COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 7, 3 September 1901, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. Christchurch, Aug 29. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, except where otherwise specified :

Wheat "- Hunter's! pearl and velvet, 2.51 t > 2s 6i, and Tuscan 2s 6d to 2s CUd f.o.b.

O.it-i : Canadian 2s to 2s Id, short feed Is lid to 2s, duns and Danish Is 101 to Is lid, f.o.b.

Barley : (nominal) malting 2s 3d to 2s 6:1, secondary Is 8d to Is lOd at e )imtrv stations.

Beans : 2s Bid to 2s 7d. f.o.b. Peas : (nominal). Flour (millers' quotations) : Roller, =£6 15s. Sharps : £4=. Bran : 10s. Oatmeal : ,£ll f.o.b. Potatoes: Derweiits<£4 10s at handy t- -untrv stations.

Oatsheaf chaii —37s 6d to 40s at e.s.v country stations.

iiay: £2 10s to £2 15s delivered ; prime vfc baled £i f.o.b. G /ass Seed —Ryegrass, farmers' lots, Is 3d to Is 6d, heavier, Is .9d to 2s, prime heavy, town dressed 2s 6d to 3s 3d, cocksfoot t > 2.jd,t rwnmachinedressed, 161 bto 17i-> old seed 3|d t> 3 ; |d, f.0.b., cowgrass 6cl to extra

choice 7d, white clover 6(1 to Bd, delivered.

Dairy Produce ; Cheese, factory, 4|d to 5d,. dairy 4d to 5d ; butter, factory, local, Is 2d, frozen lid, North Island 13Jtl, dairy lid, salt (in boxes) 9d to lOd; bacon, hams, 6d to 6 kl ; factory bacon and 1- as £ higher, fTo.b. STOCLv SALES Jotinsonville.—Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, report t l.it extra weight bull icks brought 19s, ~; \ iue medium weight bullocks 21s 6d to 22s 6d, ows froin 19s to 20s per "■ 001 b. Aged workers sold at ,€lO 10s t > ,£ll ss, prime medium weight bull«r':s .£8 tj .£8 17s 6 1, inferior" =£6 15s X. i £7 10s, fair cows from L 6 to L 6 15s, rod wethers 13s 61 to 15s 7d, prime ewes las 4d, ethers 12s 9d to 14s Id, small store pigs 7s.

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'\ R. Jackson and Co qu.)te at Waveri . ley—Ewes in lamb 12s, hoggets 10s.

At Wangauui—Fat heifers ,£5 7s, f rrward heifers ~£4 .1 ss, two year steers L 4 10s, w T eaners 30s to 45?, heifers L 3 10s to L 4, cows and heifers L 3 7s 6d, milch cows L 5 5s to L 7. Hoggets 8s to 10s 6d, wethers 12s, half-bred do. 10s, fat ewes 12s, baeoners 34s to 395, porkers 18s to 235, stores 10s to 13s.