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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 1 February 1918, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Waters, Ritchie and Co., Auctioneers, Wool, Gr»in, \Produee and Commission Agents, report whole Bale for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. Wheat.—Good dem A :v:l. r 1 Gov<» : ■•-»- ment prices. Oats. —Market quiet. Milling 3s 8d to 3s 9d, bright short feed 3s 7d to 3s Bd, medium and inferior 3s 3d to 3s 6d on trucks. . Rabbitskins. —In great demand at late extreme prices. Summers 20d to 26d, racks 23d to 26d, autumns 30d -to 38d, incoming 40d to42d, winter blacks 65dt079d, winter bucks 44d to 50d, winter does 58d to 65d; second winter does 48d to 54d; outgoing bucks, 35d to 43d; do'es 33d to 45d; springs 26d to 30d;. selected bucks to 55d per lb. , Hides.—Government valuations are held every fortnight. Sheepskins.—Government valuation held fortnightly. Tallow.— Market firm at late rates. Rough iat 16s to 20s; tallow in tins, Horsehair.—- Market quiet, 15d to 16d per lb. We store and;dress all classes of Beed 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 3ult, Is 3d per lb. Dairy butter in pats, Is. Eggs.—Fresh, Is 3d. Honey.—sJd per lb. Poultry. Local roosters, to 5s per pair; hens, 3s 6d per pair; ducks, 5s per pair. Bacon —Rolls, Is 3d; hams Is 4d. Cheese. — per lb. Pigs.—ln good demand. Bacon*is 'B£d; heavy weights, sd; porkers 8d