THE TALLOW MARKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2467, 26 June 1901, Page 18

THE TALLOW MARKET.

LONDON, June 19. At the tallow sales 1225 casks were offered and 1200 sold. Pine mutton, 28s 6d ; medium, 26s 6d, fine beef, 27s 6d; medium, 265. THE MEAT MARKET. Nelson Bros., of Napier, received the.following cable yesterday •—'■ C.C. and D. Company, London. — Frozen meat market; Prices unchanged." NEW ZEALAND OATS FOR CAITHNESS. Sir J. G. Tollemache Sinclair, although he is approaching the eighties, is evidently a man of enterprise. He owns Thurso Castle, and about 78,000 !"res, and is encouraging his tenants to expen ft t with new varieties of oats. In a letter vothe Caithness Courier, after referring to tests of various oats by Mr Spiers and Dr Aitken, and coming to the conclusion that the Tartar King oats would be most suitable for Caithness, he says : — "It appears to me that as it is advantageous to obtain seed from a distance, the farther that distance is the better, and I have accordingly purchased 10 quarters of New Zealand oats this year in Mark Lane, London, which was stated to weigh 511b per bushel (a weight they have often reached), but some of which only weighed 48lb per bushel when delivered. Even at 48lb they are 81b heavier than any of the oats quoted in Dr Aitken' s table, and this, at Is extra for every pouud weight over 40, makes the qviarter of such oats worth 8s more, or more than 50 per cent, more than the fiars price of oats in Caithness this jear. The quantity of meal which one quarter of New Zealand oats weighing 48lb rendered at the Mill of Halkirk was 1 boll 7 stones, Blb. I have given, a portion of these New Zealand oats to tenants of mine occupying farms with every variety of soil and climate, and the result at this year's harvest will be most interesting and important. . . Next year, if I am spared, I propose to purchase 100 quarters of all the varieties of oats mentioned by Mr Spiers and Dr Aitken, which I will distribute amongst my tenants to see what variety suits be.it for each kind of Caithness soil and climate. I propose also to offer a prize for the harvest of 1902 to the Caithness farmer who produces the heaviest oats, provided they a-re not overdressed so as to injure their germinating properties."