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Western Star, 23 November 1909, Page 3

Messrs McKay Bros, report the- following sales on Saturday*:— Poultry—Hens to 2s 7*l, roosters 2s 8(1,. duckling* is tel, chick si. Is, nens and ducklings 7s 6cl, ducks 2s Td. Pigs.—'Suckers 325, w-oalners iTys 3d, young sows to 27s Gd, stores to ’General Produce. —Potatoes 60s, nonii inal ; new potatoes 2d to 3d 5 onions, Victorian, to Us; oats 6s 6d; wheat ifj», barley meal. Os; green peas, 3d to 4d. Fruit—Oranges 15s 1 , mandarins 12« ; apples 1 os; lemons 14s, cherries P 39 to 295, bananas (ripe) llmto 14 s , 'tomatoes Is 2d to is 4d ft; strawberries to Is 6(1 I NVER CARGILL HORSE MARKET J. A. Mitchell a nd Co. report— The attendance at our sale on (Saturday w a s rather smaller than usual, when an entry ol forty horses came forward, the majority of these 'being ordinary stamps, several showing signs of wear and tear. 'Mo offered a pair of nice fqur-year-old spring carters, but as -the vendor’s reserve was not recached at £57 we Passed them in Me sold draughts at £42,, £3oand £3O for useful horses, m former price for a six-year-old mare; others at; £25 to £ls i aged and stale £To to £.2. Hhcks and harness’ horses brought £l2 downwards. There is a brisk enquiry for young upstanding horses.

PRICES CURRENT WHOLESALE. Butter, farm 6d, separator 8d Cheese 6M Hams 9d Eggs 9d Chaff, £2 5s to £2 10s Flour £ll 5s to £l2 5s Oatmeal, £lO to £ll Bran, £3 5s Pollard, £4 10s Potatoes, £2 10s to £3 Oats Is Gd to Is 8d retail Farm butter Bd, separator lOd Butter (factory) pats Is 3d Cheese Fd Eggs lid Bacon lOd Hams 10A Flour 501 b, 6s Gd Oatmeal, 501bs 6s Bran, 4s 3d Pollard, 5s 6d Chaff. £2 10s to £2 15s Potatoes, 4s cwt. Gats 2s Wheat, 4s 6d