A REMARKABLE JOURNAL.

Otago Witness, Volume 06, Issue 2899, 6 October 1909, Page 21

A REMARKABLE JOURNAL.

~ The very first thing to catch our eye in the Pastoraliste' Review just, to hand is a pictorial leproduction of a group of visitors at Carranballac, th© well-known estate! in Victoria. It 's a charming picture, and reminds, us of similaj illustrations in leading English journals, of week-end house parties at big country houses. The photographs and descriptive sketches of various homesteads in Australia are again a revelation. We are really astonished to realise that there are such splen~ did homes at this early stage of our history. The pictures of livestock are excellent, both in respect to sheep, cattle, and horses. Some very fine animals of purest blood and highest pedigree are to be found on the pages of the Pastoralists' Review Among the portraits ara likenesses of several well-known New Zealanders, together with biographical sketches. Mr A. W Rutherford, of Amuri, and Mr E. S. Rutherford, of Marlborough, are onongi those- referred to. It is needless to stete that the letterpress of the Pastoralists' Review in both its pa&toral and its agricultural sections, as well as in its produce department, -is up to the usual high standard. There are included many exclusive and distinctive reports, articles, and reviews from Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, and, indeed, most parts of the world where the earth's surface has been cultivated. The subscription to the Pastoralists' . Review is only £1 a year, postage included, and remittances can be sent to the following representative agents in New Zealand: — Charles Haines, Wellington; Shirley; Harrowel, Auckland; F. H. Labatt, Christchurch; Todd and Douglass, Dunedin.

Beans— 2s lOd to 3s. " ' Potatoes.— Derwer.ls £3, TJp-tc-Dates <jt- nin.'l) £2 to £2 ]03/0 3 / On: ens— £4 Oat:n«<ti— £lo 10s. Flow-— The Kaw Zealand FlourmUlors' ' 00 -opoa-*Uyo Association, Limited, quotes . th« following prices per ton, locaJ or shipping—Sacks £10 10s, 1001b bags £11, 501b ' bags £11 53, 251b bags £11 10a. Bran, £i ss, pollard £4. I Bueds— Ryesrass 2s 9d to 3s 3d. Cocks- I f.->ot 3d to 'Sid-. Ty^ite clover (farmers' samples) 6£d to 7d ; cowgrass 6d- to 6£d. Dairy Produce.—^Cheese, dairy, large sd, loaf 6d ; factory, large s£d to s|d. Butter, fresh local factory prints Is, second erad© factory 10£ d, farm dairy Bd. Hams Bd, sides 7|d, rolls Bid, shoulder rolls and middles (equal quantities) B£d, shoulder rolls only 7td. middles 9d. I^rd, pats- Bd, , bulk 7^d, bladders Bd. Fresh eggs lOd per dozen RANGIORA. Tho gi-ain market continues dull ow.in_^ to the total absence of orders. Wheat is nominal, the few parcels held in the district representing only a few thousand bushels, and a rise or fall will not make ou. break the holders. Oats appeal to be weak, as ' there is an absence of inquiries. Many far- j mere aro thrashing wiio intended holding ' for chaff. Values are about the same a} last week. Northern centres are glutted with consignments of potatoes from South&nxL This' means low prices, auc* at thi^

time of the- year great loss in weight is }xnvg experienced. Values to-day were: — Table Un-to-Dat"? 50-, table Denvents 55.*. Soul Vp-to-Dates are not inquired for. Chaff remains dull at from 35s to 45s to ' growers, but no business in passing. ASHBURTON*. In wheat there ha« been no business of any magnitude, and the market eon- | tiniie? dull. Prices aie nominally unchanged foi prims mil! ins Sal<» could I bs made at 4s 3d for j.nmo Tuscan. 4s 2.d ! for pearl, and 4s to 4s Id for Hunters, but in the- absence of offerings no actual sales havo "been reported. The prospects for the coming season are bright, and the weather has been all that could po^ibly be desired. Old farmers in the district are unanimous in sayings that they have never seen the wheat drop looking better, and this is more gratifying when taken into account with the very large -area under cultivation for wheat this year. There has" been a slightly better inquiry for oats, but offerings are still scarce, and only small lines suitable for coastal trade have been on the market. Prices are easier all round, and feed Gartons are only bringing Is 4d to Is sd, and lighter feed from is 3d to Is 4d. Oafcsheaf chaff continues unsaleable, and a very large quantity ,\ill have to be carried over in con&equence. ] TIMA.RU ! After Eonve w«ek= of stagnation the wheat

marker has brightened up considerably. .Several la ''are sal^s !ia\e taken place with good inquiry. Th& value of mixed lines of milling i» 4s 4d, f.0.b., sacks extra, and of fowl wheat 4s, f.0.b.. backs in^There has been a fair inquiry for oats for the I'nited Kingdom, but blocks are email, and there is a difficulty in obtaining supplier Value do not vary much owing to high freight to the United Kingdom. Gartons are Is 9d to Is lOd, and Danish Is 9d to Is lOd. f.o.b , sacks in. Danish are sod out. The mariket for potatoes is \cry quiet. There is no demand, and -values ha\e receded to 60s to 62s 6J. f.0.b., sacks in.