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Mataura Ensign, Issue 1414, 22 November 1904, Page 4

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Messrs McKay Bros report as follows : Poultry.—4Bo penned. Hens, 2s 5d to 2s 9d ; roosters, to 2s 5d ; chicks, 4d to 7d ; ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 7d ; hen and chicks, 3s 6d to 9s ; hen and ducklings, 8s to 12s : ducklings. <Sd to Is 3d. Pigs.—lls penned, good demand. Suckers, 7s to lis; weancrs, 12s to los fid ; stores, 22s to 30s. Potatoes, 35s to 'los, ; Auckland kidneys, 2d. Onions.—lis to 12s. Wheat—l2s to 13s. Oats. —is (id to Cs. ■ Barley.—os to 10s. Fruit.—Bananas, 22s to 25s ; oranges, !)s fid to 12s (id ) lemons, 7s to 9s; apples, 21s. DUNEDIN GKAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. [By Tbleghaph.J Ddnedin, November 21, Donald Reid and Co. report:— We held our usual weekly auction sale to-day, when prices ruled as under: Oats.—Prime milling, Is 6d to Is 7d ; good to best feed, Is 5d to Is Gd ; inferior and medium, Is 3d to Is 4d per bushel . sacks extra). Wheat.—Prime milling. 8s Gd to Sis 3d ; medium to good, 3s 2d to 8s 5d ; best whole fowl wheat, 8s to 3s Id ; broken and damaged, 2s Gd to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Barley.—Prime malting lines are saleable at 3s to 3s 4d; medium malting at 2s 4d to 2s 9d; milling and feed have occasional inquiry at Is 8d to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—Only freshly-picked sorts are inquired for, and are saleable at 1.2 15s to L 3 ; in case of choice lots, >n L 8 2s 6d per ton ; other sorts, Ll los to L2 5s per ton (sacks in). Chaff.—Prime oaten sheaf, L 3 -5s toLSIOs; mediu.n to good, 1.2 10s to L 3 per ton (bags extra). SALE OF A FARJI. Tun SonTiif.ANii Farmers' ('o-opuua- j Tivii Association (Ltd.) report: j We sold privately on account of Mr •John Ford, his farm of 200 acres at Chat'on a a price satisfactory to purchaser and vendor. RIVKIISDALM STOCK SALK. Tub Southland Fa minus" Co-oi>kra-tivh Association- (Ltd.) report: We sod on account of Mr J, D. Lleenan a straight line of hoggeis at •20s Id. These were sheep that any larmer might be proud of. The price constitutes a record for the Riversdale yards. We can place any number of -heep, and shall be glad to get pariculars from vendors. We have inquiries for desirable farm properties, and other sales are pending. DUNE BIS HORSE .MARKET. Wuight, Stephenson, and Co, report: Our sale on Saturday was a very Inline affair. We had a fair entry— J -10 horses were forward—but only one if them (a five-year-old dog-cart horse by Merry Stanton) could be designated lirst class. Of the half-dozen draughts entered, not one was of saleable class -iltey were all too old or too stile, — nnl the light horse?, with the excopon referred to, were a very medium lot For the. Merry Stanton horse i.28 was oil'crcd, but as the vendor's ileus of value were considerably higher no sale resulted. Only a few of the iyht horses changed hands at quotaions. There is considerable inquiry for good young draughts, and during he week wo have sold several useful farm horses at from L-10 to L 44 10s, nid one good town carrier's gelding, live years old, at 1.5 G. There is a scarcity of strong harness horses, young and staunch, also of buggy and cab horses'for the holidays. | We quote; Heavy young draught"! mares and geldings, LSO to t/55 ;ij ONtra good prize horses, LSG to LGS ; medium draught mares and geldings, 35 to L4B; aged do, L24to L 34; ipstanding carriage horses, L3O to 1.40; well-matched carriage pairs, L6O io L 100; strong spring-van horses,L3s to L4O ; milk-cart and butchers' ordercart horses, L 24 to L3O ; light hacks, i .12 to L2O ; extra good hacks, L2l to ! .30; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, L 5 to LlO.