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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 143, 30 December 1902, Page 4

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Csbxstchurch, Dec 24. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free ef commission, except where otherwise specified : - Wheat : Hunter’s, and Tuscan 4s 11 d to ss, Pearl 4s lid to 5s at country stations. Oats.—Long feed 2s 6dto 2s 7d ; short feed 2s 7dto 2s 8d ; milling Canadians 2s 8d to 2s 9cl at country stations. Flour (millers’ quotations): Poller £l3. Pollard : £7 Os ton. Bran : £7 Os. Oatmeal : £l4 10s f.o.b. Oatsbeaf chaff : 85s to 87s 6d at country stations. Potatoes : Derwents, [nominal] L 6 at country stations. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 5d to 61, dairy scl ; butter, factory, local lOdto 10|d, North Island lid, dairy 8d to 9d prime, salt (in boxes) 7d to Bd, bacon, hams 9d to lOd ; factory bacon and hams gd higher, fo.b. —Christchurch Press. WELLINGTON PRODUCE REPORT. Wheat— (fowls’), 5s per bushel, broken wheat 3s 9d, feed oats 3s to 3s 3d. discoloured 2s lOd, Tartarian seed 3s 4d, dun oats 3s 2d per bushel black oats 3s 3d, barley 3s 3d to 3s9d, maize 4s 10d bushel, flour <£l4, pollard 165 s ton bran 160 s ton, oatmeal £ls ton, oat.ssheaf chaff <£6 to £6 5s ton, strawchaff £3 10s per ton, hay £4 15s ton, Derwents £5 ton, onious "Victorian £lO ton, cheese 6d, factory; bacon 9 1 best factory; hams lid, rolls 9gd, pastry butter 8d to B<l lb, fowls 3s per pair, ducks 5s pair, turkeys hens 8s to 9s pair, gobblers 13s to 15s pair, geese 6s 61 pair, fresh eggs Is dozen, e ibbages 2s to 3s sack, cauliflowers 4s t > 5s sack for choice, rhubarb 5s to 8s dozen, new i-outid potatoes LB, kidneys L 9, ITutt Flukes LlO. STOCK SALES. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs Abraham a.:id Williams, report on their sale at Johnsonville on Tuesday last as f dlovvs : —A small entry of bullocks of good quality sold freely, light bul--1 >cks showing an advance on last week’s rates. We quote —Beef 28s t> 29s per 1001 b. Best bullocks, £ll to £ll 15s ; others, £lO 2s 6d to £lO I 7s 61. Sheep, in small numbers of fair duality, were easier. Wethers, light, 1 3s 61 to 14s 7d ; ewes, 10s 1 Od to 1 Is 3d. Lambs, 10s 6d to 10s lOd. Suckers, 13s. Dunedin, Pec 24. At Burnside market to-da} 7- 101 fab cattle were yarded. As most of the butchers had a Christmas supply the yarding proved sufficient. Prices f>r prime were equal to last week’s bit others were lower. Best bul--1 >cks, LlO to LI2 7s 6d ; medium, L 3 10s to L 9 17s 61 ; best cows and heifers, L 8 10s to L 9 15s ; medium, L 6 10s to L 8 5s ; others. L 4 15s to L 6. Fat Sheep —Only 163 were penned. Prices —Best wethers in wool, 21s t > 22s 6.1 ; extra heavy, to £7s 6d ; bavfc shorn wethers, 19s to 21s ; extra heavy, 23s to 25s 6d ; medium to gvxd, 15s 6d to 17s ; light, 12s 6d to 14s ; best ewes, 17s 6d to 19s 6d ; medium, 14s to 15s 6d ; others, 10 to 13s. R«.mbs —A large yarding, 1026 coming forward. Prime lambs sold well at 12s to 14s 6d, but medium quility were very dull of sale, and a laige numbea were turned out unsold. Pigs—Only 61 penned. Suckers 14s to 20s, porkers 34s to 48s, baconers 51s to 60s, heavy pig' 725. There were no slips or stores.