MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVI, Issue 14538, 25 November 1907, Page 4

MARKET REPORTS.

MORSES. There was a medium entry at; the horse market* on Saturday. Light, horses brought from £5 5s to £23, and heavy sards £9 10s to £3O. POULTRY, PIGS, Etc. There was :i largo entry of poultry at tho various yards on Saturday afternoon, and, _ the. demand being hoary, prices were well maintained. Quotations are as follows: —Poultry—Hone, Is Od to 3s 3d: roosters, 2s 6d to 7s; duck*, 4s to 6s lid; geese, -Is 5d to 7s (id: turkeys 12s to"2os. Eggs brought lid to la Id per dozen. There was a largo entry of pigs, mostly small, and prices were easier in sympathy with last Wednesday's market. Prices were:—Suckers and we.ii.ners, 13e to 225; stores, 22s 6tl to 29s 6d. FRUIT A7SD PRODUCE. There were largo entries in most lines at tho fruit and produce sales on Saturday, prices being well maintained for standard lines. Quotations are:—Apples, American 16s per ca«e; bananas, Fiji, ripe, 18s per,case; Sydney oranges, Ss to 12s per caso; lemons, 9s to 10s per case; pines, 10s to 12s per case; cucumbers, 'Ss to 10s 6d per dozen; onions, 13s per bag; potatoes, 6s to 8s per bag, new 3d to per lb; cabbages, 6d to la per dozen; cauliflower, up to 12s per dozen; swedes, 4s per sack; parsnips, 4s to 6s per sack; carrots, Is to Is Gd per small bag; leeks and celery, 8d peadozen; rhubarb, 2s per dozen. DARFIELD. At Darfield market on Friday about 1000 sheep and lambs were yarded, nearly all of which wero in the store pens, fat being represented by one small pen of wethers. The stores consisted of hoggets, and ewes with lambs, and with the exception, of ono line all were in the wool. There was a very moderate attendance. Ewes with lambs met strong competition, but hoggets were dull of sale A only one lino changing hands at auction. The following are the prices:—-Fat wethers 22s 9d, half-bred hoggets (woolly) 16s 2d, Down cross hoggets (woolly) 14s 6d, cross-bred ewes (mixed sexes.' woolly) with lambs at foot, 13s Id. all counted. A line of shorn crossbred hoggets was withdrawn at lis 9d. There were six head of cattle yarded. Fat heifers sold at £6 2s 6dj and a springer at £7. ASHBURTON PRODUCE SALES. Thero was a moderate attendance at the produce sales held at Ashburton on Saturday, and the entry was much below tho average. The following wero the prices obtained:— Poultry—Hens 2s to 3s, roosters 3s 9d, ducks 4s to 4s 6d, all at per pair. Pigs—Weaners 15s to 18s, stores 21s 6d to 37s 6d, porkers 42s to 465. Potatoes, table, 5a to 7s 6d, seed 3s to ss, pig Is 7d to 2s, wheat, chick 14s to 15s, better quality 17s 6d to 20s, straw chaff Is 4d to Is 6d per sackj onioni?, ljd per lb; beef 3*d to 4d per lb.

NORTH OTAGO. [Feosi Our Correspondent.] OAMARU, November 23. There has been an absence of business in the local market during the week, partly qwing to the attention given to the show and the uncertainty in regard to the future of the wheat market and a wide divergence of views as to values between buyers and sellers check possible business. Millers have offered 'ss 6d net at country 'stations, but offers on that basis have been declined, holders still looking for 6s or thereabouts. Oats are being offered at 4s f.0.b., but no business has been recorded. The slump in potatoes has deepened, iand about £3 f.o.b. is the present value. It is reported that an Auckland dealer who- bought here some time ago for forward delivery at something like £8 has offered a substantial figure to cry off the bargain, but nothing has yet come of it. SOUTHLAND. . [From Oor Correspondent.] INYERCARGILL, November 23. Oats.—Prices during the week have ruled at from 3s s£d to 3s Gd, on trucks at country stations for B grade. There is a fair inquiry from the North Island, but very little supply. Present f.o.b. sacks in quotations are 3s lOd. though as high as 4s has been obtained for small lots. Chaff. —Good prime still stands at £5 5s on trucks at country stations, but indifferent quality is hard to place. Offerings are very small. Potatoes are exceedingly hard to place. A fair quotation would bo £2 30s to £2 15s on trucks at country stations, but they must be absolutely prime. Sheep.—There were small entries at the sales during the week. All classes are firm, with a slight upwaT'd tendency. Present quotations arc:—Ewes and lambs (all counted) lis to los, butchers wethers 23s 6d to 265, freezers (with scarce business) 21s to 225, forward wethers 18s to 19s 6d, Hoggets 17s Gd to ISs 6d, extra good IDs to 21s. There is a good demand' for sheep off the shears. Lambs for delivery in March are quoted at 12s to 12s 6d. Cattle.—Beef is quoted at 25s per 1001 b. Good bullocks £9 10s to £lO 10s, .good forward £5 10s to' £7 10s. Young cattle iare easiJv placed at £2, 10s to £l.

THE SPRINGFIELD ESTATE. Messrs Fricdlandor Bros., Limited, aoting in conjunction with Messrs Gould, Beaumont and. Co., Christ.church. conducted one of the most successful and expeditions land sales held in Canterbury for some. .Years past, at Ashburton on Saturday. It was attended by fully 400 farmers and others. The land offeree!, 4250 acres, was part of the Springfield Estate, lying between Ashburtoa and the- township of Methven. The greater part of the land comprises fine agricultural country, and bidding throughout the eale was keen and spirited. All the blocks but one were fold at prices well up to the values. ' The land averaged £2l lis lOd per aero, and the purchase money amounted to nearly £53,000. The following is the result of the sale:— Lot I—3ol acres, homestead block, £-23 per acre, to Mr John Moorhead (Omiht*. Lai 2—i3l acres, homestead block, £27 105, to Mr John Moorliead (Oruihi). Let :j—ill acres, homestead block, £2l 10s per acre, withdrawn. Lot 4—363 acres, homesieart block. £l9 per aero,'to Mr W. J. Breach (Kakaia). Lot 5—233 acres (112 acres in oats), homestead block. £l6 por acre, to Mr "W. J. Campbell (Methven). Lot 6—2£2 acres, homestead block, £25 pelacre, to' Mr Thompson (Lyndhvtrst). Lot 7—160 acres, homestead block, £25 per acre, to Mr Thompson (Lyndhiirsl). Lot B—l2l acres, homestead block, £ls per acre, to Messrs Henderson Bros '^Methvcn). Lot 9—263 acres, Methven block, £2l) per acre, to Mr J". M'Crencr (Methven). Lot) 10—255 acres. Methven block, £2S 10* per acre, to Mr W. Camnbell (Lyndkurst). Lot 11—302 acres, Methven block. .431 por acre, to Mr T. Mathewson (Me ! hverT>. Lot 12—232 acres,. Methven block. £22 10* per acre, to Messrs Henderson Eros (Methven). Lot 13—354 acres, Methven block, £2l per a<:re. to Mr ~W. W. Wright's estate. Lot 14—193 acres. Methven b'ock. £IS 10a per acre, to Mr B. Tully (Rakaia). Lot 15—275 acres, Methven block. £l3 10s per acre, to Mr S. Campbell (Methven). Lot 16—230 acres, Methven block, £ll per acre, to Mr H. Maguinness (Lyndhurst). Lots 9, 10 and 11 are under wheat crop, while the. remaining sections have been laid down in ?i-ass, from one to four years' pasturage. The nearest point of the Methven block is tv.-o and a, half miles from Methven township, and the nearest point of the homostead block is ten miles from Ashbnrton.