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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13810, 22 January 1909, Page 4

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-■ —' „ «► . SKIN SALE. Ai-;ihe first fortnightly skin sale on .Wednesday there was an entry of about"; 5000 skins, besides some wool, hides and fat, a large attendance of buyers, and a good sale at prices quoted belbwj..from the several catalogues taken -together:—Crossbred skins "at per lb--3id, 3*d, 4id, 4Ad, to 5Jd and 5Jd; per skin, T 3s 6d.'4s 6d. 4s Bd. ss, os 6d, 6s to 6s 2d; halfbred, per lb — 4d, .sd, oid to 61d, per skin 4s to os 6d; threequarterbred. per lb—4-Jd to each 5s 7d, os 10d: Merino, per to 6id, each 3s 3d to os Id; lamb skins each, Is, Is 6d, 2s 2d; hoggets, killed, up to 5s 3d, dead, per lb; various dead skins, 2id to 3id to 5d and 6id; butchers' skins at equivalent rates". "Wool, threequarterbred ewe 6d; pieces, 2id to 44d; bellies and pieces, 3£d; dea<L wool up to. 8d; matte :1 fleece, 4*d. Pelts, 4d. 7d. Is to Is 6d. Calf skins up to 4d per lb; hides, up to 3s 3d; horse hides up to 2s 6d. Fat 16s, a6s 6d, to 18s 9d per cwt, FROZEN : MEAT. ' The monthly report of the C.C. and D / Company T dated London, December 11th, says that the meat trade during the last'four weeks has been just about as dull" as possible, and the depressed condition of the trade requires explanation. This is probably to be found in the state, of the general trade of the country. From nearly all quarters complaints of stagnant business are heard, and this naturally affects the meat' consumption of the' population. -Minor causes which have affected the frozen meat' trade more particularly are the abundant supplies of Dutch mutton and-South American chilled beef and the mild open weather winch has enabled; the British farmer to maintain Iris"supplies to the market. It is some considerable time since frozen meat as a whole has been so little wanted by the retailers, and when it is stated that,: at various times during the period under review, it has been. possible to purchase Dutch mutton as low-as 4d per lb and South American chilled hinds as low as 3d Tier lb,. it is not difficult to understand that these meats have easily displaced a quantity ot frozen. New Zealand mutton hod suffered" less than other kinds, stocks bein <r low. New Zealand lambs fail to attract buyers. Small Canterbury!, can be placed up to ogd per lb, butother weights and descriptions are practically unsaleable.