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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume III, Issue 275, 24 August 1881, Page 2

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LONDON SEND TRADE. Messrs John Shaw and Sons, of 37, Mark Lane, London, E.C., report through their Agent, Mr Leonard W. Blake, of Christchurch, that the Seed trade for the fortnight ending July Ist was, as usual at this season of the year in a very inactive, uninteresting condition, all consumptive demand being of course at an end, and no speculation of importance having yet sprung up, and this in spite of the lightness of stocks, the generality of dealers preferring to wait till something is known of the prospects of the present crops ; what little business had been done the prices made were fully equivalent to values current during the season. It is early yet to speak of the prospects of the new crops; reports of English red clover and cow-grass indicate that with favorable weather, an average yield may be expected. White clover generally promises well, but alsyke will not he anything like the large crop it has been during the past three years. Trefoil was almost a failure. For sowing mustard and rape seed there was a moderate sale at full rates. . For canary and hemp seed the trade had shrunk to very narrow proportions. The turnip crop in Scotland was in a vary unsatisfactory condition, farmers having to resort to a second, and in many cases, a third saedino- ; this was of course causing a rise in value of Scotch turnip seeds. The death is announced of Mr John Sangster, of Romford, the raiser of the early pea “ Sangster No. 1,” which for so many years has been a household word with every gardener.

WOOL SALES. From the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s priced catalogue of the Wool sales on the Kith June we learn that the following prices were realised for Marlborough wools : —J. Rayner Scoured combing, damaged, 1 bale at Is 0Jj(l; Ist and 2nd, 2atls6id;2 at Is 4d ; cross-bred pieces, 1 bale at Is Id ; slipe combing, 6do at Is Id ; 2 do at Is ; 1 do at 10£d ; grease, 1 do at !Htl ; scoured super combing hogget, 2 bales at Is lOd ; do, scoured combing, damaged, 1 at Is Slpl; do Ist combing, 16 bales at Is Gd ; 2do at Is 5d ; 2nd, 2 at la 7sd ; do Ist combing cross-bred, 15 at Is Sid ; scoured crossbred, 1 at Is 4d ; pieces, 7 at Is aid ; crossbred pieces, 1 at Is OJd ; loeke, 3 at Is ;") ld : do damaged, latls 4d ; slipe combing, 2at Is Dpi ; do Ist and 2nd, 8 at Is Id ; do pieces, 5 at 101 ; do locks, 2 at Sd; do black, 1 at 9d. A. P. Seymour--Grease hogget, 101 at Is o|d ; do damaged 3 at lid; do pieces, 11 at Sid; do damaged, lat Sd. R. Beaumont —Grease, 34 at Is lid, 1G at Is Id, 10 at Is OJd ; do pieces, oat lOfjd ; do locks, 3at Gid ; in grease, hogget, 4at Is 2d, 24 at 1 lid, 27 at Is O.Jd ; pieces, oat JOAd. Mrs Mowatt —Grease, super combing hoggets, 20 bales at 1 Id, 6 at loi<l, 4 at lOd ; do pieces, 4 at Oil; grease, combing, 5 at 11 id. Carter Bros.—Grease, combing, 27 bales at Is OAd. P. 11. Mcßae—Grease, combing hoggets, 2G bale? at Is 9id. Benopai Run —Sconce l combing fleece, 3 bales Is Sid ; do pieces, _lo at Is Sid ; grease combing, 9 at Is lid, 30 at Is Id; damaged, 1 at Hid. W. 801 l and Sons —Grease combing, 4G bales at Is Id ; pieces, 4at 1 Oil. J. Ward—Grease combing hoggets, 11 bales at 10id ; do Ist combing, 27 at 101,d ;do 2nd combing, 23 at IO.Jd, do Bat 10-id, 2at lOd, 22 at 10id, 5 nt 10d ; do Ist combing hogget, 11 at lOd ; do 2nd combing, lo at IOAd ; do Ist, 33 at 1 Oil ; 2nd, 50 at lOd, 20 at 9Jd, 9 at 9d ; do damaged, 3 at 9i<l, 4 at 10d, 29 at Sid, 2at 9id ; pieces, 14 at Sid; do belly, 7 at Sd ; black, 1 at 9d.