GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9604, 19 December 1896, Page 6

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

The shower of rain which fell on Thursday evening was most welcome to farmers, 1 and though it did not lost as long as was desired it appears to have been pretty .general throughout the province. All kinds of crops will benefit exceedingly, and pastures will also be improved. There is a very promising crop of cocksfoot on the Peninsula, and it required this rain to prevent premature ripening. During the past few days the grain market has been in a quiescent state, very little wheat or oats changing hands. No sales worth recording have been reported, and quotations remain without alteration. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, except where otherwise specified :— Wheat—Pearl (prime milling) 4s 6d to 4s 7d, Tuscan 4s 3d to 4s sd, Hunter's 4s 3d to 4s 5d s good seconds 3s to 3s 3d. Oats — Prime milling 2s Id, good stout feed Is lid, fair short feed Is lOd, Duns Is lid to 2s, Danish Is lOd. Barley—Prime malting 3s 6d to 3s 9d, medium do 2s 9d to 3s, feed 2s to 2s 3d. Beans (nominal) —Well saved 2s 8d to 2s 9d. Peas—Blue Prussians (nominal) 4s to ss, feed varieties 3s to 3s 6d. Flour (millers' quotations)— Roller £11 10s, stone £10, sharps £3 10s. Bran—£3 6s. Oatmeal—£ll 10s. Oatsheaf Chaff—(Nominal) 35s to 37s 6d for prime samples at convenient country stations, sacks extra. Potatoes—Business for season now practically over. Grass Seed—Ryegrass, .farmers' lots 2s 3d to 2s 9d, machine dressed 3s 6d to 3s Qd, and heavy shotty seed up to 4s; cocksfoot (nominal), 3sd to sd, town machine dressed, 16lb seed 4£d, 171b seed 5d .to s£d ; cowgrass (nominal) 5d to 6d; white clover (nominal) 6d to 7sd ; alsyke (nominal) 5d to 6d. V; DAntT Produce—Cheese 3d to 4d, loaf 3sd to 4sd; butter, factory 9d, dairy 5d to 7d; bacon 6£d, do roll 6Jd to 7d; hams 7sd. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association op Canterbury, Ltd., quote as follows on 18th December, 1896 :— Wheat—Prime milling pearl ~ 4s 6d to 4s 7d f.o. b. „ ~ • Tuscan .. 4s 6d „ „ „ Hunter's 4ssdto4s6d ■• Seconds, clean.. .. 3s6dto3s9d' „ Oats—Tartars and Duns .. Is lid „ Good stout feed.. — 2s ~ Milling .. -. 2s to 2s Id „ Barley—Prime malting „ "iNnminal Medium (dull) - |« oulinal Beans.. .. «. - 2sßd „ Peas—Prussian Blues .« ..5s „ Partridge .. «.' 3s to 3s 3d „ Chaff—Good oatsheaf ■■*»■■ «. (Nominal) 36s to 40s at country stations. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., quote as follows on 18fch December/ 1896:— Wheat—Prime milling pearl .. 4s 6d to 4s 7d f.o.b. „ „ Tuscan .'. 4ssdto4a6d : „ „ „ Hunter's.. 4ssdto4s6d „ Seconds, clean, few I offering .. .. 3s6dto3s9d „ Oats—Tartars and Duns ... lslOd tolslld „ Good stout feed .. - ..2s „ Milling 2s to 2s Id „ Barley—Prime malting (none offering) | Feed.. .. .. 2s3dto2s6d „ Beans .. ~ .." 2s 6d to 2s 8d „ Peas—Prussian Blues .. — (nominal) Chaff—Good Oatsheaf ... •» 35s to 37s 6d per i ton at country stations. '