GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14093, 12 July 1911, Page 11

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

(BY OCB COMMERCIAL EIMTOB.) Tuesday Evening. ' There is a good enquiry for wheat, but very little business is doing m consequence of growers holding firlnly. There is some turnover among merchants, though not to a great extent. The best price offered at country stations for other varieties than Velvet] is 3s 3d, but farmers are asking up to 3., Gd in most cases, and only odd lots, for which the current price is accepted, change hands. A small quantity of | four still continues to come into the Dominion from Australia. During the first four months of this year 9610 sacks were received from that source, all of which, except 726 sacks from Sydney, came from Victoria, the bulk of it going to the South Island. Oats are without change, but chatt is easier, and as. low as "os at country stations is the best offer that some buyers will make. The potatoes market is dull, ami prices have given way still, further. The highest price that most buyers wiu cive is 50s at country stations, as they cannot quote more than 65s f.o.b. for shipment. There are few sellers at present as growers arc now deciding to hold*till next month. The undermentioned are the prices paid to farmers, At country stations, free of commission, except where otnerMilling, Tuscan, or Hunter's, 3s 3d, and \elvet 3s 4d, at country stations. . Oats—Nominal. Algerian 2s 5d to 2s <?d Gartons 2s 4d to 2s 4*d, at country stations. Barlev —Nominal. ' , ■Rvccrass-Italian 3s 3d- to 3s 6d, Perennial 3s 3d to 3s 6d. at country St Oocksfoot-£d to 7d, on Peninsula. Beans—3s 3d, at country stations. Peas-Partridge 3s 6d to to;*!. Kg Prussians 6s 6d to 7s, White Ivories os to 5s 3d, at country stations. Flour—£9 10s per ton. Bran-£4 15s, local £4 10s f.o.b. per ton. Pollard—£6 10s per ton Oatmeal—2s's at £14, 7o's £16 per Oatsheaf Chaff—Nominal. 80s at country stations. j Onions—sss. at country stations. Potatoes—Nominal. Up-to-Datcs and Dorwents 50s to 555; Beauty of Hebron and Early Rose seed, £5 10s to £6; other early varieties of seed, =td to *./, at.country stations. Dairy Produce—Cheese, factory ojd, dnirv sid. loaf 6d; butter, factory Is 4d to Is sd. farmers' separator Is 2d, dairy Is Id; bacon, sides 7|d. rolls Bd, ham B*d: honey, extrarted 3Jd per Ib, wax Is 2d t>er 1b; lard (packets), 8d; fresh eggs, Is 2d per dozen.