Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 176, 16 July 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

SAI'UIiOVY.aALE. At Messrs Guirness and L'Cren'weekly w.le on Saturday„-laat, prices ruled as uii'U'.r : Pigs.—Store 'pigs, 15s ; s' ; ps, 53 6d to 8s; baooneiH withdrawn at- 223. Dry cow, £3 7s 6.1. Poultry.—Dunks, Is 6d eaoh; fowls from Is 2-1 to Is 6d. Potatoes, 6s 6*l per bag ; carrots, 2d 6d. STUDHOLME SALE. At the Studholrne stock sale on'Friday there was an entry of about 2500 sheep, besides twenty h<a.l of cattle. The attendance was very good, and under, keen oompetion all lots offered readily sold at satisfactory pi k-e-. The supply did not nearly equal th« derimnd. The following are Quotations thret qnarter-br<>d lis 30'd, 12s, 12a 4d,.12a-0d to 12* 9d,5 fat ewes 13s 101 ; aged ewes, in lamb, 10* 'Bd to 12s j average hoggets, lis. to lis Oil ; 2 tooth forward wethers, 16n 101 to 17*-$ fat wethers, 17a lOd to J.9s 3d. In cattle, fat cows sold at £6-to f 6 ss; fat heifers/ £6 7s 6d; forward heifers, •£4 153; springers, £5, £5 10s to £6 TIMARU MARKETS. The Timaru markets h ; >veb*en qai.t during the past we*k,.and only a limited amount of business has bden done. Oats Hre now worth the eft»»e a« last weeiff oth»r sorts I* 6.1 at country sta ions. Velvet arid Red wheat are worth 2a 4d to 2s 5d per bushel* Tuscan, 2a 3d to 2s 6d f.o.b. But there are very few sellers. Theresa some inquiry for.f»-d b 'tley'at from Is 6d to Is &d No' mating barley is offering. Potatoes are still increasing,ln vauie* an:advance of .10* per ton. having; taken_ place duriog the pant week. was. dq*>ft. at £5. per ton, bdt«Ven^b;,tbjrftgi}re'growers' are holding %&;p*fep'p:6 : SsfojMs* still further ayanoSy ■!.%',',V\f