Wellington Markets.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 183, 5 February 1897, Page 2

Wellington Markets.

Messrs Laery and Co. report for February 2nd :— Butter— Separator, choice brands lOd ; ordinary, 8d to 9d ; dairy, 6d ; pastry, 4d to 5d ; shopkeepers' dairy butter, 4d to 5d per lb. Cheese — New (40s). 4d to 4-Jd; loaf (slow of sale), 4} per lb. Wheat - Prime whole fowl wheat, 4s Id to 4s 4d ; prime milling nominally 4s 7d to 4s Bd. Oats — Prime short feed, 2s 4d ; Danish 2s 3d ; Duns, 2s 5d ; Tartarian (seed) 2s 5d perbußhel. Barley— Prime feed, 2s 8d ; malting nominally, 8s 9d per bushel. New Potatoes-Choice kidneys, £5 10s ; round, £4 15s to .£5 per ton. Onions —£5 10s to £6 per ton. Beans — 3s 6d per bushel. Cocksfoot - Opening prices have not yet heen determined, but for farmers' heavy undressed seed we anticipate prices will range from 3d to 3-fd per lb, ex trucks Wellington. For choice lines a shade more. Supplies promise to be well up to requirements. Ryegrass — Extra heavy machine dressed, 4s 6d ; good, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium to good, 3s 3d to 3s 9d per bushel. Chaff— Prime bright heavy feed, 65s ; medium, 55s per ton. Sheepskins — In view of the adverse advices from London, the market, if anything, is a shade easier. Best butchers' skins, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; medium to good, 3s to 4s ; country crossbred skins, medium to fine quality, well saved pelts, 5-fcd ; extra choice lines, full woolled, 5Jd ; half to three-quarter wooled, well saved, 4}d to 5d ; fair to medium, 3-Jd to 4£d ; best country merinos, full wooled, 4:{d to 5-^d ; ordinary to good, 4d to 4-Jd per lb. Hides — Extra heavy ox hides, well flayed, 18s to 20s; plump heavy. 16s to 17s 6d ; medium, 10s to 14s ; cow hides, extra heavy, 8s to 9s 6d ; medium, 7s to 7s 6d. Badly flayed and slippy hides at proportionate rates. Horse hair— 9d to lid per lb. Tallow— Best rendered mutton in caskp, 15s to 16s ; ordinary to good, 13s te 14s 6d ; best rendered mutton in tins, 12s 6d to 13s ; rough fat, 10s 6d to lis per cwt.