COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 37, Issue 9613, 6 December 1907, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET JREPORT Messrs A.' Moritzson and Co. auctioneers woo stock station, irain, produce and commission agents report(wholesale) for the week asunder. All quota tionsaresubject to market fluctuations We would ask farmers when sending- samples alwav to put a price on them, as buyers do not feel "inclined t> make offers. Wheat-Prime 'milling 6s *ud, fowl wheat 5s 6 J to 5»9d Oats—Milling 3s9d, B grade 3s 6d, inferior 3s 3d. Barley—Good malting 4s'6d to ss, pearling 4s o>l feed barley, 3s 6d. Ryecorn-4s to 4s"3d. Maize—ss 6d. Horse beans 4s to ss. Prussian Blue Pease—From 65," to"6s 6d per bushe Partridge Pease -4s fid to 6s 6d per bushel. Chaff—Prime bright heavy £6 5s Od, medium £515 Od Inferior to £5 10s wheaten straw 455, oaten straw 60» Clover Hay—L4 10s Ryegrass—Market remains firm, Farmers dressed 4s 6i to 4s 9d, none offering, machine dressed up to 5s 6d and 6s Cocksfoot— vtarket remains strong. Farmers' 6;1 to 6d, machined 6£d to 7d. Linseed—£l-2 10s to £l3 Chewings Fescue-There is a rood demand Farmers' samples 5d to 5Jd and maehined seed fl|d Potatoes—Up to dates £t|o Od, Derwents £2 We Od to £3 0s Od. Onions—Melbourne Brown Spanish 7s 6d. We can offer a few tons of pure fish Manure rich in amonia, valuable or root or grain crop : can be used with drill at £7. Rabbitskins—We hold our sales every fortnight The market is continuing firm. We quote—Suckersand runners 3d to sd, racks 7d to lOd, summers full grown Gd to Bd, autumns 13d to 14d, incoming winters 14d to 16d, blacks lSd to 24d, fawns lid to 17d, winter grey buckslSd to 18Ad, does 19d to 24d, outgoings 12d to 13Jd. We supply labels Hides —We hold fortnightly sales. Our last sale was held on the 23th Nov in the presence of a fair attendance of buyers. We quote,—Stout ox 6Jdto6 7-Bd, heavyls'3-4 to 6 l-4d, medium 4d lo 4 3-Bd, light 4jd to 4 3 id, heavy stout cow are worth from 6d to 6£d, heavy 5d to s§d, medium 4d to 4 38d, light 3d up to 4}d, stag, and bull 3d to 3Jd/ yearlings up to 4ld per lb, calfskins are now sold t per lb, we realised from 3d up to Ogd which price must be looked'upon as top value, horse' hides 10s to 12s. Horsehair—There is argood demand for all classes especially clean hair which is quoted 17d to lßd, mixed 14d 16 l-2d Cowhair—From l-2d to 10-12 d, cowtips Is 6d to Is 8 per dozen. Rough Fat —From 14s to 18s, according to quality Tallow—Tallow in tins 16s to 225, according to qual ity, prime white mutton in tins 23s to 235, casks 20s to 255, mixed tallow 16s to 20s, - mutton cakes 20s to 255. Storing Grain—We are prepared to store, receive deliver and insure for three months free storage a 3d per sack, Eggs— VUdtolsud. Salt butter:—Bd to Hid, separator Ojd to lOd, fresh butter in pats, storekeepers lots 6d to7d Pigs—Porkers 6id, first class baconers up to 1701bs id, overweight 4d to 6d. Sheepskins—Prices are as follows—Halfbred Sd to 9Jd fine crossbred B}d to B|d, coarse crossbred 7d to7sd, merino 7d to BJd, lambs BJd to !)d, pelts 6d to 7Jd. Ovo—Received medal at Hobart, Ballarat, and other exhibitions. Ovo will preserve eggs for ov»r 12mnnths. We can supply it in bulk to cover 609 eggs for the trade or for household purposes in tins to cover 10, 16 and CO dozen eggs, price application. Messrs Waters, Ritchie and Co., auctioneers, woe stock grain, produce and commission agents, report wholesale for the week a under All quotations are subject to market fluctuations : Wheat—Demand quiet and prices hardly so flrnie We quote—Best velvet and Tuscan 6s Id to 6s 2d medium Gs to 6s Id, fowl wheat 5s 9d to6s Od (saoks extra). Oats— Milling 3s lOd, bright • short feed 3s OdtoSslOd, inferior 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Barley—We have a good demand for prime malting samples. Rabbitskins. Auction sales every fortnight during the of season. We offered a large catalogue this week when prices were decidedly easier Suckers and ruiiiiers4d Lo Gd, autumns lid to 14Jd. summers 6d to Bd,wintft I6d to 18d, springs Bsd to 12dper lb Sheepskins—We held our usual weekly sale on Tuesday when we offered a large catalogue. We quote—Pelts Is 4d to Is ]od. cossbred 4s 6d to os, extra 9s Ud to lis Od, merino 2s Od to 7s, extra 7s 3d to 9s. Hides—We hold fortnightly sales Prime ox 7dto7td : heavy do, 6d to6Jd ; medium do 4Jil to 5d light do, 3jjd to 4Jd ; calfskins 9d to 2s 3d ; yearling 4a Od to (js Od horse hides, 7s to 8s each. Tallow—Rough fat, 17s to 20s, allow in tins 20s to 24s ; casks, 25s to 30s per ewt. Horsehair—Keen demand from Ud to 19d peril). We store and dress all classes of seed and grain All our machinery is of the latest and most effective design, and is operated by practical men of long experience BBNKR.AL I'RODUCB REPORT. Butter —Best salt, SJd per lb; dairy butter in patsl, to 7d per lb. Eggs -lOd good demand. Honev—3d to 4d per lb. Cheese—6V per lb. Bacon Rolls S.Jd, hams Od. Pigs sijd per lb, Poultry- (local) Roosters 3s to 3s 6d per pair, hens 2s6d, ducks os to 4s per pair.