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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2254, 18 December 1886, Page 2

Farm and Dairy Produce.— Wholesale : Butter, fresh, (id; butter, salt, 7d nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, #ood local, s£d to G£d ; Canterbury, do. none ; Eggs, per dozen, lOd to la ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., f^d to 7d ; Bacon and Hatns, Provincial, Gd to 8d ; Hams, 6£d to B£d ; Canterbury Bacon, 7d (new cure) ; equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7±d; Hams, B|d ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 27s lid to 30s ; Fowls per pair, 2s to 3s (id ; Faathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail : Milk per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to 8d per lb ; salt do., prime, B£d : inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb, 6d to Is ; Eggs, per d«z., Is to Is 3d ; Lard, per lb, Gd to 9d ; fowls, each, 2s to 3s ; Ducks, cfc>.» 2tj to 3s; Geese, do., 5s tp 7s ; Turkeys, do., 6s to 7s Gd ; Bacon, per lb,, ?id to Is ; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d.

Hay and Corn Market.— Wholesale (ourrent selling rates) : Maize, local (new), 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; Oata, 2a 3d to 2s 6d ; Barley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, os to 5s 6d ; fowl, 4s 9d ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 to £5; Lucern, do., £6 to £6103 (nominal); Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10a ; Oaten Chaff, £4 : Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £6 10s to £7 ; Potatoes (aid), £2 to £4 per ton ; ditto (new), £d per lb. ; Seed (Tasmanian), £5 to £G. Retail : Chaff, 5s to Gs per cwt. ; Potatoes, 48 to in Gd ; New Potatoes, 4A to Id perlb ; Maize, 3s 6d to 3s 9d ; Oats— feed, 2s 9d to 3s ; seed, 3s 6d to 3a 9d ; Wheat, 5s 3d to 5s 9d ; do. fowl, per bushel, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 3s Gd ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to 8s; Oaten, do., Gs to 7s; Straw, do., 3s to 4s.

Seeds.— Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, Is 3d per lb ; Sorghum, 1h ; Planters' Friend, Is ; White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, 9d ; Cowgrass— American, lOd ; English, Is ; Alsyke, Is Id ; Timothy, 8d : Trefoil, 8d ; Lticern, 1<« 6d ; Rape, 6d ; Rypgras3 (scarce), (is 6d to 7s (5d per bushel : Cocksfoot. 8a Gd.

Manures.— Botiedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10* to £9 ; inferior, £7 15t to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 14* to £17 ; Coral Queen, do., £5 ; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 2(5 per cent, to 28 percent., £G to £G 10s ; do., do., 36" per cent, to 38 per cent., £8 to £8 10s ; Hunt's Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per oent., £8 ; do. do., 25 percent., £C , Corn Manure, £8 ; Boot Manure, £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10s ; Grass Manure, £8 : isonedn«t, £8 10s. Flour Markka — Wi.He^ie : Roller Flour, per ton, £14 5s to £15 5s ; Superfine Flour, silk dressed, £14 10< ; do., do., household, £12 10s to £13 10s, sacks free; Southern do., £11 5s to £12 ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £5 10.s ; Sharps, £6 ; Cabin Bread, do., £10; Oatmeal, £13; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10s to £18. Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130" test (duty paid), from Is 5d to Is M ; VW test (duty paid), Is !M to Is lOd ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime (in stone), 1h 6d to 2n ; New Zealand Paling*, sft., 7s Gd to 13s ; fiffc., 14s ; Tf-tree Rails*, £2 10s to £4 per 100 ; Purin Posts, £Hi to £7; Shingles, 13s to life (id per 1000; Hobatt Paling*, sft., 17» ti>2o-i; itffc., 18* to 21s; Kobart Raji^, 80s to 9ft* ; Wire, No. (>, €12 ; No. 7, £12 10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 309 per cwt. Buyingatid selling quotations. Kauhi Guji and Flak Makkkt.—Sunplies for month to date, 2."»0 tons. We quote prices : Fair to Good Ordinary, £41 to £43 ; East Coast, £52 to £54 ; Flax, per tow, £15 to £18 j Tow, do., £5 10s to £7 10s ; Fungus, per lb., 2/d tf> 3id ; Coooanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17a ; Beeswax, 7d to lOdperlb.

Drunkkn Stuff.— How many children and women are slowly and surely dying, or rather being killed, by excessive doctoring, or the daily use of some drug or drunken stuff called medicine, that no one knows what it is made of, who can easily be cured and saved by American Co's Hop Bitten, which is so pure, simple, and harmless that the most frail woman, weakest invalid, or smallest child can trust in it ! See