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Temuka Leader, Issue 2026, 29 March 1890, Page 4

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CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Friday, March 28th:— Immediately after writing last week the welcome break in the weather came, and though the rain has not been heavy it has done much good, both to the pastures and the root crops. Reports are very unfavorable as to the turnip crop, and farmers are in many cases ploughing up and resowing with Cape barley and rye corn. No particular changecanbenoted in values; prices all round remains at last week’s quotations, and business is much restricted. Wheat; A fair business can be reported ; prices, however, though somewhat firmer, have not advanced appreciably. Oats: No transactions of any magnitude have come under notice, the low price buyers can offer do not tempt holders. Barley: Prime malting samples, which are few and far between this season, find buyers readily; poor and medium quality, with which the market is inundated, are, however, very difficult to place, except at feed prices. Peas :No change can be reported on the week. Beans: Samples are coming forward, and values are, in the absence of a local demand, difficult to quote, being to a large extent dependent on the price at which freights can be secured to London. Grass Seed— Ryegrass : The strong demand still continues. Cocksfoot is changing bands, and the improved enquiry noted in our last report continues. Dairy Produce: No material change can be noted. The following are our quotations for the week: Wheat —Tuscan, 2s lOd to 2s lid; pearl, 2a 9d ; hunters, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; chick wheat, whole, 2s 3d; broken, Is lOd to 2s. * Oats—Milling, Is 7d ; short stout feed, Is 6d ; inferior and long, Is 3d to Is fid. Barley—Prime malting, 3s 3d; medium, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; feed, Is 9d.£ Peas—Prussian blues, hand threshed (true to name), 3s 3d; broken, 2s 9d.g Beans, 2s 6d to 2s Bd. Grass Seed—Rye: Town machinedressed, 4s 9d ; farmers’ clean samples, 4s to 4s 3d. Cocksfoot: Bright heavy clean samples, 3£d to 3f d ; light and discolored, 2fd to 3d. The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery f.0.b., Lyttelton, sacks extra. CHRISTCHURCH; MARKETS, Messrs H. Matson and Co. (associated with the N.M. and A. Co.) report for the week ended Thursday : Wool, Sheepskins, Hides, Rough Fat, and Tallow—Large entries all round came to hand to to-day’s auction. In sheepskins prices ruled a shade lower than of late. A few choice lots sold at 3s lOd to 4s each, but good average lots were sold at 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Lambskins, 2s 6d, 3s, 3s 6d to 4s 6d each. Rough fat, T|d to for best lines. Factory skins : We have sold a large lot at good values. Hides at late rates. CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington Yards on Wednesday not a great amount of animation in buying was exhibited. Fat Cattle —An exceptionally large entry, about three-parts of which were of decidedly inferior order. The demand was fairly good at the start of the sale. A great falling off was noticeable towards the close. Best beef varied considerably, making from 15s to 17s per lOOlbs, with inferior at from 12s to 14s 6d.

Store Cattle—A slight improvement was noticeable in the entry, both in regard to numbers and condition. Late values were not improved upon. Three-jear-old heifers made up to £3 10a, steers to £3, and yearlings from 15a to 20s each.

Pat Sheep—The entry was considerably below last, week, but the quality showed some improvement. Competition; was well sustained all through the sale, and last week’s rates were improved upon. A pen of crossbreds topped the maket at 16s, while from 13s 6d to Iss was obtained in several cases. Prime mutton may be quoted at a trifle over 2fd, with inferior from If d to 2d per lb. Store Sheep—A large entry of good sorts. Crossbred ewes made 7a 3d, 8s 6d, 10s, 10a lid, and 13s, and wethers da 6d, 7s, 9s, and 10s 6d. Merinos also sold well, making a slight increase on late values. Pat Lambs—A large entry of rather inferior lambs met with but poor inquiry. Best pens made 10s, 10s 6d, and up to 12s 6d a head. Pigs—About 150 porkers and store pigs were offered to a good demand for stores for autumn feeding. DUfiEDIIS PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday:— Wheat—the demand has brightened up a little, but prices are in no way affected. They are still very low, and cannot be considered anything but unsatisfactory. Inferior sorts are quite neglected, and go at feeding rates. Prime tuscan, 2a 9d to 3a • extra do, 3s Id to 3a 3d; prime milling (other sorts), 2s 7£d to 2s 10d • secondary milling, 2s 2d to 2s 6d, fowl wheat, Is 6d to 2s Id ; seconds, lg 9d to 2s 6d. Oats—The uutlet for these during the past week has been confined to ,

millers,requirements and onlera from Northern ports, very little going to Australia.' Arrivals are, increasing; and so far, the quality is all that can be desired. , Quotations are, for prime milling, Is. 6d .to la 7d; best feed, Is fid to ]s 6d; inferior to medium, Is Id to Is 4|d. Barley—There are a few odd lots finding purchasers at from 3s to 3s 4d for prime malting, and for milling 2s to 2s 6d, sacks extra, Grass Seeds —Ryegrass, farmers’, 3s to 3s 9d ; machine dressed, 4d to fid ; cocksfoot, light seed, 3d ; heavy seed, 3|d to 4d. Potatoes—Best Oamaru derwents, £3 7s 6d to £3 15s per ton ; kidneys, not saleable. Pigs—Well fed good pigs, 1401 b to 1601 b, 3fd ; others, to 3d; hams, 8d ; flitches and rolls, 6d. Chaff—Well cut heavy riddled oaten, £2 10s to £2 15s ; inferior and medium £l 15s to £2 fis. Carrots, 3fis. Btraw—Oaten and wheaten, 355. Hay, oaten, £2 10s to £3; clover and ryegrass, £3 to £3 10s, Butter—Best salt in good demand at 7ijd to 8d; fresh do plentiful supply. Eggs—Scarce. Honey—Drained, 4d ; extracted, fid. Cheese—Eactory, 4d; loaves, i Akaroa, 3|d to 3|d; loaves, 4d to 4£d. Eiax—Well got up lines have not suffered much, while inferior and low sorts are dull, Unscutched remains very quiet, and almost unsaleable Best scutched, £lB to £2O per ton ; medium, £l6 to £l7 per ton; inferior, £l3 to £ls per ton ; unscutched, £8 to £lO per ton.

Sheepskins—On Tuesday green crossbreds sold at 2s to 3s 4d, do merinos at Is 4d to 2s lid, do lambs at 2s to 3s 6d; dry crossbreds at Is lid to fis Bd, do merinos at Is to fis 2d, do lambs at Is 3d to 2s 6d, do pelts at 2d to Is Id. Hides—The demand for these is stesdily increasing. Selected lines, 2fd to 3^d; medium to fair weights, 2d to to Ifd, green hides, 8s to 17s each. Tallow—There is very little enquiry for this. Prime rendered is worth £l4 10s to £l7 10s per ton ; medium, £l2 to £l4 per ton inferior, £9 to £ll per ton; rough fat, 7s 6d to 12s per cwt. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKET. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—24l head yarded ; the greater part were prime quality. A few medium steers. The sale was not a good one, and prices again were in favor of buyers, a few pens going to graziers. Best bullocks brought £7 to £7 17s 6d, medium to good £4 15s to £6 15s, light weights and half fat £2 2s 6d to £4 12s 6d, cows £2 7s 6d to £6 7s 6d.

Fat Sheep—2692 penned ; neady all crossbreds. Sales opened a little under last week’s rates, and remained steady throughout, the general average being a fall of, say, 6d to la a head. A few lines of best wethers and maidens were taken for freezing. Crossbred wethers sold at 9s 6d to 14s 9d for one pen ; crossbred ewes, 6s 6d to 12s 6d; merino wethers. 5s 6d to 8s 6d. Fat Lambs—sßo penned. These were in better demand, and advanced Is to 2s a head in value. Pigs—2oß yarded. these were mostly porkers and prime baconers. Prices have recovered a shade. Suckers sold at 5s to 11s; stores, 12s to 18s; porkers, 19s to 27s 6d; baconers, 28s to 565. ENGLISH MARKETS. London, March 26. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2.600.000 quarters, and for the Continent 564,000 quarters. ; The American visible supply is estimated at 27.625.000 bushels. Wellington, March 26. Phe Government have received the following telegram from the AgentGeneral : London, 25—Hemp—After heavyfall market recovered. Fair Welling, ton, £2l to £24; best, £27 10s. Manilla—Current, £3l to £33; sisal,