AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL.

Lake County Press, Issue 2184, 29 August 1907, Page 5

AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL.

Weekly Market Reports. Messrs A. Moritzson it Co., auctioneers, wool, stock and station, grain, produce, and commission agents, corner Bond and Jetty streets, Dunedin, report (wholesale) ns follows for the week. All quotations subject to market fluctuations. Farmers are asked, when sending samdles, always to put k price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers.

Wheat.—Prime milling 4s 9d to 4/10, fowl wheat 4s 4d to 4s sd.

Oats.—Milling 3s Id, B Grade 3s, inferior 2s Sd to 2s !)d.

Barley.—Good malting inquired for, from 4s Gd to ss, pearling 4s 3d, feed barley 4s. l!yeeorn,3s 9dto 4s 3d. Maize, 4s 3d to 4s 6d. Prussian blue peas.—From Gs to Cs Gd per ushel.

Partridge peas, 4s Gd to 5s Gd. Chaff. Prime bright heavy L 5 15s, medium £5 10s, inferior to £5, wheaten straw 455, oaten straw GOs.

Clover Hay.—£4 15s to £G prime. Ryegrass.—Market remains firm. Farmers’ dressed 4s Gd to 4s 9d, none offering, machine dressed 5s Gd to 6s.

Cocksfoot.—Market remains strong. Farmers’ lots machined Gld to 7d. Linseed.—Ll2 10s to Ll3, Chewings Fescue.—There is a good demand. Farmers’ samples 5d to 5 id, and machined seed Cid to 7d. Potatoes.— Prime L3to L 3 ss, Onions—Melbourne Brown Spanish, Gs. Carrots 50s.

We can oiler a few tons of pure fish manure rich in amonia, valuable for root or grain crops (can be used with drill) at £7 per ton. Monday, and forward account sales every week, We have a good enquiry for all classes. Eabbitskins.—We hold our sales every Monday. The market has risen from id to Id. We quote Suckers and runners 5d to 7d, light racks 7d to lOd, summers full grown Gd to 3d, autumns 13d to 15d, incoming winters 14d tol9d, blacks ISd to 24d, fawns lid to IGd, winter greys bucks I7d to I‘Jid, does 22d to 25.U1, We supply labels.

Sheepskins.—Prices are a farthing easier for coarse woolskins. We quote— Halfbred Dd to GJd, crossbred BAd to BJJ, merino GJ,dto Sd, lambs 84d to Old, pelts Gd to 71d.

Hides.—We hold our sales every fortnight. Our last sale was on the 22nd August. Wo quote ox : Stout ox 7Jd to 7id, heavy do Gd to GJd, medium old to Gd, light 4Ad to sd, stout Gd, heavy old, medium 4? to did. light 41d to sd, yearlings 4yd, slags 3:/ d, calfskins 3s Gd to -5s Gd, horsehides 10s to 12s Gd. Cut and slippy bides to lid per lb less. Horsehair —There is a good demand for all classes especially clean hair which is quoted from 17d to 19d, mixed 14d to IGld. Rough Fat—Fr»m 17s to 20s. Tallow (in tins) 16s to 225, prime white mutton (in tins) 20s to 255, do. in casks 20s to 255, mixed tallow IGs to 20s.

Storing Grain.—We are prepared to store, receive, deliver, and insure with three months’ free storage at 3d per sack. Grass-seed cleaning. We advise farmers to consign all their seedo t us, as the cleaning will be attended to with up-to-date machinery, and the cleaned seed sold or returned free of railage.

We supply new and second-hand sacks, also stack, cow covers, and all other farmers’ material. Farm Produce and Fruit.

We receive all kinds of consignments ahd render account sales promptly. Walnuts, Gd to 7d. .Salt Butter, yd to lOd. Fresh Butter.—ln pats, storekeepers lots, Hid.

j Kggs.—-Fresh, lid. Cheese.—Factory Gd toll?, cl, Akftroa (i f to j (id, loat .id mere. : Honey,—3V. good demand. Section honey (new reason ’s'V-s M Hi <H ;irr do/..’ bulk large j tins Id to 1 d, small tins hid to -i;|d; Beeswax, Ir- ad to Is tit, i Ham's.—s Ito ’.id. I Bacon. —Boll s, sd to s. 1 , | ; sides, r.A.I to i;d, j slow ct sale. We have inquiry hit- 50: K) j haveners. ’ Figs.— Forty's nil to s|il, lir.-.t ebisa I baconers up. to IVOlhs 511: : weighty Id io .'id. j Poultry for Bocal Consumption.—Hens i 2s (id to Ssi. roosters -Is to ss, ducks, il l ito ; ifo-i-a vlu i'i /.orri s TdJ-o per 111. live weight. -bor Bxpoit, free of railage, d consigned io AgricuUur.il Bqiar.m-ni—Wu are now packing low Is 2s to As (id (weights d.'.lii to III; and over), chickens Us li t to -Is, geese Is lid to os, ducks 2s (id to its (id, turkeys 5d to 7d. Ovo received medal at Ib.leu l . Ballarat and other exhibitions. Ovo will pte-enve eggs tor j over f2 months. W» can supply it in bulk tn j cover (itii) dcc-.m fur Uto t'.ute, o!' for household purposes in email tins to cover respectively 10, Hi, 21 an i GO d( z -n eggs.

Musses V/ati ms, Bnoim;, am> Co., auctioneers, wool: stock; grain; produce, and commission, astcula: report {wholesale) lor the week as timid'. All duo:,-.boo;! am r.uhjact to market lluetnat-o. s ;

Wheat. M..il-i.'t voty quiet, ami very little but bus i passing. Bust velvet ami Tuscan Is 7d to -Is ml, medium -tr scl to is (id, fowl wheat Is -Id to -Is ml (sacks extra). Oats. —Market quiet. Milling 3s Id, bright short feed 2s lid to 3s, inferior 2s 7cl to 2s lOd.

Barley.—We have a good demand for prime malting samples. Habbitskins. Auction sales every fortnight during the off season. We offered a large catalogue this week, when competition was brisk. Suckers and runners 4d to lid, summers Gd to lOd, autumns lid to 1-1 Ad, winters IGd to 21d. selected does to 22d to 2ml per lb. Sheepskins.—Wo held our usual weekly sale on Tuesday, when we offered a large catalogue, and competition was keen. Prices remained firm at late quotations. We quote: Pelts 2s to 4s Gd, crossbred 4s 9d to !)s, extra 9s Gd to 11s Gd, merino 4s to 7s, extra 7s Gd to Bs.

Hides.—Wo hold fortnightly sxles. Prime ox7dto7Ad, heavy do Gd to OJd, medium do 41d to oil, light do ltd to /id, calf skins 1 Gd to Is, yearlings 2s Gd to 7s Gd, horse hides 7s to 8s each.

Tallow —Hough fat 17s to ‘2os, tallow in tins ‘2os to 245, casks ‘2ss to 80s per cwt. Horsehair. —Keen demand from 17d to 19d per lb. We store and dress all classes of seed and grain. All our machinery is of the latest and moat effective design, and is operated by practical men of long experience-. General Produce Report.

Butter. —Best salt Gd to G.UI per lb, dairy butter (in pats) Gd per lb. Eggs.—l Id. Honey, 4d per lb. Cheese,G£d peril). Bacon.—Roils Sid, hams Gd. Pigs in good demand at s ; |d, heavy weights to 4d. Poultry (local) —Roosters 3s Gd to -Is per pair, hens ‘2s Gd per pair, clucks 4s per pair.