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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume VIII, Issue 30, 18 January 1918, Page 7

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AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. ! Sydney, Jan. 18. Oats, Algerian feeding 2/9 to 3/-, milling 3/- to 3/1, Tasmanian 3/10 to ■o/ii; maize 5/6; potatoes ±;7 10/- to £9; onions £l2. .Adelaide, Jan. 18, Oats, 2,4 to 2/5. STORTFORD LODGE STOCK SALE. The usual weekly sale was held ’at Stonford Lodge Yards on Wednesday. Io a good attendance of buyers, a small yarding of sheep and cattle icame forward, hat bullocks realised from £lB 10/- to £l7, fat cows and, heifers Ll 3 to £lO 10/-, prime heavy ewes 30/-, fat ewes (light) 25/- to 22/6, fat and forward wethers 31/-, good rape lambs 14/-. store lambs 12/- to 9/6, cull lambs 6/- to 2/9. The Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Co-op-erative Association report:—l dairy cow £9 7/6, 2 fat cows £9 5/-, 1 do £9 1/-, 47 fat ewes 22/9, 150 rape lambs 10/3, 247 do 10/-, 51 ewes 9/1, 18 do 3/9. CLIVE SALE. Mr. J. A. Miller reports’having held his fortnightly stock sale at Clive yesterday, when he sold as follows3o 2-tootn weds at 22/-, 13 weds at 25/3, 8 fat ewes at 25/3, 10 at 24/1, lat 26/-, 45 m.s. 2-tootus at 22/7, 20 at 18/-, 48 ewes at 6/3, 18 lambs at 16/8, 2 at 15/2. 12 at 15/9, 1 at 8/1. 1 fat cow £l2 12/6, 1 at £lO. FRUIT AND PRODUCE. WELLINGTON MARKET REPORT. (Special to “Tribune.”) Wellington, January IS. Messrs. Thompson Bros., Ltd., report on the .Wellington fruit and produce market as follows: —Recent rates for all ‘stone fruits remain unchanged. An excellent demand exists for choice samples. Tomatoes are more plentiful 'and values have receded. All vegetables are plentiful, with low prices obtaining. The following prices are ruling: Pears.—Choice Hawke’s Bay W.B.C. 5/6 to 7/6, Jargonelle 3/- to 4/- per half-case. Nectarines, 4/6 to 6/6 per half-case. / Peaches.—Choice desserts 5/9 to 6/6, others 4/- to 5/-, cooking varieties 4/to 5/- per half-ease. Apricots.—Large to 9/-, other grades 5/- to 6/-,_ over-ripe 3/6 to 4/6 per halfcase; Teviots, 12/- to 15/- per bushel. Black Currants.—. Reason now practically finished. Raspberries, 7/6 tb 9/- per bucket. Blackberries, 2d and 3d per lb. Strawberries; 1/- to 2/3 per punnet.’ Apples.—Dessert still in heavy supply. American, 3/- to 6/-; local, Red Astrachan 5/- to 6/-, Red Quarrendon 4/- to 4/9, Beauty of Bath 5/- to 5/6, Early Richmond 5/(1 to 6/-, Gravenstein 4/9 to 5/6, Irish Peach 5/- to 6/per bushel. Grapes, 2/- to 2/4 per lb. Plums.—Choice large Burbank 6/- to 6/-, Wixon 3/6 to 4/-, Ogon 3/- to 3/6, Purple Gage 4/- to 4/9, Blue Diamond 4/- to 4/9, greengages 6/- to 8/-, Wanagnui plums 2/6 to 3/-, prunes 2/9 to 3 '3 per half-case. Tomatoes, to-day, 3/6 to 5/- for best samples. Cucumbers, 5 '- to 7/- per half-case. Green peas, 2/- io 3/- per cental. Onions, 10/- to 11/- per cwt. Potatoes, 85/- to 100/- per ton. Eggs; 1/7 to 1/8 per dozen. Butter, 1/- to 1/1 per lb. Prime poultry wanted.