Commercial

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 6, 6 February 1908, Page 17

Commercial

- PRODUCE Donald Reid and Go. (Ltd.) report : — We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a ( full attendance of buyers, and our catalogue, which was made up' chiefly of small lots, met a good clearance at quotations. Values ruled as under :: — • Oats. — The quantity of old oats on hand is now small. Fair inquiry is experienced for shipment, and to supply - orders . shippers are turning their attention to the new crop. So -far only a few samples have come to hand. These have found buyers at prices a shade below values for old oats. We quote : Prime milling (old oats), 2s 3£d; good to best feed, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; inferior to medium, 2s to 2s l^d per bushel, sacks extra. Wheat. — No samples of new wheat have as yet come forward. The quantity of old wheat on hand is very limited, and is mostly going off as fowl feed at prices fully equal to quotations for milling quality. We quote : Prime milling, ss; best whole fowl wheat, 4s lOd to ss; medium, 4s 6d to 4s 9d; inferior and broken, 3s 6d to 4s 3d per bushel, sacks extra. - Potatoes. — Supplies have been coming forward more sparingly, and all freshly-dug lots have inquiry at improved rates. At our sale good to prime kidneys realised £5 10s to £6, medium are worth £4 10s to £5 5s per ton, bags included. Chaff. — Supplies of new chaff are now being put on the market. Thoroughly matured lots meet with ready sale, but lots in, doubtful condition are difficult to deal with. Old oaten sheaf is not so plentiful, and with good inquiry sells — at £3 17s 6d to £4; medium to good, £3 5s to £3 15s;" medium, £3 to £3 ss; inferior and heated, £2 to £2 15s per ton, bags extra. LIVE STOCK ? DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. (Ltd.) .report as follows : — As was to be expected, after our special sale the" previous week, the horses forward for last Saturday's sale were not numerous, and only a few of them could be designated as first-class. There was the-usual attendance of town carriers and contractors, but farmers were rather poorly represented. We had several buyers in- the yard for really good heavy young draughts, also for spring-carters, and as a consequence a fair amount of business^, resulted. The light horses were only a medium lot, still several changed hands at' full values. ' Heavy, young ca-rt geldings continue to be sought after, and any first-class horses coming forward meet a good market and realise full rates. We quote : Superior young draught geldings at from £45 to £50; extra good do (prize-winners), at from £50 to £55; superior young draught mares, at from £50 to £60; medium draught mares and geldings, at from £30 to £40; aged do, at from £15 to £20; well-matched carriage pairs, at from £70 to £100; strong spring- van horses, at from £25 to £30; milk-carf and butchers' order-cart horses, at from £18 to £35; light hacks, at from £8 to £13; extra good hacks and harness horses, at from £13 to £25; weedy and aged do, at from £5 to £7.