Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 112, 8 October 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

WAIMATE WEEKLY SALE. Messrs Guinness and LeOen, Limited, report that the £ llowing prices resulted on Saturday last:— Pigs—Weauers 8s 6d to 9a; stores. 10» to 14s. Poises—One hack, L 5 ss. Cows— Li to L 5. Poultry—Fowls, la to Is 4d. Potatoes—Dei wants, table, 6s 6d to 7a 6d; seed, 4s 6d to 6s. Mr M. Duggan's well-known coaching stallion, Pinole Patches, was sold to Mr Juo. Humphries, Glenavy, for L3a log. TIMARU MARKETS. The bu iness done on fthe Timaru grain and produce markets during the past week has again been somewhat liaii'ed, owing to sellers’ reseiyes ab >ve what buyers are prepared to give. In oats, Oan-idiana and Sparriwbills ire worth 2s 2£d, other sorts 2s on truekd Timam, sacks extra- All odering at this money ara readily taken up, but buyers "ill not Wheat is being held at 2 6d, ex store, and th- re are no sales, buyers beir.g careless at 2s 6d per bushel. , The mar ket -for barley shows little or no life. Good malting is worth 2s 3d, Cape barley Is IQJ, and feed 1* 9d. The potato market is weak, with no sales, nominal quotations being L 4 per ton, f.o.b.

horse sales. The Canterbury Farmers’ Co operative Association, per Mr J Mundell, auctioneer, report- on the horse market at Taitersall’- yards, Timsrn, on Saturday as follows r—Oar entry c mprised 33 draught, light harness, and iaokney horses. All joung sound farm horses were etsily sold at sati factory prices. Thf-re was a strong demand for upstaiid'ttg ligut hirut'ES,Boits. VVe quo'e talu s ar und* r[Jiaughr.s, young (with trial), L3O, L3O 10s, L 32, 1/34, JL3S to L 4I } ditto., light and aged, L2O, L 22 0L26 ; ight harness sorts, Ll2, Ll 4. Ll 6, Llf 10s, to LlB 10s j hackneys, L 6, LB, to LIO.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN MARKETS. . The local grain market is very quiet m all departments. The only basinea* reported in wheat is the sate of a fair quantity in second hands for shipment by dire t steamer, advantage bong taken of the opening affoided by the cheap freights of reducing stocks, in store. I her.- are practically no oats offering, and no badness to record in this oeieal. A shipment of 7000 s.eks of potatoes was made to Sydney by the Mukoia on Thursday, and it is hoped t.ha these wll arrive in time to escape the tariff, which is expected will be brought into fores early next week. The information on this point is, however, nOt definite, but it is probable that the imposition of Federal duties will not be delay, d murh longer.. In the meantime, exp ,rters will not take any risk by making further purchases until., i hey ascertain how the market will be affected. Dairy produce is easing ia value with the advance of the sea ion. Butter has declined another penny par lb. and as i here are fairly large stocks of old cheese still to hand, prices have been lowered a hjlf-penny and a penny respectively for fact- ry and dairy made. The following are current price* paid to farmers, f. b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, except where otherwise specified i

Wheat, nominal—Hunters pearl and velvet 2s 5d to 2a 6d, and Tuscan 2s 6d, f.O.be

_ Oats- Milling 2s 4d to 2s sd, short feed 2s 3d to 2s Duns and Danieb 2a 2d to 2. 2Jd t f.b.b. Barley nominal—Malting 3s 3d to 2a 61. secondary Is 8d to la 10d, at country stations.

Beans—2s 8d to 2s Bd, f.o.b. Peas, nominal. Flour, millers* quotations—Boiler L 6 15s.

Sharps—L4, Bran—L3 10s. Oatmeal—l*l2, f:o.br . P 'tatoes, timing Oatrheaf chaff—36s to 40s, at country sUtiuns. „

H .y—L2 Hh to L2 15s, delivered. Grass seed—Byegrasa, farmers’ lots Is 9d to 2s, prime heavy towo-dreaged 2s 6d to 3»,;cocksfool 2£d to 2|d, town machine dressed, 16K> to 171<* old seed 3|d to 3|d, f.o b. f cowgraes Pd to 62d, extra choice 7d, whi e clover 6d to 8d delivered.' Dairy produce—Cheese," i«otory 4id, dairy 4d ; butter., factory, 'loca£ 1 lid. No th Island lOd, dairy'&.tolod, B ftlt, i. boxes Bi, bacon, luma 6d to 6Ad, factory bacon and hams higher, f.o.b.