FARMERS’ COLUMN.

Lake County Press, Issue 2347, 20 October 1910, Page 5

FARMERS’ COLUMN.

Skin and Hide Report. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd,, reports as follows : Eabbitskins. —We held our usual weekly auction sale on Monday, the 10th inst., when we offered a large catalogue to the usual attendance of buyers. Bidding was keen throughout, and prices ruled firm at late rates. The following are the quotations : Ist winter does, 33d to 36|d ; 2nd winter does 21fd to 28fd; outgoing winter does, I6)d to 2nd winter bucks, 13 Id to 14fd ; spring bucks, 11 Id to 13d;'racks, 8d to winter blacks, to 30Jd; outgoing blacks, to 23d ; fawns, to 13Jd ; horsehair, 17d to 19d. Sheepskins.—The usual weekly sale was held on Tuesday, the 11th inst., when good sized catalogues were offered. There was only a medium attendance of buyers and bidding was brisk up to a point, but prices were hardly so good as last sale. The following aro quotations;— Best J-breds Bld to 9d, medium halfbreds 6jd to 7fd, fine cross-bred, 8d to B£d; good crossbred, 7Jd to 7fd ; medium crossbreds 6fd to 7d; best merinos, 7d to 7ijd; medium merinos 6d to 6§d; inferior and damaged skins 4Jd to of d ; pelts 4d to sd. Hides :—Our next sale will bo held on Thursday, 13th October. Tallow: —We fare now holding weekly auction sales and anything coming to hand is easily quitted at the under mentioned values:—

Best Tallow, 24s )to [2Gs per cwt; good, 21s to 23s Gel; inferior, 119s 20s 9d; Best Rough Fat, 19s to 20s; good 17s to 18s 0d; inferior, 14s to 16s. Dunedin, 11/10/10.

Weekly Market Report. Messrs Waters, Ritchie, and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, grain, produce, and commission agents, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations Wheat. The market quiet. Best velvet and Tuscan 3/9 to 4/1, medium 3s Gd to 3s Bd, fowl wheat 3s to 3s 4d (sacks extra). Oats. —Market dull. Milling 2s to 2s Id, bright short feed Is lid to Is Hid, medium and inferior Is 8d to Is lOld. Barley.—We have a good demand for prime malting samples, Eabbitskina.—The market remains steady at reduced values. buckcrs and runners 4d to sd, autumns 120. to 1 Gd, winter bucks ICd to 2(jd, winter does 30d to 38d, summers 7d to lOd, outgoings 13d to 170 per lb. Sheepskins. Prices firmer, and demand keen. We quote; Pelts Is 4d to 2s Gd, crossbred 3s to 8/G, extra 8s 3d to 8s 9d, merino 3s to 7s, extra 7s 3d to Ss Gd.

Hides,—We hold fortnightly sales, Prime

stout ox 7jd to Bd, heavy do Gd to GJd medium do ojd to (id, light do ojd to GJd, damaged 4d to o.td, calfskins 2s Gd to ss, ycarliugs 5j to 9s, Horse hides 8s to lls each. Tallow—Bough fat 17/Gto2os, tallow ia tins 22s to 255, casks 25s to 27s per owt. Horsehair.— 17.V1 to 191 per lb. We store and dress all classes of seed and grain. All oar machinery is of the latest and most Elective design, and is operated by practical men of long experience Gknxiul Pjiodcce Bstout. Batter.—Best salt lid per ib, dairj butter {in pats) 10d per lb. Eggs.—Fresh lOld to lid. Honey, 3,jd to 4d per lb. Cheese, Gd to GAd per lb. Bacon.—Roils 7d, hams Bd. Pigs.—ln good demand. Baconers porkers 4Jd, heavy weights to 3d. Poultry (local) Boosters 4/3 to 4/G per pair, hens 3s Gd per pair, ducks 4s 3d to 4s Gd pair. Fruit and Produce Report. Report supplied by Messrs T. E. Shiel and Co. lor week ending 24th Sept., 1910 : Potatoes.—Light shipping demand. We quote—Piimcst table up-to-datis, in new sacks, £7 15s to £8 ; Derwents up to £8 ; medium table up to £G 5s per ton. Seed Potatoes—Better demand. Up-to-dates £4 15s to £5 7s Gd; British Queens L 7 10s, Northern Stars up to 'L7 ss; Sutton’s Abundance L 5 10s, Ashleaf Kidneys L 5 10s, White Elephant to Lo 10s ; Sutton’s Seedling £7. Tneso prices are for properly selected potatoes, about the size of an ordinary hen’s egg, in good new sacks. We can quote good second - band sacks, suitable for potatoes, grain, or chuff, at o/G per dozen; 1001b centals 3/- per dozen.

Chaff.—The absence of any shipping demand is causing market to be dull. We quote : Extra heavy black oat sheaf £4 ; white oat, £3 12s Gd to £3 15s (sacks extra). We supply chaff sacks on application. Straw chaff, 40a to 45s per ton. Hay.—New season’s baled, slow sale, 55s to G2s 6d per ton. Straw—Very slow of sale. Pressed oaten, 35s per ton, wheaten 25s ton. Wheat. Millers have all their present requirements, and are not operating at present. We quote : Prime milliog lines of velvet at 3s Gd to Ba 9d, medium milling 3a 3d to 3s 5d on trucks country sidings, fowl wheat (good bright plump stuff) to 3/3, smutted 2/6 to 2/7, broken and damaged 2/5 to 2/8 (sacks extra). Oats.—Very slight shipping enquiry. The local demand is also very poor. There is good demand for seed Duns. We quote—Duns 2s to 2a Id, Gartous Is 10J to Is lid, Danish, blacks, sparrowbills, la IOAd to Is lid. Barley. —Good demand for feed barley—worth 2s to 2a 4d, sacks extra; milling samples 3s to 3s Gd per bushel. We advise consignments of good plump barley. Eggs.— ; guaranteed stamped lid. Butter—We quote —Storekeeper’s pats per lb; separator pounds half pounds ll|d; local factory, 561b boxes Is boxes Is OJd, 141b boxes IsOJd, cases Is extra ; print butter, 50ib in case, IsOJd; bulk butter—we have numerous enquiries for farmers or storekeepers’ bulk in sGlb boxes-9d to- lod per lb. Honey—Fair demand. Prime clover to 3,Jd lb; slb tins Is 8d to Is 9d; 101b tins 3s 3d to 3s Gd. Bacon—Fair demand. Prime smoked rolls 7d to 7,^d; hams, 181 fa to 221b weight, BAd per lb ; sides 7d. Pigs—Bacon weights up to IGO’s 4d to 4£d, porkers up to 4Jd. Cheese—We have some excellent lines of well matured Akaroa factory 5Jd, old loaf, 24 months matured ssd per lb. Onions.—Victorian £7 10s per ton—very prime quality, advise buying. Fruit.—The market has been well supplied this week. Vegetables are very scarce, and the bulk of supplies are arriving weekly from Victoria. Oranges.— Tahiti (9-inch cases) to 13s repacks, Sydney’s 7s 9d to Bs, Mildura 8s Gd per case. Marmalade oranges Poorman’a 4s_6d, Sevilles 4s Gd. Mildura lemons, 7s Gd per case. Apples—Choice large green cookers 2d lb; dessert local 8/• per 38lb case ; Hobart sturmers 7/G, scarlets 9/-. finest quality 421b per case. Pines—Ordinary roughs 9s ; Queens, 10s doable cases.

Bananas. Scarce, llipe 3Jd per lb. Citron melons for jam, 7s per cwt. Vegetable marrows 7s per sack. Pumpkins 4/6 to 5s Cd per sack. Dates.—Bulk 17s per cwt; lb cartons 3s 3d per dozen. Cauliflowers —Extra large whiteheads 5/9 to 6/6 per sack ; cabbages 5s to 5s 6d per sack. Walnuts—New season’s 6d to 7d. Kop’s Non-alcholic Ale—Split bottles Is Od dozen, pints 2s 6d, quarts 4s, in case lots. Poultry.—Consignments have been plentiful. We quote cock turkeys 8d to BJd, bens 6£d to 7d per lb; ducks, plump condition, 3/9 to 4/6, roosters (young) 4/6 to 5/-, poor quality 3/- to 3/6, hens 3/- to 3/6 per pair. We receive consignments of garden and farm produce of every description every day for sale; prompt account sales and cheque with highest market prices guaranteed. Correspondence solicited. Note.—We can supply chaff sacks, egg cases, poultry orates, or other sundries on application ; also advice notes and envelopes.