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Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 17, 8 October 1901, Page 4

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CANTERBURY MARKETS. -" Ceristchurch, Oct 3. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free of cc nimission, except'where otherwise specified : "Wheat : Hunter's pearl and velvet, 2s 5d to 2s 6d, and Tuscan 2s 6d f.o.b. Oats: Canadian 2s 3d to 2s 4d, short feed 2s 2d to 2s 3d, duns and Danish 2s Id to 2s 2d, f.o.b. Barley : (nominal) malting 2s 3d to 2s 6d, secondary Is 8d to Is lOd at country stations. Beans : 2s 7d to 2s Bd, f.o.b. Peas: (nominal). Flour (millers' quotations) : Roller, £.6 15s. Sharps : .£4. Bran : £3 10s. Oatmeal : .£l2 f.o.b. Potatoes : Derwents £4 to ,£4 ss, at handy country stations. Oatsheaf chaff —35 s 40s at near countiy stations. Hay: £2 10s to £2 15s dalivered ; Grass Seed —Ryegrass, farmers' lots, Is 9d to 2s, prime heavy, town dressed 2s 6d to 3s, cocksfoot 2|d to 2f d, town machine-dressed, 161 b to 171 b old seed to 3|d, f.0.b., cowgrass 6d to 6jd, extra choice 7d, white clover 6d to Bd, delivered. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 44d to sd, dairy 4d to 5d ; butter, factory, local, Is, North Island lid, dairy lOd, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, 6d to gd higher, fo.b.

STOCK SALENS. Christchurch Oct 4. Fat cattle : 164 yarded ; only a. fewgood steers, the bulk secondary cows and heifers. A dragging sale caused prices to ease. Best beef, 25s to 28s ; others, 21s to 24s ; best steers, £8 10s to £"9 17s 6d; others, .£6 10s to L 8 ; heifers, L 5 5s to L 8 12s 6s; cows, L 3 4s t<> L 7 10s ; extra prime up to L 9 15s. Store cattle: 200 yarded, mostly rough sorts and cows. Calves, 15s ti 275; 15 to 18-months, weedy sorts 455: good, 64s to 70s ; three-year steers and heifers, L 6 7s 6d ; dry cows, 30s to to S6s. Fat sheep : 4600 penned, the majority good crossbred and merino wethers; only a few ewes. An improved demand for export, and a slight advance. Extra prime wethers, 22s to2ss; freezers 18s to 2is 6d ; lighter, 16s to 17*s ; best hoggets, 15s to 17s 2d; others, lis lOd to 14s; extra prime ewes, |up to 235; good 16s to 20s; others, 13s to 15s; prime mutton, wethers to 20s Id ; freezers, 1 5s to 18s 6d ; others 10s 2d tol4s. Store sheep.— 1518 penned, all wethers and hoggets. A good sale for forward sorts cf wethers at 15s 9d to 16s 7d; others, 14s to 15s 6d; forward hoggets. 13s to 14s; others, 10s lid to 12s 9d. Pigs. —450 penned. An improved demand for porkers and small sorts. Baconers and large stores about held their own. Baconers, 35s 555, equal to 3|d to 4d per lb; porkers, 24s 6d to 33s 6d or 4d per lbqer lb ; stores, 12s to 18s ; suckers and weaners, 7s to lis

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co, (in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams) roport on their stock sale at Johnsonville as follows :—There was an average entry of bul'.ocls of good quality. The demand was not so brisk as last week, and bullocks show a slight decline. Sheep were in short supply and of fair quality, and sold freely. Quotations : —Beef at 22s to 22s 6d ; best bullocks, £9 to £9 I2s »6d ; others, ,£8 15s to £8 17s 6d ; best

ewes, 15s 4d ; others, 13s; best Wethers, 16s ; others. 14s 9d. Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co. have received the following wool market cablegram from tre'rLondon house, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co., dated 30th September—The market is weak and irregular, and has declined 5 per cent, except for the best sorts of scoured and greasy merino.

FARM and DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs Townsend and Paul report the following wholesale selling prices on the Wellingtou produce market:— "Wheat, 3s 2d per bushel; broken, 2s 9d per bushel; oats, 2s 6d per bushel ; •barley, 2s 2d per bushel ; maize, 3s Id per bushel ; pollard, £4 15s ; bran, £4= 10s per ton, chaff, .£3 10s per ton; hay, £4= 10s per ton ; partridge peas. 4s 3d per bushel; prussian blue, 4s 9d per bushel ; potatoes, .£4 15s to .£5 per ton ; seed potatoes, £4 10s to £5 per ton; onions, American <£l6 10s per ton ; butter, choice lOd to Is per pound, medium 8d to 9d per lb ; bacon, 6| per lb, hams, 7|d per lb ; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s per pair ; geese. 5s 6d per pair ; ducks, 5s to 5s 6d ; turkeys, 7s to 12s; eggs, 9d ; swedes, 30s per ton ; carrots, 40s per ton ; cabbages, 4s to 5s 6d per sack ; cauliflowers, 4s to 6s per sack ; pumpkins, 4s to 5s per sack ; marrows, 4s to 4s 6d per sack ; lettuce, Is to Is 6d per dozen ; celery, Is to 2s per dozen ; parsnips, 3s to 4s per sack : rhubarb, 6s to 8s per dozen.