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Mataura Ensign, Issue 1417, 29 November 1904, Page 4

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INVERCAEGILL PRODUCE MARKET Messrs McKay Bros, weekly report of actual sales for week ending iNoveinber 26 r Calves.—7s 7s lid, and 20s. Poultry.—39o penned. Hens, is 3d to Is 9d; roosters, 2s ; chickers, id to lid ; ducks, 2s to 2s 3d ; ducklings, Id to Is 7d ; hen and chicks, 5s Gdtto Cs (id; Turkeys, 8s to 9s 6d; geese, 4s ; goslings, 2s 9d. Pigs.—6o penned. Suckers, 9s 6d to lis'; weaners, 12s 0d to 10s ; slips, 17s to 225; Btores, 25s to 28a ; Yorkshire boar, £3. Potatoes.—sos to 60s; now, 1 id. Onions.—lis to 12s. Wheat.—l2s to 13s. Oats.—4s tkl to 5s 6d. Barley.—9s to 10s. .Fruit.—lsland bananas, 10s ; oranges, 10s Cd; lemons, 5s to 7s ; apples, 24s ; pines, los. UUKEDIN GRAIN AND PRODUCK MARKET. [By Telegraph.] -DcNEDiif, November 28. Donald Reid and (Jo. report : We held our usual weekly auction sale to-day, when prices ruled as under : Oats.—Prime milling, Is Cd to Is 7d; good to bast feed, Is 5d to Is 5| ; inferior and medium, Is 3d to Is 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—Prime milling, 8a Gd to 3s 9(3; medium, 3s 2d to 8s sd; best whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s Id ; broken and damaged, 2s Cd to 2s 10s psr bushel (sacks extra). Barley.—Quotations are practically unchanged, . Potatoes.—Prices have receded. Best Derwents, VI 5s to L2 10d; choice lots to 1-2 los; others, L2 to L2 2s 6d per ton (sacks in . Chaff.—Best oaten sheaf, L 3 5s to L 3 10s; medium to good, L2 15s to L 3 2s Cd per ton (bags extra). titraw.—Supplies are being quo'.ed at 80s to 32s 6d per ton (pressed).

DUNEDIN HORSE„ftIARK'ET.

Weight, Stephenson, and Co. report: We had a large entry for last week's sale.' No less than 05 horses came under the hammer, but with the exception, ot some eight or nine of the horses offered, which were first-class, the quality was chiefly me hum and poor. The yard .was crowded with people, but the proportion of actual buyer's amongst thein was somewhat The bist'of the draughts included Hr Allan Johnston's four magnificent, prize' gelding?, and :iiiese commanded a good deal of attention. For one pair of tliem Ll3O was offered and refused, while for the o her pair a bid of Ll2O was declined, Mr Johnston's estimate of values being considerably higher. For another client we dispose.! of an exceptionally good five-year-old spring-van gelding (suiallj at L4B, We sold an upstanding six-year old harness horse at Lite, a nice buggy mare at L 22 10s, anti 12 unbroken light coits and iillits (small) at quotations. -A good many other medium class harness horses also changed hands at froiv LC 10s to. U7.' ■' We quote : Superior young draught "mares and geldings, LSO to L 55 ; extra good prize horses, "L 56 to L6S ; medium draught mares and geldings, LBS to L4B; aged do, i/24 to LSI; upstanding carriage horses, LBO ■to L-10; well-matched carnage pairs, L&O toLlOO; strong spring-van horses, L 35 to L4O ; 'milk-cart and butchers' ordercart horses, L2i to L3O; light hacks, 012 to L2O ; extra good hacks, L2l to L3O; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, Lo to LlO.