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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 118, 30 September 1902, Page 4

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. Christchurch, Sept 261 The following are. current prices, paid to farmers, f.0.b,, Lyttelton, ,and v free of commission, except where otherwise specified : , . ; Wheat : Hunter’s, and Tuscan, 3s, lOd to 3s lid, Pearl 4s to 4s at country stations. Oats.—Long feed 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; short feed oats, 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; milling Canadians 2s 6d at country stations. , Parley (new) —-3s to 3s 6d at country’ stations. Flour (millers’ quotations): Roller £lO 10s. Pollard : £6 Os ton. Bran : .£6. Oatmeal : <£l4 f.o.b. Oatsh eaf chaff: 65s to 7Os Od at eoun - ■ ( try stations.. Onions : £3 Os at country stations. Potatoes : Derwents, nominal, L 4 at country stations. Grass Seed —Ryegrass,- prime heavy town dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6,d, cocksfoot od to 3|d, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4s fid. Dairy Produce ; Cheese, factory 5d to s|d, dairy 4gd to sd; butter, factory local, llgd, North Island lid, dairy lOd, salt (in boxes) 9d ; bacon, hams 7d to Bd ; factory bacon and liams, gd higher, fo.b.—Christchurch Press. —o — WELLINGTON PRODUCE REPORT. Wiie it (fowls’), 3s 8d to 3s lOd per bushel, feed oats 3s Id to 3s 3d, Tartarian seed 3s sd, dun oats 3s 2d. black oats 3> 3d, barley 3s 3d bushel, maize 4s 7d bushel, 'flour <£ll, pollard 145 s ton, bran 1 30s ton, oatmeal <£l4 1 Os ton, oatsheaf chaff’<£s 5s to <£s 10s ton, hay | .£4 10s ton, horse beans 4s 3d bushel, seed potatoes, Beauty of Hebron <£6 10s, Fluke Kidney £'6, Early Rose £6 10s, Breeze’s . Prolific, .Veimonts, Magnum Bouum,. Peach Blossom* all at <£s, Derwents 90s to 955, onions £lO, Spanish LI2, American LI6, per ton, cheese sgd factory, bacon 7|d best factory, hams Bgd, rolls Bd, fo.vls 4s to 4s 9d per pair, ducks 5s to 6s pair, turkeys hens 7s to 8s pair, gobblers 9s to 11s pair, geese 5s 6d pair, fresh eggs lid dozen, cabbages 5s to 9s sack, cauliflowers 9s to. 15s sack for choice, pumpkins L 3 10s to.L4 ton, marrows 5s to 7s sack, cooking apples 5s to 6s per 401 b case, dessert apples 6s to 8s per 401 b case, ted carrots 60s, swedes 60s per ton, parsnips 10s to 12s sack, rhubarb 5s to 9s per dozen. STOCK SALES. Christchurch, September 24. At Addington to-day 150 fat cattle were yarded, including a few piime heavy weights and a lot of lighter suits. There was keen competition. Prime beef 30s to 345, other to 29s per 1001 b, heavy bullocks £l4 to £l6, goad steers £9 to £l3 ss, lighter £5 17s 6d to £8 10s, prime heifers £9 to £ll 7s 6d. others £5 15s to L 8 10s, prime heavy cows Llo'2s 6d to LI 2 10s, others L 3 to L 9. Sfcoi e cattle —About 300 mostly good voung sorts. The market was easier. Calves 27s to 28s, yearlings 36s to 38s, fifteen to eighteen months 45s to 66s* two year steers 82s, heifers L 3 12 ; 6d to L 3 16s 6d, three year steers L 5 15£ to L 6 12s 6d, heifers' L 4 17s 6d, dry cows 38s to 85s, dairy cows L 4 to L 9. Fat sheep —3500 including a few lines of extra prime crossbreds, but the bulk were unfinished. There was, a large supply of prime merino wethers. Competition was mostly in the hands of the local trade, export buyers not being much in evidence. Prices for all good salts, especially ewes were firmer. Extra heavy wethers 22s to 23s fid' up to 275, freezers 16s to 20s, unfinished

13k to 16s, heavy ewpsylLs 3dto 22s 9 d *pr imel 7 sfid to 20s,' others l;3s 6d to 16s, prime merino wethers 18s to 21s 4d, good 14s 8d to T,ss 9d, others ISbte 14£ / '■-? yn ) i Fate •: penned, which brought 11s to 16s, ■ Store ; mixed yarding *of 1480, but owners ,would ‘n ot accept'^the prices offered, and nearly all were with drawn. . The only safes were 103 hoggets at 9s lid, 85 ewes with 120 percent of lambs 8s 9d all counted, 143 merino ewes 4s fid. , Pigs-—. 350. Fats were easier, and as stores were mostly inferior 5, the demand fell off. ; ’Baeoners 38s to's3s up; to 68k for heavy, averaging per lb, porker s 22s to 355, equal to< 5d per lb, large stores 16s to 20s, smaller 8s to 14S. ■ ' Dunedin, September 24. At the Burnside matket to-day 124 fat cattle were yarded.. The demand was keen, and every 16t was sold at advanced prices. Best bullocks LI2 to LI 4, medium L 9 lss ; to Ll l . 17s fid;, others L 8 10s: to' L 9 17s fid* - medium L 6 2s 6d to L 8 2s 6d, others L 5 to L 6. Fat sheep—2l7l vyere penned, which did not- pk'ove quite sufficient for .the demand, and a decided advance was experienced, especially towards the close. The quality on the whole was not good but there were few classes well finished. Best wethers 18s 6d to 20s 3d, medium I4s 6d to 16s, others 12s 6d .to 14s 3d.. Pigs —104 were penned. The demand was hardly so brisk, and prices were slightly easier. Suckers ,7s to 12s 6d, slips V3s to 16s, stores 18s ,to 225, porkers 26s to 355, baeoners 40s to 465, heavy pigs 50s to 71s.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and. Co., in conjunction with Messrs 'Abra'hafn and Williams, report on their Stock sale at Johnsonvilleon Tuesday last as. follows:—The yarding, pf cattle was mostly of a prime quality, with a few pens of heavy, rough bullocks, which were freely competed for, and made from 30s to 31s per 1001 b, a few pens bringing up to 325. Best bullocks fetched £13.2s 6d to~£l4, others £l2 to £l3, small bullocks £9 12s 6d to LlO 12s 6d, heavy weight up .to LI 4 17s 6d. ■ There was a heavy yarding of sheep, which, with the exception of a few pens, were of good quality, and sold freely. Best ewes 14s lid to 15s' Id, others 14s 6 1 t> 14s 9d, rough ewes lOs 611 ; light wethers 12s Id. A few smajl stores met a keen sale, arid sold from 10s tolss 6d.