profit. The enquiry for yearling heifers still continues and prices have hard- | e..cd by about 5s per head all round; the best sales during the week have been in the vicinity of £3 10s. Good sorts are in short supply and we think will continue to firm in price. Out--5 ' side buyers are still operating, and 5 quite a new market seems to have ■ opened up in the Hawke’s Bay and I Poverty Bay districts. i There has been a fair enquiry for i hoggets, ewe hoggets being mostly rei quired and have realised from 10s 6d I to 12s, wether hoggets fetching 8s 6d to 10s. Fat wethers have advanced by | Is per head during the week; fat ewes still staying at last week’s quota- * tions. Fat cows have been in better demand and several truck loads have been sent to northern clients at from m £5 5s to £6; Jersey and Jersey cross ■ cows still selling at £4 10s to £4 15s. g The demand for farm horses which started earlier than usual this season has slackened slightly, but good sorts still continue to receive attention.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 190, 13 August 1932, Page 9
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188Page 9 Advertisements Column 5 Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 190, 13 August 1932, Page 9
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