DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 17, 27 August 1897, Page 15

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS.

Messrs. Wright, Stephen&on, and Co. report as follows :—: —

The entries for Saturday's sale consisted chiefly of spring cart and buggy horses, among which were some useful sorts showing a considerable amount of quality and building. The attendance ot buyers was good, and a fair amount of business was done. The few draughts offered met with good competition, and now that the weather has broken and the larmers noith of Dunedin are able to get on with ploughing, etc , there will, in all probability, be an increased demand. Consignments of really good draughts will sell well in this market, and those having this class of horses for disposal will find it t<s their advantage to sell here. Spring carters and 'bus horses were well competed for, and a number found new owners at satisfactory prices. The inquiry for hacks and buggy horses is improving slightly now that the spring is advancing, but it is only animals of first-class quality that are wanted. We quote : First-class heavy young draughts at fromL3o to L 35 (extra heavy a pound or two more) ; medium, L 22 to L 27 ; aged, LI.") to L2O : hacks and strong carriage horses, Ll."> to L2O ; good spring-cart sorts, Lll to LIT) ; light hacks, L 7 to LlO ; inferior, L 2 to L 5.

Mr F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale price only — Oats : Quiet ; feed, medium to good, Is lOd to 2s ; milling 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; fowls' wheat, 2s (>d to 8s Gd ; milling, 4s (>d to 4s S)d : chaff, L 3 to L 3 10s. llyegrass, hay, L 2 10s to L 3. Straw 24s per ton ; loose, 28s. Potatoes L' 2 10s to L 3 per ton. Flour : Roller. Lll to Lll 10s; Oatmeal : Ll2 10s in 251bs. Butter : Dairy, 7d to lOd ; factory, Is 2d. Eggs, lOd ; Bran, L 3 ss. Pollard L 3 15s. Onions LlO.