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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2478, 14 August 1903, Page 2

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M'KAV BROS. KKI'ORT. M'Kay Bros.* weekly rejert of actual sales in Exchange Sale Room?, Ksk Slrc-t, Invercargill. for the week ending Saturday, Aug- 8 :- Poultry—3lo prime cuttreii ; prices high. Hens, Is 4d to Is l!>i: rooster*, U 91 to 2a 3*l; ducks •>■> to -J, H i : geese, :\i 61 to 4.4 6d ; turkt-y gobblers, lls : hens.. 3s 6d ; fancy birds, 5a to !>j 6 I. Pigs—i") penned. Weaners, 13s to 'JOs; a line of slips. .'JSs each. Potatoes, £4 10s to L 75 per £4 to £7. Onions, 6s 6d to S- fid per cwi. Oats, 5s lid to 7s bM ; crushed do, 4s 6d per bag. Wheat—l2s 61 to 15s per bag. Oilcake—Linseed, 15< : Souli^h f , 12s 6d. Kruit—Orangfs, 4i ij I te 7s lid; mandarins, 7s ; apples. 3s 6d to 8s 61 ; lemons, 10s. Fruit sale this week ou Wednesday, at 10.15 a.m. DUNEuIX PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs Donald Keid and Co. (Limited) rereport :—We held our weekly auction sale on Monday, when prices ruled as under : Oats. —There is fair enquiry for best feed (prime B grade). We qu ;te : Seed lines, la lid to 2s 3J: prime milling Is 8 1 to Is lOd ; good to best feed, Is 7d to la "id : inferior and medium, Is to Is 61 per bushel —sacks extra. Wheat— Prime milling, 3s lid to 4s 2d; medium to good 3s f>d to 3s 9d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 3d ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel (sacks extn). Potatoes.—Best derwents, t'4 to £4 os, prime Oamaru to £4 7s (id ; medium £3 10s to £3 15s ; best kidneys, etc., £4 10s to £5 ; others. £3 to £t per ton (sacks In). Chaff—Prime oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 ss, medium to good L'J 10s to £2 15s ; inferior, light and straw chaff, £1 10s to £2 5s per ton— bags extra. Turnips—Good Swedes Ijs 6d (per ton—loose, ex truck.) Straw—Best oaten and wheat 25? to 30s per ton. WEEKLY MARKET REPORTMessrs A. Moritzsou and Co., auctioneers wool, stock, station, grain, produce and commission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for. the week asunder.. All quotations are ■abject to market Fluctuations. We would ask farmers when sending samples always to put a price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers. Wheat.—There is a fair business being done, but millers are only operating in prime quality. Medium descriptions are only saleable for fowl feed. Best velvet, 4s Id to 4s 3d ; Tuscan, 4s Id ; red chaff, 4s ; fowl wheat meets with good enquiry 3s 3d to 3s 4 1 sacks extra. Oats— Offering more freely and there is a little business passing in best feed sorts, but other descriptions are quite neglected. Prime milling Is to Is 9d, bright short feed Is 7d to Is 7§d medium and inferior from Is 5d to Is 7d. Barley.—Extra prime samples have enquiry and we can place several parcels for malting. Lakes 3s 9d to 4s, other districts 3s 5d to 3s Sd. Feed is 8d to 2s lOd. Ryecorn. Fair offerings 2s 94 to 3s 3d. Chaff Offering more freely. Prime quality £3 5< ; medium £2 15s to £3. Straw chaff £1 15s Pressed straw £2 ; pressed hay £3. Ryegrass.—There is a brisk enquiry. We quote farmers'dressed Is lOd to 2s bd, machine dressed 3s 64 to 4s 3d per bushel. Cocksfoot, —Farmers' undressed 3d to 4.1 4d per lb, machiued 5d Demand dull Linseed.— From £8 to £lO per ton as per quality. Chewings Fescue.—From 3Jd to 3|d machined and lj'd to 2d farmers dressed. Moderate enquiry. Potatoes—Supplies coining to haud have been small. Prime Derwents £4 to £4 ss. Rabbitskius. —We hold sales every fortnight at present an i offered f air catalogue this weeK. Suckeis ..ml runners, 3d to 5M ; summers 6d to BJd. Autumns 9d to 134. Winters 14d to loci. Winter blacks 2s to 2s 6d. Sheepskins.—We hold sales every Tuesday. We quote : I'd Is. from Is to Is 9.1; l-bred 2s to 3s Bd, extra 3s 9d to 4s 3d. Hides—We hold fortnightly sales and quote 3Jd to 61 according to weight and condition. Wc have sale for any quantity that you can forward and can guaranteed to market prices. Tallow.—Rough fat, 13s to 14s, rendered 17s to 20s per cwt. Horsehair, Is lid to Is '2\d, Stack Covers 16 x IS, 40s. Country Sales conducted on most reasonable terms. We can supply rabbit and sheep netting, oil cake, Farmers' Fairbanks 4001b scales, £5 10s ; Crown Sheep Dip 3s, per gallon in casks, 3s 6 1 in drums. Berger's Red and Black Sheep Branding Oil, Is per gallon.' Gibson's Cattle Brand, 9s for small and 15s for large tins. Newton's Patent Wool Presses, £l3 each. Clover, Rape aud Turnip Seeds all freshly landed. Prices on application. Our grass seed machinery is up to date. and a crusher and kibbler have been added. We invite all farmers interested in this important industry to come and inspect the machinery any time they are iu town. Stokim: Grai.v. —Wc are prepared to store, receive, deliver and insure with three months free storage at •"■ I per sack. Our •tores are connected with the Railway by private sidings. FKCIT AND PKOITCK KKI'ORT. Butter. Prime salt, .Sd to BJd. Fresh,butter iu pats storekeepers' lots in good demand. Wc can place any quantity. Eggs.—There is a goo I enquiry aud all coming forward are ei.-ily placed. Cheese.—Very scarce and all coming forward can easily be placed. Factory, 6d to BJd. Dairy 61. Honey.—Demand is not very strong Prices are ruling at t ! fur good quality. Walnats.—Scarce at 5d to s id per lb. Beeswax—ls 4d. Onions—Prime Victorians 6«. Canterbury 4s to -h 61. Bacon.—Rolls sd to 'Jd per lb. Hams.—9d to 9id. Pigs—For sizes up to I6olbs tirst class dairy fed quality s[d. Wanted. Over that weight prices range from 3id to 4Jd. Butter Boxes. —With parchment linings we can supply at ISs per ib.zen. Vickery's Egg preservative, 20s per case of 8 galls. Poultry. —Hens 2s 6d to .'h 6d; roosters 3s 6d to 4s 64, ducks, 4< to 4s 6d ; turkeys for extra prime birds to 9 !. Poultry tor Export. Wanted 1000 pairs of hens an I roosters iu good conditionr minimum live weight .'!;il>s each. Price 2s 8d per piir, railage free. Also 1000 pairs ducks in good condition, minimum live weight 4lbs each. Price 3s 91 per pair railage free. A!si super Chickens, 3a 3d per pair. Consign I'epartment of Agriculture, Dunedin on our account. Fruit —We receive i i.usignments by every teamer from Anstra'i i, the Islands and our colony, and hold sals -iii'y on ariival of consignment*. We have appointed Mr ( . Illingworth as onr agent for the Lakes District