MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16518, 6 April 1914, Page 9

MARKET REPORTS.

, V T#LTRY AND EGGS. One of tho largest sales ever held in the Christehqrch poultryrmarket took place ojpHSatut'day, when the entries totalled.'-over 4000. Prices were firm for quality birds, but half-grown and imprinted - birds had to bo quitted .it ea§.v: prices, , Table chickens realised ps 6d-sbiiH*niodv- imUots-%■ Cd- to->7s lOdy hens MS ,: (W- "thicks 2k u 9d to "6s 4(1, turkeys Os to 138 s, geese 5s to 6s 6d, alt'nt . per pair. About thirty pens from tho egg-lay-ing competitions were .sold,, buyers being present from -Otago and' the North IsLandli’ri Several - pens ' realised £5 to £6. per. pen,. while, others realised 255. tp; £6, Offers of £4O for the winner’s Of.'the second yoar, and £2O for tlve of-the one year test, DompirisipgTsix birds each, were refused. ' "-Fifty: pairs of purebred Leghorn pullets'- -VVCVO- s6ld from 8s to 10s per pair, : ... ■ ‘ " Theß egg. market ..showed. signs of an mcreaßp in • prices' on Saturday. Canterbury Egg • Circle, first grade eggs realisfitUla. fid to Is 7d .per dozen, second grade Is 4d to Is 6d and stores Is 3d to-ls 4d. " TATTERS ALL’S HORSE BAZAAR. AleSsfs .. H: : .Alatson - and Co; had an entry' .of 54 horses on Saturday. --The demand for young draughts was good,-ebut -nofr many of this class were' yarded. Some of the principal sales were as, follows.:—On account of a AVbedons . client, five-year-old gelding £29 .15s, five-year-old mare £24; J. Kimhqr, aged gelding £lB ss; R. A. Kirnber.. (Groenpark) four-year-old harness gelding £l6; J. W. Payne (Lincoln) .three-year-old harness filly, £ls 10s,; ;A largo number of aged harness horsek sold at from £2 to £8 10s and better, sorts at from £lO to £l3. ' RANGIORA RAM FAIR. The annual ram fair held at tho Rangiara Saleyards on Saturday was tho most successful held m the northern district for some years past. Tliere was an entry' of 405, including English Leicesters from the flocks of T. Stevenson ... (Spotswood), Joseph Taylor (Papamii), D. Pihl (Ohoka), and T. Skivington (Ohoka); Border Leicesters from J. Stovenson (Flaxton). .and J. Jones and G. Milne (Ferns'de) \ SliropBhijes : and Southdowns from S. Gibbs (Woodend), J; . .Johns (Fernside); and Corriedales from C. H. Ensor (White Rock) and. J. H. Ensor (Rvdal Downs). The bidding was fairly spirited throughout the sale and the bulk of tho entry changed, hands. One-sbonr English Leicesters made 2)gs to sgs, two and three-shear 2gs to 4gs; Border Leices,ters lsgs.to.4gs; .Shropshires 2)gs to 4gs; Southdowns 3Jgs to 4gs and Corriedales ligs to- '3gs.