For the Man on the Land

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3236, 22 November 1934, Page 7

For the Man on the Land

live stock market

FRANKTON QUOTATIONS EASIER VALUES FOR BEEF An extra heavy yarding of fat wethers and ewes came forward at the Frankton saleyards on Tuesday. Competition for both classes was on a par with last weekV sale, and prices showed little alteration.' Lambs were yarded in good numbers, and prices remained unaltered. A heavy entry of store sheep met with a good demand, and prices obtained were fully up to vendors ’ expectations. The advertised entry of 1000 four-tooth store wethers , met with good competition, an cK sold at prices ranging from 20/- to 20/5. Ox beef was yarded in heavier numbers, and an easing tendency was noticeable throughout, especially with heavy cattle. Cow and heifer beef forward in extra heavy numbers, Wft ith only a small proportion of good quality. These also showed an easing tendency, while second quality beef suffered the higgest reverse. A good ' yarding of fat pigs again met with a steady demand, baconers, selling about cn a par with last week’s values. Porkers, although perhaps a little easier, met with a steady market. The auctioneers report as follows:

Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd.—Sheep: Heavy prime wethers sold at 23/6 to 24/9; heavyprime hoggets 21/6 to 22/6; medium wethers 21/- to 21/9; heavy owes 17/6 to 18/-; woolly ewes 15/- to 16/6; heavy shorn wethers 15/3 to 16/-; medium 14/- to 14/6; extra heavy lambs 21/6 to 23/3; heavy 19/6 to 21/-; medium 17/6 to' 19/-; ewes with lambs, all counted, 15/1; aged ewes 10/-; store wethers 20/-; shorn hoggets 17/9* to 19/9. Cattle: Ycalers 30/- to £ 5/.; smaller 10/- to 16/-; medium fat , steers £8 5/- to £8 14/-; light £7 10/Lto £8 2/-; billable £6 to £6 15/-; med--1 ium fat cows and heifers £5 4/- to £5 heavy £4 15/- to £5; light fat' heifers‘£3 15/- to £4 5/-; boners 11/- to 22/-; bulls 15/- to £2 Pigs: Heavy baconers £3 7/- to £3 11/-; medium - £3 to £3 6/-; heavy porkers £2 .5/- to £2 10/-; medium £2 to £2 4/-; choppers 31/- to £2 2/-; largo

stores 32/- to 35/-; smaller 27/- to 81/-; slips 21/- to 26/-; weaners 7/6 to 18/6.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd.—Fat sheep: Hood prime wethers sold at 21/to 22/6; light wethers 19/6 to 20/9; fat ewes, good quality 14/- to 15/6; others 12/6 to 13/9; fat hoggets in wool 22/3 to 24/-; spring lambs 18/to 22/-. Fat cattle: Prime bullocks £8 7/6 to £8 17/6; light £6 5/-; prime young cows and heifers £4 10/- to £5 15/-; ordinary quality fat cows £2 15/to £3 17/6; inferior cows and heifers 32/- to 48/-; vealers to £1 13/-. Pigs: Best baconers to £3 9/-; heavy baconers £3 3/- to £3 9/-; medium baconers £2 17/- to £3 2/-; light baconers £2 11/to £2 16/-; heavy porkers £2 6/- to £2 10/-; medium £2 to £2 5/-; light and unfinished 32/- to 3?/-; choppers 29/to £2 16/-; best stores 33/6; others 26/6 to 32/6; slips 19/6.t0 25/6; best weaners 17/6; others 21/6 to 16/6. Store cattle: Forward conditioned young cows £2 3/-; boners 14/- to 22/-; yearling heifers 35/-; Jersey yearling steers 30/-; bulls £2 to £4 5/-; potter bulls 20/- to 35/-,; dairy cows and heifers 25/- to £2 15/-.

New Zealand Loan and. Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.- —Sheep: Medium quality fat wethers sold at £1 1/-' to £1 1/9; lighter £1 to £1 1/-; 1000 fat and forward four-tooth wethers averaged £1; medium fat ewes 14/6 to 16/-; light 13/- to 14/-; medium hoggets 19/- to £1 1/9; others to 18/6; medium spring lambs to £1 1/-. Cattle: Prime fat bullocks £8 10/- to £9 10/-; medium £7 15/- to £8 10/-; lighter £7 to £7 12/6; light £6 to £7; good quality fat cows and heifers £5 10/- to £6 5/-; medium £4 to £5 5/-; light £3 to £4;

tillable £2 5/- to £2 15/-; forwardconditioned £1 16/- to £2 2/-; good stores £1 8/- to £1 15/-; others 18/- to £l4/-. Pigs: Heavy baconers £3 6/- to £3 10/-; medium £2 14/- to £3; light baconers and heavy porkers £2 6/- to £2 10/-; medium porkers £1 18/- to £2 2/-; light £1 14/- to £1 16/-; best stores £1 5/- to £1 8/-; others £1 1/to £1 3/-; best weaners 15/6 to 17/6; others 11/- to 13/-.

THE PIG LAY-OUT EXPERIMENT AT HAMILTON A splendidly laid-out plant has been established by a Hamilton businessman, Mr H. D. Caro, who is making the breeding of pedigree pigs his hobby, writes C. E. Cuming in the "New Zealand Dairy Exporter.” It was laid out and its erection supervised by Mr H. M. Pierson, pig recording officer, who is now on the staff of the Pig Marketing Association. The general principle of the lay-out is that of the Waikato Pig Recording Club, but the Massey College idea of a house in a more or less permanent position with a concrete feeding platform (fenced in) in front of it has been adopted. In the college plan there Is no provision for rotational grazing, but in this plan the sow paddocks are divided up. It is contended that a weakness in the college .idea is that if the houses and feeding platforms are not kept thoroughly clean they may easily become as undesirable as the ordinary sty, but in the sow houses on the Caro plant special provision is made for keeping the feeding platform as clean as possible. • The concrete slopes from back and from sides to a point by the race, where all liquid can enter a sump in the race.

Water is laid down the faKc and a branch, pipe is laid on to each feeding platform, the tap of which is about tta height of the fence. All the attendant has to do is turn on the water and the platform and trough arc rapidly cleaned. With this convenience there is no excuse for not making free use of water to keep the platform and rough clean all the time. A butter-milk pipe line of l}in. galvanised piping runs down the race'with delivery pipes fixed every two chains. The whole of the buildings and fences are painted, and the plant presents a very attractive sight. The cost was n"ust oh £SOO. R-U-R ENDS THREE YEARS’ SUFFERING Mrs O’Sullivan, Waitoa, suffered for three years with Rheumatism in her arms and hands and could not write, sow, darn or milk. The first R-U-R effected a slight improvement, the second one worked wonders, and she now feels a new woman. R-U-R is sold with Money-Back Guarantee by i E, H. Leigh, Chemist. Ask for Free 9 Booklet. 1

TARANAKI FARMING

MASSEY COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE DISAPPOINTED

Disappointment with some aspects of farming in Taranaki was expressed by a party of about a dozen Massey College senior'dairy-farming students that visited the province recently. While the pastures on some farms were of excellent quality and high productivity, there , was, they thought, a tendency toward running out to flat weeds and inferior grasses over large areas. Again, with a few exceptions, the dairy sheds, did not lend themselves to cleanliness, convenience, and rapidity of’ milking, all essentials of higli-qual-

ity milk production. There was evidence that an increasing interest was being taken in the pig department of the farm, but the general quality of the pigs, and the general husbandry methods did not attain, in their opinion, the high standard of efficiency which farmers in other districts had shown to be riot only possible but highly profitable. In the quality of stock and the excellence of shelter provision, they had nothing but praise, considering that Taranaki still leads. The party was in charge of Mr C. P. McMoekan, assist-ant-lecturer in dairy husbandry. "The Independent” for quality Printing of every description.