Commercial.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXIV, Issue 61, 6 July 1908, Page 5

Commercial.

CLEARING SALES, Donald Raid and Co., report having held a successful clearing Bale on account of Mr Joseph Campbell (Milburn), on Tuesday, BOoJb June. There was a fair attendance of buyers, and bidding being brisk everything brought market values. Horses sold as follows Filly £3B 10s, gelding £3O, do. £33, filly £l6, harness mare£lslss. Cows: 1 dairy cow, £6los, do. £5 15s, do. £7. Sheep: Ewes up to 16s 9d, lambs to 12s 3d, The implements being in fair order brought satisfactory prices. Drays £l2 to £l2 10a; Cultivator, £1 15s, Donald Reid and Co., also report having held a clearing sale on account of Mr Thos Quill (Milburn), on Friday, June 3rd. The attendance of farmers was limited, but those present being buyers bidding was spirited throughout, and everything brought full market values. Horses sold up to JE34 lOs, cows £4, heiters £5 6s. The mplements also sold well, Dray £lO 10, d.f, plough £5, seeder £7 10s.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co., Ltd., report on to-day's sales at Dunedin as follows

Oats—Seed lines 2a 5d to 2s 7d, prime milling 2s 3£d, to 2s 4d, good to best feed 2s lid to 2s 2£d, inferior to medium Is lid to 2s. Wheat Seed lines 4s 6d to 4s lOd, good seed 4s 4d to 43 6d, primo milling 4s to 4s 2d, whole fowl wheat 8s to 3s 9d, Potatoes—Best Derwents £4 7s 6d to £4 103, medium £4 to £4 ss, best Up-to-Dates £8 10a to £3 15s, medium to good £8 10a to £8 15s, inferior and small £2 10s to JG3 ss. Chaff—Prime oaten sheaf £4 2s 6d to £4 ss, medium to good £3 153 to £4, light and .discolored £B.