ASHBURTON.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12593, 8 September 1906, Page 11

ASHBURTON.

Our Ashbnrton correspondent writes: "Wheat—Farmers, and more especially .b-jjiiers oi' wheat, Jiavo been greatly disturbed at the suggested alterations in tin; Customs tan it. Millers on tho other .hand ei<iin to ecorii tho idea of tho alteration being accepted, and have, if anything, bought more freely than of lute. Prices Jiave hold tfieiT own, dcepito tJie fact that farmers have b«eu mc-ro willing to sell. Several lir.'Cs of primo anrJlLug Ivavo been esnt away to replenish the stocks of milleae. Values nri' —Tuscan '3s 3d, Pearl 3e 2d, Hunters 3e Id. Oats—There- has been a better deman for all elaeraee of oats, milling and good short feed being especially enquired ior. Stocks in. tho North lelaiid haro ovidontly become lower, and there" ie more of business with tJie NortJi Islamd tihan-for some time past. Quotations remain uinaltered it—Canadiaiifl 2s 2(1, aliart feed 2s Id, Danash Is lid to 2s. Ou'tslfceaf Chaff—Aβ is customary at this ti'ine of the year, a number of farmore are cutting up odd stacks of elieavca lield for their oivn use. Tilrie lias brouglit a grcator quantity on tihe market tJian tlicre is at present enquiry for. The price, has. in consequence, dropped to OOs, being tho beet quotation for prime-quality on trucks. (press association telkgbam.) DUNEDIN, September 7. At the hiclo sales to-day a Hereford' hido realised £3 3s 4d, or at fh© rate of 7id x>or lb. This is believed to l>o tho biggest price ever paid for a 6ingle hide in the colony. The eale is reported of cheese from tho Edondale and Omimi faotprieß at (JJ<l per lb, on trucks, which, is equal to G 3-lCth d, f.o.b.