THE WOOL MARKET.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 2, 10 January 1905, Page 7

THE WOOL MARKET.

The Industries and Commerce Department has received the following cablegram from the. ■oAgent-General, dated London, 6th:-—" Wool .market stronger. General confidence in the maintenance of present prices. A general and active demand is expected at next sales. .Current Bradford quotations : For tops, 36's, low cro3a-*bred9, la i;'3Jd Ib.; 4QV low cross-bceds, Is 4£d : 44's medium cr6^-.bred3, Is 4^d, 50's, halfbred, la 7£d ; 53's, quarter-breds, Is 91 ; 60"«, merinoes, 23 0| i." '

Messrs Waters, lUtchie and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock,; 'gr?iin; : iproduce, andVconirriissiori agents, report (wholesale) for. the week as un- ;- der. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations: — •■> ■-■■ Wheat— Market is. easier, but prices are without alteration. Best . velvet and Tuscan 3s 8d to 3s iod, red chaff 3s 7d to 3s 9d, fowl wheat 3s (sacks extra); ■■■'.- Oats.— There is a good demand for best descriptions, but ; inferior sorts have not much attention. | Milling is 7d, bright short | feed is Sgd to is 6d, inferior is id to is Barley. — We have a good demand for prime malting samples from 3s to 3s 3d on trucks. Potatoes. — Derwents £3 10s per ton. Rabbitskins^r— Auction sales every fort night during the off season. We offered a large- catalogue this week. Competition was fairly brisk at late ; rales. Suckers and runners 3d to 4j£d, summers s^d to Bd, autumns gd to 1 2d, outgoings j od , to iz%&, winters .I4d to- i6d, selected i6j£d to ijd, blacks lßd to 24d per lb. - Sheepskins. — We hold sales every Tuesday. We quote ,: Pelts is 26. to 2s 2d, crossbred as "6d to 7s 6d, extra 7s 6d to 9s 6d, merino 2s 6d to 6s 6d.

Hides. —We hold fortnightly sales. Prime ox up to 6Jd, heavy do - 4^d to 5Xd, medium- do 4^d to 4/|d, light do 4d to 4%d, calfskins is o,d to 2s 3d', yearlings 2s Od to '3s 6d, horse hides 6s 6d te ' 9s 6d each. * _ \ Tallow, — Rough fat 13s to 14s, tallow, in: tins 15s to 18s, casks 20s 6d to 225. I Horsehair. : — Keen demand, from I4^d to We store aud dress all classes of seed and .J grain. All ©nr machinery isof the'latest'and I most effective design, and isoperated by practical men of long experience. Seeds — We have on sale a specially selected stock of grass and clover seeds, which we, quote as fu. lows :— Heavy machined^, ryegiass 4s 6d to ss, medium 4s to 4s 3d, cocksfoot 43d to 6d,' ltalian 4s 3d to 4s 6d, white clover is to is 3d, alsyke o.d to iod,cpwgrass 8d to iod, timolhy 5d to 6d. 'Samples oh application. Carters' Turnip Seeds. —As agents for Messrs Jas. Carter and Co.,' London, we are now landing our beason's stock of their wellknown high grade turnip seeds., Full price"' — list and particulars on application. ' ! Butter. — Best salt 7d per lb, dairy butter , (in pats) sd.to 6dlper lb. Eggs. — Market bare. iod. Honey. — 3d to 3^d per lb. Cheese.— sd per lb. Bacon.— Rolls7j^d, hams 7^d to Bd.

Pigs. —In good demand, \%&, heavy weights 3d to sHd. Poultry. — Roosters 4s to 4s 6d per pair, hens 3s 10 3s 3d per pair, ducks 4s 6d per pair. , (Export), we are giving top prices for South African orders, and young roosters 3s per pair,* ducks '4s/ 1 - 'Full particulars on application. . Note. — All export poultry is carried railage free if consigned to the Uepartimept of-Agricul-tUTe. We supply crates'on loan." ' - -