Farmstead.

Southern Cross, Volume 15, Issue 51, 28 March 1908, Page 15

Farmstead.

THE EXCHANGE. Messrs McKay Bros, report the following sales on Saturday last : Cows —2 entered ; sold at £2 17s 6d and £5 sa. Poultry l —lßo penned. Hens 9d to Is 6d,, cockerels to Is 7d, geese 3s, chickens 4d to 6d. Pigs—sl entered. Suckers 10s to 16s, weaners to 19s. General Produce —Potatoes £4 to £5, onions 7s 6d to 8s 6d, oats 10s to 12s, turnips 2s per bag. Fruit—Bananas 9s, oranges 18s, pears (imported) 12s to 14s, Canterbury do Is 6d to 6s 6d, peaches 2d to 3id, plums Id to 2-id, grapes 3d to 4id, tomatoes 2d to 4d, quinces 6s. 4’ THE RIALTO. Wm. Todd and Co. report the following sales on Saturday Poultry—Hens 9d to Is 4d, roosters Is 5d to Is 7d, ducks Is 5d to Is 7d, geese to to 2s 9d. Pigs—Suckers 12s to 16s, weaners 17« to 18s 6d, small stores £1 to £1 3s. General Produce—Potatoes £4 to £4 10s per ton, onions 10s per cwt. Fruit—Peaches 2d to 3d per lb, tomatoes 2d to 3d per lb, local apples (market glutted) Is to Is 6d per case. * INVERCARGILL HORSE MARKET Messrs J. A. Mitchell and Co. report :—We had an entry of 45 horses at our weekly sale in the Prince of Wales yards on Saturday last. The various classes were fairly well represented, and although the demand could not be called brisk it was a decided improvement on the previous week’s market, and nearly the half of the entry changed hands at current rates. We anticipate a much improved demand for useful farm sort within the next few weeks as the ploughing becomes general. Amongst the sales effected were draughts at £35, £29 IBs, £27, £25 (2), aged stale sorts from £lB 10s to 30s for done animals. Hacks and light harness horses ; Upstanding reliable harness horses are still in good demand, as also are good spring-carters, which arc scarce. Useful harness sorts brought £l6, £ls 10s, £l4, and £l2 ; lighter and aged brought £B, £7 5s (2), £7, and £5 10s.