; medium ditto 12/- to 13/-; small 9/- to 11/-; others 7/-, to 8/-; good. sow r s to farrow' £3 15/-; medium ditto £2 10/-.

Sheep: Fat hoggets made from 20/to 22/-; fat ewes 24/- to 25/6. Sundries sold at usual market rates. BRITISH SHIPS FIRST FOR NEW ZEALAND TRADE. Attention has been drawn to the comparatively large number of ships at present on order or being built for the Australian and’ New Zealand, trade. ’Shippers in Australia and New Zealand should appreciate the facilities which are being given them, and the best way they can do so is to ‘‘ship .British,” • even though it may sometimes mean a difference of 6d or Is per ton between the rate of a British ship and that of a subsidised foreign ship. Traders may not realise how costly, in capital outlay and maintenance, is the refrigerated tonnage provided for Australasian services. The refrigerating machinery and equipment are idle on the outward voyage, increasing the overhead expenses. Not only so, but outward cargoes are now far from normal and the traffic is more or less a one-way one —always an expensive business. If such services are to be maintained every effort must be made by the peoples of these Dominions to use British rather than foreign tonnage.

A NEW LUCERNE

EXTRAORDINARY GROWTH A new typo of lucerne, called “Tivacata,” has been raised in Canterbury and reports state that it has great possibilities. A local farmer has grown some of the plants and says the growth is remarkable. It is a remarkably heavy cropper, possesses fine stems, abundant leafage, which does not fall when cut, adapts itself to varying conditions of soil and climate, and is most palatable to stock on account of its fineness of stem and heavy leafage. Instead of planting Marram grass many public bodies in Canterbury are planting *‘ Tivacata, ’ ’ not only to bind the sand but at the same time producing the most valuable fodder by using lime only and no manures. In one carefully measured tost it yielded from four-year-old plants, three feet apart each way, five cuts in one season, aggregating 70 tons of..green matter to the acre. This remarkable production has been made possible by the spreading of the underground shoots, which causes the crown to continuously expand, increasing the weight of the crop and decreasing the space between the plants. FREE FROM RHEUMATISM What is it worth to be free from Rheumatism, Neuritis or Sciatica? Many sufferers would pay almost any amount for a reliable remedy. R-U-R is so reliable a remedy that the manufacturers give you a legal guarantee to hand back your money in 'full if you are not satisfied with the results it brings within six weeks, E. H. Leigh, Chemist, sells R-U-R. Booklet Free. Opossum Trapping. Although the opossum-trapping season does not end this .year in North Canterbury until September .16, the total number of skins passed so far is well above last year’s total. The number stamped to date this season is 6229 compared with 6012 for the whole of last season.