COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 21 September 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Wat«rs, Ritchie and Co.' Auctioneers, Wool, Grain, Produce and Commission Agents, report whole sale for the week as under. AH quotations are subject to market fluctuations. Wheat. —Good demand at Government prices. Oats. —Market firm. Milling 3s lOd to 4s, bright short feed 3s 8d to 3s 9d, medium and irjf erior 3s 3d to 3s 6d on crucks. Rabbitskins.—Demand better. Summers l4d to 16d, racks 16d to 19d, autumns 24d to 30d, incoming 33d to 35d, winter blacks 48d to 60d, winter bucks 35d to 39d, winter does 46d to 50d; second winter does 40d to 42d per lb. Hides. Government have now taken' these over and valuations are held every fortnight. Sheepskins.—Government valuntion held fortnightly.

Tallow.—Market firm at late rates. Rough iat 16s to 20s; tallow in tins, 26s to 30s; casks, 28s to 35s per cwt. Horsehair.— Market quiet, 16d to 17d per lb.

Ws store and dress all clasßes of need and grain. All our machinery is of the latest and most effective design,! and is operated by practical men of long experience. General Produce Report. Butter.—Best salt, Is 3d per lb. Dairy butter in pats, Is 3d. Eggs.—2s Honey.—4Jd per lb.

Poultry.— Local roosters, 4s 6d per pair; hens, 3s 6d per pair; ducks, 4s 6d per pair.

Bacon —-Rolls, Is 3d; hame is 4d. Cheese.—losd per lb. Pigs.—ln good demand. Baconers 73d, porkers, 7gd; heavyweights, sd'.