AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL.

Lake County Press, Issue 2188, 26 September 1907, Page 5

AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL.

Burnside Stock Sale.

At Burnside best wethers brought from 24s to 265, extra 295, medium 22s Gd to 23s Gd, light 20s to 21s 6d.

Gore Horse Market.

Wright, Stephenson and Co., report as follows: —

Onjy fourteen entries came forward for Saturday’s sale, no really good sorts offering. Buyers were plentiful for young, staunch and reliable draughts, and had any of this description been forward, we would hare had no difficulty in effecting sales. Aged and done sorts are hard to sell, and vendors must be prepared to take a very low figure to make a deal. Hacks and harness horses are in fair demand, and we succeeded in placing a few. Spring ran and milk cart sorts are being enquired for. Skin and Hide Report. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows: Eabbitskins.—Wo submitted a fair sized catalogue at our sale held on Monday, 16th inst., to a full attendance of buyers. A large proportion of the skins coming to hand are now off season, and prices show an easier tendency. We quote : —Prims winter does 23d to 24d, second 2id to 22Jd, prime winter bucks 18d to ISJd, first winter blacks 23d to 24Ad, springs lljd to 12£ d. Sheepskins.—We submitted a medium sized catalogue at our sale held on Tuesday, 17th inst. Competition was spirited, and a clearance resulted at prices on a par with late rates. QuotationsHalfbrod 9£d to iOd, line crossbred 9d to 9£d, crossbred 8d to Bfd, merino 7Jd to 7Jd, dead 7d to Bd, lambskins 8d to BJd. Hides.—We held our usual fortnightly sale of hides on Thursday, 19th inst., and a clearance resulted at prices equal to those lately ruling. We quote: Prime stout heavy ox G£d to 7gd, ordinary substance heavy s£d to 6Jd, prime heavy cows 4|d to 6|d, medium and light 4d to 4gd, calfskins 5d to 6Jd, Tallow and Fat.—There is keen demand for all descriptions:—Prime mutton tallow 26s to 30s. medium 22s to 25a 6d, mixed 18s to 2ls Gd. Dunedin, 19th Sept., 1907. Weekly Market Reports. Messrs A. Moiutzhon & Co., auctioneers, wool, stock and station, grain, produce, and commission ngents, 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 pnfc & price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers. Wheat.—Prime milling 4s 9d to 4/10, fowl wheat 4b Od to 4s Bd. Oats.—Milling 3s Id, B Grade 3s, inferior 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Barley.—Good malting inquired for, from 4s Gd to ss, pearling 4s 3d, feed barley 4s. Eyecorn, 4a to 4s 3d. Maize, 4s. Prussian blue peas.—From 6a to 6s fid per ushel. Partridge peas, 4s fid to 5a fid. Chaff. Prime bright heavy Lo 10s, 'medium £5 ss, inferior to £4 10s, wheaten straw 455, oaten straw 50s. Clover Hay.—£4 15s to £6 prime. Eyegraas. —Market remains firm. Farmers’ dressed 4s Gd to 4s 9d, none offering, machine dressed 5s 6d to 6s. Cocksfoot.—Market remains strong. Farmers’ lots 5Jd, machined 6Jd to 7d. Linseed.—Ll2 10a to Ll3, Chewings Fescue.—There is a good demand. Farmers' samples 5d to and machined seed GJd to 7d. Potatoes.— Prime L2 10s lo L 3. Onions —Melbourne Brown Spanish, 6s 6d. Carrots 50s. We can offer 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 ft good enquiry for all classes. Eabbitskins.—We hold our sales every Monday. We quote:—Suckers and runners 3d to sd, light racks 7d to lOd, summers full grown Gd to Bd, autumns 13d to 14d, incoming winters 14d to!6d, blacks 18d to 24d, fawns lid to 17d, winter greys bucks *l7d to 19$ d, does 22d to 25d. We supply labels.

Sheepskins.—Prices are as follows : Halfbred 9d to lOd, fine crossbred BJd to 9Jd, coarse crossbred 8d to BJd, merino 6Ad to B|d, lambs to 9d, pelts Cd to 7M. Hides:—We hold fortnightly sales. Onr last sale was held on 19th September. We quote : stout ox 7d to 7§d, heavy do. sfd to 6|d, medium 4d to 5Ad, light 4d to 4£d, cow extra stout 4Jd to sd, heavy to 4Jd, medium and light 4Jd to 4Jd, stag and bull 3d to 3Jd, yearling up to cut and slippy hides anything from 2£d to 3Jd per lb, calfskins from 2s (Jd to ss, horse hides from 7s Gd to Us each.

Horsehair—There is a tfood demand for all classes especially clean hair which is quoted from 17d to l'.'id.mixed lid to lOid. Hough Fat- Kvom 17k to 80s. Tallow (in tins) 10s to Its, prime white mutton (in tins) 25s to 28a, do. in casks 20. to 30s, mixed tallow Mia to '2os. Storing (Train.— Wo are prepared to store, reoeive, 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 bo attended to with up-to-date machinery, and the cleaned seed sold or returned free of railage.

Wo supply new and second-hand sacks, also stack, cow covers, and till other farmers' material.

Fabm Tropuck and Fncrr. Wo receive all kinds of consignments ahd render account sales promptly Walnuts, (id te 7d. Salt Butter. '.id to KM. Fresh Butter.—ln pats, storekeepers lots, lOd. l

Eggs.—Fresh; ICi.jUl. Cheese—Factory"od toi'.A ,1, Akaroa Cd to (>d, loaf |d more.

Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey (new (id to (is per do?., bulk large tins -Id to 4(1, small tins 4 .Id to ■)'•}s, Roes wax, ]'.-. M to J.s 0d: Hams.—fid to (Jd.

Bacon.—Rolls, .sd to 8^1; alHe.a, 5Jd to Gd, slow r.{ sale, Wo have inquiry tor 5000 bn<s6nev3.

Pigs. Porfol'3 up to ">U\, first-Class bacouers up to 1701bs SM; overweightsj 4d to C>ih i-bultry frir udefll Consumption.—Hens '2s (id to 3s 3d. roosters 4s to ss, ducks, 4s Cd to 53 0d ; turkey hens 5d oocka 7(1 to per lb, live weight. For Export, free of railage, if consigned to Agricultural Department—We are now packing fowls 2s to 2s Gd (weights 3.Jib to 41b and over), chickens 3s 3d .tp 4s, geese 4s 6d to ss, ducks 2s >-d td 8s Oil, turkeys 3d to 7dt 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 GOO clown for the trade, or for Household purposes in small tins to cover respectively 10, 16, 24 and 00 dozen eggs. Priees on application-

Messus Waiekb, BiiciiiEj AK» Co., auctioneers, wool) otock, grain, produce, and oommtssion agents, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations :~

Wheat. Demand active* and prioes firmer. Best velvet and Tuscan 4a 9d to 4s lOd, medium 4s 7d to -is Bd, fowl Wheat 4s 6d to 4s td (sacks extra). Oats.—Market quiet. Milling 3s Id, bright short feed 2s lid to 33, inferior 2s 7d to 2s lOd.

Barley.—Wo have a good demand for prime malting samples. Babbitskins.—Auction sales every Monday. We offered a large oatalogue this week, when competition was brisk. Suckers and runners 4d to 6d, summers Gd to lOd, autumns lid to l'ijd, winters 16d to 21d, selected does to 22d to 25d per lb, Sheepskins.—We held our Usual weekly saie on Tuesday, when we offered a large catalogue, and competition was keen. Prices remained firm at late quotations. We quote: Pelts 2s to 4s 6d, crossbred 4s 9d to 9s, extra 9s 6d to lls 6d, merino 4s to 7s, extra 7s 6d to Bs. Hides.—We hold fortnightly sales. Prime ox 7d to 7Ad, heavy do Cd to 6jd, medium do 4Jd to sd~, light do ihH to sd, calf skins 1 9d to 4s, yearlings 2s Gd to 7s Gd, horse hides 7s to 8s each. Tallow—Bough fat 17s to 20s, tallow in tins 20s to 24 s, casks 2;'ss to 30s per cwt. Horsehair. —Keen demand from 17d to 19d per lb. We store and dross 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. Genermj Produce Beport. Butter. -Best salt 9d to 9Jd per lb, dairy butter (in pats) 9d per lb. Eggs.—loid. Honey, 4dperlb. Cheese, CAd por lb. Bacon.—Bolls BJd, hams 9d. Pigs in good demand at s.sd, heavy weight 3 3Jd to 4d. Poultry (local) Boosters An Gd to par pair, hens 2s 9d per pair, ducks 4s per pair.