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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13361, 1 March 1909, Page 9

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United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright. LONDON", February 26. R-bbit skins are in gocd <.'.....uaud. AA'ell furred have advanced from a halfpenny to a penny. Suckers and -.malls dec.iutd a ponnv. Silver, '23id. The New Zealand Farmers" Co-opera-tive Association of C inrei-tiu.-y. _.:d.. have received Uie following cable frointlicir London office: —-AVool —'1 ne prospects app.-ar fati.-.irablc. Mutton— Primes Canterbury, delivered S.nithti.ld, light 3;d per lb, medium 3.d, heavy lljld per !h. Lamb —Priuio Canterbury, deliver-..1 Sni:t.i-t-.-!d, iigii: 0,.d per lb. ms-viiiiin OJi [i.t lb, iteuvy -l_d per lb. demand beiii.i still vt-ry limited. Large supplies are c-jiiiing to hand, Wiient—Alin-K**'. ii.to advanced lid per ijuarter ''

SMITHFIELD MAR KET. Mes~r.« A H. Tumbtill end Co. havo the folleiiing t-.il.k* ii:e.vsicii from Mt-s.rs AY. A.-Jdc! .-.ud C.i.. Lorn.'.in, reporting on the Smith-eld market, tlatod i-obru.iry _iil.'i : —Prii-e .'sow Zealand ox hinds 35 :. print,. N.Z. c.x fores 2_d. prime Cintvi-tiury i„r.ito.i il.rl. p.i.u* --.•e'::-*y lii:::t ■:) _j-l. p.-iir.-j Wellington mutton 3 5-1.1 i prime Plate inuttfii 2£d; prime .\./_. .;-.i„b. {.'-32 .11;!. „l»-l_ --- . tl. I--70 -lit!; i;.-j,*;-. .I||- s--t.ra.ian .■imb tj;i. *<-c iiid A.istt.iLin la-inb 31d. interior Australian iaiuU 3,' J. Market weak in all ea-c_; mutton and

limb markets tending further- downwards.

POULTRY MARKET. There v.as a very geed entry f- r tho P'uikry sale on Saturday, and "ail prime line-, were keenly competed for. Prit.es re„l:sed throughout were very ~ati..faetory. Th© following were the sales: — R'-istcr.. to 7s. according to quality, h.-i:, 2, to -Is, ducks 3, "3d to .">, lid, pti.-'.t-t. ."x to Gs 7<i. get-sf os 9d to 7s. .:!! ar, per pair. E.gs and butter— Eggs, Is _i„ to Is I.d per dwn; d.ii.-y butter .Sid 10 P_d per lb, sopp_r. .'-tor 9Jd to 10L1 per lb. ASHBURTON PRODUCE .SALES. At the s©yeT.il produce sales held at A*.-.burton on .Saturday there were good entries, and the aver.i.z;- prices realised r.-ciy, ars under :—Poultry—Hens l.s 3d t_ :5s I'd per pair, roosters 2s I'd to 3s f>d per pair; fowl-wheat 12_ to 14s per .sack: jKit-atoes Gs to 10s per sack; onions Id per lb; mutton 2d to 2_<l per lb.