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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 4

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Dairy Times Office, Saturday momdng. HEAVY ADVANCES IN PRICES. Advices by cable ehow that some lines in America are soaring in price. Gluccso is now quoted at jG4I ss, ci.f. and e., this price ropnjscastuig an twrviunco of £6 10s a ton in tho l«at three montifl. Supplies in Duiicdiii, however, are quite sufficient to meet tho deauand in the meontdme. A,TmirtmvDi camphor, in bulk, is quoted at £41 par ton, cLf. and e., repreeoiitiug an ;ud■wanco of £13 10a a ton in tho last six months. Advicea from Calcutta state. tliu.t 'iiic aigt> market has once n»oro firnMxt. Tho rise m the maxket in Calcutta in tho last two months comes to £18 per ton. The advanoe in. rice in tho last two months amounts to ovot £15 a ton. A cablegram from. New York etatos that pig iron haa odvancod £1 a tan. This will mean a conaideiiablo advooioe in the coat of all hardware lines. Tho increase in the exolumgo in Now York also means aa adv-unco in price oi from 10 to 12J por cent. American resin ehows an advance o£ £5 a tan. American cocoa beans wore advanced in cost last week'no less than £35 a ton. Tho current price in the United S-t-ates is £155 to £ICO par tcuh It is understood that operators ini the South American market aro negotiating fox tho purehass of the wholo of the output by the Ceylon growers of cocoa bains. Bulk cocoa ehowe a, BUbatantial increa&o on tho local market. The wholesalo prico of bulk to-day is 3s Gd per lb. loing and castor sugar prices havo been fixed at 4d per ]b, ' Califoraiian advices etato that tinned fruits ehow a marked incTeaso. The wholesale prico of now season's pears is given aa 2Cb per dozen; apricots nnd peaches 19i. All vegetable oils hnvo increased in price in America, and tho East. Now season's evaporated apples have now arrived from Nelson. Bulk are soiling at 10id per lb and oartons at 11s per dozen. New season's Akaroa walnuts are now on th 3 market at Is id per lb net. ■Meggett's linssed meal h-as just arrived from Australia to 'a bare market. Supplies of Bourneville cocoa α-ro now fairly plentiful. A small parcel of Golden Eagle tobacco came to hand during the week. Sicily almonds are very Ecarce* Prices run up to 23 9d per lb. OAKARtr MARKETS. (From Odb Own OounEsroxiigjrr.i OAMARU, July 26. The peace celebrations aoid the restricted railway facilities are accountable for a limita-' tion of bueiness in the grain and produce markets. Farmers are now anxious to sell their wheat, but there are no buyeve under existing conditions, which involve doubt as to when delivery can be obtained Millers, being well stocked, cannot give the required assurance that tho wheat is required for immediate gristing. A parcel of eomewhat damaged fowl wheat was taken at a country station at 5s 6d net. The oats market l4s weakened during the week, and , A grade Gartans changed hands at country stations at 3e.Bd and 3s 9d net and feed Algerians at 3s 3d. No B grade Gortons havo been seen on the market lately. Ryegrass seed has declined in value, and sales of good heavy seed only can be effected. Cowgrass seed, of which there is little offering, is firmer, and sales have been made at country stations at from Is s*d to I" 6?,4 net. Chaff is in request, and is worth £6 net on trucks, but _ the railway authorities decline to carry it, and no business can be done. Potatoes have bounded up in prico during the week, and as stocks in the country aro light a further adva/nce .is probable. Salea havo been made at country stations at £8 5s and £8 net, while to-day £9.net was given for a prime line of Up-to-Dates,, with delivery m Oamaru. _ The stock maxket remains strong, and any hnea of eheep coming forward meet with a ready sale at substantial prices. At a clearing sale at Papakaio yesterday two-tooth owes realised 39s 3d, arnd others brought relative prices. Fat sheep are scarce, and a- lino of heavy weights brought 50s. For the r?ost part tho offerings of sheep &Te in modest lines, but the week's transactions included a lino of 1000 mixed; sex hoggets at 23s Gd. Other sales of sheep have been made at tire following prices:—Mixed four, sis,andl «i«httooth ewes, 35s and 37s 6d, full and failing mouth e-wes, 33s 6d; ewe hoggets, 25s 3d and 25s 9d; mixed sex hoggets, 23s and 24s for' best and 19a and 20s for medium. Very little business is .passing in cattle,

winch, come on tho market epaxingly. Young cattle ore in fair request, mixed sex two-year-plds being sold at up to £6 12s 6d' and yearlings to £2 7s to £2 10s. A good demand is arising for dairy cows to calve in the spring, and sales are reported at fromi £3 to £10 10s, and up to £12 to £13 for extra quality. SOUTHLAND MARKETS. (Peou Oun Own CoimEsrosDENT.) - INYERCARGILL, July 26. The oats market remains quiet, with practically no business of any description passing Farmers are unwilling to sell, and their offerings cannot be. availed of by merdhasite in the absenceof railway facilities, carrying at present being restricted to seed for farmers and lines from Inveroargill to port for shipment, lines from country stations to vessels not being'permissible. There is only a moderate Inquiry from the North Island, and the ideas of -values there aro much under growers' demands. Prices may be quoted nominally on the bafiis of 3s 7d for A grade G-artons, depending to some extent on the d-isiamoo from port. Whilo there is not much chafE offering owing to the difficulties of transport there hoe been a fair amount of business done for local requirements in lines which earn be delivered in the city by road. Prime quality for such deliveries is worth £G per ton. There is still a strong demand for anything like heavy weight eeed, also for well marked Italian. Offerings from farmers, however, are of such dimensions as to be akaopi negligible. While light seed is 3list as difficult as ever to sell, there has been a considerable inquiry for timothy amd crested dogstail. Values for the latter are hardening, and well-matured dressed seed is now gocd value for Iβ 2dl per bushel wholeeale. Thoi-3 is no business passing in hemp. The new season will open in about a month, but it is impossible to mako contracts showing sufficient inducement for millers to start operations. Winter feed is lasting out well, and -there is every evidence of an early spring, amd as a consequence the stock market has livened up somewhat. During the past week there has been a keen demand for all classes of

, x Gtock. Prices may be quoted as follow: — r Ox beef, 54e to 58s; prime bullocks, £19 to [j £22; medium, £15 to £19; prme cow 3, £14 Store cattle: Tlirec-yoair-old steers, £10 10s to £12 10s; two and a-half-year-olds, £8 10s; 18 months, £5 10s to £7; yearlings, £3 to 1. £5; calves, 2os to 355. Pat sheep: Prime i. v-tither-a, 38s ic 4Cs; mwliu'rai, 355, goodewea, 1 365. Store sheep: Good two-tooth wethers, 1, 30s to 32a; medium, 2Ss to 30s; inferior, 25a; a good four and six-tooih ewea, 335; two-tooth, a 325; inferior, 28s; 'good mixed eex lambs, - Ha; medium,l9s to 21e'; culls, 12a to 15a. f «» I THE FRUIT WOELD. h Eeilly's Central Produce Mart (Ltd ) report '. a keen donmnd for eggs, poultry (pafticularly 1, hens, ducks, and turkeye, iho record price of Is 4d pesr lb being obtained for good! :. turkeys), oataheaf chaff, prime table potatoes, .. bacon pigs are urgently wanted. Bulk; and 0 pound-pat butter is eagerly inquired for. i. Babbitskina and tallow realised extreme Y prices. Choice dessert and cooking a-pples exe cite keen competition. Cauliflowers havo ro- ■. alised good values. We received and sold: — e Apples:. Delicious, loe to 17s 6d: Jonathar.s, ;] IDs; Esopus, 13s 6d; Sturmcrs, 15s 9d; Eokewoods, 11s 6d; itmiroe'e Fa-vourito, 10s; clvoico cookers, 2Jd, 3d. Pears: Winter No?Iβ Gd; Coles, sid; P. Barrys, 41d; cooking, 3d. Ifomons: To arrive; 755. Oranges: Vait encias, to oarrivo, 60s. Tomatoes, la 3d. Pota- -- tnes: liocals, 103 Gd per cwt; northern, £10 ii per Ion: Southland 6eed (choice), 12a. Gd to II ISs. Cauliflower: Choice, 8s to 12s. Cab- :. l>af?o, 2e to 4s 6d dozen. Rhubarb, 9d per lb. '■- Onions: Extra prime, 16a. Swede turnips: !t Slow sale; to 4s. Carrots. 7s 6d. Paisnipa, I- 103 per cwt. Bacon: Kolls, Is 3Jd; hams, o Iβ 3Sdl. Pigs: Baooners, prime, 10d; porkers, a ■ —-—

10d; hoavy-woights, 9d; ohoppere. to sd. Butter: Wanted; bulk, la skl; sepsWator, Iβ 6.kl per Hi. ISgga: Skimped and giuinanteed, 2a ■Id; case cg-gs, '2s :fcl. Honey: Bulk, hn-lf-ipouiid pate, Gs per dozen; lib pate, 9s M; llllb tins, 7e 6d. Tea: Special quality,' 2s per lb, in 511> and 101b Iwxeg. Liinseod calf uveal, 15s. Barley meal, 9s Crt. Curomilk crjJf foods, .10s. Meat meal: "Cross lu-ys," 19s por 1001b. Moisiascs, !)s Cd por cwt; cietK, 17s. Oatehcaf chutT, £3 10a. Onkni <hwt, 5s ; lxl per Kick. Oaten straw chaff, £1 lOr. Whoaten straw chaff, £4. Wheat: Choice fowl wheat, Gs !kT; broken, Gs M ]>or bushel. CXita: A frrado oee<l Gartons, -Id Gel. Bran, 7e per 1001b. W'licatcm polliird. Its \y.-\- 1501b. Barley meal, Oβ 0i ]>ar 1001b. Farro food, 9s per 1001b. eiiJphur, 2e b<l per gallon in bairols; 4-gallon tins, 3a gallon. lllueatono, 79s per" cwt. Beeswax, 2s por lb. Ciise avails: Flat heads, 41s cwt. V.gg crates: Singlce, 12s Cd; lots of 12., lls ciioh. Ra-bbitskins: Rx>alieed from 18(1 to 9.1 d. Tallow, 25s Gel! 1o 31s per cwt. Poultry is particularly diort. Hens are in keen demand at 3s Gd "to 4s M oaoh; coclrorels, from 43 to 5s oaoh; pulieis, from 63 to 10s; and ducks from 4s 3d to 5s each; turkey gobblers mi<l turkey hens are urgenlty wanted and I 3 id- per lb is obtainable. E OSWALD RKTTiLY, Managing Director, Moray place, Duncdiru

_ Fi-aser and Co., produce nrorclianis, q.uotiancora, and comniisE.imi agents, 146 Crawford street, Duncdin, reix)i-t: —15ggs: Market very firm. Fresh, 2s to 23 2d; Egg Circlo eg»s, 2s 3d. Butter: lib pats, Is 5d to Is 5lcl; milled birik, 3s Slid. Pigs: Good bacon weights, 9Jd to 9;i<l; ovcx-weighte, 6d to Bd\ Tallow, 303 to 10s por cwt. Honey: Good bulk, Gd to 7d; sections, 8d to 9d; 10lb tii>s, 7s to 7a 6d. Beeswax, 3s por lb. Southern ■Cross meat meal, g-uaraoiteed 50 per cent protein, 20? por 1001b. Canterbury onions, lGs por cwt. Poultry: Owing to the restricted railway service, quantities of this line havo not been coming to hand. Prices have boon very firm, and wo recommend all poultry farmers to sand their ererplus stock while prices are good. The prices nominally ere: Hens, 2a 6d to 3s Get; cockerels, 3a to 4a Gd; ducks, ii\ to 4s 9d, «.t per head; turkeys, Is 2fl to Iβ 4d per lb for gobblers, and Iβ 1o 19 3d per lb for hens.