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Otago Witness, Issue 3016, 3 January 1912, Page 40

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AUSTRALIAN AIARKETS. SYDNEY, December 28. Wheat. 5s to 3s 74. Flour: City, £3 15s; country, £7 17s 6d. Oats: Algerian feeding, 2© 6d to 2s 8d; seeding, 2s 9d to 2s lOd; sparrow-bills, 2s lid to 3s; giants, ?« 9d to 3s 3d. Barley: Cape, 2s lOd to 3s 6d; English malting, 4s 6d to s©. Maize, 5s 9d to 4s. Bran, £5. Pollard, £6. Potatoes, £7 to £9. Onions, £ll. Butter: Selected 120 s; prime, 108 s to 116 s. Cheese, 6Ad to 7d. Bacon, s£d to 7RL AIELBOURNE, December 28. AVheat. 3ft 7jd. Flour, £8 10©. Oats, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Alaize, 3s sid. Bran and pollard. £5 10s. Chaff: Oaten, dumped, unchanged; compressed, £4 sst uncovered, £4 10s; covered, the market is very firm and the supplies are rather short. Potatoee, £6 10ft. Onions, £8 to £8 10s. ADELAIDE December 28. AVheat. 5s 6d to 3s 7d. Flour, £7 15s. Bran and pollard, 12£d. Oats, 2s 4cl.

SOUTHLAND STOCK MARKET. (From Ora Own Correspondent.) INA'PR CARGILL, December 30.

In consequence of the holidays there has been very little doing in the stock market during the past week, and this state of affairs is likely to continue till the New Year holidays are over. The fat sheep trade has been fairly good for the season, although it is well known that fat lambs and fat sheep have berm killing on the light side all over, and also that there has been a farily largo number of rejects. While fat cattle have been up and down during the last few months as regards value, the price has been very firm — in fact, prices to-day are even better than during the last few months. The amount of feed all over Southland is exceptionally plentiful, and this no doubt accounts to a large extent for the great demand for store cattle. A large number of well bred sorts have also been sent to Balclutha and the Taieri. in fact, just on 150 head of three-vear-olds were forwarded there last week. Prices for all kinds of stock may Ire quoted as follows: —Fat cattle: Best ox beef. 50s to 31s; heifer beef, 27s to 28s; prime ox beef, 24s to 255: ordinary, down to 2&s. Fat sheep: Best, butchers’ wethers, in the wool, 23s to 23s 6d ; lighter. 20s to 21s; best fAorn wethe-s. 17s to 17a 6d; lighter, 16s to 16s 6cl. There is a really good inquiry for young ewes, this no doubt being due to the scarcity of stock of this description. B"st, in the wool. 20s to 21s; light. 17s to 18s. Fat lambs: There is a good demand for the heb’day trade. Best, 15s 6d to 16s; others. 13s to' l?s 6d. Store cattle: Three-year-old steers. £6 10s to £7 15s; for extra, special, two-year-olds. £4 10s to £5 10s; vearlings and 18 months, £3 5s to £3 17s 6d : calv-fi. 35s_ to 40s. Dairy oovff; Good cows still continue in very strong demand and sell readily at £ll to £l2; ordinary. £8 to £9. Store sheep: A strong demand still continues for store sheep, and not only local, but also northern buyers, are very keen to get hold of best store sheep : in fact it is understood that Canterbury is considerably understocked, and the demand from there will continue. Young owes, with 100 per cent, lambs. 12s 6d to 17s 6<l. all counted; mixed agf?. 11s 6d to 12s 6d. all counted ; older.- 8s to 9s, all counted ; best ewe hogget*. 17s 6d to 18s; mixed sexes, 15s to 15s 6d ; smaller, down to 14s; wether hoggets. 14s to 14s 6d: store wothers, two-tooth, 15s 6d to 16s 6d; four-

tooth, up to 18s. All these prices are for store sheep in the wool. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKET. Burnside, Thursday, December 28. ■ The sale next week will be held on Thursday, January 4. Fat Cattle. —There was a small yarding of 102 head, and prices showed an increase of about 10s i>er head on those of last week. Quotations: Best bullocks, £ll 10s to £l2 10s; extra, to £l3 12s 6d; medium to good, £9 to £lO 10s; best oows and heifers, £8 to £9 15s; extra, to £lO 17s 6d; medium, £6 5s to £7 10a. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold 26: For Mr J. Ferguson (Halswell), 24 bulkcks to £l2 12s 6d; executors of late W. Kirk (Mayfield), 2 buOlooks at £lO 7s 6d.——Donald Reid a-nd Co. (L/td.) varded and sold; For Mr S. Fletcher (Gore) 4 bullocks, £l2 to £lO 10s; Mr John Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks at £lO 10s; executory late \V. Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 heifers £6' 15s; Mr W. Blackio (Glasgow Farm), 4 bullocks £ll 5s to £9 10s, 4 heifers at £6 2s 6d to £5 17s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Ltd.) sold: For Air Walter Blackie (Mosgiel), fat cows and heifers to £7 ss. Stronach, Morns, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded 22, and sold: For Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 2 bullocks at £l2 2a 6d, 2 do at £lO 17s 6d, 1 do at £lO 15s, 1 do at £9 17s 6d, 2 heifers at £9 17s 6d, 1 do at £9 ss, 5 do to £8 7s 6d; executors lato W. Kirk (Mosgits), 2 bullocks at £9 7s 6d; Mr K. West (The Pines), 2 heifers at £B, 2 do at £6 12s 6d, 2 do at £6 2s 6d. Dal get y and Co. (Ltd.) penned and sold : For Mr J. Kirk (Mosgiel) 2 steers at £9 10s; Mr W. Blackie (Glasgow Farm), heifers to £6 ss; Air W. Lmosay (Allanton) heifers to £8 17s 6d; Mr F. W. Bolting (Edcndale), heifers to £5 15s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Mr J. Fleming (Cruigsford) 3 bullocks at £l3 12s 6d, 2 bullocks at £l2, 2 bullocks at £ll 17s 6d, 3 bullocks at £ll 7s fed; Airs W. Kirk (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks at up to £lO 15s; Mr W. Blackie (Alosgiel), 6 heifers at up to £9 2e fed. • ■ The Utago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) yarded 19, and gold: For Mr W. J. Charters (Cry Park), 2 bullocks at £l2. 2 do at £ll 10s, 2 do at £ll ss. 2 do at £ll, 1 do at £ll 7s fed, I do at £ll 2s fed, 1 do at £9 10s, 1 do at £lO ss; Mr S. Fletcher (Gore), 2 bullocks at £ll 12s 6d, 1 do at £ll 15s, 1 do at £11; Air William Grant (Clairnich), 1 cow at £lO 17s fed; executors of late William Kirk, 2 bullocks at £ll. Dairy Cows. —Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Airs Al'Bride (Musselburgh), 1 cow at £5 12s fed. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Air John Kirk (Mosgiel), Air J. Faulds (Green Island), and others, oows to £5 15s. Calves. —Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold : For Alcssrs li. and A. Clark (Portobeilo), 1 calf 20s. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operativ© Assoc;a;:on of New Zealand (Ltd.) sold; For Air D. Sutherland (East Taieri), calves to £l. Fat Sheep.—On account of the holidays, there was an .exceptionally small yarding of 664, and consequently sheep showed an increase of Is to 2s per head on last week s prices. Quotations: Best wethers (shorn), to 23s 3d; extra heavy, to 25s 9d; medium to good, 18a fed to 19s fed; best eweft (shorn), to 21s 9d; extra, to 235; good, to 18s ; good wethers (in wool), to 235; medium, to 21s; best ewes (in wool), 21© to 235; extra, to 265; medium to good, 18s to 19a 6d. New Zealand Loan and Alcrcantilo Agency Company (Ltd.) penned 191, and sold: For Mr A.' H. Beer (Invercargill), 1 pen wethers (shorn) at 25s 9d, 51 wethers (shorn) at 21e, 65 wether© (shorn) to 18s 3d; Air J. Crane (Dtokia), 55 wethers (shorn), at 23s 3d, 25 wethers (shorn) at 235, 1 pen wethers (shorn) at 20s 3d. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Ales©its Bruce Bros. (The Firs), 8 shorn wethers at 22s 9d, 48 shorn ewes at 21s 9d to 17s fed. National Alortgage and Agoncv Company of New Zealand (Ltd.) yarded and ?xda: For Air N. Al’Kitchie (Heriot.), 29 wethers at 22s 9d, 29 do at 21« 9d, 10 ewe© at 235. Stronach, Alorris, and Co. (Ltd.) varded 115, and sold: For Mr Paton Dunlop (Drumboy, Heriot), 17 ewes at 22s 3d, 40 do at 21s 9d ; a southern client, 25 ewes at 26s (top price to-day), 15 do at 23s 3d, 17 wethers at 21s 9d. Dalgfcty and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Air W. Doig, wethers to 20© 6d; Air'J. J. Alurray (East Taieri), 4 pens ewes to 17s; Air Tiros. Gordon (Maungatua), wethers to 18s 6d Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Air F. A. Price (Waikivvi, Invercargill), 32 ewes at 24s 9d, 32 ewes at 23s 6d, 26 ewes at 23ft 3d, 22 owes at 22s 6d; Air John Wilfton (Redfern), 23 ewes (shorn) at 18s, 11 ewes (shorn) at 14s 9d. > , Fat Lambs (270). —A small yarding, and prices were from Is 6d to 2ft better than last week’s rates. Best lambs, to 17s 6d; extra, to 19s; good, 15s to 16s. -New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Ltd.) penned and ©old: For Air C. J. Hibbs (Glenore), 70 to 15». Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) varded and sold : For Alcssrs Bruco Bros. (Tho Firs), 11 at 15ft; Alessrs J. and C. Campbell (Momona), 14 at 16s 9d; a client, 15 at 17s to 16©; Air J. Gardiner (Green Island), 10 at 17s 3d. Dalgety and Co. (Ltd.) sold: For Air J. Wilson (Lauder), 4 pens lambs to 17s 3d; Mr Thos. Gordon (Maungatua). 4 pens lambs to 17s 6d. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) penned and ©old: For Air D. Alallock (Waikouaiti), 15 lambs to 19s (top price to-duy), 10 lambs at 18s 3d; Alessrs T. and J. llourston (Waikouaiti), 26 lambs at 18« 9d, 24 lambs at 17s; Mr John Waldie (Kaikorai), 10 lambs at 14© 9d. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd ) penned and sold; For Air Jno. Gardiner (Green Island), lambs to 16s 9d. Pigs.—Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) yarded and sold: For Air Jos. APNeill (Momona), 3 at 675; Air Hugh Gibson (North Taieri), 2 at 22© 6d ; Air S. B. Carpenter (Burnside), sat 15s. Stronach, Alorris. and Co. (Ltd.) yarded 26. and sold: For Alental Hospital (Scacliff), 3 porkers at 445, 4 do at 395, 3 do at 31s fed, 7 slips at 2Cft, 4 do at 19s; Air F. Williams (Broadacres), 1 baooner at 655; Alcssrs Brown and Harris (Leith Valley), 4 porkers at 36s fed. Dalgcty and Co. (Ltd.) sold : For Mr J. Wilson (Lauder), porkers to £3 12©. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (Ltd.) penned and Bold: For Air D. APLaughlin (Redfern). 1 pig at 58s; Air D. Poland (Green Island), 3 pigs at £2. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Ltd.) penned and sold: For Air Hugh Gibson (North Taieri), Air H. E. Alitchell (Alaunrmtua), and Mr F. Williams (North-East Valley), pigs to £2 Is.

Sheepskins. —Owing to the keener demand displayed in the market at Home, all offered locally are readily placed at from id to id per lb advance on prices ruling lately.—Super, holfbreds fetch 7gd to 7|d; medium do, 7d to 7£d; fine crossbreds, 6Jd to 7|d; coarse do, 6|d to 62d ;■ fallen halfbreds, 6d to fallen crossbreds, 5d to s|d; best merinos, 6id to 6Jd; medoum do, si|d to 6d; fallen do, 5d to sid; crossbred hoggets. 61 d to 6Jd ; fallen, do, sid to s|d; butchers’ pelts, 33d to 4id; country pelts, 3id to 3|d merino pelts, lid to 2jd ; spring lamibskins, 5d to sid per lb. Rabbitskins continue to have a fair demand. Prime winter grey does fetching 20d to 21id; do do bucks, 15d to 16id; second do, 13d to 13id; outgoing bucks, lid) to 12jd ; do does, 12d to 13id; spring, $d to lOd; light racks, 8d to 83d ; halfgrown, 3d to sd; suckers, lid to 2id; best black, 18d to 20d ; second winter and outgoing, 12d to 15d f spring and summer, 7d to 8io; fawn, lOd to 13d; horsehair, 17d to I9di; hare skins, 4d to 8d per lb; catskins, 3d to 6d each.

Hides.—Market firm, late rates being well maintained. Stout heavy ox fetching 8d to B id; hoavj-, 6Jd to ?2cl; medium, 6id to 6jd ; lights to 6ifd ; heavy oow, 6Jd to 6jd ; medium, 6id to 6|d ; light, 6id to 6 id; stag and bull, 4id to sid; yearlings, 6yd to 7id; calfskins, best 9id to medium, Bid to 9id; inferior, 5d to 7id per lb. Tallow and Fat.—All coming forward is readily placed to the local consumers at fullv late rates. Best rendered in broken, packages fetching 24s to 255; good to best, 20s to 22s 6d ; inferior to good, 15s to .47s 6d ; best clean rough fat, 20s to JSls 6d; medium to good, 17s 6d to 20s; inferior, 10s 5d to 16s 6d per cwt. Grain. —Wheat: There is no improvement to report in respect to the position of the market, which is now at a standstill, and no doubt will continue so until the holidays aro over. There is no wheat in stores to apeak of, and, with millers holding fair stocks, there is no business of any consequence passing. Quotations are merely nominal, say, for prune milling velvet, 3s ICd to 3s lid; do Tuscan and red wheat, 3s Bid to 3s 9d; best whole fowl wehat, 3s 6d to 5s 7d; medium do, 3s 3d to 3e sd; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3fl 2d per bushel (sacks extra, ex store). Oats: In the absence of any demand from the north the market lacks firmness. Stocks, however, are light, and very few coming forward. At the same time, a reduction on late quotations would have to be made to effect sales. Quotations: For prime milling 2s lid to 3s; short stout bright feed, 2s lOd to 2s lid; inferior to medium, 2a 8d to 2a 9d per bushel (sacks extra, ex store). Barley: There is nothing passing in this cereal at the moment, and until the new crop is on the market quotations will be nominal.

Ryegrass seed at the moment has little or no demand, and very much depends on the state of the weather as to how the market for the new crop may open. Meantime wo quote: Very heavy machine dressed, 4s 6d to 4s 9d; medium, 4s to 4s 3d; light, 3s 6d to 5s 9d per bushel (sacks extra, ex store). Potatoes.—The market for both old and new potatoes shows a very considerable firming, with a rise in price. Freshlypicked. good old fetching 50s to 60s; new, from £lO to £ls per ton (sacks weighed in). Chaff. —The supply is in excess of the demand; in consequence prices lately ruling are not so readily secured, though after tho holidays improved conditions are looked for. Quotations: For prime, bright, wellcut, and heavy, £4 ss. to £4 7s 6d; prime black oat chaff, £4 7s 6d to £4 10s; good to best, £4 to £4 ss; inferior to medium, not wanted, £3 to £3 15s per ton (ex truck, sacks extra). Pressed Straw. —In moderate supply, wheaten fetching 32s 6d to 355; oaten. 42s 6d to 45e per ton (ex truck).

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DUNEDIN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. Moritzaon and Co., auctioneers, neol, stock, station, grain, produce, and com* mission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) (or the Week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. Farmers ars a*ked, when sending samples always to pul a price on them, ns buyers do not feel inclined to make oilers:

Barley.—Feed, 2s 6d to Ss. Malting, la to is 9d. Capo barley, 2s 9d to 3s. Wheat. —Prime milling, velvet, 3s lOd to 3s lid; Tuscan, 3s 9d to 3a lOd, ex store, sacks extra; fowl wheat, 3s 8d to 3s 9d for best' whole, ex store; inferior, 3s 3d to 3s Cd, ex store, wicks extra.

Oats. —Milling, 2s lid to 3s; medium to good feed, 2s lOd to 2s lid ; inferior, 2s 6d to 2e 9d, ex store, sacks extra. Ryeoorn, 2s 9d to 3« Sd. (sacks extra). Maize, 3a 6d to 8s 9d (sacks extra). Prussian Blue peas, from 5s to 5s 6d. Partridge peas. 4s.

Chaff.—Prime heavy, £4 5s to £4 7s 6d;' choice black oat, £1 7s Gd bo £4 IQs; medium, to good, £3 10s to £3 15s. Ryegrass.—Farmers’ dressed: Now season’s 2e *d to 3a on trucks; machined seed, to 4a 6d.

Cocksfoot, 7<l to 8d per lb, according to quality ; extra heavy clean, 9d to 9Jd. Clean farmers’ seed can bo landed from the Continent at 70s. Linseed, 15s 6d to 16s 6d. Chewing’s Fescue. —New season’s, machined, Gd to GJd. Walnuts. —New season’s, 7d to Bd. Eggs.—Fresh, la Id; guaranteed, Is 3d per dozen. Itabbilskins. —The sale was held on Friday. the 22nd-, when very small catalogues were submitted to the usual attendance of .buyers, prices ruling about on a par with last gale’s. We quote: Best winter does, 20d to 21d; first winter does, 18d to 19d; outgoing winter does, 14d to 16d; springs, 8d to lOJd; best winter bucks, 16d to 17d; second winter bucks, lid to 15W; springs and outgoings, lOd to 12Jd; best blacks, 18d to 20d; second