CORN EXCHANGE.
The following is the Corn Exchange re- | port for the week ending Friday, the 25th instant:-— .. . A fair amount of busine*e has been transacted in grain and produce daring toe past week. Some large lines of wheat nave been placed oa the market, and purchasers hare reepended at a firm companion with last week's quotations, prime miilinglinea always commanding first attention. There has also been a tetter feeling evinced to operate in second quality PMcefr> especially Tuscan, which Iβ wanted by shippers, while ebickwheat is becoming ecarce, and prices have a hardening tendency. Oata fare steady, bright hear; feed lines being eagerly sought after for shipment- ane demand for discolored and ion* feed is chiefly confined to local dealers, but buyers are.-.plentiful. Barley—A quiet market exists for milling; several feed line*, however, have found purchasers .at low figures. Peas and beane are inactive, the latter having an occasional order for ship* Pin*. Bye grass is dull; orders are coming to hand very slowly. The market, howerer,is bar/, and no fall is Cocksfoot—Bright heavy eeed is quickly taken up for shipment at a slight advance, ; but discolored, which has to dependchiefiy I upon ocal requirements, ie plentiful and dull of tale. Potatoes are quiet, week c quotations cannot be altered. Dairy produce market has little business of note to report. The quotations are as follows:— Wneat-Prime mfflitt* (winter), Mto2d{ Tuscan, 3* to 33 Id; second quality, 2a 4d to 2e 8d; whole chick wheat, & Id to Oats—Milling and bright heavy feed, 2s Id to 2a 2d; discolored and long feed, Is 9d Barley—Malting (nominally), 8s to Sβ 3d; feed,2sto2e2d,f.ob. Peas—Seed, up to 4e 6d; feed, 2a 9d to Sβ Beans—2a 6d to 2s Bd, f.o.b. -*. Bye Grass—Machine dressed, 4e 6d to SsjTfarmera' parcels, 3a 3d to 3s 9d, ChnstCocksfoot— Bright heavy, SJd to 3Jdj disoolored, 2d to 2*J, f o.b , £yttetton. . Potatoea-Derweute, «te to ea»ed, fj9.b^ Dairy Produce-Cheese (small loaf), 6d to ejd; medium to large, 4Jd. Batter, prime (in tube), 9d to 10d; second quality, 4d to 8d f.o.b. ; „ These are prices paid to rarmei% i
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Press, Volume XLII, Issue 6246, 25 September 1885, Page 2
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348CORN EXCHANGE. Press, Volume XLII, Issue 6246, 25 September 1885, Page 2
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