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The Timarit Herald in its summary issue reports:— As usual at this period of the year—the grain season—a brisk business has been dome during the last month. A great portion of the grain has now been threshed out, and the yield all over the province is better than it has been for several previous years. The weather, both for harvest and threshing, has been excellent, and in consequence the grain is coming into market in excellent order. A very large quantity of grain has arrived in market lately, and several stores are full to overflowing. The principal bulk of the grain that is coming in is wheat, and of this about 47,000 bushels have been shipped away during the past four weeks. Trices for wheat have improved slightly since our last monthly report. The quotations for wheat are now from 2s. lod. for ordinary red chaff, to 3s. for best Tuscan. These figures very little more than pay for the expense of growing the wheat, and in consequence some farmers intend to keep their grain in stock in the hope of prices improving. Tho majority, however, are selling at the prices ruling. There seems very little prospect of any maternal nso taking place, as quotations still remain low In Kngland and other markets which used to take our surplus. Oats remain at 2s. 3d. to 2a. 4d. f and barley at 4s. sd. to 4s. fid. At the fair held at Winchester on Wednesday last, about 15 horses, 10 head of cattle, and 400 sheep were yarded. There was a moderate attendance of buyers and tho prices realised were satisfactory, except in the case of horses, the biddings for which, notably draughts, .Were very languid. Hacks, broken and unbroken, fetched from £l4 to £IG, according to quality; joang steers brought £3l2s. to £3 17s. 6(1.; cows, in milk and In calf, £3 16s. to £6. Long-woolled rams (Lin coin-Leicester) realised 30s. to 87s. 6d, Longwoolled ewes (first prize-takers) at the Temuka and Geraiatoe Show) fetched £2 XCs, Some very superior
longuwoolled ewe lambs, and a mob of, Merino ewes, mixed ages, did npt find purqhasere. ttpitai draught horses were • offered, aq also the f thoroughbred entire Stormy. Petrel, but buyers do not seem inclined to operate at the high prices hitherto ruling for these classes of animals., v v ■' , / ’ ' '• .-'N
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4389, 14 April 1875, Page 2
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