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TUB AORICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



Market Reports, 



(ResponsibUUy for the accuracy of the Statements and Opinions oj the .following Reports rests with 



the respective contributors ) 



MARITZBURG.-Messrs. W. H.Walker and 

 Co write :-" Ring out the false ring m che 

 Iruer is a sentiment which doubt es. will find 



an echo in many a heart n iw that ISOl has 

 toined the great majority. Tho.e in business 

 iTo had to contend with difficulties and draw- 

 backs when the war commenc d in l«yj, never 

 for one moment dreamt that two years after- 

 wards we should be confronting m-ich the same 

 state of affairs. It is freely asserted that it is 

 ?r more difficult to transact business now when 



the war is supposed to be ^'yt^^llT^^^J^^^^ 

 than it was at its commencemen^ ^ade is very 

 far from healthy, but " it is a l .ng lane that has 

 no turning;' an^'itjs to be ^oPed that 



before the dawn of another year 8°" ^ ^ 

 will have assumed its position prior to the war. 



Mealies -Grain is a little easier than it was 

 a St back^nd .ood b-P - a,e being 



Lm? samVes, we'are'tofd (but the/ have not 

 coSe our way), have been purchased at 8s. 6d. 

 and 93. Gd.permuid. ^ i9« w rer 



Forage. From Es. to 7s. 6d. and 12s. 3d. per 



-About 2s. 6d. per 100 Ib^ ; bedding, 

 from 7s. 6d. to 21s. 6d. per load. 



Potatoes -We have never known such a drop 

 in tubers as we have experienced this last few 



note f .ir samples have been as low as 3s. .6d. 

 Tndt '6d per wTlbs., very few samples going 



''|[aM/-Tbi?grain is still plentiful, but good 

 sampU s have sold at an average of about 7s. 6d. 



P »co -^rom lOid. to Is. 2.1d. per lb. 

 ?iT-From 9. to Hs. 3d per lOOlbs. 



^-^^r^^tX. 5s. 3d. each 

 duckTfr^m5s.9d. to lis. 3d. per pair; geese 



from 6s. to 8s. each ; turkeys from . 

 eaoh • guinea fowls, 10s per pair 

 Butler From 9d . to lOi. per lb. 

 X.-From Is. 3d to 3s. 3d per do. 

 c,-;i;f;,.;,,.,._Muttoa from 5d. to b^d 

 batnfWm5d. to8d.per lb.;ham 



to 25s. 



per lb. ; 

 from 6d. 



fn^Od per lb ; rabbits, 9d (aeh'; fish, 9d. to 3s. 



cucnmbers, lettuce, marrows, turnips, peas, 

 ''"^^S-ltvl-rbrnanas, oranges, pineapples, 

 ^*'^Srr'F^>rato7d.,9.., and Is. Ud. 

 per 100 lbs. 



UURBAN.-Mr. W. H. Edmonds, Box 44, 

 writes :— „ ■ fairly brisk, but by no 



„etr'u«?^ so"for tlus^.me of the year. 



Complaints are 1 ud an 1 deep respecting the in- 

 ability of the railway to cope with trade require- 

 ments, and the block at the Port is something to 



Mealies. The market is dull to a degree, and 

 there appears to ie little prospect of improve, 

 ment. Quotations rule about 12s. 6d. muid with 

 an enquiry for parcels. The season, so far is 

 grand, and should it keep up the crop will pruve 

 another record. , . , .„ ^ 



Potatoes. -'VhQ crop now being reaped is the 

 heaviest ever known, and farmers are jubilant 

 Prices are anyhow, but at the same time all 

 really good samples bring their price, which may 

 be said Ito represant 1 3s. to 14s. per bag top price 

 _t5on»-derab'e quantities are on offer 

 at var ous rates, but the Durban demand is in- 

 considerable, owing to large importations of 

 lucerne compresse 1 fodder, etc. Seeds ot all 

 kinds lA demand, but locil supplies are compara- 

 tivelj nil. 



General Murdoch Smith used to tell a curious 

 retriever who, unfortunately, developed the 



Eelf at his owner's house, wagging his ta 1 



rhe%Ktt'dSd'lefore, and was anxious 

 to put himself right in his owner s eyes. 



The reason why Denmark has so rapidly 

 inmned?n o prosperity in the butter-makmg in- 

 Sv lies in^the^f act that all dames have been 



rarely that he has to put bis. " P0^/> ^ , ^."^S 



|£S=d^aJe^iSl^|^on^ 

 L distinctly for the advantage of the people to 

 whom the advice and directions are given. 



