GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9736, 26 May 1897, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

There has been little business during the last few days on account of the holiday. The only sale of grain reported is a line of 1500 bushels of Canadian and Dun oats at equal to 2s 3d delivered at Chx_tchurch. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, for direct shipment from country stations'and free of commission, except where otherwise specified :— Wh_——Good to prime quality pearl 3s lid to 4a, Tuscan'3s lOd to „ Ud, Hunter's 3s lOd to 3s lid, second quality wheat about 2d lower. Oats — Prime milling 2s 6d, good stout feed 2s 4d, fair short feed 2s 3d to 2s 34a% Dm_ 2s 3d, Danish 2s id to 2s 2d. Ba__7— Prime malting 3s 8d to 4s, medium do 3e 3d to 3s 6d, feed _ to 2s 4d, Cape 2s Sd. B__s—2s 7d to 2sßd. P__—Blue Prussians 3s 10d to „, feed varieties 3s to 3s 3d. Flock (millers' quotations)— Roller ' £11 10s, stone £10. Sharps—Bss. Bran—7sa. Oai_£az<—£l3. Oatsh__ Chaff—s6s to 60s at co_itry stations. Potatoes—-Kidneys and Early Roee 50s, Derwen— 37a 6d for May and 40s for Jane delivery at cot—try stations, I Onions—£6 at country sta&ens. «uw _.

•■-,-• } 3d to 2s 9d, machine dressed 3s 6d to 3s 9d, and heavy shottv seed up to 4s; cocksfoot bright Z\d to 3|"d ; discoloured 2Jd to 3d ; cowgrass 6d to 7d; white clover s§d to 6Jd ; alsyke, s£d to 64d. Dairy Produce—Cheese 3d to 4d, loaf to 4_d ; butter, factory Is, do in boxes lOd to lid, dairy 9d to lOd, salt in boxes 8d to 9d; bacon 6_d, do roll 6_d to 7d; hams 7^d. The New Zea—LTO Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association of Canterbury, Lp.» quote as follows on May 25th :— Wheat—Prime milling Pearl .. 4s2d tab- „ „ Tuscan .. 4s Id ~ ~ „ Hunter's.. 4sld >■ Seconds, clean .. ..3s 3d to —4d „ Oats —Tartars and Duos .. 2s 4d' „ Good stout feed.. -. 2s 5d „ Milling .. .. 2s6d „ Barley—Prime malting .. 3sedto43 ~ Medium (dull) .. .. 3s ,> Beans — 3dto2«9d „ Peas—Prussian Blues .. .. 4s to 4s 4d „ Partridge .. .. 3s3d „ Ryegrass—Fanuers' lines .. 2s6J ~ Cocksfoot —Good bright seed .. 3jd ~ Medium grades .. .. 3d „ Chaff—Good oatsheaf _ ..6— at country stations Potatoes—Derwents — .- 37s 6;! „