COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 28 July 1922, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Waters K ichie and Co., auctioneers, wool, grain, produce, tnd commission agents, report wholesale for the week as under. All quotations are subject to ma ket fluctuations. Wheat. Good demand at Government prices. Oats.—Fair demand. Milling 2s 7-1, bright short feed 2s 4d, medium and inferior Is 7d. 'Rabbit-skiop.—Good c\msnd at late rates. We quote:

Racks 21ci to 24d, light rarks ]6 1 to "I7d, small 5d to 6d per lb,- early autumns 26d to 36d, late autums 42d to 46d per lb, incomings and esrly winters 56d to 66d, winter bucks 65d to 80d, super aoes to 99d per lb, winter does 70d to 90d per lb. Next sale August 7th, 1922. Hiri»s.—-Market brisker. Stout ox 12d, medium 7d to 9d, light 5Jd to 6id. Cows, 5d to 6Jd Calfskins,, best 13d, medium to 12d, damaged 4d to 6d, heavy calf 8d to lOd per lb.

Sheepskins.—Better demand and prices firm. Tallow.—Market quiet. Rough fat 14s to 18b; tallow in tins, 18s to 20s; casks, 25s to 30s per cwt. Horsehair.—24d to 30d lb. We store and dress all classes of seed and grain. All our machinery is of the lateßt and most effective design, and is operated by practical men of long experience. General Produce Report. Butter. Best salt, Is 6d per lb. Dairy butter in pats, Is sd. Eggs.—ls 5d per duz. Honey.—Bd per lb. Poultry.—(Local) roosters, 5s 6d per pair; hens, 3s per pa>'r; ducks 5s 6d per pair. Pigs—ln good demand. Baconers 6id, h»avy weights, 4d; porkers, 6d. Bacon —None, offering. Cheese—lljd per lb.