INCONSISTENT WOOL AND GRAIN REPORTS.
TO THE EDITOR. Sib, —I notice a letter in-yonr last issue under übove heading signed " Farmer." In support of same I would ask,, you to insert the following two reports of auction sales held yesterday, 9th March, and taken from the Evening Star. By so doing \ou will oblige.— W;.E. K.
Dunedin, 10th March, 1896. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale to-day Oats.—A- full> attendance of .buyers, and under fair competition our catalogue was cleared at prices about on a level with those of last week. No prime milling offered beet, feed and good milling, Is 7Jd to Is 8d ; medium, Is 6a to Is 7d per bushel (sacks extra I.
Wheat.—A moderate quantity was offered but us bidding did not reach vendors’ ideas of value little business was done. We quote prime: velvet, 3s lOd to-3s lid; Tuscan, etc., 3s 8d to 3s 9d ; fowTwheat, 3s 3d to> 3s 7jd per bushel (sicks in). Barley.—Prime malting, 2s lOd to 3s Id ; medium to good, 2s 9d to 2s lOd ; feed and milling, 2s 3d to 2s 6d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. Best Dcrwents, L3toL 37a 6d, Only medium kidneys offered, which sold at 30s to -35s per ton (sacks in). Chaff. —No old chaff forward ; best new chaff, L 3 to L 3 2a (3d ; medium, L2 15sto L2 17s Gd.por ton (.bags extra.) The Mutual Agency Company of New Zealand,. Limited, report that prices ruled as ; under at their weekly auction sale to-day : Oats.—We submitted a fair catalogue of both new. and old oats. Best, Is 7J to Is B|d ; good, Is 7d to la 7} ; inferior, IsSJd to Is s£d. Wheat. — Good Tuscan, 3s 7Jd to 3s 8d per bushel (sacks in). Barley. —Fair to good melting at 2s 7id per bushel (sacks extra) ; feed; 2s 3|d to 2s 4d. e
Potatoes.— A. little lower than last sale, L‘2 Dcrwents—prime L 2' 10a, good L2 6a. Chaff.— Good 01d,.L3.3a; new, medium quality, 45s to 47s ; old medium, 57a.
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Lake County Press, Issue 699, 12 March 1896, Page 2
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346INCONSISTENT WOOL AND GRAIN REPORTS. Lake County Press, Issue 699, 12 March 1896, Page 2
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