RANGIORA.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12509, 23 May 1906, Page 8

RANGIORA.

' The attendance at the Rangiora eale i . yesterday was limited, owing to iucle- < • ment weather. In the cauie yard,* the 1 : entiy was 1600 sheep, 80 ca.t.e, and 40 i 1 pigs. Prices wero:—Fat lambs 12s tKi, , i \ 14s 3d to lus, tat wUhens lis.to ifcJa, 1 ' fat ewes 13s 6d to 15j, four, six and < i eight-tooth ewea 17s to 18s 6d, tud- J ; mouthed 13s Gd, store lambe 10s 6d to ; - 12s l)d, vory forward lambs to 13s. • Beef, equal to 20s per lOO.b; fat steers i r £5 to £6 7a 6d, iat oows £5 to £o ] ' ; 12s 6d, yearlings to 225, 18-months i t ; cabtlo 30s' to 3oa, springers to £5, olu | ( I cows 20s to 255, calves 8s to 15s, small ] i cahres 3s to 3s 6d. Pis 6 —Baco..ers -tOs \ ■ I ,to 47s (3d, porkem 2os to 32s 6d, for- , I ward stores 2-hs, medium 13s Gd to 18s, , \ weaners 4s 6d to 6s, suckers Is 6d to j i '■ In the produce yards crossbred sheep , .' skins made 4s, 7s Gd, and 10s 6d, merino ; , f skins 4s to 7s 6d, calfskins 2s 6d, hides , - 4id per lb, wool U{d, iat l|d, horse- . 'ihair ls 4d». Poultry—Roosters 4s al, . f couple, purebred Bs, her.s 2s 6d, pulcis : ( ' 4s 6d. Chickwheat 2s lOd a bushel, , r oats 2s, pigmeal 7s" 6d a sack, potatoes | . r to 20s, carrots 2s 6d„ paisnips 4 S Od, , ' oatsheaf chaff 60s a ton, onions 9d a; . r ' string, apples 5s 6d a case, pears 6s, T j oranges 2s to 4m 6d. _ ] '. i The weather influenced the Rangiora [ grain market, but for wheat it was firm ( i at a general increase of about 2d por ! bushel. /The price for prime Tuscan i 1 ! was 3s 3d, and for Hunter's and Pearl ' 3s to 3s Id. Whole fowl wheat was in ! ; demand at 2s 8d to 2s lld. With the t scarcity of samples oats had hardened c| to 2s and 2s 3d for highest samples. ( t! No business was transacted in barley. > ; Peas, which wero in strong request, , J ' made 3s 6d, and for beans, which were . held at 3s 6d, tho prices, offered wero f 3s 3d and 3s 4d. Grass seed was , 5 nominal. Potatoes wero sold at £10 « . a ton for best kinds. Linseed was . r quoted at from £11 to £12 per ton. 1 j At auction yesterday the North Can--1 terbury Stores Company, Rangiora, sold • I for Mr W. M. Murphy, of Fernside, lot ' ,! 1, 15 acres, at £13 10s per acre to Mr < , M. McNally; lot 2, 20 acres, at £10, 1 i and lot 3, 20 acres, at £8 to Mr T. s O'Roarke. f