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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 72, 22 April 1902, Page 4

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CANTERBURY MARKETS. Chbistchukch. April IT. The following are current- prices paid to farmers, £.o.b. r Lyttelton, and free of commission, except where otherwise specified : Wheat -- Prime milling, Tuscan 3s 4d to 3s 5d r Mvmter’s pearl and velvet 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; new 3s 4d to 3s 5d at country stations. New oats.—Long feed, 2s ld„; short feed, 2s Id, in small bags ; milling Canadians 2s 2d to 2s 3d at country stations. Barley (new)—-3s to 3s 3d at country stations. Beans : 2s 8d to 2s 9d, f.d.b. ' r Peas: Partridge, 3s to 3s 3d ; Blue Prussians 4s 6d to 4s 9d at country stations. Flour (millers’ quotations) : Roller £lO. Pollard : £4 15s ton. Bran : £4. Oatmeal: .£l3 f.o.b. Hay: £2 10s to £2 15s delivered. Oatsheaf chaff: 55s to 60s at country stations. Onions : 45s to 50s at country stations. Potatoes : Beauty of Hebron, 40s, kidneys 40s, derwents for forward delivery, 45s to 50s at country stations. Grass Seed—Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot. 3 5d to 3f d, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4s 6d. Hairy Produce ; Cheese, factory 4d to 4|d, daily 3|d to 4d ; butter, factory local, North Island lid, dairy Bdto 9d, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, 5d to 6|d ; factory bacon and hams, gd higher*, fo.b. STOCK SALES. Christchurch, April 1 6. The weekly sale of stock was L Id at Addington to-day. Fat cattle—lß3, mostly unfinished sorts, many of whicn were passed, but anything prime sold at an advance, beef ruling at 19s 6d to 255. Prime steers, £8 to £9 5s ; others, £6 10s to £7 10s ; prime heifers, £7 10s to £8 7s 6d ; others, £5 10s to £7 ; prime cows, £7 10s to £9 15; others, £5 7s 6d to £7. Store cattle—3so, mostly good sorts. There was keen demand. . Calves, 16s; 18-months, £2 6s to £3 11s; 2-year steers, £3 14s to £4 10s; heifers, £3 19s 6d ; 2|-year steers, £5 Is ; heifers, £5 ; 3-year steers, £5 2s to £5 7s 6d ; heifers, £5 12s 6d; mixed three and four year-old steers, L 7 Is ; heifers, L 6 ss; dry cows, LI 2s 6d to L 3 15s. Hairy cows—about eighty Best sorts were inquired for at L 7 10s and L 9 2s 6d up to L 10; others, L 3 5s to L 7. Fat sheep—4soo, mostly good lines of wethers and ewes. There was keen inquiry for wethers, best to 18s 6d, good, 15s to 17s 9d. Ewes met rather irregular sale;, extra prime, to 18s; prime 15s to 17s 6d : medium, 12s to 14s 6d ; inferior 8s 6d ’to 10s 6d. Fat lambs—2332, including many secondary sorts. Late rates werfe fully upheld. Exporters took 1454 at 10s t. > 14, average 12s 3d, butchers, 234 at 7s to 10s lOd, average 12s, graziers 138 at. 9s to 10s 7d, 506 were passed at 12s 61 to go to factory on vendor’s account. Store sheep—l6,ooo, mostly wethers and lambs. Forward wethers were in demand, and good lambs rose 6d to 9d. Ewes were not so much sought after. Fotward wethers, 14s to 15s 4d, good sorts 12s 3d to 13s lOd, backward 6s 7 d to 11s 6 ■ 1, m ixed wethers and e wes, 11s 61 to 12s 2d, two-tooth ewes 13s -~d : two and four-tooths, 10 s Id ; six and e gl'f-tooths, 10s Id to 11s lid ; eight-tooths, 10s 2d; aged, 3s 5d to 6s Cd. Forward lambs, Bsrto 9s 6d ; backw T d, 4s 6d to 7s. 6d. Pigs—sso. Fats were fir., er, and

Southern buyers took 200 for Studholme, Oamaru and Dunedin. Strong stores improved. Baconers, 34s to 48s, equal to and 3gd per lb : porkers, 22s to 325, equal to 3|d to 4d ; big stores, 20s to 255; smaller, 12s 6d to 18s ; suckers and weaners, 3s to Bs. Dunedin, April 16. At Burnside i.> arket 175 fat cattle were yarded. Only a Small proportion were prime. There was improved demand, anci prime bullocks sold at an advance of last week. Best bullocks, LlO to Lll 7s 6d ; medium, L 7 15s to L9ss ; best cows and‘ v heifers, L 6 os to L 7 10s; medium, L 4 15s to L 5 17s 6d ; old, L 3 10s to L 5 7s 6d. Fat sheep : 2140 were penned, and prices showed a decided advance, ruling from Is lid to 2s better than last week. Best wethers 14s to 16s 6d, medium 12s to 13s 9d, others 10s 6d to 11s; best ewes 13s to 1 ss, medium 11s to 12s 9d, old 7s to 9s.

Lambs : 528 were yarded and sold at about last week’s rates. Best 11s to 12s 3d, medium 9s to 10s 9d, others 6s to 8s 9d.

Pigs : 321 were penned ; prices of last week were fully maintained. Suckers 6s to 10s 6d, slips 12s to 15s, stores 16s to 225, porkers 24s to 325, baconers to 475, big pigs to 60s.

Messrs Freeman. R. Jackson and Co (m conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams) report that at theirsale at Johnsonville, near Wellington, on Thursday as follows :—An average yarding of some heavy weight to medium bullocks, with a few lighter sorts, met a fair market. Beef made 20s, an occasional pen 21s. We quote :- Prime heavy bullocks £8 10s to £B, others £7 17s 6d to £7 12s 6d, light bullocks £7 7s 6d. Sheep were in usual supply, and wer e without any improve meat in price. A few medium fat ewes made 9s 9d, fat wethers'l Is 9d, half fatted stru-e ewes 7s to 7s 3d, butchers’ lambs 8s lOd to 8s 7d ; wearier pigs, 7s 3oh TYPICALSOUTH AFRICAN STORE. O. R. Larson, of Bay Villa, Sundays River, Cape Colony, conducts a store typical of South Africa, at which can be purchased anything from the proverbial “needle to an anchor.” This store is situated in a valley nine miles from the nearest railway station and about twenty-five miles from the nearest town. Mr Larson Says: ' "I am favored with the custom of farmers within a radius of thirty miles, to many of whom I have supplied Chamberlain’s remedies. All testily to their value in a household where a doctor’s advice is almost out of the question. Within one mile of my store the population is perhaps sixty. Of these, within the past twelve months, no less than fourteen have been absolutely cured by Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. This must surely be a record. For sale by A. Manoy, Motueka.