COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 34, Issue 9358, 27 February 1903, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

BURNSIDE MARKETS,

Wednesday, February 25,

Fat Cattle.—Only 86 head were yarded. Notwithstanding the small yarding, prices showed little or no improvement. Best bullocks, £lO 10s to £ll ]os; medium to good, £8 to £9 10s ; others, £6 10s to £7 15s ; good to best cows and heifers, £6 15s to £7 7s 6d ; medium, £5 5s to £6 10s; others, £4 to £5 2s 6d. Sheep.—lß93 penned. The sale throughout was a dragging one, and prices ruled, as compared with the previous week, at about Is per head lower for wethers, and Is to Is 6d per head for ewes. Best wethers realised 14s to 15s ; extra heavy, 16s 9d to 17s 6d ; medium to good, 13s to 14s ; others, lis 9il to 12s fid ; best ewes, 12s to 13s 6d ; extra heavy, 14s 9d ; good to" medium, 10s to lis 6d ; others, 7s 6d to 9s- 6d, —Mr R.

,W. Trotter (Hyde), sold 32 ewes and wethers at lis 9d to 12s 9d ; Messrs P. and J, Scott (Ida Valley), 31 ewes at 12s ; Mr J. F. Anderson (Blackstone Hill), crossbred wethers at 14s 6d to 13s 6J, ami era at 12s 6d to lis 6d ; Mr A. B. Mann (Kokonga) 2 pens ewes and wethers at las 6d to 14s3d; Mr A. Purvis (Ida Valley), 13 wethers to 17s 6d j ilr T. Lindsay (Wedderbum), pen ewes and ■wethers"' at 12a 9d.

| La-iiKs .—B7B came forward to this week's j market, and met with a rather slow* demand, i with the consequence that prices receded I from 6d to Is per head. Bast lambs, lis to ,12s 6d; good, 9s 6d to lis ; inferior, 7s 6d to ."BS' 6d.-r-Messrs P. and J. Scott (Jda •Valley),' Bold 35 from 10s 3d to lis 3d ; M ■ W. Waldron (Ida Valley), 70 from 9a to lis; Mr R. W. Trotter (Hyde), 48 from 10s 3d to lis; Mr A. B. Mann (Kokonga), 70 at lis to 9s 9.1 ; Mr A Purvis (Ida Valley), 48 at 12a to 10s : Mr Thos Lindsay (YVedderburn), 15 at 12s, 15 at 10s 91.

DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs A. Moritz4on and' Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, station, Brain, produce, and commission agent*, report (wholesale) for the week as under. AH quot itions are subject to market ttui-t'.iatious. We would ask farmers when sending samples always to put a price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to wake offers:— . ... - Wheat—The market is quiet We quote: Best velvet, 5s : Tuscan, 4s 9d to ss; red chaff, 5s : fowl wheat with good inquiry, -4s t<i 4s 2<l- (sacks extra) Oats.—We have inquiry for all trades Primp milling, 2s 2d.;., bright, short feed, 2s" Id ; medium and inferior. from Is 9d to is. _-.-Barley—Extra prime saiuplei have inquiry, and we ;can place a considerable quantity for malting Lakes, 3s 9d to 4«; other districts, 3s 5d to 3j 8d ; feed 3s 3d to 3s 4d ~ .... . . Ryecorn—Uttie'-inquiry at 2s 6d to Ss Gd. Chaff—Offering more freely Prime qualitr, £4 10s; medium, ±'4 to £4 7s 6d ; . straw chaff, £ll7s 6d to £2 ss; pressed straw, £2: pressed hav. £3 10s. ■" Ryegrass—There is a poor demand We quote - Farmers* dressed. Is 6d to Is 9d ; extra quality. Is lOd to Is lid ; machine dre-sed, 3s to 3s 6J per bushel. Cocksfoot—Machined, 5d to 5Jd New season's si*ed wanted Linseed—From £8 to 612 per ton as per quality. Chewing*' fescue—.Market overstocked Machined, 3d to 3J*I; farmers" dressed, 3d to IJd. Potatoes—New kidneys are arriving sparingly from the north and are wurth £3 10s to £4 per ton. Kabbitskins—We hold saled every fortnight, and offered a fair catalogue last -Tveek Suckers and runnem, 3d to 6d ; summers. 7d to 9Jd; springs, lid to 12Jd; winters. 15d t»l7d. Sheepskins—We hoi 1 sales every Tuesday We quote: Pelts, 6d to Is 4d ; crossbreds, 2s 9d fn> 4s 9d : halfbreds, 2s 3d to 5s 6d; merino, Ss 6<l to 6s 6d. Hides—We hold fortnightly sales, and quote 3Jd to 6d, according to weight and condition We have sale for any quantity that you can forward, and cau guarantee lop market prices. Tallow—Rough fat, 16s to 19s; rendered, IBs to 24s perowt. Horsehair, Is Id to Is 3d. Wool—Our next sale will be held on the 23th Inst. All wool for this sale should reach our stores not later than the 23rd. mow asd rftoDcce report. Butter—Prime salt, from 7d to 9il We have an order in han.l for milled for export Fresh butter in pats, storekeepers' lots, in good demand We can place any quantity Eggs—There is a good inquiry, and all coming 1 forward are easily placed Cheese—Very scarce, and all coming forward can easily be placed Factory, 6jd ; dairy, 6d. Honey Demand is not very stroug Prices are ruling from 4d for good quality. Walnuts—Scirce, at 7d per lb. Beeswax, Is 4d. Onions- Melbourne's are quoted at 95, Bacon—Rolls, 8d to BJd. Hams, 9d to lOd. Pigs—For sizes up to 1001b, first-class dairy fed quality, sjd, over that weight prices range from 3Jd to4}d. Butter boxes, with parchment linings, we can supply at ISs per dozen Vickery's egg preservative, 20s per case of 8 gallons Poultry—ln good demand Roosters, 2s 6d to 3s; hens, Is 6d to 2a; ducks, 3s 6d ; hen turkeys, 5d to 6d ; cock turkeys, 8d to lOd Poultry for South Africa—Wanted for immediate shipment in February and March, 2000 pairs hens and roosters in good condition, minimum live weighr. B|lbs each; price, 2s 8d per pair free of railage for all birds passed by Government grader, Consignments must be addressed Department of Agriculture, Dunedin Also 1000 pair ducks at 3s ,6d per pair; minimum live weight. 41bs each 500 pairs geese at 5s 6d per pair, minimum live weight, Slbs each Fruit—We receive consignments by ever}' steamer from Australia, the Islands, and our own colony, and hold 6ales daily on arrival of consignments