GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 22

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Messrs Dalgcty and Co. (Limited)' report as — We -bold our usua.l weekly sale of grain and produce at our stares on Monday, ■B hen wo offered a fair catalogue to a good attondar.ee of buyers: —

Oats. — Sparrowbills and Gartoms are still in good demand for sGiipmiemt, a-nd anost lines suitable were disposed of on arrival. Tlrc-re is a fair inquiry for seed lines. We quote: Special "'sned lines, 2s to 2s 3d; good seed line's. Is lOd tc 2s; prime milling, Is B£d to Is 9cl; good to best feed, Is 7id to Is BAd; inferior to medium, Is aid to Is 6£d: per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat — Owing to the millers carrying fairly heavy etocks, they are not operating freely, and, ajart from Cential Otago liiias, there : is little- business doing. We quote: Seed lines, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; prime milling, 3s Id to 3s 2d; good to medium, 2s lid to 3s (nominal) ; ■ beat whole fowl, 2s lOd to 2s lid ; broken and damaged, 2s 5d to 2s 3d. Potatoes.— The market is not well supplied, >»nd lots arriving are easily disposed of at j guotstions, which have advanced fully 10s per .ton on last week's rates. We have good inquiry for true- seed lines of British Queen's Sutfon's Abundance. We quote: Best I)erwents, £10 to £10 10s. We had no white .Borts to offer. Chaff. — "Supplies are coming forward Bteadily, good bright chaff finding ready i Bale at quotations. Best oaten, £3 2s 6d to £3 ' 6s; medium to good, £2 15s to £3; extra • prim©, to £3 7s 6d per ton (bags extra). Turnips. — The ms»rk9t has been over-sup- , plied during the past week, and consignments '■ aie hard to quit ail 10s psr ton (loose, ex truck). Straw is in good demand. "We quote: Oaten, 32s 6d to 355; wheaten, to 30s.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report: — We si'eld our weekly auction sale of grain and pio-

i dues at our stores on Monday, when wa • offered a full catalogue to a good attendanoe , 'of buyers. There was good, competition throughout, and almost the entire catalogue i J was cleaned under the hammer at satisfactory i prices. Vallues ruled as under: — - ' Oa6s. — There is good inquiry from shippers i for lines^ of A and B grade, Gartons or i sparrowbills, and these find ready sale on ; arrival here. Other sorts ai© au'so in fair J demand, eiher locally pr far export, and seed > I sorts have moie attention. We quote : Choice | seed "lines, 2s- to 2s 3d," medium to good, Is . I lOd to 2s; prime milling, Is B£d-to ls'9d; • ; good to best feed, Is 7£d to Is BJd; inferior i to medium, Is 5d to Is 7d per bushel isaeks extra). Wheat. — For milling- qualities there has been .little demand during the pasfc week, and •only moderate sales of these sorts have been mado. Fowl wheat is sca-rce., and in good demaari. We quote: Prime milling, 3s Id to 3s 2d; good do, 3s; whole fowl wheat, 2s lOd to 2s lid; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s 9d per bushel (sacks extra.). . I Potatoes.-— For Monday's market tfoeise ware \ several consignments of Derwents and white [ sorts, both of which met with strong competition. Best Dearweuts sold at £10 to £10 t 10s ; white sorts, £9 ISs to £10 fis ; small a-nd } medium quality, £7 to £9 10s per ton (sacks in). Chaff.— The market has been more fully supplied. Prime oaten sheaf is still most popular with buyers, at prices a shad* below f late quotations. Medium quality has little j attention, and is more difficult to quit. We ? quote : Prime eaten sheaf, £3 2s 6d to £3 5s ; f extra, choice, to £3 7s 6d; good do, £2 35s to £3 ; light and discoloured, £2 5s to £2 103 per ton (bags extra). Straw. — We quote: Best oaten straw, 323 6d to 355; wheaten, to 30s per ton (pressed). Turnips. — Th? market is again glutted, and in ardor to clear consignments prices had to be accepted which cannot he* regarded as satisfactory to sellers. We quote: Best swedes 10s per ton (loose, ex truck). Hay. — We quote: Best clover and ryegrass^ £2 153 to £3; medium, £2 5s to £2 103 per ton. WAIKOUAITI SALE. Messrs Stronach. Morris, and Co. report \ having held their usual monthly sale at Wai- ] kbuaiti on Thursday, August 10. There was a much larger entry than usual, and tlie ( attendance was large. .Bidding was more spirited" than has been the case for some month's back, especially for dairy cows. The . following are some of the prices obtained at i the sale: — Two-year-old steers, £3 10s; heifers, £2 16s ; yearlings, £1 6s ; milk cows, to £6 10s. «. They also report having sold, in conjunction I with Messrs Dalgety and Co., 20 very nice ' dairy cows, which sold from £8 10s to £5, the . line averaging close on £7. SALE OF FAT CATTLE. Messrs Stronach, Morris, and Co. report having sold privately to a Christchurch butcher during the past week the following lines of fat bullocks at a satisfactory price: For Mr J. F. Gibson (Otokia), 48 prime heavy weights; Mr George Nicol (Taurima), 32 prime btiUocks; and Mr Wm. Jefferay (Mosgiel), 23 very prime Poley bullocks. The above cattle i are a splendid line, and reflect credit on the vendors. SALE OF 100 BULLOCKS. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association" of New Zealand (Limited) report having sold 100 head Hereford and polled Angus cross bullocks, on account of Mr Donald MacIdonald, Edendal-e Estate, the purchasers being Messrs Robert Charters (Ury Park) and Wm. ,' Kirkland (Elm Grove). We may mention that ' these cattle are from pure sires and dams, and are said to be the best line of crossbred bullocks in the southern province. SALS OF A HIGH-CLASS CLYDESDALE , COLT. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report: We have sold on account of Mr John Macfarlane (of Drummond) the very superior three-year-ol<s Olydesdale colt Old Style to Mr James Johns (Devonvale, Belfast, Canterbury). Old Style is one of the best colts bredi by Mr Macfarlane for some years. He is a blood bay, standing 16.1, but is of such substance and of such a nuggety build as to appear to the eye rather under than over 16 hands. Old Style in appearance is the very essence of strength, being an unusually thick

horse, with, excellent quarters. At the ground he denotes the Macarthur type of a draught horse, a quality which Is much sought after by buyers both in this colony and Australia-. Having Herd Laddie blood on the one side and Miss Macsurthur on the other, Old Style is undoubtedly a horse with a great future, and there is every reason to expect that his name will be as widely known as that of his famous grandsire (Herd Laddie). In Southland his show record is a3 follows: — Second at Invercargill as a yearling, second at Riverton, first at Ot-autau, ands Ist at Invercargill as a two-year-old. It is only fair to add that at Invercargill Old Style beat the first-prize horse" shown against him at Riverton. The colt's i pedigree is as follows : —Sire, Shepherd Lad j by Herd Laddie; Shepherd Lad's dam Maggie M'Cormack 11, g-Ham Russell's Miss M'Corniack. The colt's dam, Miss Macarthur, was the best brood mare in either Otago or Southland about five years ago, when she was awarded first and champion in a ring of 13, which included such mares as Pearl, Princess, and Molly Macarthur. Miss Macarthur, by Macaithm- by Macßride (2987), bred] by Mr Andrew Montgomery, Castle Douglas. MacArthur's g-sire, M'Gregor, was one of the champion breeding stallions in Scotland, and full brother to the famous Fiashwood. Old Style's g-dßtn, Jean 11, by Western Star by Prince of Wales (imp.), dam Damsel (a 500guinea mare) which was also the dam of Crown Prince. Needless to say it took a high figure to induce the owner to part