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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 376, 6 December 1898, Page 2

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The Waikato Argus Office, Monday. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Mr J. Jones' Weekly Report.— Fruit: Apples, American, lis 9d to 12s 6tl ; gooseberries, 21-d to 2Jd ; apricots, 4s 3d to 6s 6d ; plums, 5s to 7s cwt ; peaches, inferior, 4s 9d to 6s 6d, small, cases ; lemons, 6d to 7d dozen ; prime 9d co 9Ad dozen. Poultry : Roosters. Is 6d to "Is 9d ; hens, Is 3d to Is 9d ; ducks, Is 4d to Is 9d ; geese, 3s ; turkey gobblers, 4s 3d to 7s ; hens, 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; pigs, 7s to 12s 6d ; bacon, sides, 5d to 6i-d : hams, 6£d to 7:Jd ; rolls, 5d to 5A.d ; shoulderß, 3d to 4sd lb ; lard, 4d to 4£d lb ; eggs, 7}d to B{d ; butter, prime, to 7|d ; other classes, 5d to s|d ; keg, 6d to 6}d : potatoes, kidney, 9d to lOd ; Shepherds, 6s to 7s cwt ; onions, l£d to lsd ; green peas, 6d to 9d ; beans, 2§d to 4d peck ; walnuts, 5d to 5Ad lb ; onions, American, 2{d lb ; oats, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; maize, 2s lOd to 2s lid ; wheat, 3s 6d to 4s : bran, 4s ; sharps, 5s ; cheese, 4d to 4jd ; honey, 3d to 3-Jd lb. Mr Richard Arthur's Weekly Report.—Business during the week has been good. Grain and produce :—New kidneys, f d to l}d ; Shepherds, $d to Id ; Early Rose, Jd ; onions, 2d to 2-J-d ; red carrots, 2s to 3a ; sharps, 4s 9d to 5s ; oats (feed), 2s Sd to 2s lOd ; bran, 3s to 4s ; wheat, 3s 8d ; maize, 3s ; bailey, 3s 7d to 3s 9d ; vegetables to hand in large quantities and selling at good prices. Fruit : Gooseberries, 2d to 2£d lb ; tomatoes, 3£d to sjd ; lemons. 4d to 6d dozen ; loquats, 3d lb; Canterbury bacon, 7d ; do. hams, 9d ; local bacon, 4sd to 6£d ; do. hams, 6d to 7d ; cheese, 4d to 4Jd ; fresh butter, s£d to 7d j eggs, 7d to 8d ; young pigs, 6s to 12s ; table roosters, Is 6d to 2s ; fowls, Is 4d to Is lid ; ducks, Is 6d to Is 9d ; geese, 2s 6d to 3s Id ; turkey hens, 3s 6d to 4s ; gobblers, 5s to 7s 6d ; young ducks, 6d to 9d ; chicks, 4d to Sd ; honey, 2M to 3d. Wanted :—Turkey gobblers and hens and lemons. Messrs Alex. Aitken and Co.'s Weekly Report.—All sales were very satisfactory during the week. Potatoes are easy at late rates. New onions just in realised 14s cwt. Vegetables plentiful and cheap. Oats, still dull. Maize, scarce and firm. Chaff, still low and not likely to rise. Butter, prime dairy, a little easier. Eggs, firm. Keg butter plentiful, and falling. Bacon, extremely scarce, and selling at top value. _ All new cheese is sold as fast as it arrives. Fruit, in great demand. Northern oranges and lemons are selling at extreme rates. Gooseberries, a little easi9r. We expect Thames apricots in next week. Good table poultry, scarce and dear. Pigs and pork very firm at late quotations. We quote : Potatoes (Canterbury), none ; new kidneys, 9s to 10s 6d ; round, 8s 6d ; onions ('Frisco), 20s ; Victorian, 16s; local, 14s; kumaras, £6; rhubarb, 3s to 6s per doz bundles ; green peas, 6jd to 9d peck; oats, ex store, 2s 4d, c.i.f., 2s 2d, C grade, 2s; maize, 3s scarce; bran, £4; sharps, £5; chaff, £4 to £4 10s; butter, prime dairy, 6}d to 7d; factory rolls, lOd; medium dairy, 5d to 6d ; kegs, 5d ; Eggs, 7-J-d to 8d ; bacon, 7Jd to 7:fd, farmers' 6|d to 7d ; hams, lOd, farmers' 7|d to 8-£d ; cheese, new, 4;jd to 6d, farmers' 4}d, wanted any quantity ; honey£ bulk, 2d to 3d, sections 3a 6d to 3s 9d ; lemons, 9d to Is Id per dozen, 5s 6d to lis case ; mandarins, 9s 6d to Us ; bananas, lfd to 2d, bunches 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; cherry plums, 7d ; black plums, 5s 6d case (Sydney) ; peaches, 7a to 10s case (Sydney); cherries (black heart), lid ; cherries (white heart), 9d ; red currants, 6d to 7jd ; oranges, Taliitis, is 6d dozen, scarce ; Poor Man's, 8s 6d to 9s 3d ; Northern desserts, is id to Is 6d dozen ; pineapples, 3s to 4s 9d dozen ;• gooseberries, 2d to 3d ; loquats, 3Jd lb ; tomatoes, 5Ad to 7d lb ; walnuts, 3d to 4d lb ; peanuts, 2£d lb ; charcoal, 3s per sack, slow ; Lares, is 6d each ; rabbits is pair. Poultry: Good fat poultry scarce ; roosters, Is 9d to 2s 4d, fair condition ; hens, Is 2d to 2s, fair condition ; cockerels, Is Id to Is 9d, fair condition; ducks, Is 3d to 2s 3d, fair condition : ducklings, 5d to lid ; turkey roosters, 5s to 7s 6d, fair condition ; hens, 2s 9d to 3s 6d, fair condition ; geese, 2s Cd to 3s 6d, fair condition ; pigs, weaners, Us 6d to 13s 6d, wanted ; pork, 3£d to 3|d lb.

HAWERA MARKETS. The Eomost Farmers' Union Report.—At Stratford on the Bth iost. the yards were well filled with cattle of useful sorts, and although the day was very wet, the attendance was large and bidding brisk, and most of the stock changed hands before leaving the yards. Two to two and a-half year steers, £2 8s to £3 ; 18 months to two-year steers, £1 lis to £2 2s; yearlings, 17s to £1 3s ; forward cows, £1 15s to £2 15s ; cows and calves, £1 6s to £ll9s ; springers, £2 2a 6d to £4; empty heifers, £1 8s to £1 17s 6d ; bulls, £1 5s to £3. We submitted a large number of stock at the Glover Road Yards on the 23rd iust. More fat stock came forward lhan advertised. Bidding at the commencement of the Eale was slack, but improved as the sale proceeded. Beef was not so keenly sought after as of late. Fat bullocks (light weights), £5 to £5 7s; fat and forward bullocks, £4 6s to £4 18s 6d; fat cows, £3 to £3 15s; two and ahalf to three-year steers, £3 5s to £4 ; store cows, £1 10s to £2; two-year steers, £2 to £2 5s ; heifers, £1 to £1 5s 6d ; yearliugs, 15s to 19s ; springers, £2 to £6 16s. Sheep : Fat ewes, lis. On the 24th, at Okaiawa, about the advertised number of stock came forward. The attendance was large and bidding spirited, resulting in the most successful sale held for some time past. Three-year steers, £3 5s to £3 15s ; forward cows, £2 8s 6d to £2 13s; yearling steers, £1 to £1 4s ; yearling heifers, 15s to 17s 6d ; store cows, £1 3s to £1 93; dairy cows, £3 to £3 15s 6d. Sheep: Ewes and lambs, 10s. Pigs: Sows in youDg, £2 6s; slips, 13s 6d. NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY'S MANURES. Kempthoene, Pkosser & Co. s (New Zealand Drug Company Limited) Westfield Manures Prico List, season 1898 : Per

Piscount less 21- per cent, for cash. Prices subject to alteration without notice. Previous lists now cancelled. Auckland, November 11th, 1898.

•‘A” Superphosphate (total phosphates, 40 per ccut. ; soluble, 32/34 per cent. ; ammonia, U percent.) i.5 10 0 “B” Superphosphate (total phosphates, 31 per cent. ; soluble, 26 per cent.), 2c\vt. sacks 4 8 G “ C ” .Superphosphate (total phosphates, 46 per cent.; soluble, 15 per cuut.), 2c wt. sacks 4 15 0 Bonedust (pure), green 7 0 0 Bonedust (pure), steamed 7 0 0 Bonedust and Blood 0 10 0 Special Root Manure .. 7 5 0 Special Grass Manure ‘ A ’ (for top dressing) G 15 0 Special Grass Manure ‘ B ’ (for "permanent pasture) .. C 15 0 Special Potato Manure 7 0 0 Special Turnip Manure G 15 ■ 0 Special Rape Manure G 15 0 Special Corn Manure ‘ A ’ (for green feed) .. G 15 0 Special Corn Manure ‘ B ’ {for wheat, oats, barley, etc.) .. C 15 0 Special Maize Manure ‘ A ’ (for green feed) 7 0 0 Special Onion Manure.. 7 10

Special Maize Manure ‘ B ’ (for cob maize) 7 0 1 0 Special Orchard Manure ‘ A ’ (for young tress) 7 10 c Special Orchard Manure ‘ B ’ (for fruit formation)., 7 10 0 Special Clover Manure.. 6 15 c Special Sugar-beet Manure .. 8 10 0 Sulphate of Ammonia 14 0 0 Coral Queen Guano, 2owt. sacks, G3 percent, phosphate of lime 4 15 0 Surprise Island Guano, 2ewt. sacks (17 per cent, phosphate of lime) 3 16 0 Kainit, original sacks about 2 owt. .. 4 7 6 Por cwt. Nitrate of Soda (original sacks about 2cwt.) .. 14 0 Muriate of Potash (original sacks about 2cwt.) .. .. •• 16 0 Sulphate of Potash, original sacks about 2cwt IS 0 Sulphate of Iron, original sacks about 2cwt 10 0 Per bag. Special Garden Manure, Hlb bags 1 6 Fowl Grit, Hlb bags, coarse, medium or fine 1 6 Vitaflor for Pot Plants, lib tins Linseed Oil Cake, fine crushed, medium or whole cako, per ton 0 6 9 15 0