COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 52, 11 February 1902, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CANTERBURY MARKETS

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The following are current prices pajcl to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, except ;where otherwise specified: !;: "Wheat: Prime milling,’Tuscan 2slld to 3s ; Hunter's pearl and . velvet 2s lid to 3s.

Old Oats, (nominal)-2s 4d to 2s 4gd, f.o.b. ; new oats, Is 9d to Is lOd ; short feed, Is lid to, 2s, at Country stations.

Parley (new)— 3s to 3s IJd at country stations.

Beans : 2s 8d 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. Hav : £2 10s to £2 15s .delivered. Onions : £4 at country stations. Potatoes : Beauty of Hebron-, 40s to 45s at country stations. Grass Seed —Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 3s to 3s- 6d, cocksfoot 3d, town machine-dressed 161 b to 171 b old seed to 3Jd f o b. Cow grass 6d to 6 Jd, extra choice 7d. White clover. 6d to 8d delivered.

Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 4d to 4|d, dairy 4d, ; butter, factory, local, lid,North Island lOd, dairy Bdto 9d, salt (in boxes)-, 8d ; bacon, bains, to 6.3 d /factory bacon and.hams 4<l higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES. At the Addington sale yards on Thursday last, the bidding for fat cattle was irregular, with prices easier, there being a drop of fully Is per 100 lb. Of store cattle there was a lar<e entry, and lots sold freely. There was a smaller entry of fait sheep than for the past few weeks. The bulk <■ insisted of fat ewes, with a few pens of prime wethers. Bidding was brisk for all lines of freezers, but fat ewes met with a dull and dragging sale, prices showing a drop of from 2s 6d to 3s per head, Of fat lambs there was a large entry. Although prices for all lines were easy at the opening of the sale, they improved as it progressed. The entry of store sheep totalled 6500. Bidding was very dull for store lamhs, but good for fresh conditioned wethers and good young ewes, which sold at rates fully up to past markets.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson arid Co. (in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams) report that at their sale at Johnsonville, near Wellington, on Friday last as follows : —We had a fair yarding of cattle from medium to good quality beef. The bulk entered were cows and heifers, and sold at full values. A large entry of sheep and lambs came forward, and sold somewhat easier than of late. We quote . -

Beef, 20s t>-21s per 1001 b, and cow beef 18, best bullocks, L 8 12s 6d to L 9 7s 6:1, medium, L 8 to L 3 7s 6d, others, L 7 15s to L 7 17s 6d. cows and heifers, L 6 5s to L 6 17s 6d, cows, L 5 sstoL6. Fat ewes', 9s 9d to 11s 6d, medium, 8s 3d to 9s 6d, fat lambs, 9s 3d to 10s sd, forward lambs. 5s 8d to 6s 9d, store wethers, 7s lOd. RAM FAIR. The annual Palmerston Rim Fair, held by the New 'Zealand L an and Mercantile Agency and by Messrs Abraham and Williams in conjunction, commenced yesterday in the yards of the f orme • company. There was a large attendance of breeders, and some of the lines were keenly contested for. Some of the rams came fr an "such noted breeders as the .Reids and Mr J. S. Holmes, of Qamaruy; Messrs W.

t> jag, P. C. ThreUiVld,. J./Rennie and H. Overton, of Canterbury ; Mr J. B. Sutton, of Southland ; and some of the principal North Isbind breeders. Following were the sellers and principal prices realised ;-• • o - ''

Flock Romney Marsh.—-W. Jacobs, K vvltea, 10, from 3gs to 4igs ; J. O. Batchelar, Palmerston; 40,° frbm 3=§gs to, 7|gs ; D. Buickj Palmerston, 100, from 2gs to 3|gs ;' : Wni Akers, Pal mebston, 45 offered, 1 sold at 4gs ; R; MI .Bryant, Palmerston, 25 offered, 1 sold at 2gs ; Robert Cobb, Manakau, 15 offered and passed in ;■ Lynch' 'Brothers, Paikakariki, 20 offered and passed in ; P. C. Threlkeld, Canterbury, 16 from sgs to 65 gs ; W. Boag, Canterbury, 21 from 3gs to,4|gs pC. W. Reid, 125 from 4gs to 6gs ; Slack Brothers,- 40, from 4|gs to 9gs ; S. R. Lancaster, 10 from 4/ to 7gg*. ! Flock Border Leicester's.—J.F. Reid, Oamaiu, 50 from -2gs tb sgs; W.'Bcag, 41, from 3|gs t > ; 5/gs ; J. S. Holmes, Oamaiu, 25, from 3gs to 6gs : G. H. Gower, Foxton, 20, from 3|gs to 6gs ; J. Rennie, Canterbury, 25, from 3gs sgs ; Flock Soushdown Rams. S. R. Lancaster, Palmerston, 10, from - s£gs to 6^gs. y I lock Shropshire. -William Akers, Palmerston, 12, from lfgs to 2/gs; C. W. Reid, Qamairr, 12-5, from 2|gs to 6igs

Stud Rams.- : Romney Marsh—C. Dorse , Cartel ton, 5, at 5/gs, 5-igs, 6gs, 7gs and ] 3j|gs ; J. Fl Reid, Oamaru, 2at 9|gs, 2at lOgs. Southdown— S. Garforth, Canterbury, 1 at at 7gs ; Henry Overton, Canterbury, 1 at 2-sgs. PRODUCE REPORT. - Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd., report the following wholesale prices on the Wellington produce market : —Wheat, 3s 7d to 3s 8d per bushel: oats, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel ; barley 2s 6d per bushel ; maize, 3s bushel : fl/ur £8 10s per ton ; pollard, 105 s ton; bran, 95s per' ton: ratmeal, £l4 10s per- ton ; chaff'. 70s to to 75s per ton ; field peas 4s 3d busl el, potatoes £2 10s to £3 per ton, ryeg ass seed 4s per bushel, cocksfoot seed 2.fd to 3/d per lb, onions £7 per ton, j ri-ne butter 8d per lb,'dairy 7d to 7|d per lb, elite e 5d per lb. bacon 6d l est factory, hams 7id, rolls 7/d, fowls 2s 6d to 3s per pair, roosters 3s 6 1 per pair, ducks 4s pair, turkey hens 8s per pa r, gobblers 9s to 13s pair, geese. 5s } a : r, fresh eggs Is 3d to Is 4d, cab - bages Is to 3s sack, green peas 3d to 4d per peck.