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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 110, 2 September 1902, Page 4

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Christciixj roh, Aqg 29 • The - foil t>win g are current prices paid to* farmers,, f.0.b., aiid iJ free of commission, except where otherwise specified : Wheat : Hunter’s, Pearl and Tuscan, 3.s 9|d to 3s 10<l at country station . Oats. —Long feed, 2s 3d ; short feed* oats, 2s 3d to 2s . 4d ; milling Canadians 2s 6d at country 1 stations. Barley (new) —3s to 3s fid at. country stations. Peas : Partridge, 3s to 3s 6d ; Blue Prussians 5s fid to 5s 9d at country stations. Beans--3s 4d, at country stations. ’ • Flour (millers-’ quotations): Roller £lO 10s. Pollard : £6 Os ton. <, Bran.: £5 15s. s . Oatmeal : =£l4 f.o.b. Oat sheaf chaff: 65s to 70s at country stations. ; f Onions : £3 0> at country statiqnsi Potatoes: Beauty of, Hebron .£4; kidneys for forward delivery, 80s to 85s, derweats 50s to 52s fid at country stations. Grass Seed- —Ryegrass, prime heavy town di*essed 4s 3d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot 3|d to 3|d, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4s 6d. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 4|d t«> sd, dairy 4d to 4gd ; butter, factory local, Is 3d, North Island Is Id, dairy l Od, salt (in boxes) 9d ; bacon,. hams, 7d to 8-1 ; factory bacon and hams, fed higher, f > I). Tuomp-Mi Bv ss Ltd.-,-- report - t oe foil v.vb.g TH\o.e.*»Vu]; ii«*- •* 4i t.»-e Wei-' 1 ugtou LV-.Miiwe Mar.vet .• .during the pa.vfc week : Wheat 3s fid to 3s 8d bushel, oats 3s Id to 3s 3d bushel, seed oats, Sparrow bill 3s 4d, Tartarian 3s 4d to 3s sd, and Gartons 3s 3d bushel, maize 4s 3d bushel, barley 3s 3d to 3s (id bushel, Hour £ll ton, oatmeal £ 14 10s to =£ls 10s ton, pollard £7 5s ton, bran £6 15s ton, hay. £5 ; 10s ton,, oatsheaf chaff £5 5s to <£s 10s ton, horse be;tu.s 4-. 3d per bushel, potatoes £4, 15s ton, onions £4 10s to £5 ton,, dairy butter 9d to 94 per lb, factory cheese 54 per lb, bacon 7d lb, rolls 7|d to 8d lb, hams 7q<b f.nvls 3s 9<l to ; 4s pair, ducks 4s to 4s fid pair, eggs fresh lOd dozen, cabbages 4s t* 7s sack, cauli- ; )\vers choice 9s to 12s sack, medium bs to 8s sack, pumpkins 3s 6d to 4s s-ick, marrows 3s 9d to 4s 3d sack, cooking apples 6s to 8d per case of 401 b, dessert apples 8s to 14sf, case scarce, ma ages 11 s so 12s per packer, - carrots 2s fid per cwt, swedes 2s 6d to 3s per sack, pa Miips 5s to 6s sack, fungus, 5d per-lb,"seed potatoe £5 to £7 ton. STOJK SALES. Ofu-istcSmrc.!.-, .. u ( .u-t 2:7. At Addington to-day there were large entries, of all kind.- of s Fat cattle —198, mostly useful, steers and heifers, with a few extra prime. Bidding was not quite so brisk as last! week, but prices were,-well maintained. Prime beef 26s to 3 os, other 22s to 25s per 1001 b, heavy steers £lO to £l3, others £6 2s 6d to £8 10s, prime heifers £9 to £ll 15s, .others L 5 12s fid to L 8 10s, cows- L 5 to L 8 7s 6d: Store cattle —A mixed entry and a fair sale. Yearlings 27« to- 33s fid, fifteen and eighteen-months L2 to L2 18s, two-year steers L 4 ,2s.Sii- to J_is fis, heifers L 4 to L 4, 1.55.. . Thirty-five-, three- year-old steers from Kaikoqra made L 6 14s and heifers LG 15s, <by. <»ows 32s fid to 82s 6d, dairy cows be t Iff to LlO, others L 3 10s to Lfi 10s. Fat. sheep —About 6500, including a few prime heavy-weights,. and several coar.-e and badly finished freezing lines from the south. Ewes were rather

U'be mUrket foi heavy weighty was easier, therlrbeing biiye’rjf for ;Sydney, and freezing buvers did not appear anxious to operate. Ewes, dV i<ved improvement.''" Frithe .heavy 'wetbeTvs ’ 2Is 1 to 29k, freezing : wethers 15s fid t > 19s 6cl, fight \Vetli ere 14s t.) 15s, prime heavy 17sitb !i l9 ' .fid, others 13s to 1 fix 61; prime merino" ; wethers 17s to 20- fib, h times 11s fid to 13s 9 i. Fat h >ggt* ts a rVd ‘ la hi bs— Forty spring lambs made 14s to ffis Off- for good, to 8s 6d to 11s f orbsnnili : ;35C) ‘ hoggets, mostly bought fur ireCzaig, at 10s 9d to 15s. J ’ Store sqeep—• 3881. nv>vb !y hoggets,. ‘with 685 wethers 1 and ebo-s, which' were passed at 11s- fid. ■■ The demand was scarcely so keen as last week, and 'many were passed,' but prices were maintained. • Forward withers made 13s 4d to -14 s 3d, others 11s 7H ito 12s Bcl, good young’ewes I2s to 1 s’s 3d, aged 3s to BsTld, hoggets 7s 9d to 11s Id. ; Pigs—s3B. Competition was entirely in the hands of the local trade, iand prices were free all round. Bacpners 40s to 55s to 62s for extra heavy, equal to 4d to 4-4 d per lb ; pork-ei-s 25s to 365, equal to 4jd to 5d per lb ; large stores 1 8s to 235, smaller 12s to 17s fidj suckers and veaners 5s td 10s. Duiiedin, August 27. At Bnrnside market to-day 172 fat, cattie were yarded, pi-ices ruling about the same as last week. Best bullocks’ LlO 10s to Ll2, medium L 8 to L9'l7s fid, best cows and heifers L 6 10s to L 7 15s, medium L 5 10s to L 6 ss. Sheep—24oo were penned, prices ruling firm at last week’s rates. Best wethers 18s to 20s, extra heavy 235, medinfii 1 fis to 17s fid, best ewes 16s to 18-, medium 13s 9H t> 15s. Lambs —194 were penned,all selling well at up to 14s Od for best, others 7s fid to 9s fid. Pigs-—137 were yarded, prices ruling about the same as last week! Suckers 10s to 14sb slips 15s to IBs, stoves 21s to 235, porkers 27s to 38s, ba.co.ners 40s to fiOs, inr'vw p ; gs 695-to 80s.- ' "

Messrs Freeman 11. Jackson and Co. in conjunction -with Messrs Abraham .and. -Williams, -rep o t on their stock sale at dohnxonville on Tuesday last as follows : —A rather- suvail entry of bu)-' locks.of medium quality soli freely, and; were higher -than at last \veek ? s sale. .. We quote— Beef, up to 25s ; cow beef, 21s fid. Bullocks, L 9 2s 6d to L 9. 12s 6d ; and L 8 10s to L 9 ; others, L 7 17s 6<l to L 8 ; cows L 8 10s ; heifers L 9. A fair yarding of sheep of good quality sold well. Btst wethers, 16s 3d to 16s 5d ; others, 15s to to 15s 11 ; ewes, 13s to 14s lid. Pork, small, 16s 6d ; slips, 6s fid to 12s 61.