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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 116, 23 September 1902, Page 4

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Christchurch, Sept 19 ; | The fooo<wirig arecurrent prices paid j to farmers,. £.o.b. r Lyttelton, and free of commiss.on y except where otherwise specified: - 1 Wheat :: Hw-iter's r and Tuscan,. 3s 10.1 t > 3s lid, Pearl 3s lid to 4s at 1 v unt; y stations. Oats.-Lon» feed 2s 3d to 2 s 4d ; short feed oats, 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; milling Caoad ans 2s 6.1 at country stations. Barley (new) —3s to 3s 6d at country stations. 1 flour (millers’ quotations):: Roller £lO 10s. Pollard : .£6 Os ton. Bran : £6. Oatmeal : £l4 f.o.b. Oat-deaf chaff: 65s to 67* 6d at country stot.ons. Onions : £3 Os at country stat'ons. Potatoes: Derwents L 4 5-* to £4 7s 6d at country stations. Grass Seed—Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6d y cocksfoot 3d to 3fd y ryegrass,. Italian, town dres-ed 4s 6d. j )a i rv Produ-e ; Cheese, factory 5d to s ld, dairy 4g -i to 5d ; butter, factory 1 ral, Is 2d, North Island Is, dairy. J Id, salt (in boxes) lOd ; bacon, hams 7d to H i ; factory bacon and hams, id higher, fo.b. —Christchurch Press. o WELLINGTON PRODUCE REPORT. Wheat (fowls’), 3s Bd to 3s lOd per bushel, feed eats 3s to 3s 3d, Tartarian see*l 3s sd, dun oats 3s 2d, barl.,v 3s 3 1 hu hel, maize 4s 7d bushel. U »ur £ 1 1 t a>, p ilanl 145 s tni, bran 130 s ton, £l4 10s t. >n, oatsueaf ei.a if £5 5s t. > £5 1 Os fc n *, hay £4 10s t »ii, ho se beans 4s 3 l bush* 1, seed potatoe , Beauty of Hebron £6 10s. flu e Kidney £6, Euly Rose £6 10s, Breeze’s Prof fir, Vermonts, Magnum Bouuui all at £5, Derwents 90s to 97s 6d, onions £lO, Spanish £l3, American 417 ton, cheese s |d, factory ; bacon 7|d, best factory ; hams Bd, rolls 7fd, fowls 4s to 4s 9d pair, ducks 5* to 6s pair, turkeys hens 7s to 8s pair, gobblers 9s to 11s pair, geese 5s 6 1 pail-, fresh eggs lid to Is dozen, cabbages 6s to 9- sack, caul.flowers 9s to 14. per sack for choice, pumpkins £3 10s to ,£4 tm, marrows 5s to 7s sack, cooking apples 5s to 6s 401 b case, dessert apples 6s t> 9s 401 b case, red carrots 50s, swedes 50s per ton, parsnips 9s t i 12s sack, mutton birds s^d. STOCK SALES. Christchurch, September 17. At Addington to-day, 207 fat cattle were yarded, mostly secondary sorts. Better classes all sold well, prime beef i tiling from 28s to 30s and up to 32s 6d for extra, others 24s to 27s per 1001 b, prime bullocks .£l2 to ,£l4 15s, good Stee.s £9 t . £ll 10s, lighter L 6 17s 6 l to L 8 10 , extra prone heifers LI 0 to LI2 15s, ligate ■ L 5. 17s 6d to L 7 10s. Store cattle —A slack sale. Yearlii gs 28. to 375, 15 to 18-mpuths L2 12s 6d to L 3 12s, two year st-jtrs L 5 12s 6<l, three year steeas L 7 2s, 1 eifeis L 5 17s 6d, dry cows L2 to L 4. ex-.i a g od dairies. L 9 10s to LlO 12s 63, <r o L 7 t. L 9, others L 4 to L 6 10s. Store sheep —423o, mostly wethers and hoggets The demand was not quite so Keen. There were only two lots of e\vt s iti iamb, wn ch brought 8s 6 1 to 8s Lid, good line, of forward wtthers fetched 13s to 14s 1 1 ackward 10s to 12s 3d, f rw*.rd hoggets 9, 51 t-> 3 0s 9 1, backwarl 4s 61 to 7s 6rl. Fa sdn e • ——Ab ut 3000, mostly see*' > ; r/ \v3tenrs a rid ewes. Good k! tep we e y carce, and this clas si owed an improvement a s illini per .. ad, lu see n’ary ts were

easier.,, fome heavy wethers 20s 6d s to 22s 43, freezers l'7s to 19s 63, lighter 14> Id to 16~, prime heavyewes 19s 6d to 21s 63, good 15s to IBs 6d, inf->•’* >*• lis6l t. > 14s 63, prime merino, wethers 15s to 17s 9d, others 10s to 14' sd. /

Pigs-7-540 There was a strong demand f n- all sorts owing to a buyer for S iutb, and high prices ruled, especially for fats. Barone's ,36> t> 55s for higher and 60s to 80s for extra pi ime equal to 5d and 6d per lb, porkers 25s to 355. equal to 5d and 6d per lb, large stores 17s to 265, smaller 11s 6d to 15s, suckers and weatiers 8s to 11s.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Wiliams, report on their stock sale at Johnsonville on Tuesday last as follows: —The yarding of cattle was very mixed -prime quality, medium and second-rate sorts. Prime quality sold freely'. We quote : —Beef, from 28s to 30s-per 1001 b; best bullocks, .£l2 7s 6d to £l3 12s 6d ; others, £ll to £l2 ; light cows and heifers, £6 17s 6d to £7 12s 6d. There was a small entry' of good quality sheep, which sold well. Prime ewes, 17s lid; others, 14s to 15s 7d.