MILTON PRODUCE MARKET.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 4, 17 January 1905, Page 6

MILTON PRODUCE MARKET.

Bruce Herald Office, wholesale prices. Flour, per ton ... ... £10 Oatmeal, per ton . . . ... * 9 Pollard, per ton £4 Pearl Barley, per ton ... £14 Bran, per ton \ £3 5a LOWEST KETAIL PRICES. Oats •' Is 9d per bushel Pollard ... ... ... 7s per bag Bran 4sperbag Bacon (roll) lOdperlb Sams- lld per lb Batter (ordinary) ... Bdand9dperlb Cheese^ ::. 7d per lb Eggs __ j.. i lOd per do7*n Fowl Wheat 3. 3d per bushel

Strcpnach, Morris, and Co. report for the «ooM -jepding Wednesday, 11 tn Jan., 1905, Nm- follows : — Rabbitskins. — We offered /% fairly large oatalogn* at fear sale on the 9th inst., when A < there average attendance of buyers present, and prices were fully better than those lately ruling. We sold springs at Ufd, autumns to ll£d, summers to 7jrd, blacks to 26d, snd fawns to 12Jd. Sheepskins.— Sales sre only held fort- ¥ nightly at" present, but all coming forward meet with great competition. We can confidently recommend consignments being sent in at present, as the market keeps very firm. Hides.~No.sale since last report. Tallow tridtjEat.— There is no ohange .to - report in 'this commodity, all coming forL ward being taken at the foUowing rates : — Best ' rendta&'taUow 18s to 203, medium to good 15t to 18s 6d, inferior 12s t° 15s 6c., bwt caul fat 14« to 14s 6d, rough fat 12a to 14s. Wheat.— There is a rather better demand * at present, end-buyers seem more inclined to ~" do business Prime milling is worth 3s 6d to 3s 9d, medium 3i 3d to 3s sd, beßt whole fowl wheat 3i to 3* 21, broken and infeiior 2e6dto3*..- - Oils.— There has been more enquiry lately, ' and in consequence prices are a shade firmer. Quotations': Prime milling Is 7£d to ls 9d, - good to best feed ls 6d to ls 7d, medium ; and inferior li.4d to ls 6d. Chaff— Supplies have been smaller of latei -- and there has been a decided rise in the marJ ket. Prime oaten , sheaf £4 10a to £4 15s, y medium to good £3 15s to £4 ss. Potatoes— New season's are more plentiful \ now, and. sire <forth £9 per ton. Last sea* 0 eon's beat Der wen ts are worth £3 5s to £3 v 10s. . | i Fat Cattle — 170 head yarded, which proved too many~for requirements, and pn- ; ces receded from 10< to 15a. v Best bullocks j V £10 2« 6d to £16'17d6d, good do £8 10a to A £9 10s, medium aqd light £6 to £8, best j ,~ -heifers £7 10* to.£9, good do £5 10s to £6 ; 15e, medium and light £4 10a to £555. •, Fat Sheep — 2360 pfenned, which was more than sufficient for inquiries, and prices were 'A back ls 61 per head on last week's rateß* ~ Best wethers 22s (tyt. tp 235, one pen extra I 0 good 24s 3d, good 20s to 21s, light and me- *; 4ium 18s to 19a 6d, best ewes 20s to 21s bd, : good 18s to 19s, light 15* to 17s 3d. 1 Fat Lambs— 6B2 penned, and owing to a good<export inquiry prices advanced ls to ls *"; 6d on late fates. L Pigs— l£B penned, prices being much the lame as last week. Suckers 6a to lla6d, slips 0 ' 12s to 18f, stores, 19a to 245, porkers 25a . to /:- 31s, light baconers"" 32* to 355, heavier do f 35s 6d to 455, choppers to 61s. '•