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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXX, Issue 12351, 19 April 1904, Page 2

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8& • h< THE HOME MARKETS. y$ Messrs Dalgetv and Co. report under %' v «lut«, London, April 15th—"1 bo leather f- market is firm lit last quotations and busite tare lower by id to id per lb since our lout telegram." &< - i FAIRLIE STOCK SALE. * &' There was a good varding of sheep at i! Fairiie yesterday. The attendance of the 5;. public was good, and the sale on excellent i/'ooe. Nearly every lot changed hands, y either at equal to late rates or at prices showing a sl'ght advance oa those of recent "'fatal. Fats fetche<l 15s 6d to 18s 9d and VIU 3d; forwurd ewes, 12s 8d; 6 and 8f'turih tbree-qu-irter bred ewes, 17s, 18s to £<IH- Bdj 2-tooth ditto, 17s 6d to 18s 6d; MfOtwd-mouthed halfbred and three-quarter Skirted «wes, ISs to 16s; failing-mouthed KcUtto; 11* to 12s 6d; good store threeSJquWer bred lambs, 12s 6d to 13s 4d; Kmedium store ditto, lis 6d to lis 9d; % ftor« wethers, 17s Id; cull halfbred ewes, Xfißt 6d; tuHiSf; mouthed merino ewes, 5s &3Sr ditto wethers, 6s lid, 7s; rams, Jgn pto,2|gns. A small entry of cattle was «4'mHVin. Store bullocks sold at £4 10s to sijgs 10»; springers, '£4 to £7; good yearHjlogs and 18-months-old cattle, £3 Is 6d; /calves irad yearlings, 31». '& - THE OAMARU MARKETS. f: , ("Oamaru Mail.") f< Very little business has been done hi iwieat during the past week. Buyers are pjnerely securing actual requirements, and %tb«e is not the same amount of grain jf offering as there has been, as the majority S;«i| those who made up their minds to sell fciove been able to dispose of their stocks. jgWe expect that only sufficient wheat will sfn'Ow be offered to meet immediate necesffaJties', as many strong holders are deterjfsrined to run some risk. Whether or not %tik i* a wise proceeding time will tell. Mjir wheat -which has been disposed of durking" the week in most instances bronght penny less than current rates of a week At the same time, any very choice [,yelvet or Tuscan still commands former 3 notations for mixing purposes. Oats are ecidedly weak, and very little business is sJ}«ing done The outlook for the future j'J* 'sot promising, as the largest market is glutted. No less than iZS.OOO bags have been landed on the wharf iw. the northern capital during the last J fortnight, independent of Algerian oats sfttytft Melbourne, which, we hear,_ are so pmsatisfactory that buyers have in some S<*»es, refused to take delivery. Only a |wrsmall sales of barley have been made jfdjtring the week at reduced prices. PogjUtoes are going forward in ample supply fcwmeet requirements. Prices for the tuber Me rather irregular. We quote:—Wheat Ei&Qood to prime velvet, 2s lOd to 3s, ac.wVdlog to quality; Tuscan, 2s lOd to ?s 4ld| red chaff and other varieties, 2s 9d {to 2s lOd; milling seconds, 2s 2d to 2s 7d, ,«t> Ridings and store delivery (railage extra.), • fowl wheat, 2s 6d to 2s 7d, sacks 3Ktm in all cases and prices quoted less 'Commission. Oats—Qartons, Is 3d to Is td; Danish, Is Id to Is 2d; Duns, is d to Is 3d; second quality, Id less all round; all at sidings (sack* sd). Barley— Fair malting quality, 2s 6d to 2s lid; feed, Tf'UA to 2s (oacks extra, sd), f.o.b. fei}l;'""r ■.';_ il_j —=~=-a