COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13697, 12 September 1908, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

ST. ANDREWS SALE. At St. Andrews sale yesterday there was a moderate yarding of 6heep and a large yarding of cattle, principally dairy cows.- Bidding was slow, and the sale dragged, but the balk of the stock changed hands at prie*« which compare favourably with : late saks.' Fat wet bets sold up to 17?, and ewe* to 13s 6d; bnteding eweK frill mouth 13s 6d. 2tooths 2Cb 6d, 20s r 19sr 7d, 19c. 17s 6d; one pes 4-toJoths (small) 13s, ewe hoggets 13s 6d to 145.5 d, mixed sexes lis 9d to 13s 3d, wethers- lls 9d, 12s, 12b Id. Cattiet fat steers £6, fat heifere to £5 * 10b, coirs In profit £5 10s to £5 15s, cowt> and heifers (springing} £5 ss, £4 2s 6d. £4 10b, £5 7s 6d, £6 2s 6d, £6 12s 6d to £7. TIMARU GRAIN MARKET. Wheat-—Tbemarkefc in wheat shows a firmertendencysince last week, bat in spite 1 i>f v this merchants say that little business isNloing- -The millers are not inclined to venture far afield and what purchases they havemade bare only , been small ones, sufficient- to keep them going until' thev can buy at their own prices, and jogging br : the tenacity with which farmers are. holding on to tbeir stocks it appears that- Save great confidence in the future posifiojn of, wlWat, but whether, inview d? the extensive importations of Australian floor, they are justified iff "their beliefs remains to be seen. Daring 0 the week a prominent merchant •was ©lfered 4s 2d for a line of 1000 sacks, bat the firmer who owned the grain wanted 4» 3d." Some small linw of Velvet have been sold at 4s*3jd f.0.b.. sacks in, or 4s 3d in" Trajanr, and other varieties at 4s 2d f.o-b. Oats—Orders of any size are difficult to obtain and' little business is doiflg. Quotations are Is lid to 2b f.0.b., racks an. Potatoes!.—-The market in tubers is practically dead, and buyers are hard to find at £3«4o'£3 5s at country stations. CLEARING SALE. Guinness and LeCren, Ltd., report hold : rag on© of the most successful clearing, rales that has taken place in the YVarhdyke district during the past few years on Thursday last- at Seagrove Farm on account of Mr Benjamin F. G. Cochran, who has sold his fa'rm The farmers of the sorrotrading dtSfricls attended in large numbers, alw buyers from Waimate and Orsldine. • The well known excellence of Mr Cbchran's stock and plant, and «s all lots coming forward were in first-rate condition; the bidding was keen, and good prices wtye realised. The following aw some of the- principal items:—Sheep: Rorder Leicester ewes at one and seveneights guineas, 82 fat forward wethere at 15s 6d» 24 fat ewes at 12s, crossbred ewes and lambs at 12s, Leicester and Bordec ranis, at 2 guineas and one guinea. . Horses: Bay mare Bettv £SO, bay mare Kate £46, chestnut gelding Punch £35, hay mare Pride £34. bay mare Jess £3O ICs. 2-year-old gelding £22, draught yearling filly £l6, pony mare Winnie £27. Cattle: Dairy c«ws and heifers £5 ss» £4 ISs, £4, shorthorn bull £3, yearlings 265. Pigs: Porkers £2 and £1 7s. Sheep dogs £5 and £3 15s. Fowls: Hens 5w 6d and 3» 6d per pair, roosters 4s and 3«i 6d each. Implements, etc.: Farm - drays £l4 10* to £lO 10*. gigs £22 10s, £ll, tip dray £7, broadcast sower £l2 10s, d.f. plough £5 10s, ridging plottgh £4 15s. discs £4, roller £7, chain harrows £6 2s 6d, tine harrows £3 Ids, -£3 ss, turnip ridger £6. gnuw seed eoww £l3 10s, grubber £3 ICk, planet jr. £1 12s 6d. drill £lO, Garton oats at 9s 6d per sack, Tartar King oats at 10s 9d per sack, straw chaff at Is 5d per bag, grass seed at 20s per jack. Barnoi, tools,* timber, stake*, sheep netting, sundries and household furniture and of feet* sold at top market prices.