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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3132, 11 August 1892, Page 2

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The Waiknto Tttnti Orlice, Wednesday. MARKET REPORTS. Thr New Zetland Loan fcnd Mercantile Agency Company report under date : — Dunkoin*, July 28. —Gruiti : Wheat There is practically nothitic new ti> report in thii mi) far as tho demand for local consumption is concerned. Occasionally "dd lots are shipped CMiativi.-ie. -Mtller.s have a very fair supply for some tnne to ciinn, and are thereforu indilfereut uliuut buyinK at late qiK/t.itiom. l>!ito cablegrams to hand from Home report the market steadier, with a Might lise, but. ho far the local market is not auparently as yet influenced thereby. Tjtttr advices are not so tuvorable. We tive lain quotations for prime milling velvet, red straw, arid Tuscan, 3s tid to 3s Bd—extra prime aliehtly more ; Rood to best, 3s Id to 3s 3d.—Oats > A moderate amount of business has been done in these during the past week. Compared with previous seasons the quantity now held on growers' aceoHnt is very much leas, probably not morn than one third, and only a few trucks arriving, consequenty the juantity to be dealt with is limited. Quotations : For best bright stout milliner, Is 9d to Is lid ; best bright short feed, la 9d to la lOd. —Potatoes : These show no improvement. Best Derwents, 30s to 35s j others, 17s (id to 27s Gd por ton (<acks weighed in).—Dairy Produce : The supply of both butler and cheese seems to be in excess of requirements. Buyers are not diapoitJ to Rive prices lately current. We quote prime keg butter, 9d to lOd, and difficult to place; factory-made clieeae, medium size, 4sd to 3d ; loaf shape, 5Jd to ; dairy-made, 3d to per lb. The Egmonfc Farmers' Union (Limited) report under date :— Hawkua, Aupust 4. —We had another very small sale at Stratford on Friday, the 2'Jth ult., most of the stock advertised not coming forward. The principal stock submitted were cows in calf, and these all sold roadily at pricea ranging from £5 10s to £C> ss. One line of 400 ewes was sold at 12s 10id. On Saturday, the 30th ult., before a large assembly, we held our monthly horse fair—the largest and most successful that wo have had since last March. There were about 110 horses, both broken and unbroken, entered for sale, the majority of them being hacks of rather inferior quality, though we had a few good young draught horses, which elicited keen competition. There were plenty of buyers present, some of them coming a distance, but these latter did not secure many horses, ▼ery few of the class they required (upstanding hacks and light harness) coming forward for sale ; though the majority of what were in changed hands under the hammer at prices very satisfactory to vendors. We quote : Young draughts £1 fn to £5 2s Gd, hacks and harness horses £4 12s 6d to £11 17s 6d, weeds 15s to £3 10s. At our Manaia stock sale on Wednesday, the 3rd inst., about 100 more cattle came forward for sale than had been advertised, and fully as many sheep. The attendance was large .and bidding very brisk for all kinds of cattlo, particularly young stock, and we had a large proportion of the last-named yarded ; they all sold readily under the hammer. No fat stock was yarded, but if there had been, they would have sold well, being in good demand just now.. We quote : Two and a-half-year steers, £4 8s Gd to £4 lis: eighteen months to two-year steers, £3 Gs to £4 Is Gd ; weaners and yearlings, £17s to £2 19s ; cow? and heifers in calf and springing, £4 Is to £6 10s ; empty cows, £3 7s to £3 lis. Sheep : Ewes in lamb, 12s;