DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2862, 20 January 1909, Page 41

DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers, ■wool, stock, station, grain, produce, and commission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) far the -week as tinder. All quotations aro subject to market fluctuations. Farmers ar« asked, when sending samples, always to put & price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers: — "Wheat. —Prime milling, new season's, 4s 4d on trucks; fowl wheat, 4s 9d to 4s lOd, f.0.b., B.i. Oats. —Milling, Is lOd; B grade, Is lOd; inferior, Is 7d to Is 8d; ex store, sacks extra. Barley. —Good malting, 4s 6d to ss; pearl-jk"-E, 4s; feed barley, 3s 3d. Ryecorn, 3s Gd to 4s. Maize, 5s 6d. Prussian Blue peas, from 6s to 6s 6d. Partridge peas, 4s. Chaff. —Prune bright heavy. £Z 53 to £3 15s; medium, £3; inferior, £2 los^ Kyegrass. —Farmers' dressed. 2s 6d for heavyweights ; machined, 3s 6d to 4s. Cocksfoot. —Market remains firm. Farmers' lot 3. 6d; machined seed, 9d. Linseed, 14s to 15s (scarce). Chevring's Fescue. —Farmers' samples, 4£d to sd; machined seed, 6Jd. Potatoes. —New potatoes, local Peninsula, £9; Aucklands, £5 to £6; Oamaru's, £6 to £6 10s per ton. Onions. —Melbourne, £8 per ton. We can offer a few tons of pure fish manure tich in ammonia; valuable for root ur jjTah. crops; 'can be used with drill; £1 per ton. Fish oil. 2s 6d gallon Rabbifskins. —We hold our sales every Monday. There is a good demand. We quote : —L ght racks, fijd; summers, to lOd; best autumns, 14Jd ; autumns, 13Jd; second winter does, from 19d to 20d; outgoing does, 16d to 16Jd; outgoing bucks. 15Jd to 16d; winter bucks, 16d to 17d; spring does, 13Jd to 14Jd; spring bucks, to 14Jd. We supply labels. Sheepskins. —We quote: —Halfbred. 6Jd to 7d; fine crossbred, 5Jd to 6Jd; crossbred, 5d ■to 5Jd; merino, up to 5Jd; lambs, 4Jd to sd; | pelts, to 4Jd; fallen skins, Id to ljd per lb lower. ! Hides. —We held out usual fortnightly sale , of hides on January 8, to a good attendance of buyers. The market was firm for both j medium and light hides. We had no heavy hides on offer. Calfskins were also in good demand. We realised 71d per lb for a line of 23 calfskins. We quote: —Extra stout. 7Ad to 8d; heavy ox, 6d to 7Jd; medium, 4|d to sgd; light, 4d to 4;d; heavy stout cows, 5d to 6d; medium, 4Jd to 5Jd; light, 4d to 4gd, 5Jd; yearlings, \\d tc sd; stags and lmlls. Sd to 3£d; calfskins —best, 6d to 7|d; cut and inferior, 3d to 6d. Wool. —Good clean crossbred, 7d; crossbred, Bd to 6id ; dingy and biddy, up to 3d; pieces and bellies, up to 3|d; locks, up to 2Jd; dead wool, 5Jd. Cowhair. —Best up to lid; good from 9d to lOJd. Catskins. 3d each. Horsehair. —There is a good demand fer all classes, especially clean hair, which is quoted 17«1 to 18d; mixed, 14d to 16£ d. I Rough fat, from 12s to 16s, according to j euality. I Caul fat, from 16s to 18s. I Tallow, in tins. 16s to 18p, according to quality; prim» white mutton, in cakes, fiuitabie for tanners up to 235; prime white mutton, in casks, 20s to 245; prime mutton tallow in tins. 18s to 20s. I Storing Grain. —We &Te prepared to stoTe, j receive, deliver, and insure for three montks Jree storage at 3d per sack. Farm Produce and Fruit —We receive all kinds of consignments, and render account , sales promptly. Walnuts.—od to 6d per lb. Salt butter, 8d to 9d; separator. lOd » Fre3h butter (in pats), storekeeper?'. 7d j 'to Bd. . I Eggs. —Fresh, in good demand, Is Id per dozen. j Cheese. —Factory. 7d; Akaroa, 6Jd per lb; old 7d per lb; loaf. Jd more j Honey —In good demand. Sect'on hnnev I mew season*?. 6s to 8s per doz. ; bulk, large line. 4d to 4Jd; small tins, 4Jd to 4Jd. i Beeswax. Is 4d, wanted. Ham- 9d I Bacon.—Roll, BJ<3 to 9d; sides, 7d U 8d (nlow of sale) I Pigs —Bacoivers, up to 1701bs, sid, over •weight. 3d to 4d. , Poultry for Local Consumption —Hens. 4<s to £s per pair; roosters. 5s to Gs; turkey > i«ns 5d to 6d cocks 8d to 9d, geese 4s to 5s 6d. Trail. —ln g««d demand.