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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 82, 27 May 1902, Page 4

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CANTERBURY MARKETS. Christchurch, May 22. 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 Tuscan, 3s 9d at country stations. Oats. —Long feed, 2s 3d ; short feed oats, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; milling Canadians 2s 6d at country stations. Barley (new) —3s to 3s 3d at country stations. „ Peas : Partridge, 3s to 3s 3d ; Blue Prussians 5s to 5s 6d at country sta - tions. Flour (millers’ quotations): Roller £lO 10s. Pollard : £5 10s ton. Bran : £5 Oatmeal : £ls f.o.b. Oatsbeaf chaff: 65s to 70s at country stations. Onions : £5 10s at country stations. Potatoes: Beauty of Hebron and kidneys for forward delivery, 50s to 555, derwents 60s at country stations. Grass Seed —Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot 3|d to 3fd, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4s 6d. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 4gd to sd, dairy 4d ; butter, factory local, lid,North Island lid, dairyßdto 9d, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, 5d to 6ld ; factory bacon and hams, M higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES. Christchurch. May 21. Following is a report of the weekly stock sale at Addington : Fat cattle---204, including some primt heavy-weights. The trade being over-supplied on the previous week, beef, especially heavy sorts, eased to 18s 6d to 24s'pe r 1001 b. Pr me bullocks, to £l2 12s 6d ; best steers, L 8 lOstoLlOlOs; others, L 5 17s 6d to L 8; prime heifers, L 8 to 1.9 10s; others, L 5 5s to L 7 10s : heavy cows, L7toL 87s ; Others ;L4 15s to L 6 10s. ■ Fat sheep—6ooo. Ewes, which were in great demand for fieezing, showed an advance, while wethers quiteheld their own. Freezing wethers, 15s 6d and 18s 6d, to 19s 6d f.r extra prime ; freezing ewes, 10s 6d and 14s 6d to 15s 6d ; butchers’ best ewes, 12s and 15s, to 17s for extra ; otiiers, 7s 5d to 11s. Fat lambs —1500, Including a lot unfinished. Good sorts were in demand ; about two-thirds of the entry were taken for export at 10s to 13s 6d ; tegs, to 14s; unfinished, weaker, 6s to 9s 6d. Store sheep —4744, mostly ary wethers and lambs. A nice line * f forward wetners made made 15s , f tir sorts, 12s to 13s 6d ; backward, 10s 6d to 11s; aged ewes, 4s to 5s 31: better, to 9s; forwar.. lambs, 4 s 6d to 8s 9d ; backward,, 5s lOd to 7s. Pigs —Only 200. The shortage caused an advance in prices of both stores and fats. Baconers, 34s to 455, equal to 3|cl and 3|d per lb ; porkers 20s to 30s, equal to 3id to per lb ; t tores, 10s 6d to 20s; suckers and weanevs, 2s 6d to Bs. Dunedin, May 21. At Burnside market, 213 fat cattle were yarded. Best bullocks, L 9 5s to LlO 12s 6d ; one pen very prime, LI2 ; medium, L 8 2s 6d to L 9 ; others, L 7 10s to L 8 ; best cows, L 7 5s to L 7 12s G 1 ; others, L 4 10s to L 6. Sheep—l4B3. Best wethers, 15s to ’ 7s 6d ; others, 13s 6d to 14s 9>l ; best « ves. 12s to 14s 6d ; medium, l n s to 11s 5d ; others, 7s to 8s 6d. Lambs- —434., Best, 12s t 13s 3d ; i eliam, 9a M to> 11s 3d ;. o, hers, 64 Gd to Bs..

Pigs—2o4. Suckers, 2s 6d to 7s; slips, 9s to 12s ; stores, 14s to 17s 6d ; porkers. 24s to 32s ; bacouers, 39s to 49s ; heavy pigs, 60s. Messrs Freeman R. -Jackson and C', (in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams), report that at their sale at Johnsonville, near Wellington on Friday last as follows .—We had our usual yarding of cattle made up of fair to medium bullocks, with a few pens of fair cows. Beef made 21s per 1001 b; cow beef, 18s. We quote — Best bullocks, £8 10s to £8 15s; others, £7 17s 6d to £8 7s 6d ; cows, £6 to £6 7s Od ; light cows, £4 17s 6d to £5 10s. Ne prime sheep came forward. Medium ewes made 10s to 10s lOd and 0s 8d to 9s lOd ; wethers, 12s; forward ewes, 8s 3d ; forward wethers, 10s 4d ; medium lambs, 8s 6d to 9s Id. Store pigs, 9s 9d to 10s 7d ; slips, 5s 6d. The following wholesale selling prices on the Wellington produce market : —Wheat (fowls’), 4s per bushel, feed oats 3s 2d, barley 3s 6d per bushel, rye-corn 4s per bushel, maize 4s per bushel, flour Lll per ton, pollard 130 s per ton, bran 120 s pee ton, oatmeal Ll 4 10s per ton, oatsheaf chaff L 5 per ton, Canterbury hay L 4 10s per ton, partridge pea 4s, horse beans 4s 3d per bushel, rye-grass seed 3s 9d to 5s per bushel, cocksfoot seed, dressed 4 : icl to 4|d, farmers’ parcels 3d to 3|d per lb, potatoes £4 to £4 10s per ton, seed potatoes, Beauty of Hebron, Early Rose, Up-to-date, all at 955, Peach Blossom, Victory, Vermonts, all at 90s, onions L 7 per ton, dairy butter 9d per lb, cheese s|d factory, bacon 6|d best factmy, hams 7|d, rolls fowls 2s 6d per pair, roosters 3s per pair, ducks 3s to 4s per pair, turkeys, hens 8s per pair, gobbler's 9s to 11s per pair, geese 5s per pair, fresh eggs 2s 3d per dozen, limed eggs Is 2d, cabbages 3s to 5s per sack, cauliflowers 6s to 9s 6d per sack, pumpkins £2 per ton, marrows 2s 6d to 3s 6d per' sack, cooking apples'2s to 4s per 401 b case, dessert apples 4s to 7s per 401 b case, carrots 40s, swedes 40s per ton, wild ducks 3s 6d to 4s per pair, quail Is 6d per pair, pigeons 2s 6d per pair, pheasants 7s 6d per brace, hares Is 6d to Is 9d each: