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Otago Witness, Issue 2398, 15 February 1900, Page 39

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[The individual reports of Stock J/jcnts, Wool, ttabbitskin, or Grain Brokers, can be inserted in the Daily Time* and Otapo U'itnehs at Special Hates. > WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report for week ending February 15 : — Wheat. — The demand is quiet, millers in the meantime buyiug very sparingly, and only prime quality at that. The demand for fowl feed is fairly brisk. We quote: Best velvet, 2s 6d; medium, 2s sd; best Tuscan, 2s Gd; medium, 2s sd; fowl wheat, 2s to 2s 2d. Oats: There is a good demand at late quotations. "We quote : Best feed,' 2s to 2s OJd; medium and inferior, Is 7d to ,1s lid per bushel; Sutherlands, 2s. Id. Barley : Feed sorts are qtcted at Is Get t« Is 9d ; milling, Is lOd to 2s; prime malting, 2s 9d to 3s id ; medium, 2s 4d to 2s Bd. Ryocoru, nominally, 2s to 2s Gd, no sale. Flour: We quote £6 10s. Oatmeal in 25' s, £11. Pearl barley, £10 10s. Bran, £3. Pollard, £3 ss. Nelson hops are quoted at 8d to lid (f.0.b.). Chaff: Market fairly well supplied. Prime, JS3 ; medium, £2 -"l2s 6d to £2 17s Cd. Ryegrass : Samples of the new seed are now offering, but no sales have been made yet. Fioni present appearances prices are to rule very low. We quote : Farmers' dressed, Is 3d to Is 9d ; machined, 2s 3d to 3s; extra, to 3s Gd per bushel. Cocksfoot, 3}d to 4d for farmers' lots, and 4Jd to 5d for machined. Linseed, £10. Pressed straw, 27s Gd. Clover hay, £3 to £3 ss. Nitrate of soda, £15. Clovers, rape-, etc. all fresh. Potatoes.— Kidneys. £2 10s to £2 15s for prime; medium, M to £2 ss. Hides, 3^d to 4}d, according to weight and condition. Tallow. — Rough fat, 12s to 13s ; rendered, 13* to 17s per cwt, according to quality. Horsehair, Is 2d to Is 4d. x Sheepskins. — D:y crossbreds, 2s 3d to 7s Gd ; merino, 2s 4d to 7s; extra, 7s 6d to 8s; pelts, Gd to Is 9d. We held our usual sale oi skins on Tuesday, when theie was a fair demand. Rabbitskms. — Beat winters are worth from 16cl to 17d: selected to 17U1; springs from lid to 14d ; summer from 7d to 9d ; small, 3d to 6d pc- Ib. Wool. — Our next sale will be held on February 22. We have now erected s. complete clover-clean-ing plant, and all our other machinery up-to-date is the finest plant in the Southern ITemis•phere. Farmers are invited to inspect. We are ready to start cleaning now. Please consign to our siding. FRUIT AND ritODUCE REPORT. Eggs.— Vickevj's preservative, 22s 6d per case. Butter preservitas, 3 s 6d per 1b; "salt butter, milled and dairy, 7-^d first grade, 6Jd second grade, sod third grade. Pigs. — For good quality, S^d, with a good demand. Roosters, 3s to 3s 6d; hens, 2s 9d to 3s 3d; ducks, 3s 6d to 4s. Turkeys, in demand — Cocks form lOd to lid; hens, 7d to 7-id. These quotations are for prime quality. Butter cases, 17s per dozen, net on trucks Dunedin. Onions, 5s 6d cwt. We leceive fiuit and sell by auction daily. GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. T. E. Shiel and Co. repoit for week ending Febiuary 14: — Wheat. — Only choice lines saleable. We quote : Best velvet and Tuscan, 2s Gd ; medium, 2s sd ; fowl wheat, 2s to 2s 2d ; broken and inferior, Is Gd to 3 s 13 d. Oats. — Demand still continues. We quote: Prime milling, 2s Id; stout feed, 2s to 2& OJd; Danish, Is 10c] to Is lid; Tartarians, Is lOd ; inferior and medium, Is 8d to la lOd. Barley. — New season's samples to band, but nothing doing yet. We quote : Nominally best malting, 2s 9d to 3s 3d; milling, 2s to 2s Id; feed sorts, Is Gd to Is 9d. Chaff. — Market well supplied. We quote : Best heavy and well cut, £2 17& Gel to £3; medium, £2 12s Gd to £2 lSs; inferior, 45s to 47s Gd. Potatoes.— Fairly plentiful. We quote: Prime kidneys, £2 10s to £2 15s ; Derwents (now wanted), 60s to 655. Salt Butter for Export. — We quote: Dairy sepaiator, 7£d ; dairy and milled — first grade, 7d ; second grade, 6£d; third grade, 5Jd, all f.o.b. We advise makers or packers to consign to us, care of Cool Store, Port Chalmers, at once, while Luttcr is fresh ar r l good. Butter cases, including paichment linings, 17s per dozen, net on truck Dunedin. Onions. — Best Victorian, 5s per ewfc. Pigs. — Now in good demand at 3Jd per lb for medium weights, 1301b to 1601b ; heavier, up to 2001b, 3d. Poultiy. — Supplies in excess of demand, and values lower. Roosters, 2s Gd to 4s 3d; hens, os to 3s id; clucks, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; geese, 5s 6d to 6s per pair. Turkey cocks, 8d to 9d ; turkey henp, s>.d to Gd. We receive and sell by auctioa or privately every description of dairy, fr.im, and garden produce. Printed weekly market repoit sent regularly if requested. .Our market bare of local fruit?. Ws actvl-o piompt consignments of seasonable lines. GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT. Mecsrs Willißin E. Reynolds and Co.. Bond stieet, report for the week ending February II as follow- — Whpat • There is no change to reuoit smce we hst quoted. The market remains frm at piircs which we consider bedrock. Wi? quote prime velvet and Tuscan. 2s 5d to 2s Gd : c;ood pound, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; whole fowl wheat, 2& to ?s id. Oats: Stocks continue to come to haj.cl very sparingly, and shoi-t feed of good quality are ea«ilv sold. We quote prime feed u» io 2s 0^:1: ordinaiy feed, Is lid, Darish un to Is lOd. Chaff: This is firm for good quality e\ un to £3; raid other sorts from £2 to £2 15s. Potatoes aie plentiful, and best kidneys arc worth from £2 10s to £3 per tor.