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Southland Times, Issue 17653, 10 February 1916, Page 4

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AGRICULTURAL EVENTS FOE WEEK ENDING FEBEUAEY IS. Thursday, February 10. — Stock sale at Fortrpse. Stock sale at Woodlands. Stock sale at ilataura. Friday, February 11. — Stock sale at Otautau. PRODUCE PRICES CURE ENT. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY' 10, 1916. WHOLESALE. Fresh farm butter, lOd. Fresh butter (separator), lid. Factory butter, Vfclb prints, 1/1 (ad. Eggs, 1/2. Potatoes, 110/-. Flour, £l4 to £ls/. Oatmeal, £ls. Bran, £5 10/-. Pollard, £9 10/-. RETAIL. Fresh butter (farm), 1/-. Fresh butter (separator), 1/L Fresh butter (farm), 1/1, Fresh butter (separator), 1/2. Factory butter, %lb prints, 1/6. Cheese, lid. Eggs, 1/6. Bacon, 1/2. Oatmeal—solb 10/6, 251b 5/3, Potatoes, 9/- cwt; 121bs 1/-. Onions, Slbs 1/-. Flour, 2001b, 31/-; 1001b, 15/9; 501b, 8/3; 251b, 4/6. Pollard, 15/6. Bran, 10/-. BURNSIDE MARKET. (Per United Press Association.) DUNEDIN, February 9. Tliore was a small yarding of fat cattle at Burnside, 139 being penned. Competition was keen and prices were 10/to 20/- above last week’s rates. Best bullocks, £l7 to £lB »/-; medium to good, £l3 to £ls 10/-; others, £lO 10/- to £l2 10/-; best cows and heifers, £l3 to £l4 7/6; medium to good, £lO 10/- to £l2: light inferior, £S 10/. to £lO 5/-. There was a large yarding of fat sheep. 3000 being penned. The entry did not include many pens of extra heavy wethers. Price* for wethers advanced 1/6 to 2/-, compared with last week’s; ewes were about 1/- dearer, but towards the close values receded to about last week’s level. Best wethers, 27 - to 30/-; extra to 35/-: medium to good, 2 1/- to 26/-; light unfinished, 19/to 22 best ewes, 25/- to 28/-; extra to 33 3; medium to good, 20/- to 24/-; others. 17/- to 19/0. Fat Lambs—l92o penned. Competition was hardly as keen as last week, and prices were slightly easier. Best, 20/to 22/-; extra to 26/6; medium to good, 16/6 to 19/-; light and inferior to 15/-. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, February 9. At Addington live stock market there were larger entries of all classes of sheep, especially stores. The attendance was also more numerous. Fat cattle were Irregular and rather easier, as the bulk of the harvest is now completed, and there has been some rain. There was a large attendance of buyers, and a keen demand for forward sheep and good ewes, which showed an advance. The prices for fat lambs were also firmer, and fat sheep sold at about last week's rates on an average. Store Sheep—Forward lambs, 14/- to 16,-7; ordinary lambs, in/6 to 13/9; inferior lambs, 7/9 to 10/-; cull lambs, 5/to 6/S; two-tooth ewes, 19/S to 22/S; inferior two-tooth ewes, 15/-; soundmouthed ewes, 15/6 to 18/6; sound and failing mouthed ewes, 12/6 to 16/9; four, six and eight-tooth ewes, 16/- to 17/2; two-tooth wethers. 11/- to 14/6; forward wethers, 17/6 to 19/-. Fat Lambs—3 Bos penned. Prime lambs, 21 - to 26/-; medium, IS/- to 20/6; lighter, 13/7 to 17/6. Fat Sheep—Prime wethers, 23/- to 28 M: others, 15/10 to 22 6; merino wethers, 11/9 to 18/9: prime ewes, 22/6 to 26/ I; medium, 17/6 to 22/-; lighter, 14 3 to 17/-; merino ewes, 16/- to 17/9. Fat Cattle. —Extra prime steers to £l9 10/-: ordinary steers, £7 5/- to £11; extra prime heifers to £l3 5/-; ordinary heifers, £6 7/6 to £8 2/6; extra prime cows to £l4 12/6; ordinary cows, £6 to £8; price of beef per 1001b, 28/- to 44/-; extra to 49/-. Store Cattle —Y'ear lings, 27/-; 15 to 18months, £3; two-year steers, £5 3/-; twoyear heifers, £3 5/- to £3 14/6; threeyear steers, £6 10/-: dry cows. 25/- to £6 5 -; dairy cows, £3 10/- to £l4. Pigs—Choppers, 4 0/- to 7 7/6; specially fine baconers, l-00/-;extra heavy baconers, 86/- to 90/-; heavy baconers, 70/to SO/-; light baconers, 58/- to 68/-; price per lb, 6d to 6 (Ad; heavy porkers, 12/- to 46 '-: light porkers, 36/- to 40/-; best stores, 21 - to 35/-; others, 14/- to 23,-; wcaners, 6/6 to 12/-. LONDON MARKETS. MEAT, FINANCE. .METALS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright) LONDON, February 8. Received February 9, 9,4.5 p.m. Argentine shipments of mutton total 71,90 a carcases; lamb. 17,000; frozen beef, 213,000; chilled beef, 103,01)0. Banks —Australasia, £llO 5/-; New South Wales, £3B; Victoria, £69; Union. £SO 2-6; National of New Zealand. £10; New Zealand Loan, ordinary, £76 5 '-. Copper—Rooming strong American advices and the statistical position, £lOl to,--. Electrolytic—Spot, £139; three months, £132. Pig Iron—Short supplies and strong demand for Government and other purposes. The market is excited. Quotation, £4 12/-.

I CANADIAN CROPS. OTTAWA, February 8. Final departmental figures show that the total value of the year’s yield of crops is £160,000,000, establishing a ro--1 cord. The wheat yield was 376,000,000 bushels, valued at £62,511.000. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WHEAT. ADELAIDE, February 9. A revised forecast of the wheat harvest is 30,000,000 bushels. I '’ -