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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11865, 26 February 1913, Page 2

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crm fstch ur.cn markets. (Per Press Association.) Chrisichurch, February 23. The local wheat market is a. little firmer, though the demand is 'merely local. The fact that- besides the area being shorter the yields are much below those of last year is affecting the position. The grain, however, has hoei! harvested under generally favorable conditions, and beyond -some of tho samples being on the thin side there tvtil he little 1} grado .izraiis. Tuscan is hoiv qnotsd at 3s 3d and 3s sid. Hunter.- 3> s'.d to 3s Gd. and pearl Ifc GUI to 3s 7d. The oats market, on the other hand. Jias still an easier tone, as no business can he dom- with the North Island on iiie ba<=i.s of the present values. Buyers lor the i:iiu- being are, therefore, not operating;, and at the same time growers arc- not prepared to accept lower prices. The cocksfoot, market is much easier since it opened, and for Peninsula .srecl 3d to 3id is all that is being offered, and the demand is not very keen.

Very Jittie business is being done iu new ryegrass, as .samples are too light to command any attention. The offerings of good seed are unusually small this season. W.WAT.} KKA VARUS. The Oamarii Auctioneers' Association report having held their usual weekly stock sale at the abov« yards yesterday, when only a -small yarding was offered, but proved equal to (he demand. There was a good attendance of the public, fat lamb buyers, and butchers, but prices all round were a bit easier, no doubt owing to a majority of the lines being hardly finished enough for local_ requirements, consequently the bidding was dragging and sales hard to effect atvendors' ideas of values. Stora cattle also showed a weakening tendency, and prices were, not so good as on the previous Tuesday. Appended are the prices realised: Fat wethers -20s Gel. ISs. 18s Gd, 18s 3d: fat ewes lis 3d. 1.6s 3d. 13s, 15s. 13s, 13s 3d; fat lambs 15s Id to lGs 9d ; store lambs, 12s Gd : cull lambs Ss 6d. Fat cows, up to £7: store steers, IS £3 13s Gd, £3 15s. £4: heifers, 2 vcars. £3 17s Gd. £3 15s; dairy cows, £5 !os. £5. £4 10s: dairv heifers, £7, £G Cs. £7 7s6d. Pigs sold up to £1 7s 6d.