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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13330, 6 July 1907, Page 4

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ST. ANDREWS STOCK SALE. There -was a small yarding of sheep anil cattle at St. Andrews stock sale yesterdav. The following prices were realised: Sheep—6 fat owes lis 3d (passed), 29 fat ewes 13s 3d. 39 lambs 12s 6d, 17 lambs lis, 40 lambs 9s 7d. 51 full-mouth ewes ICs lid. 108 lambs* 12s 3d (passed). 100 lambs 10s sd. 123 s.m ewes 15s 6<l (passed). 42 fat ewes 12s'. CuttleFat cow £4 ICs. 4 2-vear heifers £j 10s each 1 mileh cow £2. o 18-months heifers 30s each, 1 fat heifer £5 ICs, 5 calves 15s each. 1 springer £6 15s, 1 milch cow,£4 12s 6d. Pigs sold from 8s to 9s 6d. WILSONS SALEYARDS. C R Wilson and Co.. of Tnam Street. Christchureh. report excellent entries, and good sales. Turkey gobblers., fat. - 16s to 20s: hens-. ICs to 15s: geese,-fat. 6s to 7s; ducks.'fat, 4s 94 to 6s; young fat roosters, 4s 3d to 5s 3d: hens. 2s i» 5s- pullets 3s to 6s. We held the first of our pedigree poultry sales last Saturday, had a" large entry and good • specii mens. Sold well. Ducks. 7s 6d to ICs pair: hens, 4s to 10s. pullets, /s 6d to 15s; cockerels, 7s 6d to 28s pair, hgp •are easing. New laid. Is jd to Is sa: . " table samples. £4 10s to £p; medium, £3 ICs to £4. TIMARU, GRAIN REPORT. Wheat.—During the past week a considerable quantity has changed'hands at. 4s 6d though buveis are disinclined to give quite this figure to-day. being Icthe to operate, at all largely until the question of the. duty on flour has been decided. . Oats.—Practically no shipping is l>eing done. The only demand is for oats for local consumption. Shippers have learnt that Australian oats are going into the North Island at considerably less than they can sell at. It is reported that oats arcbeing landed at Auckland at 2s BJd c.i.f. plus duty 3|d. Potatoes are quoted at £3 -10s, at country stations. These are also being largely imported from Australia. If the shipments continue prices cannot advance. THE CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH.. July 5. The wheat market appears to have been more affected in Ashburton and South Canterbury than in Christchureh. the reason no doubt being that southern millersare in most need of *uppli-:s. There hasbeen little doing here in wheat during the . week, the-only sale repotiad being a, mixed line of 8-XO hushels at 4s 4Jd f.o.b. to go south. Onlv a very small amount of business » is passing in other lin:a of grain and produce. It is not likely that any potatoes wili be brought over from the Chatham Islands this, season. There has been a. amount of rain and the tubers are. not only damaged by the wet but it if said that the blight has devastated the crops. No "seed was imported from the mainland last- season and if the disease has shown itself in the Chathams it must have been dormant and brought out by I weather favourable for"its development.