GRAIN REPORT.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 16 April 1908, Page 8

GRAIN REPORT.

WELLINGTON, April 14. •Mr. F. Pownall, of the' New Zealand and Canterbury^ Farmers' Go-operative Associations.. Wellington, reports as follows, all quotations being f.0.b., port of shipment, sacks free:—-Oats.—-Trade is dormant consequent on farmers limits not being acceptable to merchants, outside business being feasible only on lower values ruling. Increased" cost of farm labour is blocking derogation, but stocks will have to be quitted. B Grade Danish list at 2s 6d, S. Bills 2s 6jd, Gartons 2s 7d, Duns 2s Bd, Seeds 2s lid. Wheat.^Flour Trust has thrown down the gauntlet to Australia, and operations for the next few months will be watched with interest. Millers are stocking , lightly, Tuscan and Velvet first realising 4s 9d, fowl feed 4s Bd. , ' ' Potatoes. —Provided growers do not overburden markets, brisk consumption existing will check further weakening until winter is passed. Whites are steady at £.4 ss, Blues £4 10s. Maize. —Small turnover at 4s Bd. Barley.—Malting quiet 5s 3d, feed 4s, Cape 4s 3d. Pease. —Partridge active 4s, split £15 10s. Bran.—Sale and output regular at £5 ss. Pollard, —Hardly obtainable at £7. Oatmeal. —25's firm at £13, rolled oats £18, Oatina 10s 6d. Chaff.—South are hardening with supplies temporarily thinning, asking 97s 6d for bright, and 92s 6d for medium; straw chaff 67s 6d. Hay.—Rye-clover 87s 6d, straw 455. .