DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Weekly Report.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXII, Issue 21, 20 September 1895, Page 13

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEY ARDS. Weekly Report.

Messrs Wright, Stephens™, and Co rep >rt as follows : — There was a t*ir auend«nce at our sale on Saturd y, when we offered a number of draught and light harness horses. Draught hors> s w -re. again in trood demand, and we had no difficulty in placing all tor which reas n >ble Dices were a'-kal. Really good upstanding harness horses are inquTed for, aud we have po doubt a few of this sort would sell well at pres -nt. Medium to inferior have on the other hand ab^oln'ely no demand, and can only be quitted at very low prices. Ni xt month, however, we hope to sen the demand for i bis dfccripiion lake a turn f>r the better. We quote : Heavy drauiih s, four to six yrars, £22 to £27 ; do, eight to ten years, £15 to £20; meliun diaughts, four to six jeaip, £15 to £20; light and sm ill do, £8 to £12; aged and inferior do, £4 to £.7 ; upsundm.; spri g cart borses, younj; aud sound, £12 to £16 ; »ell-Sred ups anding hacks an 1 harness horsea, £16 to £20 ; uiistand'nu; hacks and harness horses, £10 to £14 ; aged and inferior, £2 to £5. Mb F. Mbknan. Kin? ptreet, reports: — Wholesalt price only— Oitf, feed : Is 7J 1 to Is 9$ 1 ; milling, Is 10 1 to Is lid ; Goo t demand Wheat : Milling 3s lOd o 4s; fowls' 3s to 3s 7d, scarce, both in good demand. Chaff: Fair supply offering, inferior, £2 5a to £2 10s ; Rood, £3 to £3 10* ; Hay : Oat?, £3 ; ryegrass, £3 to £3 10s for good ; Straw, pressed 37s 6 1 ; loose, 37* 61 Dertorj ; both scarce Potatoes : market very dull, 25< to 30s ; kidney, good seed, L 2 -o £2 5^ ; Flour: sicks, £9; 50ibs, £9 10s ; Boiler, stone, 10s to 20s ; 1 ss according to brand ; Oatmeal, 251bs, £10; Fresh butter 6 i to lOd ; Factory, Is; salt, medium to good, 53 to 8d ; Eggi, 7d, Bran, L 3 10s scarce,