DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2782, 10 July 1907, Page 40

DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers, wool, stock, station, grain, produce, and commission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for \ the week as under. All quotations aro subject to market fluctuations. Fanners are. asked, when sending samples, always to put a price on them, as Jsuyers do not feel inclined to make offers: — Wheat.— Prime milling, 4a 9d to 4s 10a; fowl wheat. 4s 4d to 4s 6d. _ Oats— Milling, 3s; B_ grade, 2s lid; inferior, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Barley.— Good molting inquired for from 4s 6d to 4s 9d; pearling, 3s 6d; feed barley, 3a. Ryecorn. 3s 9d to 4s. Maize, 4s. , Prussian Blue peas, from 6s to 63 6d. Partridge peas, 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Chaff —Prime bright heavy. £5 10s; medium, £5; inferior, £4 15s; oaten straw, 455; wbep.ten, 40s. Clover hay, £4 15s to £6. Ryegrass.— Market remains firm. Farmers' dressed, 4s 6d to 4s 9d (scarce); machins dressed, 5s 6d to 6s. Cocksfoot.— Market remains strong. Farmers' lots, 4Jd ; machined, 5Jd to 6d. Linseed, £1* to £14. Chewings's Fescue.— There is » good derrand. Farmers' samples, 4d; machined seed, 6d. Potatoes. — Prime, £4 10s; medium, £4. Onions. — Melbourne brown Spanish, 6s 6a!. We can offer a few tons of pure fish manure rich in ammonia; valuable for root or grain crops; can be used with drill; £7 per ton. Fish oil, 2s 6d gallon. Itabbitskins.— We hold our sales pvery Mon« da*. Th« market remains firm. We quote Jl

Suckers and runners, 3d to sd; racks, 8d to lOd; summers, full-grown, ~9d to lOd; autumns, 12d to 13|d; incoming winters, l*d to 16d; blacks, iSdi to 19d; fawns, lid to 12d; winter greys, 16d to 20d. We supply labels. Sheepskins. — Prices are firm, and all .good«onditioned skins are readily sold. We «uofce:— Halfbred, 9d to 9Jd; crossbred, BJd to 9d; merino, 6Jd to 8d; lambs, B£d to S|a ; pelts, 7d to BJd. Hides. — We hold fortnightly sales. Our last sale was on the 27th June. We quote: — Extra stout, 7d to 7|d; heavy do, 6d to 6id; medium, s|d to 6|d; light, 4Jd to &i&; cow, extra stout, s£d to 6d; heavy, Sid to s|d; medium, sja to 5Jd; light, 4Ji to 5Jd; etag and bull, 2Jd to 3£d; yearlings, 4sd to s£d per lb; calfskins, from 2s to ss; liorsehides, 6s to 12s 6& Hough' fat, 17s to 18s j tallow, in tins, 16s lo 225, according to ' quality; prime whits mutton, in tins, 20s to 255; in casks, 27s to SSs; mixed tallow, from 16s to 90s. ' Storing Grain. — We «se prepared to store, ■receive, deliver, and insure for three months iree storage at 3d per sack. Grass Seed " Cleaning. — We advise farmers ia consign all their seed to us, as the cleaning will be attended to with up-to-date machinery, and the cleaned seed sold or returned free of railage. We supply new and second-hand sacks, also stack and cow covets, and all other farmers' materials. * ' ' Farm Produce and Fruit.— We receive all kinds of consignments, and render account .jmles promptly. ■ Walnuts. 6d to 73. Salt tfufter, 93 -to 101 Fresh butter {in pats), storekeepers' lots, Bl# icy 9d; lard. 6§a. "3s;gs, Is 4d to Is Si. CheßEe.— Factory, «fd to 7d; Akaroa, 6d to 61^: loaf, Ska. . . Honey. — In ,goo 3 demand. Section honey, new season's. 6s 6d to 9s djxeu- bulk, large tins, 4d to 41d;. small tins, 4Jd to 4ja. beeswax. Is 4d to Is 6d. Hams, "93. Bacon— Roll, 8d to BJd; sides, «a to 7d <b1ow" of eale). Pigs.— Porkers, no io Si; first-claas baconers, up to VNAb, sd; over weights, 4d Poultry for Export.— Free of railage, if consigned to the Agri<naHural Dea*Ttment. Fowls, 2s to 2s fid; chickens, 8* 3d to 4*: 'geese, 4a 6d to ss; chicks. 2s 6d to 3a 6d; turkeys, 5d to 7d. Further particulars on application. Ponltry for Local Consumption". — Hens, 2s «d to 3s 63; roosters. 4b to ss; ducks, 4s €d to 6s; geese, 3s to 4s. . Fnjit. — In good demand.