DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2817, 11 March 1908, Page 40

DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers, | wool, stock, station, grain, produce, and comi mission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) ' for the week as under. All quotations are ! subject to market fluctuations. Farmers ara 1 asked, when sending samples, always to put { a price on them, as buyers do not feel in- ' dined to make offers: — Wheat. —Prime milling, new season's, 4s on trucks; fowl wheat, 4s 9d to 4s lOd ex store I (scarce). j Oats.—Milling, 2s 4d; B grade, 2s 3d to 2s 3Jd; inferior, 2s 2d. ex store, e«w;ks extra. ! Barley. —Good malting, 5s to 5s 6d; pearling, 4s; feed barley, 3s Cd. Ryecorn, 4s 6d to ss. Maize, ss. Prussian Blue peas, from 6s to 6s 6d. Partridge peas, 3s 6d to 4s. Chalf.—Prime bright heavy," £3 15s to £if medium, £3 5s to £3 10s; inferior, £3. Clover hay, £3 10s to £4. Ryegrass. —New seed, farmers' dressed. 2s 9d to 3s for heavy weights; machined, from 5s to 5s 3d. Cocksfoot. —Market remains firm. Farmers' lots, 6d; machined seed, none offering. Linseed, £12 10s to £13. Chewing's Fescue. —Farmers' samples, 4(d to sd: machined seed, none offering. Potatoes.—New, 5s 6d to 6s. Onions. —Canterbury, 7s; Melbourne, Bs. We can offer a few tons of pure fish inanur* rich in ammonia; valuable for root ur grain crops; can be used with drill; £7 per ton. Fish oil, 2s 6d gallon. Rabbitskins. —We hold our sales every Monday. The market is continuing firm. !We quote: Suckers and runners, 3d to sd; racks, 7d to lOd; summers, full grown, 6d to 8d: autumns, 13d io 14d; incoming winters; 14d to 16d; blacks, 18d to 24d; fawns, lid to 17d; winter greys —bucks, lod to 18|d; does, 19d to 24d; outgoings, 12d' to 131 d. We supply labels. Sheepskins.—Halfbred, 8d to BJd; fine crossbred, 7Jd to B£d; crossbred, 7d to 8d; merino, I7d to BJd; lambs, 7d to' B*d; pelts, 6d to 7Jd; interior pelts, 3d to 4Jd; fallen skins, Id to ljd per lb lower. Hides. —We held our usual fortnightly sale on March 6 in the presence of a good attendance of buyers. Clean and well ffayed hides were Id to i ljd per lb higher, but there w'aa a decrease of Jd to Id in inferior • hides. We quote as follows: —Heavy stout prime ox, up to 8d; heavy stout ox, to 7Jd; hefcvy, ox, 6d to 7d; medium ox, up to 6£d; lighn ox, from 4d to 4Jd; heavy stout cow, up tot 6Jd; heavy cow, 5d to sfd; medium cow, 4d) to 4gd; light cow, to 4gd; bull and stag, Bdt to 3Jd; calfskins, 3d to 5Jd; yearlings, up to 4d; horsehides, 10s to 12s. Catskins, 3d to 6d -each. Goat skins, 9(3 to Is Bd. Cowhair, from 9Jd to 10£ d; oowtips, Is 64 to Is 8d per dozen, Wool. —Good clean crossbred, up to 9dj| crossbred, 6d to 8d; dingy and: biddy, sdi toi 6d; pieces and bellies, 4d to sd; locks, up( to Sid; dead wool, 5d to 6sd. , Horsehair. —There is a good demand, fox allclasses, especially clean hair, which, is quoted 17d to 19d; mixed, 14d to 16Jd. Rough fat, from 14s to 18s, according i&. quality.' Caul fat, from 16s to- 20a. Tallow, in tins, 16a to 225, according tof. quality; prime white mutton, in tins, 20s tb, 28s; prime white mutton, in casks, £)a it}. 255; mixed tallow, 16s to 20a; mutton cakes? 20s t<T23s. Storing Grain. —We are prepared to store, receive, deliver, and insure for three month* fre« storage at 3d per sack. Grass Seed Cleaning. —We adviso farmer* ~t) consign all their seed to us, as the > leaning

Will be attended to with up-to-date machinery, and the cleaned seed sold or returned free of tailag«. W« supply new and second-hand sacks, alao stack and cow covers, and all other farmers' materials. Farm Produce and Fruit.—"We receive all kinds of consignments, and render account ■ales promptly. Walnuts, 5Jd to 8d per lb. Salt butter, lOd to lljd; separator, 1«. Fresh butter (in pats), storekeepers' lots, lOd. ' " ! Eggs, Is 3d per dozen; full supply. Cheese.—Factory, 6d; Akaroa, 5Jd to 6d; Sort, 6Jd. Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey, »ew season's. 6s to 8s per doz.; bulk, large tins, 4d to 4Jd; small tins,'4£d to 4Jd. Beeswax, Is 4d, Wanted. H*ms, 9d. Baoon.-fHoll, BJd to 9d; sides, 7d io 8d (slow of sale). „ , Pigs.—l?irst-class baconers, tip to 1701b, Sid, very firm; over weights,. 3d to 4d. Poultry. for Local Consumption.—Hens, 2s to 3s-; roosters, 4a 6d to ss; ducks, Ss to 4s 6d; geese, 3s to 4s. Fruit.—ln good demand.