Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 64, 21 October 1911, Page 2

Commercial.

BUTTER AND EGGS

The local market prices this afternoon were given by the grocers as follows:

‘Separator Butter —’Wholesale from lOd to lid; retail from 1s to Is Id. Dairy butter —Wholesale from 9d to lOd; retail from lid to Is, Eggs—Wholesale 8d to lOd; retail lOd to Ip.

ST. ANDREWS STOCK SALE. The fortnightly sale was held yes. when only a small entry was offered. Competition was not keen anti sales were difficult to effect. Aged ewes with lambs sold at 8s Id to 9s 3d, half bred wether hoggets 13s, store wethers 15s 6d, mixed sexes hoggets 14s. Id; milch cows £8 10s, £7 12s fid, £7 ss, £6 ss, £5 10s, £5, £4 10s, £7 10s, empty cows £4 ss, young cattle £2.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS. There is still no mors to record in the local grain market, transactions in wheat being very few; and in oats there is nothing doing in the absence of offerings. Chaff is very firm, and for immediate delivery it is reported that an advance on the later rate has been paid.

Potatoes have further advanced in price and 42s fid to 45s has been freely paid to secure supplies for shipment north.

The undermentioned are the prices paid to farmers at country stations, free of commission, except where otherwise specified r Wheat —Nominal. Milling, Tuscan or Hunter’s, 3s 6d to 8s 7d, and Velvet 8s 7d to 3s Bd, at country stations. Oats (Nominal)—Algerian, seed liner 2s lOd to 2i lid, feed 2s 8d to 2s 9d, Gartens- 2s 9d to 2s 10d, at country stations. Barley—(Nominal.)

Ryegrass—ltalian. 3s 3d to 3s 63, perennial 3s 3d to 8s 6d, at country stations. Cocksfoot —6d to 7d, on Feninanlar. Beans—Bs Bd, at country stations, Pe&s—Partridge 8a 6d to 8s Bi, Blue Imperial 6s 6d to 7s, White Ivories 5s to 6s 3d, at country stations. Flour— £9 per ton, 1001 b bags £9 ss, 501 b £9 10s, and 251 b £9 16s. Bran— £4 16s local, £4 10' f.o.b. Pollard —£s 10s. 1 4; 7’s 4116. Oatsbeaf Chaff (nominal).—9os, at country stations.

Potatoes.—42s 6d to 455, at country stations.

Dairy Produce—Cheese* factory 6Jd, dairy 6Jd ; loaf, 6d. Bnttor, factory Is Id to Is 2d, farmers’ separator lid, dairy IOJd. Bacon, sides, 7fd, rolls, BJd ; Bam 9d, bam rolls 9£d ; honey, extracted Bsd per lb ; wax, Is 2d per, lb ; lard (packets) bnlk Bd, bladders BJd ; fresh eggs, 9d per dozen.—Press.