COMMERCIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2315, 7 October 1908, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

Shearing lias already commenced and farmers in tho district are busy getting in their clips. The sheep arc all looking well, and the warm woa- • her that has corao on so suddenly •has boon especially favorable for tlio iambs and thoro has been a very low rate of mortality. Many farmers who have stud animals aro getting thenexhibits ready for the Poverty Bay Show -which will bo hold during tlio last week of tho present month. Iho Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ and Messrs Nelson Brothers freezing works are now open and are ready to recoive supplies, but up to the present only small quantities of fat stock has como to hand, and it is hoped that with ail improvement in tho quality ol feed sufficient sheep will bo obtainable to keep tlio works’in full swing. Shipments to Auckland havo fallen oft during tho past two months, though the prices ruling there for aro considerably in advance ordocal. quotations, and consignments of tat wethers for the' Auckland market should return a fair profit. * Dairy farmers aro now kept busy, most of the cows having come to hand. Tho Kia Ora Co-operativo Dairy Company’s main creamery is receiving .supplies and it is expected that tho new creamery .near tho t o Arai settlement will bo ready to commence operations this week. Many farmers arc anxious to send in them milk, as the cheques will come in handy after .their big outlay in buying slock. . Potatoes are being planted in the dryer soils and there should be fair crops to hand towards the end of the year. Peas, beans, cabbages, cauliflowers can all be planted out now, as there are -no frosts to keep them back. Around To Arai, Patutahi, and the Matawhero districts a number of orchards aro to ho seen in bloom, the pear and’ apple trees looking particularly well. During the early spring a large numer ot tru 1 & trees were sold at auction, and planted out with them many small blocks look particularly well. The climate of this district is especially favorable t-o fruit growing; thore is a good demand for the produce, and prices are well above payable rates. The following are the wholesale merchants quotations for produce at Gisborne: — „ FJour sacks, £l3 per ton, bags £l3 Oats, Algerian, 5s Id per bushel. Potatoes, £6 5s to £7 per ton, best ’’quality seed from £8 10s to £9 per ten. Onions are still scarce, and are quoted from 16s to 18s per cwt. with prospects of an advance.in price. The cliaff market is bare of supplies, best quality being quoted at £7 per -°Butter lOd to Is; eggs lOd; ohcese 7d to 8d; bacon 9d; hams lOd; honey 4Jd.