COMMERCIAL

Otago Witness, Issue 2287, 30 December 1897, Page 26

COMMERCIAL

Now that the crass pastures have got a fair start, the various (Uiry factories are getting full supplies of milk. Among others', the Kde.ndale record on 'Ihur&day was 24,4801b, Wyndham 24,4001b, Island 1 5, 4701 1\ and Ssaward Downa 65001,b. Edeudale aud Island have both been somewhat weakened by the advent of Seaward Downs Dairy Factory. Kdeudale will .send away a large shipment of 600 ca«es by tbe Gothic next Tuesday. Thursday was the first time tint the second vat at Seaward Downs was lequisitioned, and the suppliers arc hopeful the supply will yet reach 800011) thin s arau. The quality, too, is good, Mr Robert M'Kenzie (Oteramik.i Gorge) lopping the list with an aver.ige of 3 8, and Mr MYall oming sscond with 37. At Kdendale a supplier in taking in 160 gal daily, a,ad as his herd is 38 cows, this gives the handsome average of over 4g»l per cow. This shows what young grass and plenty of it will do for dairying.— Wyndham Farmer.

Messrs Dalgety ntvl Co. (Limited) have received the following cable message from their London office under date )Bth inst. :—": — " Good demand for leather; .since our last cablegram prices are higher by id per lb Fair demaud for basils at last quotations. For New Zealand prime crossbred mutton the market is firmer, at rather batter than las.t quotations. Prime New Zealand frozen lamb, ex Tokomaru, is fetching sid to s!d per lb."

A statement contained in tha report of the wool sale conducted by Messis Dalgety and Company (Limited) on the 21st, to the effect that the halfbrcd, crossbred, aud merino fleece and pieces offered by them realised the highest pi ice of any wools sold in the course of the day, hss been pointed out to be somewhat misleading, inasmuch as Messrs Stronach Bros, and Horrid obtained for halfbredfi pr'cel cqu.il to those seemed by Rfe-srs Da'getv and Co , and for merinos they obtaii.el id per lb more than the highest price obtained by the latter firm.

A ciblcgiam received from London on the 2?th states that the butter maiket is overdone, and that ice storing is going on. The lonic's ibhipinent of factory butter is realising S4a to 91s.