MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17646, 26 November 1917, Page 7

MARKET REPORTS.

.|vivf"&\ . y&s\ POULTRY. Messrs J. B. Merrett and Co. report * poultry oh Saitiiday. There waa .a. iaij;*sj)rmkHnK-.of-r.!the new season's stock, | which realised good prices. Hens are easing! off. in value, but prime birds of -all classes orb wanted.' Table chickens realised 5s 6dfl to -lOs 3d, hens 8s 6d to 6s 6d, pullets 4s] to 10s, table.ducklings 6s to 9s 2d, ducks 4s< 6d to 7s, geese 7s"to 9s, turkeys lis to 275,1 all per pair, .EGGS. . , The egg supply, continues good. Countiy' store"'eggs ate Is to Is Id a dozen. Canterbury Egg Cirol*! .first graiiea: are ifi.fixm demand at Is-3d, and' seconds at ls.-rStd.>Prio6B in other .centres, J as in Christ church, are. the fame as liars' been ruling for- the past three months. ASHBURTON. ' ,\ The .last Week has been a repetition o: many past weeks as far as the grain and Droctuce trade is concerned, there being practically no offerings by growers. Wlheat.-rAnyv.odd .lots. ih«t come on th« market- are' : at maximum Government prices,' there being a number of mflls.-baro of stocks. Oais. —The market shows no alteration. Merchants are doing coastal buisness on & lower basis than growers will accept, and there is still .several pence difference between shipping values and ?or retail purposes. Chaff. —The demand is much easier, and. values are from 5s to 10s per ton lower to\ best quality and inferior is not readily sal* able.

NORTH OTAGO. [From Our Correspondent.] O AMARU, November 24. ■•Tho.week has been another quiet one in tho grain and produce' market. No wheat has been seen and tile only transaction in oats was, tho sale of a line of good Algerians at 3s 9d not, at "a country station, Some business has been done in-oaienehea/ chaff.-at- t0..£5 ss.n*.t ,on trucks. Potatoes" Aftft slumped, ."and are scarcel.i saleable. have changed hands-at "country stations at from £2 to £2 6s'not. 'r. _ ■_ ■ " TATTERSALL'S " HORSE BAZAAR, There was an antry of forty-two horses at Tatiersall's,on-Saturday. Praotically all the entry.' were light harness horses, very few 'draughts offering. Ainotig the principal sales &lEaling .(Y&ldliurst), eight-year-old mare £l4, fouTryear-old gelding £ll/; , P. Trcnbath (Addingtoh), nine-year-old gelding £7 15sy -B'.-.JU J*U«ts. {Courtonaj-). aged muro £8 10s; • blient,* six-year-old mare £l7; L.-T,. S , «arle.(Ellcsm«re),:Bev«n«year-qld gelding £ls; A-i J.' Turton (Lakeside), eight-year-old, mare. £l3 10s; client, six-yeav-old geldinsi £l2; Early Bros. (YuldhiiTsi), .aged ■ gelding l £8; R. L. M'Natighton (Dunsandel), five-year-old mare £l6, aged hacks, and draught* sold at usual rates..

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horses. Following iprices/ were obtained:—£9, . £ls 10s,. £7 ss, 15, £14.105. £l3, £S 10s, £X aged from £l' to £3. "'Twehty-four' were sold. Cow in profit/ £7'? store" pigs, 38s, weanerm 21s, for small to.£l lis 6d for eight-week-old extra good: sets harness, £3 10s, £2 17a Gd; tip dray, £5 2s 6d; harness, 80s; gardenolough, 30s;" .socks, '4Jd ■ Jto BJd; 3 harrow*, £2; separator,. £3 10s;... grubber, £2; farm rlrav, £l3 10s v' spring dray, £ia 3s; harness, £3. "lOs; I ch i aff.'.,2s'9d; i tift -Is, light, lots; 7S "sacks' at ss; sundries' as usual; baker's cart, £G; dr*y.gft>.'coUtfrs,,?!*'!to ,80s.' Total, £229 19s"-6d'.' '""' ~ """.'/.;,-', . At the poultry yards tiiore" was a «ood entry and a bctt^r.'price..for'hens, which mado 4s Cd to Gs 2d. small eockere's to Gs, ducklings ,Ss, hens with fourteen ducklings each 14s to 15s Gd. ■ Claridgo and! Smith, Auctioneers. 9