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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13954, 14 July 1909, Page 4

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AYASUDYKE SALE. The usual fortnightly sale was h<-l<l at "NVashdyke yesterday. Tin: yarding ■was a small one, only about 350 fat sheep and 1-5 head of cattle bcm« penned. The hulk of the entrj con !" prised ewes and wethers, and for all prime lots there was good competition. For cattle the demand was poor, batchers apparently bemn ali-en'ly fnllv supplied. Fat wethers l-3s o<J. 13s"l0d, 15s 3d to 15s 9d; fat ™" ps Id, 10s. 10s Id, 10s. 3d to lis 6d ; fat lambs. '3ls 9d. Fat steers.. £b l->* }>> £1 10s: fut cows. £"-> 7s 6d to £b l_s6d. CTIR ISTC'H URC'K GRAIN MARKET. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHUJRCH. Jnly ia. It is stated bere that about bushels of wheat out of the estimated surplus of two million bushels June now been, shinned. """It- is not expected that any further sal.s < t w.ieat to London will be made this mcnth unless tho market there shows an improvement or local prices are reduced. In the meantime farmers are holding firmly and no offers are being made The latest information from London records a fall of Is per quarter in oats, and this will put a check upon the export trade, as there is no margin o profit at present between the local and London values. As in the case of wheat, there aro no offerings. Potatoes are dull of sale in the absence of orders for coastal shipment. Shipments from Bluff have hlled up the Auckland market, and supplies are offoring: at a lower rate in the south than they can be quoted here. A Danish firm writes that their country is producing year by year increasing quantities of cocksfoot, Lie qualitv of which is superior to New Zealand seed, and therefore much preferred. - It is out of the question to handle New Zealand seed at present at the prices quoted.