Gore Horse Market.

Lake County Press, Issue 2185, 5 September 1907, Page 5

Gore Horse Market.

Wright, Stephenson ami Co., report as follows :

As was only to be expected, in view ot our big Special Sale next Friday, only a small entry was offered at our weekly sale at the above yards on Saturday. The entry consisted, with one exception (a bay gelding 4yrs which brought £37) of weedy hacks and harness horses and draughts of the “ done” description. Draughts, young, active, and staunch, are in great demand now, and any of the above description are eagerly competed for. Spring-vanners, suitable for either milkoart or grocer’s van, are also being enquired for. Our Special Sale next Friday will commence at 12.30 pm. sharp.'

Weekly Market Reports. Messes A. Mobitzson & Co., auctioneers, wool, stock and station, grain, produce, and commission agents, corner Bond and Jetty streets, Dunedin, report (wholesale) as follows for the week. All quotations subject to market fluctuations. Farmers are asked, when sending samdles, always to put a 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 Od. Oats.—Milling 3s Id, B Grade 3s, inferior 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Barley.—Good malting inquired for, from 4s Od to os, pearling 4s 3d, feed barley 4s. P.yecorn, 3s 9dto 4s fid. Maize, 4s. 6d. Prussian blue peas.—From Gs to Gs Gd per ushel. Partridge peas, 4s Od to 5s Gd. Chaff. Prime bright heavy L 5 15s, medium £5 10s, inferior to £5, wheateu straw 455, oaten straw COs. Clover Hay.—£4 15s to £G prime. Ryegrass. —Market remains firm. Farmers’ dressed 4s Gd to 4s 9d, none offering, machine dressed 5s Cd to 6s. Cocksfoot. —Market remains strong. Farmers’ lots machined Old to 7d. Linseed.—Ll2 10s to LIS, Chewings Fescue.—There is a good demand. Farmers’ samples 3d to and machined seed Cid to 7d. Potatoes.— Prime L3to L 3 ss. Onions —Melbourne Brown Spanish, Gs. Carrots 50s.

We can offer a few tons of pure fish manure rich in amonia, valuable for root or grain crops (can he used with drill) at £7 per ton. Monday, and forward account sales every week. We have a good enquiry for all classes. Rabbitekins.—We hold our sales every Monday. The market has risen from id to Id. We quote Suckers and runners 5d {* 7d, light racks 7d to lOd, summers full grown Gd to Bd, autumns 13d to 15(1, incoming winters 14d to 19d, blacks 13d to 84d, fawns lid to l&d, winter greys bucks 17d to does 22d to 25id. We supply labels.

Sheepskins.—Prices are a farthing easier for coarse woolskins. We quote— Half bred 9d to 94d, crossbred B.Jd to 82d, merino Gid to Bd, lambs B£d to 9 Ad, pelts Gd to 7*d.

Hides.—We hold our sales every fortnight. Our last sale was on the 22nd August. We quote ox : Stout ox 7£d to 7jd, heavy do Gd to medium 5Jd to Gd, light 4£d to od, stout Gd, heavy medium 4} to s£d. light 4sd to sd, yearlings 4gd, stags B}d, calfskins 3s Gd to 5s Gd, borsehides 10s to 12s Gd. Cut and slippy hides 4d to lsd 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 IG.^d. Rough Fat—From 17s to 20s. Tallow (in tins) IBs to 225, prime white mutton (in tins) 20s to 255, do. In casks 20s to 255, mixed tallow 16s 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. Farit Pboduce and Fruit.

We receive all kinds of consignments ahd render account sales promptly. Walnuts, Gd tc 7d. Salt Butter. 9d to lOd. Fresh Butter.—ln pats, storekeepers lots, lOd.

Egga.—Fresh, lid. Cheese.—Factory Cd to6l d, Akaroa Gd to 6d, loaf Jd more. Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey (new Gd to 9a per doa, bulk large tins 4d to 4id, email tins 41d to 4Jd. Beeswax, Is 3d to Is Cd. Hams.—Bd to 9d.

Bacon.—Rolls, 8d to 84d ; sides, Gild to Cd, slow of sale. We have inquiry for 5000 baconers.

Pigs. Porkers up to 5Jd, first-class baconers up to 1701bs s^d; overweights, 4d to sd. Poultry for Local Consumption.—Hens 2s Gd to 33; roosters 4s to sa, ducks, 4s Gd to Ga ; turkey hens 5d eocks 7d’to per lb, live weight. For Export, free of railage, if consigned to Agricultural Department—We are now packing fowls 3s to 2s Gd (weight* 3*lb to 41b and

over), chickens :Js 3d .to 4s, geese 4s fid to ss, ducks 2s (51 to 3s fid, turkeys fid .to ?■!. Ovo received medal at Hobart, Ballarat and other exhibitions. Ovo will preserve eggs for over 12 months. We can supply it in bulk to cover 000 dozen for the trade, or for household purposes in small tins to cover respectively 10, 1(5, 21 an 1 (50 dozen eggs. Prices on application.

Mueslis W.vruiM, RiTcmir, and Co., auctioneers, wool) stock, grain) produce) and commission agents-, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market lluutnations t

Wheat. Market very quie‘. and very little bird ness pasting. Best velvet and Tuscan Is 7d in -Is yd, medium -Is 5d to -Is (sd, fowl wheat 4 s -id to -Is 5.1 (sacks extra). Oats. — Market quiet. Milling 3s Id, bright short feed 'is lid to ill, inferior 2s 7d to 2a 1 OH.

Barley.--'We have a good demand for prime malting samples. Rabhilskins. —Auction sales every Monday. We offered a large eatul '■gnu this week, when competition was brisk. Suckers and runners 4d to (51, Mimm-rs (5.1 to !od, autumns Hd to 1 (id, winters Hid to 211, selected dot s to 22d 1. 1 25.1 per lb. Sheepskins.—Wo held our usual weekly sale on Tuesday, when we offered a large catalogue, and competition was keen. Prices remained tlnn at lats quotainns. Ue quote: Pelts 2s to -Is (id, crossbred 4s Ud to ‘Js, extra fls lid to 11s (id, merino 4s to 7s, extra 7s fid to Ba. Hides.—Wo hold fortnightly sales. Prime ox 7d to 7Ad, heavy do (5d to (5,d, medium do 41d to sd" light do 4td to 51, calf skins 1 !ld to 4s, yearlings 2s (id to 7s fid, horse hides 7s to Bs each. Tallow—Rough fat 17s to 20s, tallow in tins 20s to 2-ls, casks 25s to 30s per owt. Horsehair. —Keen demand from 17dto 19d per lb. We store and dress all classes of seed and grain. All our machinery is of the latest and most effective design, and is operated by practical men of long experience.

General Produce Redout. Butter, -Best salt !)d to 9Jd per lb, dairy buttor (in pats) 9d per lb.

Eggs.—lo(l. Honey, 4d per lb. Cheese, per lb. Bacon.—Rolls hams 9d. Pigs in good demand at heavy weights 3Jd to 4d. Poultry (local) Roosters 4s Gd to per pair, hens 2s 9d per pair, ducks 4s per pair.