Commercial.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11992, 10 July 1903, Page 5

Commercial.

BADDELEY AND FORLONG'^ STOCK

report;

At' our Wangamui-sale'last Wednesday . we had a good yarding of cattle and'fair entry of sheep*. Bidding was brisk; there was <a- very large attendance, of outside buyers preset*. We quote: — Cattle.—3-year forward bullocks £6 ss, 3-year steers £6 3s, others £5 14s, 3-year dairy heifers £5 11s to £5 :15»,' 2^-year Hereford .steers £5 15s, fat heelers #6 ss. 2-year steers £4 4s, 18-month steers £2 14s, spring cajlvers £5 10s,• l <s-moHtli; steers £3 12s, wesanere 30s. On-s pen of 99 weaners (hand-fed) sold at £2 3s. ' ; Sheep.—^2-tooth wethers 11s Id. Oa account of Mr Fleetwood (who sold out): 2, 4, and 6-tooth and f.m. ewes' in lamb 9s 3d, lambs 6s sd, culls 3s. " Pigs.—Porkens £2 7s 6d: -■ - At Mr Wybourne's cleai'mg.saj'.e.vester-1 day we offered .some 60 dairy cows, Chorees, and .sundries, aaid have to report a most successful sale. We..cleared everything. We quote:—■ , :'• Caws in full profit: One Mr Bason £8 ss, Mr Fernie one at £7 15s; cows to calve in spring: Mr Hoist, Maxwertltowu, 6 ,at £7 7s 6d, £8 7s 6d, £9 ss, £8 ss, £9 10s. v £6 15s, Mr Bain, Wangaehu, 11 head at £7 2s 6d, £7 15s, £7; £9, £8 15s, £8 2s 6d, £5 17s 6d, £9, £8, £6 10s; Robert Wilson, Heaton Park, 14 head at £7 15s, £9, £7 ss, £7 15s; others from.between £9 and £18, balance to different" buyers from £6 15s to £10: spring.cart horses (young) £30 to £34 10s; calves 30s; riding mare (aged) £5 ss, 7-month pony £4 9s od; 15-monith dairy heifers £5 9s. Sundries sold well. .