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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XL, Issue XL, 3 June 1910, Page 3

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!•»UNEDTN WEBKLY MARRET REPORTS '

| Messrs Waters Ritchie aud Co., auction- . eers, wool grain, produce and commission ageuts report wholesale for the week' bs •mder. All. quotations arc subject to market fluctuations Wheat—Market very quiet and no business passing. Best velvet ' ami tuscan 3s lid to 4s I'd, medium 3s 8d to 3s 10d, fowl wheat 3s 2d to 3a sd. Sacks . extra. - . ! Oats—Market dull. Milling 2s to 2s Oiil bright, short'fed Is lid do la Hid, medium and inferior Is Sd to Is IOJd. Barley— We have a good demand for prune ni:»lt ing samples. * P»abl)j tskins Demand remains keen, and all sorts are eagerly competed for now quote: Suckers and runners I /d to !)d. summers 10ii to 13d springs 13d to j 15-1, autumns lfid to 19d. earlj- winters 20d t<: 22d. winter bucks 24d to" 27d, winter i does 36il to 44(1 per 11> Sheepskins !S<ilep held weekly. ,Keun demand, and we now quote : - Pelts Is 4d to 2s 6d, erossbreds 3s to 5s 6d exirnos 9'i. to 6s 6d, merino 3s to 4s, extra 4>> 3d to ss.

Hides—\\ e hold fortnglitly sales. Prime j X il'f l 0 he:iv y ( '° 7d to 7id, medium do ojd to 7'l, light da 6.4(1 to damaged 4il to "n."° s ® c '" horse hides 5s to 12s each. .1 allow Rough fat 15sto lGs6d, tallow tins IBs to 20s, casks 20s to 22s per cwt. Horsehair 17d to LS£d per lb. . 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, * General Produce Report, Butter— Best salt 9d to lOd per lb, dairy butter (in pats) lOd. Fair demand. '''Sn s— lo'l to 2a per dozen, Honuy—3gd per lb. Cheese—6d to pet lb. Bacon—Holla to Sd, hams 9d. Pigs— per "lb fair demand. Heavy weights 2£d to 3d.

Poultry—(Local) roosters 4s to 4s 6d per pair, hens 3s 3d,per pair. ducks 3s 6(1 to 4s per pair.