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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XL, Issue XL, 1 March 1912, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

bUNKiJIN WEEKLY MAJJKET J REPORTS. | Messrs Waters Ritchie and Co., auction I eers, wool, grain, produce and commission [ agents, report wholesale for the week as wilder. ' All quotations are subject to market fluctuations Wheat—Little business passing, Best velvet aud luscan 3s 9d to 3s lid, medium 3s <Sd co 3s 9d, fowl wheat 3s 6d to 3s 7d, sacks extra. Oats— M arket very quiet.' Buyers waiting for new crop Milling 2s 6d, bright short feed 2s 4d to 2s sd, medium and inferior 2s to 2s 3d. Barley—We have a good demand for prim malting samples. Rabbitskins—The demaud is good at late rates. Suckers and runners 4d to od, summer 6d lo 9'l. autumns lid to 15d, Springs lOd to 14d, winters 16d to 18d Selected does 23d lo 25d, Sheepskins—Sales fortnightly. The demand isgnod. prices firm. Pelts Is to Is 3d, cross breds 3s to 7a Gd, extra 7s 9d to 8s 6d, meri no 2s 9d to Ss 6d extra to 6s to 7s. . Hides—We hold fortnightly sales. Prime ox 7£d to SJd, heavy do 6£d co 7d, medium do 6d to CJ-d, light' do Gd to 6|d. damaged' 4d to calfskins 3s 6d to 6s yearlings 6° 6d to 10s; horse hides 8s to 14s each. Tallow—Rough fatjjl6s to 19s, tallow in tins 21s to 235, casks 26s to 27s per cwt,. Horsehair 17£ d to 19d per lb, ?'•

We store ana 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. Geueral Produce Report. Butter—Best salt lOd per lb, dairy butter (in pats) to 9 per lb. Eggs.—Fresh Is 3d Fair demand. Honey. 3fd per lb

Bacon— Rolls lOd, ham lOd. Cheese b"d to 7d per lb Pigs —ln good demand. Baconers aid; porkers sd; heavy weights 3d Poultry (Local) roosters 4s per pair, heDs 2s Od a pair, ducks 3s 6d a pair. ■