Commercial.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2287, 4 March 1912, Page 3

Commercial.

■ —♦• ■ — Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report for week ending 26th February as follows : — \ We held our usual weekly auction' ,- sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday the 2Gth instant, when we ■-■■'■ offered a medium catalogue to the usual attendance of buyers. Prices ruled as under Oats—There is nothing fresh to report. Owing to the wet season, there are no new oats coming forward, and stocks of old oats are very small. Quotation are: Prime mil ling '' 2s 4A to 2s good to best feed 2s 3d to 2s 4d, inferior to medium 2s to 2s 2M per bushel (bags extra. 1 WlieatJ: —Business passing is of a. very limited nature. The bulk of last season's wheat is now all sold, hiw! so far there are no ne«v simples. Owing to the good reports on the London market wheat is firm here. Prime Velvet 3s lOid to 3s lid, Velvet ear and Tuscan 3s 9d to 3s l()d, best whole fowl feed 3s 8d to 3s 9d, inferior to medium 3s 3d to 3s 7d per bushel (bags exfrj.) Chaff:—Supplies of oaten sheaf have slackened considerably, and at to-day's sale it was mostly medium quality which was offered. There is a very good demand for prime oaten sheaf, but medium quality is hard to sell. *Prtms oaten sheaf chaff £:} 10s to £3 12s (Jd, medium to good £3 to £'3 7s (sd. iuferiur to medium £2 jto £2 Ids per ton (bags extra.)