GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14349, 8 May 1912, Page 10

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

I (l)T OUR COMMERCIAL EDITOR.) j i ' Tuesday Evening. i The local grain market :s somewhat { quiet, as the offering from farmers aro not as large as they were. The recent firming in tbe prices of wheat and oats has made Growers loss inclined to sell. Prices remain without change, both for wheat and oats. There is a good deal of shipping going on, principally oats, to AustraliaOatsheaf chaff is firmer, and - sales have taken place.at £2.17s 6d to £3, at near country stations. The notato market is alittlo firmer, though thero appears to he some- doubts as to what are the real values. Sales ; have taken nlaco at £4 12s 6d to £4 | ]ss, and for immediate requiremeiits more has been offered at handy stations. It is stated that a shipment of potatoes is being made from Tiniaru to Sydney. The undermentioned are the prices paid to farmers at country stations, freo of commission, except irher© otherwise stated. . . "Wheat.—3s 7d to 3s 7id; Pearl, 3s 7ld; fowl wheat, 3s - to 3s 3d, at country stations. ' ■.'»■- Barley.—Prime malting, 4s 4d to 4s 6d; extra x\riru© to 4s 9d, at country stations. " Oats—Algerians, 2 S .4d to 2s Gd; Cartons, A grade, 2s to 2s Id; B crade, Is lid to 2s, at , country stations. . Ryegrass.— Medium quality seed, 2s; heavy, 2s 3d to 2s 6d, at country stations. .-...-« . Cocksfoot. —Peninsula seed, 3jd to 4£d. Flour.—£B 10s ton, 1001b bags, £3 15s, 501b bags £9, 261b bags £9.05. Bran.—£4 15s (local), £4 10s f-0.b., per ton. ' , . . Pollard—£G per ton. Oatmoall—£l4 per ton. . New Oatsheaf Chaff.—£2 17s 6d to £3, at country stations. Potatoes. —Up-to-Dates and Dements £4 12s 6d t<s £4 15s, at country stations. ; ; ■'■ ■" -' '-'' ' "'• ;• ' Onions.—£7 10s, at country stations. Peas. —Partridge 3s, Prussian Blues ss_to.ss Gd, White Ivories 4s, at country stations.