MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17078, 29 January 1916, Page 11

MARKET REPORTS.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. CHRISTCHURCH, January 28. Up to tho present'harvest operations havo absorbed the attention of a great many farmers, and consequently tho offerings of wheat and oats have not been extensive, but samples are now coming to hand more freely, and in the course of anotlier week or ten days it is expected that considerable quantities will be placed under offer.. Up .to the present only a limited number of the line* of wheat submitted havo found-'purchasers, growers' and buyers' ideas.of values'being in most cases too far asunder to lead to business. . A,- considerable number of buyers refuse to make offers beyond os and 5s _ld, but, on the other hand, there are a few who concede prices up to 5s 4d .on trucks at country- stations. Even the latter price is not sutliciently high in some cases to load to business, even in cases when the grain cannot be claimed to be of particularly lugli grade. Growers appear to entertain abundant confidence in the future of tho market, basing their ideas largely on the poor results of tho threshing tallies up to the present, and on the chances that the. yield will prove considerably below the estimates, i rorn all parts of the province come reports of Uie threshing returns being very disappointing, but so' far the threshing mills have done little work on those areas nearer the Southern Alps which benefited to a considerable extent from north-west showers. With regard to these latter areas, however, it must bo borne in mind that the lato frosts did a large amount of damage, and there is • a fear that present expectations will be belied when the crops are submitted to the test of the mill. • , The oat market is anything but brisk and little business is passing, the highest prico current for best Gartons being 3s' 3Jd on trucks. ' , For chaff, £5 is being offered .without meeting with much response. The following quotations are for purchases from farmers net cash, eacka extra, delivered at country stations, the figures for the corresponding date of 1915 being also given for purposes of comparison. (Note.— An asterisk indicates that the price is nominal, there little or no demand):—■

■ ; . GENERAL MERCHANDISE. CHRISTCHURCH, January IS. Business has been somewhat quiet during tho past week, although .there, was a steady ° U lt Pll is reported that there has been an advance of M per packet, on Brown and Poison's cornflour. There has also been an advance in tho price of the cheaper varieties of maize cornflour, which are now worth 3id. There has been no alteration m. t-ne prico of niaizenn-i ■•-.; During tho week supplies of Keens blue, Colman's mustard and Whites crystals havo come to hand. ■ . . ~ It is annuonced that the price of loca lj manufactured candles has been' advanced by id per lb. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. .. CHRISTCHIinCH, January.2B. Supplies of vegetables are »<*P^£**ft abundant at the present moment &»«*«* of stone fruits from various, parts of the country havo been large A largo shipment of ban'anas arrived at the beginning of the week from Fiji and met with a. moderate demand. Another shipment of bananas is due from the Cook Islands on Monday. ■

PIGS. ' At tho Christchurch eftleyards there was a good representation of pi„«, which sold well, suckers and weaners making from 6s to 12s and small stores to 165..

POULTRY. Poultrv wore in medium supply "'W saleyards" yesterday awl sold cl 5- *° tations are:-Ducks 3s 6d to 7s Bd, £**** 4s 6d fo 7s 2d, hens 2s 0d to 3s 6d, and geese 6s—all at per pair.

RANGIORA. There was a fair offering of «;heat m Rangiora during the week but business. was restricted' to the disposal of a few lines. Satisfactory lots of Tuscan ■ Changed,hands at 5s 2d a bushel, and mixed lines at 5s 3d to 5s Id. Garton oats, are quoted at oS 4CI, and L v uns at 3s 3d to 3s 4d.

LEESTON. ; ' Although harvest operations were in.full swing throughout the Ellcsmere dlsUict. there was a good a I tendance of farmers and others at the fortnightly stock sale held at Leeston yesterday. The market.however, was a very small one, and selling finished at an early hour, the majority of farmers return ing homo as soon as their business at the sale was finished. Entries compr sed - sheep, n.i fat pigs. 101 store pigs, and 1683 than a dozen head of cattle. Of ft« »»' entry of sheep, nearly 300 were, storejambs. Fat sheep, of Which tha eut'Y w as * ry

small, sold well, and prices for store lambs in forward condition were, if anything, a little better than at recent sales. Wellfinished bacon pigs continued to realise remunerative rates, the prices obtained being equal to ojd to 6d per lb. Store pigs were not nearly so numerous as at the previous sale, but tho demand was still weak, the feed shortage, which s now very acute in most parts of tho district, being the cause. There was practically no demand for store cattle. The range of values was as follows:—Fat wethers 15s 7d to 16s, fat lambs 19s 6d, forward store wethers 13s, forward store lambs 12s Gd, store lambs 7s Id to 7s 3d, store ewes 6s to 9s, bacon pigs 5,7 s to Bos 6d, porkers from 375, large stores 31s 6d to 395, medium from lis, small from 9s 6d, weaners from Is 3d, store cows £3 to £3 ss, springers to £9, bull 'I6:-*'

NEW ZEALAND WOOL SALES. Up to tho time when the shortage of shipping interrupted the wool sales, users of Little's Sheep Lips had obtained top and record prices for their wool, as follows: — Christchurch, November 11.—Mr RAustin, who used Little's Combined Dip, got 20d per lb, the New Zealand record prico to that d'ate. Wellington, November 17.—Mr H. Ranish, who used Little's Fluid Dip in conjunction with another dip, got 24id per lb, tho present record price for the Dominion. Napier. November 20.—W. -H. Small's executors, who used Little s Combined .Dip,_got 19-2 d per lb, the.record price at Napier. Wellington, December 10,—Mr H. G. Berryman, who nsed Little's Powder Dip, got 18Jd per lb, the top price of the sale. Christchurch, January 10.—Mr W. A. Morgan, who used Little's Combined Dip, got 20Jd per lb, the record price at Christchurch. Invercargill, January 14.—Mr Edward Chilton, who used Little's Combined Dip, got 19d per lb, tho record price at Invercargill. 3863

January 28, January 29, 1316 1915. o. d. •. d. 8. d. B. d. TVhead 5 0 to 5 4 5 9 Oata— Gartpns • 3 31 2 8 to 3 0 Algerians 3 9 • 2 f> to 2 8 Dumb 8 0 . . 2 3 to 2 6 Danish None ofloring 2 4 to 2 .6 Barley . . 5 .3 to 6 0* '- 3 6 to i 0 Peaa— Partridge 4 9* 4 0 Blue Prussians 6 0* None offering Chaff 100 0 95 0 Bran . 100 0 145 0 Pollard 180 0 160 0 Oatmeal 400 0 310 0 Flour 260 0 . 315 0 . „ Seeds— Ryegrass 4 0 2 0 to 3 8 Cocks foot (131b) 0 7 to 0 71 0 4J to 0 4} White Clover (farm dressed) 1 0 to 1 9 0 7 to 0 10 Cowgrass 0 7 to 0 8 0 6| to 0 7J Dairy ProduceDairy factory oheosa 0 10} "T Dairy cheese 0 8} 0 61 Local factory hotter (1st grade 1 4 ' ~" Local iaotory « buttfir (2nd grade) — 1 1 Farm separator butter 0 11 0 10 F»rm dairy butter 0 9 0 9 Hams . 1 0 1 0 Sides 0 11 0 91 Rolls . . 1 0 0 101 Rolled hams 11 0 11 Lard pats . 0 11 0 81 to 0 9 Eggs 12 i.-t

Quotations are: — 8. d, s. a Dessert apples, per lb . Cooking apples, per lb Peaches, per lb Oranges, per caso . Pears, per lb Bananas, per caso # ■ o a 0 1- to' 0. 1J 0 Ik to 0 3J 14 0 to 15 0 0 1 to 0 2 10 0 to 13 0 Pineapples, per casa 0 0 to 0 2 to 0. 4 Plums, per lb Nectarines ,per lb 1 3 Apricots, poT lb 0 1J iu u -i Local hothouse tomatoes , P er _ lb • ■ • Nelson lomatocs, per ic 0 0 5 3. to 0 4 0 7 0 3 Raspberries, per lb Cucumbers, per lb Potatoes, per cwt 12 0 o to 15 0 to 3 0 Cabbages, per dozen Cauliflowers, per dozen 3 0 to 4 0 0 9 Carrots, per dozen bum lies 0 8 to 3 0 to 9 0 to 1 0 0 ■> Turnips, per dozen bum lies .Rhubarb, per dozen bundles Onions, per cwt Peas, per peck 2 u 8 0 0 11 Beans, per lb