YOUNG, HOBBS AND CO.'S REPORT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12386, 6 December 1909, Page 8

YOUNG, HOBBS AND CO.'S REPORT

At Stratford on the 24th November we had a, fair yarding, all advertised cattJ.e coining forward,1 and stock changed hands on a par with ruling rates. 2j to 3 year old steers made £4 Is 6d to £4 lls, 20 month to 2-year-old ditto £2 15s Od to £2 17s 6d, yearling steers £1 19s (id, forward cows £3 5s to £3 18s, store and fresh ditto £2 6s to £3, yearling heifers 37s to 45s 6d, springing heifers £3 5s to £6, bulls £3 to £4 10s.

At Kaponga on the 2Gth ult. we had an average yarding, most of which changed hands at satisfactory prices. Wo quote:—Fat cows £4 5s to £5 4s, forward c":tto 3gs. to £3 6s 6d, store ditto £2 10s to £3, fresh-conditioned 3-year-old bullocks £5 9s, 2-year old heifers £2 15s Cd to £2 19s, yearling mixed 31s to 355, dairy cows nd heifers £3 5-3 to £6 2s (3d.

At Eltliam on December Ist all advertised cattle came forward, most of the stock changing hands, with the exception of yearling heifers, which failed to reach the reserves. We quote:— Light fat cows £4 5s to £4 6s^ forward ditto £3 to £3 10s, store ditto £2 .5s to £2 los 3-year-old steers £3 los to £4 18s, yearling heifers (3.uiaU) 355, sprir.o-ing heifers £3 os t" £5 2s Gd, bulls £2 10s to £5.

Sant"1 s-nive:! a 1 irr. l-jng list. "Dea ■;•• •-]' ■. a!! J!-:: c I :;i; s \v I'-ting Wil+c ' 0;. ' '•' .vli.': L■-. :-; ' c; . Water in tlie nice Toiieb Bottles. Well, it's a treat to felert IV in tho o lovely things nt Wilton's Pharmacies. They're giving such good discounts just now, t::o."

Saiita C'iaus ran his eye (Town the newspaper column—" Retrenchment, retrenchment all the way along," he remarked. " However, mine's a very different cry. I mean to go to Wilton's Pharmacy, next the Post Office, and fill (my biggest sleigh with those cameras that I see they sell at English prices. Dear me, what a lot of real pleasure there is j>acked into one small camera."