PRODUCE &c..

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7781, 7 February 1891, Page 6

PRODUCE &c..

The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary) for week ending Friday, February 6th, 1891 :— During the week there has been a fair quantity of new grain on offer, but as yet we can report but a limited business. The samples of whaat offering are of fair quality, the winter grain being the best. Buyers are shy to make offers preferring to wait till the rates become more settled. It is anticipated that prices will open at 33 at country stations, with prime cuacan in good demand for Home shipment. Oats are weaker on account of the new crop offering so freely and but little outside demand. Barley—Maltsters want prime sorts, but anything of an inferior character is entirely neglected. Blue peas are offering freely. Grass seed has a good demand, but sample l * are coming up from the South which will ease the enquiry. Dairy Produce—Unaltered. The following are the week's quotations :—

Wheat—Old, Tuscan, 3s 7d; pearl, 3. 5d to 3s Od; Hunter's, 3s 3d to 3s 4d; new, Tuscan. 3s _d to 3s sd; peatl, 3s 3d; Hunters, 3s 2d to 3s 3d; fowl wheat, whole, 2s 9d; broken, 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Oats—Milling, Is 8d; short feed, Is (3d to Is 7d ; long ana inferior, Is 4d to Is sd. Barley—Prime malting, 3s 3d; second quaUty, 2s 9d to 3s; feed, Is 9d. Peas —Prussian blue, 3s (if true to name); feed, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Grass Seed—Town machine dressed 5s ; clean farmers' parcels, 3s fid to 4s; inferior, 2s 6d to 3s, Dairy Produce—Factory butter, 7d to 8d; farmers, 6d; cheese, small loaf, 4_d; larger, 3_dto4d. The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery f.0.b., Lyttelton. Sacks extra.

Tx_ New Zealand Farmers' CoOPBBATTVE ASSOCIATION OF CANTERBURY, Limited, reports as follows for the week i ending Friday, February 6th, 1891 :— Wheat-r-Some small parcels of old have been taken at recent quotations for local consumption. New crop is now offering, and quality so far leaves little to be desired.' Export buyers are apathetic, preferring to hold off till the nearer approach of the t.nnage secured, and growers are disinclined co accept the prices offeied, namely, Tuscan 3s _d, pearl and velvet 3s act, Hunter's 3s 3d f.o.b. Oats—Few sales of any magnitude are reported, and the position is unchanged. New crop: Milling Is 8d to Is Od, short feed Is 7d to Is Bd.

Barley—Sales of prime malting have taken place on the basis of 3s 3d f.o.b. Ryegrass—The market is a little easier, but prices nominally unchanged. Machine dressed 4s Od to ss, ordinary 4s to 4s Od. Cockstoot—Export lines for immediate shipment are worth 4_d per lb, ordinary 4£d. Batter—Prime fresh has advanced to 9d to lOd.

Cheese—Loaf size 4d, medium to large B_d to 32d. Peas— Che market is fairly brisk, at 3s Id to 3* 3d f.o.b.

E sports for week ending Friday, 6th February, 1891:—Wheat, _668 sacks ; oats. 7612 sacks; barley, 933 sacks; flour, 340 sacks and bags; peas, 648 sacks; rye, 50 sacks; -bacon, 49 cases; cheese, 44 cases.

The .New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report oh the grain and produce market for the week ending 7th February, 1891:--

Wpol—Locally there have been one or two southern sales, which have passed off well, during the week. Cable news from London continues of a satisfactory nature, the most recent .advices quoting a good demand, witb brisk, competition, and a feneral upward tendency for all sorts, 'his is pleasing news, and may be taken as a good omen for our local auctions on 20th inst.; for which wool is arriving freely Into store, and several well-known back-country merino crops will be then, .submitted.

I Tallow and Fat—Prices are without change. Best rough fat, l_d to lfd; inferior, Id per lb. Tallow iv small lots, 12s fid to 10s Od per cwt. Hides—Supplies are disposed of at list prices, 651b and over 4d, 60 to 641b 3_d, 51 to 591b 2_d, 501b and under lfd per lb. Sheepskins—Average supplies came to hand this week, pelts predominating. The attendance was not large, but good competition was met with, and values ruled a shade higher than last week for good skins, but inferior, cut, or torn were disposed of with difficulty. Butchers' best crossbred pelts brought Is lOd to 2s 7d, medium, lOd to Is 2d; merino, 9d to Is Od ; Lambskins, Is to 2s 9d, according to size and quality. Dry skins, Is 0d to 5s apiece. Wheat—Market dull and business in old grain is very limited. Few samples of the new crop have yet been offered. We trust the farmers will profit by the experience of former years and not commence threshing operations from atook, or . tooaoon after being stacked. In former Seasons this error of judgment has been a very fruitful source of not only trouble, but serious loss to the farmer and merchant. To-day's prices are as follows: —Tuscan, 3s 7d to 3s 8d; pearl, 3s 5d to 3s fid; Hunter's, 33 3d to 3s 4d per bushel, f.o.b. Sacks extra. Oats—Demand has fallen off considerably, .but bright heavy lines still meet with a ready sale. Other qualities are neglected. New samples are sparingly offered and values are not yet sufficiently defined to give quotations. Old crop, prime milling, Is Bjtd to Is 9_d; heavy feed, Is 6_d to Is 7_d; ordinary, Is 6d to Is 6d per bushel, f.o.b. Sacks extra. Barley—Nothing new to report, the new crop, not being yet available. Beaus and Peas—A few lines of Prussian blue peas have been offered. Quotations. 3s to 3s 3d per bushel, _o.b. Sacks extra.

Grass Seed—Little business has as yet been reported, the quantity offering being restricted. Farirers' parcels ryegrass, 3s -_ to 4s 3d per bushel; town machine dressed, 5s to 5s 6d perbusheL Cocksfoot—New samples still continue taw. Undressed seed, 4d to 4_d per lb. Dairy Produce — Butter, 6d to 7_d; cheese, 3d to 4d per lb. Above quotations are for old grain, except when otherwise mentioned.

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