MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18574, 29 November 1920, Page 8

MARKET REPORTS.

LEESTON. An there had been no sale held *t Leestoa for » month, Friday's entries were very largo, every department being filled, and thoro was a-' targe gathering of farmers. Prices for fat and store sheep and. fat and etoro pigß w«rs oasiosr than at nrovioua sales. Dairy cattle were Bought for, and young cattle brought good prices. Bacon pigs realised £4 5s to £7 3s 6d, porkers £3 2s 6d to £i, choppers a 10s to £9, large stores £2 9s to £4 8s 6d, sows £8 15s. Fat ewes made 29s Sd, store hoggots 18s 6d to 22s 4d, store ewes 15s 2d to 17s, 78 owes and 90 lambs 25s 9d, fat cows £7 U to £l4, springers £6 to £lB 15s, yearling bulls £6 10s to £lO, cows in milk £5 6s to £B, yearling cattle £3 3s to £6 17s 6d. A small farm near Doyleston in the estate of the late Mr Halliday, offered by the Farmers' Co-operative Association, was passed in at £24. Ttfe National Mortgage and Agency Company sold Mr .T, Wallis's - f~» jkiiok \t-r w

Adams's house property at Southbrldge was passed in at £IBO. THE FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD. Heiily'e Central Produce Mart report t During the week a bettor demand has been experienced for Canterbury prime table potoCauliftowers and cabbages havo been short Cf requirements. Ureen gooseberries have found a ready sale. Consignments of green pees are arriving more freely. . , Strawberries from O.C. ere increasing in from the Central and Canterbury have met, keen demand. ._,..,... Heavier consignments of Chnstcnuroa tomatoes are arriving. • Uur first consignment of local grapes trom tlr Harris realised 8s 6d per lb. JLCUubarb is eagerly inquired for. _ Christchurch potatoes have keen inquiry Fail consignments of poultry came forward for which there was a keen demand. Our large consignments of eggs were placed at Is lid to 2s dozen. The following pnoes were secured lor onr Sd, Is 9d, 2s, 2s 3d, 3s 6d pottle. ■ , . ~ Chorries—ls 6d, 1. Bd, 2s. 2.2 d, 2e 4d per GhristohuTch Tomatoes—To 2s 6d Looals to 2a 9d. Rhubarb—To 4A. New potatoes—Auckland, to Ba, Onrlstchurch 6d, looals to Bd. Green Gooseberries—To 9d. Peanuts—To Sd. Preserved Ginger—ls 104. Almonds—ls 3d per lb. . Oranges—Svdney navels to 80s. Valencia* 16s 6d to 245. . Lemons —American to 47s 6d.. .>•;, i Pears—Winter Nalis to 20s. Apples—American Jonathans to 25*, j Doughertys to 18s, Stunners to 19s Gd, ' bruised, inferior, over-ripe to 9s 63 per e*se. I Cucumbers—To 16*. Lettuce- Ti 4s 9d Onions—To Is 6d. Silver Beet—To 8s 6d. Cauliflowers—To 18s pa* doze* Radishes —To 2s. Asparagus—To lis 6d. Kggs—ls lid to 2s dozen. Beeswax—To 2s Id per lb. Prussian Blue Pea3—To 10s. Black Leaf "40"—10!b tins 88s 6d, 21b tins 18s 9d, Jib tins 5» 9d. Katakilla—Bs per bag of about 2ilb. "Vallo-GiraflV' Brand Lime-Sulphur—2s 49. per gallon in forty-gallon casks, 8s per gallon in small lots. Rabbitskins—S4d to 59d per lb. Fat—To 8(55 per cwt.

Horsehair—22d to 24<3 per lb. Poultry—Hens realised from Gs lOd to lis, cockerels realised from 5s to lis, small chickens roali«ed from is to 3s 2d, ducks realised front 8s 6d to 13s, all at per pair. 15. OSWALT! REILLY, Managing Direotor, (Moray Place, Dunedin. 1