DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 13, 26 December 1890, Page 15

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

WEIGHT Stephbkson and Co. report as follows :— An unusually large number of horses were offered to-day, drafts from Timarn, Waitaki, Oamaru, Clutha, and lavercargill, and a number of single horses from various farmers between Waikouaiti and Tokomairiro, being forward. With the excepiion of the draft from the Clutba, the whole of the horses were hack* and light harness, and as the cumber forward was more than sufficient for the demand a very slow sale resulted. A fair demand was experienced for useful draughts suitable for spring van and farm work, and in cases where owners were prepared to accept fair market value sales were easily effected. There were no really first class saddle or light harness horses forward, the great bulk of them being of fair to ordinary descriptions, and the balance inferior. We sold on account of Mr. William Sutherland (Duntroon) a draft of 12 useful sorts of unbroken colts and fillies and saddle and light harness horaeß ; on account of Mr. John Shaw (Timaru), six superior hacks and carriage and baggy horses ; on account of Mr. Jonas Hartley (Moeraki), six very useful spring cart and saddle and light harness horses ; and draft from Balclutha and Riverton of 20 medium draughts, saddle and harness horses ; also, on account of Messrs. J. and W. Diack and others, 12 horses at quotations. We quote :— Really first-class heavy draught geldings, £22 to £27 ; medium draught horses, £14 to £20 ; light and aged draught horses, £7 to £12 ; good spring-carters, £10 to £15 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £40 to £50 ; well-matched boggy PPr« r8 > £30 to £ 40 '. first-class hunters, £20 to £30.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports :— Wholesale prices :— Oats Is 2d to Is 5d (bags extra), good demand. Wheat : milling, 3s 3d to 3a 9d ; fowls', 3a 3d— latter firm, sacks included. Chaff : Market bare— £1 10s to £2 ; hay, oaten, £3; best rye-grass, £3. Bran, £3 10a. Pollard, £3 10a. Potatoes, old, £3 per ton ; new, 8s per cwt. Flour : roller, £10 to £10 15s ; stone, £9 5s to £9 16a. Fresh batter, very plentiful, value from 4d to 8d ; salt, nominal, for prime, 6d. Ejgi, Bd. Oatmeal, in 251 b, bags, £8 10s,