COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 242, 13 March 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Temur a Lb.’dee Office, Friday eveuinig AnoTirr wi-k of unsettled weather has retarded the progress cf gathering in the fruits of ihe earth. On Wcdnes l ay last it rained heavily, and al ! hough Thursday and yesterday the sun shone through the day, as nighi c one on rain again c, me with it. This wid not only spoil the sample of the laie barley, but’ will also injure atliP samples of wh at ia tin- field. Threshing has been ;bo retarded to rsome cxtei-t, and tin.so intending to :thresb Rom the shook lime Lund it impossible to ,dc so as yet with safely. Grain deliveries have ' «• n going on more freelv, xml the hands ai the Railway Sta-iiion-havc been kept moderate:*’ busy. I Prices’have : <ji inq roved, but rather otherwise Prime wheat, delivered at the ■ Arowhenna, Tertinka, or Wi; Chester Rail- • way .Stations, 3s 3d ; barley, best samples, • 3s ; oats are unsaleable at Is. Romo sales of store sheep in the. district ; have realised good prices. This is .-wirg - partly to the abundance of feed in every I part of the district. ~ Store cattle are still unsaleable, : and fat ony 20s to 21s per cwt. Pigs are in great demand at extremely ’ highprices.. This is the o ly live stock - that will pry this season, as she p farmers have had tobuy at high prices, and at the pri-e of fat stock can realise no profit. • There is one. ray of hope, however, for stockowners ; the present season has been r a most unusually bad on* forS'>utliland,and sheep, has been short through the whole of ■ the summer Fat stock is consequently . scarce. As Southland supplies Dunedin lo a consider:.b’e extern, the deficiency - will leave an opening for Caet-rbury farmers to take, advantage of for much of ” In r surplus fat stock. At Oamam wet weather has checked

threshing from the stock, and much of the stock still remains <x;os“d to the w-atln r.

Altogether, it will not bo vmy profitable to-(];/■ rrrain-grow’ug farmer, and to the graziers it will be nn undoubted loss.

DUNEDIN MARKET. Messrs Wris-hf, Ste: bcnson, and Co. repoic fur the nook on mg 10t.ii Mar< h as follows : Fat Cattle - A full s-u; n!y 'ama to hand in-day, 163 head h-iug yPrices obtained show' a decline of about 2s per 1001 b on last ww k’s quotations, ami fully 30 head wore turned out unsold. Fat Calves—Ten yarded, and sold by ua a< from 20« to 23s each. Fat Sheep.— The number p need to-day (2161) proved quite b- yond the requirements of the trade, fully 300 but of tins imudly very ordinary supply having lobe turned out • nsold. We quote prime million at l|d ; medium, I|d per lb. Fat Lambs.— 463 penned. Of this number wg sold 97, at from 5s 9<l to 7a 3d.

S'ore Cat le —We have buyers for wellgrown bullocks, and also for w-11- bred two and thie>- year old sleers and heifers. We have no transactions to report.

Store sheep are still in demand. We have at present several good lots for sale We quote cross-breda as follows :—Twotooth, 6s 6d ; four, six, and eight tooth, 6s 6d M “iin op : Four and six tooth wethers, 5s ; tml-mouilied do, 4s; two and four tooth ewes. 7s to 8s; full-mouthed ewes, 3s fid to 4a 6d. During the week we have sold 2cOO full-mouthed merino ■wothe’-s and 1400 full-mouthed merino ewes at quotations. Country Sales.—We hold our monthly pale at Paim rston last Thursday, when we disposed of about 50 head mixed store eaMlo at satisfactory prices. _ Horses.— There xs a fair demand for strong upstanding light-harness horses suitable for tl.e tramways. On Saturday last we off red Mr T. Power’s team of light heavy draught mares and gildings, waggon, and harness. The former were very good, and sold at up to L 47 ; the latter realised fair values. We quote firstclass draughts at from L4O to L 4 medium L 25 to L 35 ; good hacks and light-harness horses, Ll 7to L 25 ; light and inferior, L 3 to 1.8.

Wool.— The demand continues very tive for wool of nearly ev ry des'-ription. At our skin sale on Monday last wo disposed of sevetnl small iota of farmers’ wool at full rates.

Sin-eyskins.—We hold our weekly sale OH Monday last, at wl ich tliere was a full 'attendance of ihe trade, and every lot offered elicited ■■• brink competition. Butchers’ green skins (pelts) brmudit from 2s .in 2s Bd, and lambskin from la lOd to 2s ! 9d. d station .skills brought uy to 5a Id. ibdi-f a-e scarce, and wanted. During the we k we l»avi- sold about 80, at 3|d "*f>er •!>. Ta’h.w is in fair toques*. This >'ei-k we ■ba.' o sold intXxd at from Li 23 to L2o; Voligh fat, Ll 3 njr. _Wheat is inquired fur, but litiio