AGRICULTURAL CLUBS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 11

AGRICULTURAL CLUBS

HAMILTON GROUP MEETS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR A very successful year was indicated by the president, Mr A. E. McDonald, in his report on the year’s operations to the annual meeting of the Hamilton Boys’ and Girls’ Agricultural Clubs Group. Some clubs had fallen back, said Mr McDonald, but a pleasing feature was that some of the smaller clubs, on the other hand, had advanced. A particularly fine display had been arranged by the 'i’e Pahu Club, its field day being a splendid success. The entries at the last Waikato Summer Show had been most satisfactory and the judges had congratulated the executive on the improvement in the quality of the entries. The election of officers resulted as follows:—President, Mr A. E. McDonald; vice-president, Mr H. C. Wallace; secretary, Mr W. L. Ranstead; auditor, Mr L. Johnston; executive, conveners of sub-committees; general committee, Messrs F. O. Knight, Corby, J. Connell, J. H. Taylor, Larsen, G. Paton, W. Morgan, E. T. Robinson, N. A. Gunn, C. P. Stark, R. Levis, N. C. Wallace, F. D. Joynt, F. R. Wright, Andrew, L. R. Anthony, A. S. Prendergast, C. A. Yeoman and Rev. Brother Luke.

25s 6d; purebred mixed-age Southdown ewes, 3 to 42gns.; purebred Southdown ewe hoggets, 12 to 2gns.; pedigree Southdown rams, 3± to 4 4gns.: purebred ram hoggets, 2J to 3sgns.; fat hoggets, 275; fat ewes, 15s. Cattle. —Eighteen months Polled Angus heirers, £6 ifis; polled Angus cows, £6 15s to £6 17s 6d; Polled Angus calves, to £3 18s; Polled Angus steers, £7 13s; Polled Angus bull, lOgns. Horses.—Purebred three to five-year draught mares, ail work, 31 to 43gn*.; aged purebred draught mares, chains, 15 to 2ugus.; agea marcs, all work, £ls to £29; foals. £9 10s to £IC. CAMBRIDGE YARDING The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that at their Cambridge stock sale on Monday a good yarding of beef cattle was penned and sold well, while store and boner cattle showed little alteration on late rates. A medium yarding of average quality cattle met rair competition at values unchanged on recent sales. A small yarding of fat lambs sold readily at prices up to recent quotations. A light yarding or pigs came forward, the entry comprising mainly store and light porker pigs. Bidding for these was keen and values were fully up to recent rates. A good entry of sows In pig maintained late ruling rates. Quotations:— Cattle.—Heavy fat Hereford cows. £8 19s; light prime Polled Angus heirers, £6 10®; light fat Jersey heirers. £4 9s to £4 17s; heavy Shorthorn cows. £6 to £6 14s; fat Jersey cows and heirers, £5 to £G 10s; heavy boner cows, £4 to £4 15s; medium, £3 to £3 15s: canner cows, 30s to £2; forward-conditioned two and ahalf year Shorthorn steers, £8 3s; best two-year Jersey heirers. £9 5s to £9 15s; backward heirers, £8 lfis to £8 tos; best Jersey springing cows, £lO 5s to £ll 10«; other Jersey cows, later ralvers. £8 to £9; aged and unsound cows. £5 to £6; cows in milk, £6 10s to £8 10s. Sheep.—Prime fat lambs, to 34«; light fat lambs. 22s 6d. Pigs.—Light porkers, €2 4s to £2 fls; stores, 27s to 34s fid; slips, ‘2ls fid to 25s fid: weaners. 18s to 20s; Devon-cross sows and litter, £8 15*; Devon sows In pig, £7 to £7 ss; smaller maiden sows, £5 to £6. WAIHI CLEARANCE The Farmers’ Co -operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held a successful clearing sale on Monday on behalf or Mrs A. E. Butler. Wafteawheta WaiM. The herd came forward In good condition and was keenly competed for by a representative attendance of buyers. The 412 cows realised the satisfactory average or £9 3s. The line or 16 springing and well-grown Jersey-Ayrshire heirers elicited very keen bidding and averaged £lO 17s 6d Realisations were: Spring Jersey and Jersey-cross cows, £lO 5 s to £11; August oalvers, £9 5s to £10; later calvers. £8 tn £9; choice well-grown springing Jersey and Ayrshire heifers, £l2 10s to £l3 10s; others, £lO 10s to £l-2; more backward, £6 los; well-grown Jersey calves. £4 10s to £4 V2s ed: smaller, £3 10S; three-year pedigree Ayrshire bull, 18gns.