Commercial.

Bruce Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 6, 2 August 1909, Page 6

Commercial.

__ «v JULY. • til* aUN. H.M. tM> _sun rises 7-34 a.m. isl.-Sun sets ... - 455 Pni31st— Sua rises ... .- 6.46 a-,n-3ist-Sun sets ... .- 5- 2 3 P-m-THE MOON. 2nd.—Full Moon - 8.44 a.m. oth.—Last Quarter .- ... 11.40 p.m. 16th —New Moon ... - "-25 a.m. 24th—First Quarter... ... 3.25 p.m. MILTON PRODUCE MARKET. Bruce Herald Office. retail prices. Q ats is gd bushel Pollard Z - ~ losperbag Bran .- ... - 4S 6d per bag Bacon (roll) iodperlb Hams ... .» - "dperlb Butter (ordinary) .- ud and is lb. Butter (print) ... - "2d per lb Cheese ~- ... Eggs .- .. ~ *s;sd P« dox Fowl Wheat .- ~ 5s per bushel Potatoes ~ ... - 241b for is Bacon Pigs, up to i6slbs weight 4idper!b Overweight 3*dt°4d WHOLESALE PRICES. Flour, per ton .- ~ 1532001b bags Oatmeal, psr ton ... £io 10s Pollard, per ton- .- It 10s Pearl Barley, per ton ... £ls Bran, per ton .„ .~ X S 3

Stronaoh Morris and Co. Ltd., report for week ending 27th July as follows : Pat Sheep—There was a smaller yard* tog than has been the rule lately, only ibout 2000 being penned. These were chiefly medium wethers with a very few ewes. Prices showed an advance of Is per head all round, keeping firm till the end of the sale. Best wethers 15s 6d to 17s, extra to 21s, medium to good 14s to 15s, light and unfinished 12s 9d to 18s 6d, best ewes 13s to 14s, extra to 15s 9d,me* dium to good 10s to 12s 3d. Pat Lambs—Only 800 penned, and prices showed no change from last week. Best lambs lis 6d to 12a 3d, extra heavy to 16a, medium 10s 3d to 12s, stores 9a 6d to 10s.

Fat Cattle There was a medium yarding of 366 head, principally good quality cattle. Bidding was keen and prices showed an advance of 5s to 10a per head. Best bullocks brought from £9 15s to JElOlOs, extra to J612, medium to good £& to £9 10a, light £6 10s to £1 16p, best cows and heifers £1 to £B, medium £5 10a to £6 ss, light £3 10s to M 10s. Pigs-189 yarded, including a good line of store pigs. There was a keen demand for suckers snd slips, but store pigs did not meet with such good sale. Porkers and baconers were fully up to last wetk'B rates. Suckers 14s to 16s. Blips 17s to 20a, stores 27s to 33a, porkers 88s to 435, light do 45s to 50s, heavy 58a to 60a, choppers to J64 Bs. Babbitskins—We held our weekly sale yesterday, when we offered a large catalogue. Prices exoept for prime winter does, showed a slight decline with a down* ward tendency. Although we received line of prime winter does, we do not think that bidding was quite so keen for these, Prime winter does 83d to 85Jd, seconds 29d to 32d, medium to good 24d to 28d, best winter bucks 17d to 20d, medium to good 15d to 17d, early winters to 18d, autumns 14d to 15'icl, racks 9d to lOd, best winter blacks to 33d, sicond winter do to26d, autumns 18d to 20d.

Sheepakins—"We offored a large catalogue to-day, when prices were much on a par with last week's rates, although competition for poor and inferior skins wae hardly so keen. Best half bred 8d to B|d, medium to Rood 7d to Bd, inforior to 6#d, beat fine crossbred 6i[d to 7#d, medium to good 6>£d to 7d, coarse erobebred 6d to 7d, inferior 4#d to s>£d, best merino 7d to 7|d, medium to good 6£d to 6HI inferior to sd, beat lambskins 7d to 7sd, pelts 3d to 4}d. Hides—We neld our fortnightly sale o tho 22nd inst,, when we submitted small catalogue. Competition for dry hides was very keen, all thesi selling up to late rates. Sloppy and dirty hides Were much easier, buyers being unwilling to pmchase at a drop ot %& to j4i per lb. Prime Btout hoavy ox hides to good heavy 6d to 6j£d, medium sjd to B#d, light 5d to 6#d, iuferior 2£d to 4id,

best heavy oow hides 6d to medium to 6X<l» lig Q ' 5d '0 61, inferior 34*1 '0 4#d, yearlings 4d li> en B#d i-o B<i 'l'rdDw :.;>u l':»i -T ; h-:''. t ... C".-.i.:!> <> rcpO'O iii iU:« 1 1...i11-..i. la good enquiry lot' ehij> m.t'.r for pv.rcv and Mpeirrowui:! lit up to Jitte iftitH JPttiau wining GiUtons Is 8d to Is 9d, Spimowbilla Is 7d to ils Bd, good to best feed la 6£d to Is 8d nferior to medium Is 4d to Is 6d per bushel (sacks extra,) Wheat—There is good enquiry for both Velvet and Tußoan millers and speculators being both in evidence. Tnere is very little demand for fowl wheat. Prime milling 4a Bd to 4s 6d, medium to good 4s Id to 4s 3d, broken and damaged 2s 6d to 3s 8d per bushel (sacks extra). Chaff-The market ia over-supplied With medium quality, and values have shown a deoline of 2s 6d to 5s per ton. Medium obaff has very little demand. Prime oaten sheaf £2 7s 6d to £2 12s 6d, medium to good £2 to £2 ss, inferior and discolored 30s to 37s 6d per ton (bags extra. Potatoes—The market is easier owing to the quantities coming forward, shippers being unwilling to risk consignments. Best £3 7s 6d to £Blos, medium to good £2 15s to £8 ss, inferior £2 to £2 10s per ton (bags in). Straw—Prioes rule from 25s to 27s 6d for oaten, and 25a for wheaton with very little demand, Turnips—Best Swedes 14s to 15s per ton loose (ex truck),