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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 6783, 27 January 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Grain Market.

The Ashburton Agency of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., quotes as follows on Jan. 26, 1906 :—

Wheat—(Prime)

Pearl Tuscan Hunters ...

... 3s Id ... 3s 2d ... 33

Oats—

Canadians Puns

... 2s „ Is lOd

Short Feed

. Is lOd

Danish ... ... Is 9d The above are prices current paid to farmers on trucks at Ashburton.

Tbe following is the Grain Market Eepcrfc for week ending January 26th, 1906 : Wheat.—Millers are fully supplied for tbe present, and sales are very difficult to make. Very little bas changed hands, and prices remain practically the came aa last wpek, although there is an eaay feeling on the market in consequence of the dullness of business. Quotations are—Pearl 3s Id, Tuscan 3s 2d, Hunters' 3s. Oats.—There is very little to report, and the market remains the same. What lines are on offer are being worked off in small quantities, there being practically no wholesale trade. Quotations are slightly lower, being—Canadians Is lid to 2s, Short Feed "and Duns Is lOd to Is lid, Danish Is 9d to la lOd. Eye Grass.—A fairly large quactity has been on offer considering the fact that the bulk of the crop is not yet available for threshing. Those samples that have been 1 shown are exceptionally good, being heavy, well grown seed, but inclined to be cut on the green side, and in great danger.of beating. Sales hare been made at 2b and 2b 3d, while 2s 6d is also being given for prime Bample, clean heavy seed,