Grain and Seed.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8712, 11 January 1907, Page 2

Grain and Seed.

Messrs Kaye & Carter, Christchurch report under date January 9th : Wheat : Milling Tuscan 3s 3d to 3s 4d, Pearl 3s 3d to 3s 4d, Hunters’ 3s 2d to 3s 3d, fowl 3s Id to 3s 2d, f.0.b.5.e., Lyttelton. Milling wheat stocks running low, market firmer. Fowl wheat scarce. ' Oats : A Garton 2s 4d to 2s sd, B 2s 3d to 2s 4d, Sparrowbills 2s 2|d to. 2s 3Jd, Danish 2s 2id to 2s 3d, Duns--2s 3d to 2s sd, f.0.b.5.i., Lyttelton, Stocks almost exhausted and any lots offering are readily taken at advanced rates for local use. Potatoes .'—None available for export yet. Wanganui Wool, Skin and Hide Sales. Messrs Johnston & Co. report: We submitted a heavy catalogue of sheepskins and a fair one of wool and hides, also bones and horns. There was a good attendance and animated competition. Wool;; In bags, fleece Old, lambs 9d, broken and inferior fleece 81 d, dead wool Bd, crutchings fi.jd to GJd, pieces and locks 4Jd. Tallow. —In casks, shipping condition, 24s fid : tins, 20s to 20s e<l ; fat 17s fid. Sheepskins.— Half bred 9Jd, crossbred 8)d to 9jd, do. inferior 73 d to Bd, merino Bd, good lamb skins B'’d to Od, inferior Old to Bd, dead and broken skins fid to 7id, dry pelts 7d, green lambs 3s, salted pelts 2s to 3s. salted lamb pelts Is sd. Hides.—Good butchers’ ox (54 to 551bs) 28s to 295, ox (42 to 50) 21s 9d to 2fii Cd, cow (4fi to 50) 21s fid to 2fis, light cow 13s 3d to 16s, cut 13s fid to 17s fid, yearlings 9s fid, weaners 4s 2d to 4s 4d, calfskins 2sf2d to 4s Id, cut and slippy at lower rates. Horns 8s 9d per 100. Messrs Levin & Co. in conjunction with Freeman K. Jackson A Co. report: Though our catalogue was smaller than usual, .we, however, offered 30 bales and fadges and 80 bags wool, 1100 skins, 500 hides and calf skins, several casks tallow and tins, besides horsehair, cow tails, etc. In future hides will be sold at per lb instead of per hide as at present. The attendance was above the average, and bidding was spirited. All lots, except bad-conditioned calfskins and hides, sold at advanced rates. Wo quote ; Wool.—Halfbred lOd to 101 d, crossbred Old to Old, dead wool B,d to 9(1, inferior crutchings 43d to Old, locks and pieces 4-)d to old, good skirtings 9d, Jambs’ , wool Bjd to 9d per lb. Skins; Halfbred BJd to 7d, crossbred 8-ld to 83d, Lambs 83d to 9d, dead 73d to 7Jd, short wools 7]d, ! best pelts 2s 4d to 2s sd. inferior Is 7d to 1 2«, part damp skins 5s lOd to 7a lOd, do l lanjbs 3s 4d to 4s fid, salted lambs 2s. 1 Hides,—-Heavy ox 35h fid, medium 28s to , 30s, cut and slippy 22s fid to 25s 9d, heavy , :ow 295, medium 23,) fid to 25s Cd, cut and flippy IBs to 20s, good yearling Ha fid, medium fis to 7a, calfskins 3s fid 4s 4d, inferior cut and slippy la Ifld to 2a. Tai- J ow; In casks 24a 3d to 24a ?d, inferior 22s ;• Id, tins 20a 3d. Horse hair la 2d per lb, £ x>w tails 3a 4d per dozen. *• Loan & Mercantile report; The eata- 81 oguo comprised 50 bales and 100 baga a rool, ,800 sheepskins, 200 hides and a e [uantityof tallow, horse hair, etc. Wool raa keenly competed for at prices well in 81 d van ce . of last Bale’s rates, and a very ® atiafactory clearance made. Sheepskins E horoughly reflected the advance recorded B

in London at tlio sales recently, and prices were consequently id to id per lb higher for all good quality crossbred and fine rossbred. Hides were firm at recent . rates, but do not show any appreciable ! advance in price. Tallow made equal to | last sale’s rates, and was well competed j for. Wo had a considerably larger ! attendance of buyers than visual, and the Chairman of the Buyers’ Association took the opportunity of congratulating us, on the manner in which we presented our catalogue for their inspection. He said that hides offered at our Wanganui sale were shown more attractively than in any other selling centre of the (North Island, and that such care and attention on the part of the soiling brokers undoubtedly elicited the best offers they were in a position to make for produce offered for sale. We quote—Wool: Pine crossbred lOd to XOjd, medium 9jd to 9jd, coarse |9d to 9ad, dead wool 8d to 9d, lambs Bld | to 91d, bellies s:]d to 7d, pieces and locks , 3}d to 6|d, crutchings sifd to 6idJ Skins : Pine crossbred 9ld, coarse Bld to Old, iambs 71 d to 81d, super dead 73d, hoggets 7*d, dead and broken 6Jd to 7Jd, salted pelts 2s 8d to 2s lOd, lambs’ pelts (woolly) 3s Id to 4s. Hides: Average quality ox S.(d to 6gd ber lb, cow hides sld to Od. Calfskins 63-d to 7ad, damaged and slippy 3d to s,jd. weaners 5;Jd to fijd. Tallow : £24 10s to £2ss per ton; in tins. 12s fid, 17s, and 22s fid perowt. Horse hair Is 3d, cow tails Is 3d.