DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 14

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

■ WUOIJESAI.K FRODUCK REPORTS. I Mr J. Fleming, Princes street south, reports \ under dato the 11th inst.: —

Wheat per Hishel. per ion ! Lest milling ... 2/6 Oaten hay ... CO/0 \ Medium do 2/0-2/:} Oatmeal, in !*s's ll0;0l l 0;0 ! Fowls! ... 1/8--I.VO Oaten chaff 45/0 -52/tf I Milling on U ... 3/6 Jly» grass hay 50/0 - fifl/0 [Feed bats ... 1/3-1/4 Straw £8/0 MaK barley 3/0-- 3/3 Pearl barley ."..320/0 Feed barley 1/9—2/0 Ohiviis ... 4/6 per owt Cape barley ... a/0 ' per lb. Maize... ... 36 Rolled bacon ... 0/H per ton. Sitle bncon ... 0/8 i Ilour, in 200' a ...MO/0 Smoked hams "... 0/9 Flsi'r, in 50*3 ... 350/rt Cheese ... 4d (.0 4J.1 Pollard 70/0 GcodsaltbuUei 5d107d ■Bran ... ... 50/0 according to quality. Bailey dust ... 30/0 Local-grown kidney potatoes, £\ 7s 6d to £1 12 a 6d per ton Ptrwent potatoes, 35* to 40< per ton.- ,- I'ARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE Messrs Irvine and Stevenjion, Georcre street, repnrt paying for produce during the weekending th . IKb nut. as follows :— j JBacyn (roll), 7id p. lb Fresh butter, 9d *nd Ifarn, BJd p. 11> 10J p. lb ! Frebh eggs, I 3 2d doz , Salt butter, GJ \to 7d ; Frehli butter, good 'oidinary (in lib and ilb I prints). 7d to Sd per lb. Bucon pif?s, 4£<l, 1301b to 1601b weight ; special quality, 4id. Kowlg, 2sto •2s (5 1 pair. Ducks, Hs to 3* 6d pair. G-ese, 3s 6d. I Turkey*, 4£.l per 11». GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS, on Monday : — Oats. — We offered a fair selection of medium to best feed oats. The attendance was good, but buyers were by no means keon, and only a few "lines were quitted at — For Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale good feed, Is 3d to Is 3£d; extra heavy, to Is 4d; medium and discoloured, Is 2d to Is 2£d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Milling quality rules on a par with lfrto quotations. We submitted several lots of good whole fowl wheat, which all found buyers at 2s per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes. — The supply is quite equal to the local demand, and late value? are barely maintained. We quote: Best Derwents,. £2 to £2 ■2s 6d ; • extra prime, to £2 sa ; best kidneys, £1 10s to £1 15s per ton (sacks in). Chaff. — We offered about 50 tons. The demand was strong, and all chaff in sound condition met with satisfactory sale at an advance of 2s 6d to 5s per ton on last •week's prices. Best oaten sheaf sold at £2 12s 6d to £2 16s; medium to good, £2 to £2 10s per ton (baga extra). Messrs Dalgety and Co. report having held their weekly auction sale, when the attendance of buyers was fair. Oats. — The market is well supplied, and prices are, if anything, a shade easier. We quote : Milling, up to Is 4^d ; good to best feed, Is 3d" to Is 3£d. Wheat. — There is a little inquiry for prime milling, but buyers will not take anything but really good quality. Velvet, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; Tuscan and red sorts, 2a 2d to 2s 3d; good fowl feed, Is lid to 2b. Chaff. — The quantity available is fully equal to requirements,' a"nd prices remain aboirirthe same asjast week. Primo, £2 10s to £2 15b; fair to good, £2 5s to £2 10s; medium, £2.

meaium, Potatoes..— ;We have no change to report, values ruling about the same as last week.' Prime Derwents, £2 to £2 ss.

Messrs Moritzson and Hopkin report having held their usual weekly pale of grain and produce on Monday, when there was a fair attendance of buyers.

Oats. — In fair demand, but at reduced rates. Best feed sold at 16 3£d ; medium and inferior, from Is Id to Is 3d.

Wheat. — Only fowl fed offered, which brought from Is lid to 2s for beet, and from Is 4d to Is 8d for inferior. '

Potatoes. — The supplies being heavy, prices are easier. We quote: Best Derwents at £2 2s od to £2 7s 6d per ton. Chaff. — Prime samples are scarce, and for such the demand is very keen ; medium has jlso better attention. VVa quote: 13oot, £2

12s 6:1 to £2 153; medium, from £2 5s to £2 10?.

INVERCARGILL RAM FAIR.

INVERCARGILL, April 7. The annual lam fair was held to-day. Sales were difficult to make, but a good deal was done by prhate treaty. The top price was got for one of Sir J. Yi. Sutton's 4-tooth Lincoln rams, which fetched 15 guineas. Loiroslerj were most in demand, and stud ranis brought 4 to 7.jr guineas, and flock sheep 3 to 1 guinea. Romnoys brought from Ito 2 guineas. Lincolns were rather neglecled, and mostly withdrawn.

CATTLE SALE.

Mr John Grindley, on behalf of tho Otago Farmer' Co-operative Associotion, Limited, held a sale of store cattle at Mr W. Lindsay's farm, AUa,nton, on Friday, 7th inst. Owing to the unpropitiouß day tho attendance was smaller than it would 1m -c been if tho day had been fino, hut thoso present came for business. Mr John Carriok sent forward a nice draft of 141 head of well grown bullocks and heifers. The former sold fairly weJl, but there was not muoh demand for heifers. Altogether, we sold 157 head as fallows :- -20 bullocks, at £5 la; 25 bullocks at £4 12s 6d: 25 bullocks at £3 12s; 21 bullocks at £3; 40 heifeis at £3 17s 6d; 5 steers at £4 15s ; 5 do. at £3 9s ; 6 yoorling; heifers afc 265. Also account various vendorn -1 gelding, £33; 1 geJding. £38; mare aiid foal, £15 ; 1 mare, Syr* (spring carter), £16 10.-s; yearling colt, £10; d.f. plough,. £♦ 7s 6d.

OLUTHA STOCK SALE. A Messrs Maclean and Co.- report: — We held our fortnightly salo_at tho Crown Yards on Friday. There wns'o' heavy yarding of sheep and callle, aud a large attendance of farmera and otlcers; but business was dull and sales were not numerous. We sold for Messrs John Dent (Fuei-un), James Lamond (Puerua), John White (Oivaka). Vl. J. Jefferig (Te Houka), R. Moffa-t (To Houka). Georgo Johnston, een. (Kaihiku), John Christie (Warepa), D. Munro (Toiro). W. Grey (Milburn), and Mrs Campbell (Kaihiku,. wethers at 9s 6d to 12s: lambs, at 7s 6d to 8s lid ; old ewes, at 3s 8d to 5s 6d ; rams, (it 17s 6d to 30s ; pigs, at 10s to 263.

DUNEDIN HORSE RALEYARDS. T ' Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows: — For .Saturday's sale there were consignments of horses from Lake Wanaka, Paln>erston, Christ church, and a number of country and town lots, consisting mostly of spring van and light harness sort?. Tho chief attraction was a consignment from Mr W. G. Stewart (Lake Wanaka), comprising five unbroken colts and fillies, suitable for light draught and spring van work. As a former lot sold on account of this cpntlcman turned" out such a success, those offered to-day met with a splendid sale, the bidding being verybrisk, and the prices obtained highly satisfactory. Only a few draughts were offered. Therfe wcra all well 'competed for, and several buyers wanting good useful horees of this class were unable to fill their requirements. A number of hacks and light harness sorts were offered, and n. large proportion of thorn were sold, although they were chiefly weedy and aged animals. We quote: — Superior young draught geldings, £.15 to £40; ex-tra good prize horses, £40 to £4-5;. medium draught maves and geldings, £24 to £32; aged do. £14 to £20; upstanding carriage horses, £25 to £30; wellmatched carriage pairs, £50 to -£65; strong spring-van horses, £16 to £24 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £12 to £18; tram horses £3 to £1?.; light hacks, £5 to £10; extra good do, £15 to £20 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £1 10s to £3 10s.

THE . LABOUR MARKET.

Skene and Son report under date April 11: The weather has put a damper on all sorts of work ia town and country! It is too soon for winter weather yet. Threshing cannot progress and # ploughing is .held back. Tho demand is still healthy for all sorts of country hands, but it is useless sending people up country till the weather clears. Late wages : —Couples, £05 tc ±70; shepherds, J352 to £60; ploughmen, 30s; odd farm hands, 15s to 17s 6d; milkers, 10s to 15s ; cooks, 20» to 255 ; gardeners, 20s to 30a; grooms, 16a. Carpenters, ljricklayers, etc., although getting good money, have to count oa a lot of broken time.

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