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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 48, 28 January 1902, Page 4

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CANTEBJiITItY MAKKETS

Ckristchurch, Jan. 22

The following are current prices j aid to farmers. Lyttelton, and free <_.f commission,, except where otherwise specified : "Wheat: Prime milling, Tuscan 2sl Od to 3s ; Hunter's- pearl and velvet 2s lOdto 3vS. Oats, (noiuinal)-2s 4d to 2s 4-4 d. Barley : (nominal) malting 2s 3d to 2s 6d, secondary Is 8d to Is lOd at country stations. Beans : 2s,Bd to 2s 9d, f.o.b. Peas: (nominal). Flour (millers' quotations) : Roller £7 10s. ' * Sharps : £4: 5s Pollard : £4= 5s per ton. Bran: £3 10s. Oatmeal : .£l3 f.o.b. Hay : .£2. 10s to £2 15s delivered. Grass Seed—Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 3s to 3s 6d, cocksfoot 2|dto 2fd, town machine-dressed 161 b to 171 b old seed to 3f*d f.o.b. Cow grass 6d to |d, extra choice 7d. "White clover, 6d to 8d delivered. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 4d to 4|d, dairy 4d ; butter, factory, local, 1 Id, North Island TOd, dairy 8d to 9d, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, sid to 6|d ; factory bacon and hams -j;d. higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES. At Addington -market last Wednesday 166 fat cattle'were yarded, mostly light to handy weights, with a few good steers. There was dull sale, «nd m decline of Is per 1001 b, -beef ruling lit 17s. Steers, £6 12s 6d to £8 10 , prime £9 to £ll, heifers £5 5-, cows £5 5s to £7 10s. Stores —A mixed yarding met guwlsale. "Fat Sheep—3ooo, mostly ewes. Freezing wethers were in good demand, selling at 13s to 16s 9d, heavie • up to 17s Id, lis and 12s 6d, others "-Bs. to 10s 6d. Merinos were almost unsaleable, owing to the large ya dng of ewes, and only oad prime lot sold at 14s 3d. "■"■'.-.

Fat lambs—sooo, including a number of secondary. This and careless drafting were responsible for a decline of Is to Is 6d. About 2500 were ttken for export at lis 4d to 14< 3ii ; 600 by butchers at 9s 3d to 14s 7d ; 650 by graziers at 9s to 10s"8.1 ; 1400 were passed at 10s to 13s 9d. Store sheep—66oo, mostly lambs. The dry weather caused less demand for all sorts, and there was a decided decline. A few wethers made 10s lid to 12s B<l, dry ewes 18s 9d to 13s 7d, ewes and lambs'Bs to 8s 2d all counted . La rnbs (about 2000) sold at 7s 3d to 10s Bd, and 1800 were passed. Pigs—about 500. All classes were easier. Baconers 35s to 525, . porkers 22s to 28s, both averaging 3|d per lb ; stores 14s 6d t 6 205,. small soi ts 6.s to 10s 6d. ! ': .■"-" '.'. ""' ...

Messrs Freeman Ri. Jackson and Co. in conjunction with Messrs Abraham a nd Williams). report' that at theiJ sale at Johnsohville, h.ear Wellington,, an entiy of eighty bullocks met a good demand, best bullocks making LB, to L 8 1 5* ; others L 7 7s 6d to L 7 17s 6d, averaging 21s per 1001 b. A fe\y good bullocks made L 6 to L 6 5s ; g K.-d ewes, 9s 6d to 10s ; medium ewes 9s ; wethers 1 Is to lis 2d ; medium lambs, 9s.' . , Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd , report the following wholesale prices on the Wellington produce market :—Wheat, 3s 6d per bushel; oats,! 2s lOd t> 3s per bushel ; barley, 'fowls, 2s 6d per.bushel ; ; maize, 3s bushel ; fiorir, £B,ss per ton : pollard, 105 s ton ; : bran,. 95si. per ton ; oatmeal, £l3 lOspertmi ;'6haS', ton ; potatoes, kidneyi;.. ' j& i er * ton ;

onions L 7 per t »n, ryegrass seed 3* to 4s 6d bu-.be], cocksfoot s-eed 3d to 3|d lb, butter, dairy 7d to Sd Y\ ra-tiy 6d to 7d lb, cheese,- fact >ry, medium weights 5d lb, factory bacon 6|d lb, hams 7ilb, fowls 3s pair, i\ osters 3s 6-', ducks 4s pair, turkey?, hens 7>: pa r, gobblers 9s to 13s pair, geese'ss to 5s 6d pair, hen eggs- 9d dozen, cabbages 2s to 4s 6d sack. ■ DUNEDIN FRUIT REPORT. • Dunedin', Jan. 24th.' Messrs Moritzson and Co., v of Dunedin, report for the past week : Tomatoes, fair supply at 6s ; plums, heavy arrivals 3s ; apples, fair eons : gnTnents desert 3s, cookers 4s : apric <ts, 3s to 3s 8d ; peaches, full supply 3s ; raspberries, 601 b tins, 4d ; cucumbers, 4s per case.