Farmstead

Southern Cross, Volume 17, Issue 16, 31 July 1909, Page 7

Farmstead

' THE EX CHANGE. McKay Bros’, weekly report of actual sales for week ending Saturday last— Poultry—Splendid entry. Hens Is 6d to 3s Id, pullets 2s 10d to 3s 2d, cockerels Is 7d to 2s 6d, roosters ,2s 6d to 4s, white Leghorn roosters Is lid to 7s 6d, . Wyandotte do. 3s, Brown Leghorn do. to 4s, geese 2s 7d to 3s Id, ducks 2s 9d. Pigs—Suckers 7s to 10s, weaners to 15s 6d, slips to 21s, stores to 275. General Produce —Potatoes 05s, nominal, onions 6s 6d to 7s 6d, pri q Victorian 10s 6d to 12s, oats 7s 6d, wheat 14s to 17s, barley 11s 6d, mill seeds 3s, bran 4s 3d, pollard 6s and 9s 6d. Fruit —Local apples 6s to Bs, Canterbury 6s to 9s, Hobart 11s, Canterbury pears 9s to 11s, imported 10s to 12s v Sydney oranges 7s 6d, South Australian 10s 6d, Island 9s, bananas 12s, mandarins 8s 6d, lemons l'os to 12s, pines 11s. THE RIALTO. Messrs Wm. Todd and Co. report the following sales on Saturday last Poultry—Good entry. Hens Is 7d to 2s, white Leghorn hens 2s lOd to 3s 2d, roosters Is 7d to 2s Id, minorca cockerels 2s Bd, pullets 2s 3d to 2s 6d, ducks 2s 2d to 2s 9d, geese 2s 3d to 3s, turkey hens 3s 3d to 4s, turkey cocks 6s 9d to Bs. Pigs_Fine entry. Suckers 8s 6d to 12s, weaners 12s 6d to 14s 6d, slips 15s 3d, stores 23s 6d to 32s 6d.. Yorkshire sow £1 15s, baconers £2 3.7 s each. General Produce —Potatoes £3 per ton, onions 7s to 8s cwt, oats 5s to 7s 6d, barley 11s sack, carrots 3s 6d to 4s sack, parsnips 4s to 4s 6d, swedes Is 3d to Is 6d sack. Fruit —Local cooking apples 6s 6d to 7s case, local dessert apples 7s to 7s 6d, Sydney oranges 6s, mandarins 6s to 7s, Island oranges 6s. INVERCARGILL HORSE MARKET. Messrs J. A. Mitchell and Co. report as follows We held our weekly sale in the Prince of Wales Yards on Saturday, and had a smaller yarding than usual, only 25 horses being forward. Of these about half were draughts, and the balance, with three or four exceptions, were a; very ordinary lot of light harness horses and hacks. For solid young draughts fit to go straight into hard work there is a steadily increasing demand, and we could have placed more of this class at full market rates had they been forward. We sold good young sorts at £3O (2) to £24, aged £lB to £6 10s., Hacks and harness horses. —One nice moving harness pony by Duncan Abdallah brought £lB ; 1 4-year-old filly, by Prince Imperial, passed in at £l7 ; others sold at £l4 to £lO for useful sorts, smaller alid aged £8 to £4.

T'FTB WOOL MARKET. The factors in favour of a continuance of high prices for wool during the coming year are stated as follows : 1. Moderate stocks in manufacturers’ hands. 2. Abundance and cheapness of money, and likelihood of a continuance of such conditions for some time. 3. Natural general expansion of the world’s trade after a period of depression and economy. 4. The knowledge that U. S. A. wants more wool, and is not unwilling to pay high prices for it. 5. Peaceful industrial and international outlook, yet la’rge circulation on account of great expenditure on armaments. 6. Growth of the desire all over the world, including Japan, China, and India, for woollen garments in preference to cotton or shoddy ; and 7. The firmness of the terminal marOn the other hand, forces which they mention may mitigate against a continuance of present rates are :

1. Present values for merinos are well above the average of recent yeacs. 2. Prospective slight increase m production of merino wool from the chief exporting countries. 3. Dear food-stuffs ; and 4. Possible resort to adulterants, on account of the relatively high prices for raw wool. As Dalgety and Co. sold no less than 313,943 bales in Australasia during the past season, in addition

to 124,130 bales in London, for the 12 months ending December 31st last, their Annual Review of the wool market (just published, and from which the above extracts are taken) will, -we have no doubt, be read with interest.