Grain and Produce.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XII, Issue 2471, 26 September 1891, Page 2

Grain and Produce.

The following is the Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday, September 25: —The local Wheat market has seen no change m the week. Prices are ;iirnrat quotations. ";Oats—A few parcels have changed hands, but m the absence of outside orders, the demand is limited. UAniiHY-^-ButTfew/TsampleH offering. Pkas aud-Beans—Little doing ; growers have had to accept exceptionally low prices for wrinkled varieties of the former as compared with previous seaso^. «"iRASS Sj-;hi» and Clover.—The recent rains have not been general throughout the country, and though an improved demand is noticeable it is not up to the average. .Potatoes—Little or no business doing ; parcels going forward are ! principally on consignment;'. quotations I nominal. Dairy Pbodttck-«No particular change cau be noted. Quotations are as 'follow:— Wheat, Tuscan, 43 6d; Pearl, 4s sd; Hunter's, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; second quality, 1. 3s 9d to 4s; broken, chick, 3s 3d to 3s 6d.; Oats, nulling, Is lOd ; bright heavy feed, | la 9cl; long, Danish, and inferior kinds, Is 6dtols7d. .. ' | Barley, prime malting, 3s ; second quality, ; 2s Gd ; feed, Is lOcl to 2s. ; Beans, 2s 9d to 3s. : I Peas, Blue Prussian, 2s 9d to 3s ; feed, 2s 8d to 2s lOd. Rye Grass, machine dresaed, 5s 3d to 5s 6d. Cocksfoot, heavy seed, s£d to s^d. Dairy Produce—Butter, farmers' keg, 8d; to 9s, .'-. ' ' ' ■'-.■, ; , Cheese, loaf shape, 4|d; large size,'. 3fd , to4d. The above prices are those paid to farmers ' for delivery f.o.b. Lytteltqij. Sacks extra.