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Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1916, Page 2

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AMERICAN WHEAT. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, Feb. 10. Wheat—The American visible supply is 102.701,000 bushels. Chicago-May options 120% to 1281 cents, July 1201 to 121% cents. HIDE, SKIN, WOOL AND TALLOW. L. A. Nolan and Co. report:—On Tuesday, February 8, we held our .sale of the above. We submitted an average catalogue, including 52 bales of wool. All lines were cleared at satisfactory prices, excepting one or two lines of seedy wool, which were hard to place. Wool showed a slight rise, particularly ■in bright, clean lambs' wool. Dingy wools were strong represented, and were 'easier to quit, at slightly better prices, than last month. Hides, owing to the Government's action in preventing export, were easier by roughly Id per lb in most lines, Ketter class heavy cows sold up to within 3d of last month's extreme rates. We quote:— Hides.—Ox, light (Id, lOd, medium 10% d, IOJd, no heavy offered; cow, heavy fli/ s d, 9%d, !i%d,'medium Sid, S, 3 d, B%d, light B;]d, SJd. cut 7d, 7Jd; settlers', light 7Jd, 7%d, slippy Md; bulls, light 61d, medium (JJd, heavy (ljd, cut fi.Jd; ■horses, 7s .Id, 7s fid, cut "/is (Id, slippy "7s, according to weight; yearlings, light Bd, medium ZJd, heavy 7*d, 7;, d, slippy 0(1. Calfskins.—Heavy Od, medium flJd, light ??,(}., special medium 10-id, cut 7U\, slippy rijd. Sheepskins.—Salted, lambs 3s Od, 4s, 4s 7d, shorn pelts 3 S .'id, 3s sd, 3s Bd, .'is lOd. 4s Id to 5s !>d for a heavy line; ■dry, butchers' lambs Uld, lid, pelts fid, 7Jd, Bd, settlers' lambs fld. DJd, 10J, pelts •2d, 4M, 3d, woolly Od, UM, lid, dead 7Ad, 7ijd, black 7Jd, lambj (seedy) f-d. Wool—Bales, lambs (brst) lid, MA, 15d, short and dingy 12Jd, 13d to 1.1-jd, seedy fid to Old, fleece (brtfcl MJd. 14JJ, slightly dingy (medium) 13} d, 14d, dingy medium ciossbred 13Jd to 13!|d, dingy coarse 12Jd to 13d, mixed fleece and lambs 13d, crutchings SJd, lock and pieces. 3d; bags, dead inferier 7d, best IOJd, seedy locks and pieces Ud. 2d, 3d, black fleece lOd, lambs seedy fid, lid, black !)d, fleece seedy 10! d, fleece coarse 12d. fine 14d. Tallow.—No casks offered; tins, 19s, 20.-'. Cd; drums, 21s. Sundries.—Horsehair 14id r cowtails

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