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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 106, 19 August 1902, Page 4

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C/ANTERB'G'R.Y MARKETS: Aug 15. f The following are cwrrent prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, except where otherwise specified: r W^heat ; Hunter’s, Pearl ahcl Tuscan, 3s 9|d to 3s IGd at country stations. ’ Oats. —Long feed, 2s 3d ; - short; feed oats, 2s 3<i" to 2s 4d ; tail'll rig. aviadiais 2> 6rl> at country stations. Barley (new)——3s to 3s 6d at country stations. Peas: Partridge, 3s to «3s 6d ; Blue Prussians 5s 6d to 5s 9d at country stations. Beans— 3s 4d, at. country sta -> tions. * . : ; Flour (millers’ quotations) : Roller .£lO 10s. rPollard ; £5 I Os ton . Bran : £4 15s. Oatmeal : £ls f.o.b. Oatsbeaf chaff: 65s to 70s at country stations. Onions : £3 Os at country stations. Potat >es : Beauty of Hebron £4 ; kidneys f >r forward delivery, 80s to 85s, dervvents 37s 6d to £2 at country stations. . Grass Seed —Ryegrass, prime heavy t iwn dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot 3jd to 3|d, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4s Gd. Dairy Produce ; Cheese, factory 4|d t> sd, dairy 4d t > 4|d ; butter, factory local, Is 3d, North Island Is Id, dairy lOd, salt (in boxes) 9d ; bacon; hams, 7<l to 8d ; fact >rv bacon and hams, Id higher, f .b. STOOK SALES. Christchurch, August 10. At Addington to day there were fair entries, including a number of exhibition hues of fat sheep and a few prime cattle, .principally from the Notth Islaud. The attendance was large, including breeders from the North Island, Otago and North Canterbury. . ; Fat cattle. —132, mostly, light' weights, excepting a.few lines of prime bullocks and cows. Competition was Keen for really good sorts, and showed a distinct advance, the best beef ruling at 26s to 30s per 1001 b, and more in exceptional cases; other sorts, 20-1 to 265. Best bullocks, .£l2 to £l6 i Os ; good steers, £9 to £ ] 1 10s ; others, £6 to £8 ,1.0 s; heifers, £5 5s to £9 2s G 1 ; extra good c nvs, £9 to £lO 17s G l ; others, £5 to £8 lO.s. Fat sheep----About 700, including several exaibiti.»;» consignments, which took prizes at the Cn nterbuvy and Dunedin Winter S r >ws. There .vas a keen demand for extra prime, both by local butchers and exporter's to'Sydney, and freezass also operated* freely.. Prices ior the exhib tio v consignment ranged from 27s to 41s; piiine heavy wethers io- Sydney, 19s Gd to 235; prime freezers, 18s to 21s ; lighter, 14s 9d to 17s 6d ; prime heavy ewes, 16s lOd to 19s ; mediumj 14s to 16s 6d ; others, 11s 6d to 15s 6d ; prime merino wethers, 18s 3d to 19. 5d ; others, 12s to 13s 6 1. Fat lambs—2so. Spring lambs, 11s 61 to 15s; hoggets, 11s to 14s Id: St u-e sheep. —r 3774, mostly hog-, gecs. All classes sold well, and nearly the whole entry changed hands. Forward wethers, 15s ; others, 13s 4d to 13s 9d ; good young half-bred 1 ' ewes, 1 5.s 3d; fair, 10 s - 8d to 12s 8d; inferior, 5s to 9s ; hoggets, 7s 7d to 10s 7d. Pius.— -Ab >ut 350. Fats were scarce. O . ' and c mmmnded higher prices.' A buy ei from Sydney was unable to purchase, v dues being above his limit. Baeo iers, 40s to 57s 6»d, equal to to 4| l per

lb ; porkers, 25s to H&s, equal to“4|‘d I tq rssl per lb storey, I7s 6d to 25s ; s 10s4o T ; «uckm-s 'we^nr, 5s (to 95.. ; ' i M , , . pun.^dif|,- ( August 13. t At the Burnside market to-day fat cattle were yarded, , The, l except ( for .the was slack/ and. a reduction of 1 to lj>s per head bad to be submitted -, to, especially ,in unfinished. .Best - bullocks £lO 10s to £l2, medium ,15s to £lO, best cows and heifers £7 to ’£B,ss, medium £5 lOsto £6 1.55, . ~ ~.t . Sheep —4534 were, penned, pi ices ruling about Is lower. Freezing buyers operated fi.ee.ly, Best wethers 18s to 20s 6d, medium. 1,5 s6d to 17s 9d ? , ; ewes 15s, to il 6s medium 13s to T4s 9d. j : „ ...... ‘ Lambs—364 were yarded,‘ prices ruliug raboijti the, samp a* last-, week. Best h lk to ?13s, .spedi urn, '9s to /0s 9d,, - Piggi—lo6 were penned, /prices for* all sorts ruling jSrnk 12s slips 14s to l6s ? es )8s to’ 235, porkers 29s to 535, heavy pigs.up to 68s. / •/ Messrs Freeman R. Jacksori arid 0o., ! ' f in conjunction with Messrs AWakarri and Williams, re peart ! on their /stock; f , sale at Johnsonville on Tuesday last *as / follows : —A full yarding of bullocks’of good quality met a* brisk market,' and owing to the piesenee of/Sydney buy- : ei-s, beef made fully 2s per hundred pounds more to-day than last week. Quotations :— — Beef: up to 2 ss. Best bullocks LlO 5s to LlO 17s 6d, others L 9 and LBssto L 9 12s 6d. A; small entry of sheep sold freely at an advance on last week’s rates. Wethers 15s 9d to 15s lid, ewes 12s Id, 12s 9d- to 14s 3d. : • I Mess'-s Thompson Br >s. arid- Oo repoit the f tllowing prices■ rulingiim. the Wellington Produce Market during the past week :—Mbeat 3s 6 1 to 3s 8d per bushel, oats 2s l i d to 3s, seed, oats Sparrow bill, 3 s 4d, Tarta rui n 3s 4 1 to 3s 5 1 and Gartoiis -3s 3d,' maize 3s lOd to 4s, bai ley 3s 3d to 3s 6 1, ti uf £ll a ton, oatmeal £l4 10s^pollard.£6 1 os, bran L 5 15, hay L 4 1(K oatsheai chafi' L 5 5-, t » L 5 I 0 , hor-sc beans 4s' '3d ri bushel, 1 p >tat es Tl/3 15s a ton,onions L 4 10s t > L 5. Imttei , dairy 9 1 t</ 9|d per ib, cheese, factory 5-|d lb, bacon 7d lb, rolls 7.|d, • hams 7|d, fowls 3.s 6d to 4s pair: ducks to 4s 61 'pair, fresh eggs Is ± l a d zeh, cabbages 4s to 7s sack, ca ulifiovvers 9s t i 10s 6d sack, inedmm 6s to. 8s sack, pumpkins 3s”' 6 f t ) sai*k; marrows 3s 9.1 to 4s J3d sack, cooking apples 5s 6 1 to 7s case (if 401 b, dessert apples 7s 9s case of 491 b, tiauanas 12s to 14s cose, scarce, oranges 9s to 10s ; per swedes 3s to 3s 6;d per sack, parsnips 4s 6d to 5s 3d sack, seed potatoes L 5 to L 7 ton. c.