GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13102, 29 April 1908, Page 8

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

(BY OUR COMMERCIAL EDITOR.) Tuesday Evening. Merchants etill report that there is nothing doing in the grain market, neither wheat nor oats being offered, and quotations aro purely nominal. There is no alteration iv other lines, potatoes and chaff, remaining at late quotations. Cowgraes is now offering fairly freely, and the sample is good, -while the yield, notwithstanding tho dry seafson, is saul to be above tho average. Sales liavo been mado at 9d to 9Jd. A few samples, mostly light, of whito clover, havo been submitted, but little business has been done. Our Invercargill correspondent writes that, consequent upon tho holidays last wac'k, tjw> arrivals of oats from tho country were light, but the previous week 52,000 sacks canio'to hand by rail. It i 3 a noticeable feature tliie .season that there are tew instances or rejection, almost all the lots coming forward being fully up to sample. The quotation is nominally 2s at stations tor 13 grade, sacks extra, and Id and 2d moro for largo and choice lines for shipment. Wlhen 2s 2d is paid, it is generally for special linos of Gartons, or mixtd Gartons aaid Spnirowbille. The cnaff coming forward is of excellent quality, and is selling at £3 10s at stations. The undermentioned aro the prices paid to farmers, at country stations, free of commission, except where otherwise statod^— 'Wheat (nominal) —Is 3d! to 4s 4d, at country stations. Oats' (nominal)— 23 3d to 2s 4d, at country stations. JJarley (nominal) —Good malting 4s 6d to 4s 9d, at country stations. llyo Grass—Perennial, 2s 6d to 33 6d, extra prime seed 3s 6d, Italian good grade 2s 6d to 3s 3d. Cocksfoot—l2lb to 131b seed, 8d to 9d. Cowgrass—9d to 9>d. Pc.is—Partridges 3s 6d to 4s, Prussian Blues os Gd, at country stations. Flour—£ll 10s per ton. Dran—£s os t>er ton. Pollard—£6 10s. .-^. Oatmeal—£ll. ' Oatshoaf Chaff—£3 17s Cd to £1, at country stations. Potatoes—£3 las for Dorwents and Up-to-Dates, at. country stations. Onions— £s, at country stations. .Dairy Produce—Cheesej factory ojd, dairy sd, loaf cheese GJd. Butter, factory 14£ dto 15} d. farmers' separator 13jd, dairy lljd Bacon, sides 9-Jd, rolls 10d. hams'9ki. Honey, extracted 4d per lb; wax. Is 2d per lb. Lard (packets), 3d. Eggs, Is Sd.