LOCAL MARKETS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17287, 30 September 1916, Page 3

LOCAL MARKETS.

CHRISTCHURCH, September 29. grain and produce. There is little fresh to] report concerning wheat. The market continues firm at recent quotations, but tho business for the week has not boon phenomenal. Little else but Tuscan is changing hands. A few lines huvo been purchased for the north. The ..statement i« made that a grain grower was offered in tho vicinity of 5s for the now, season’s crop, but' tho farmer declined owing to being unable to guarantee tho quantity required. Oats tint! chaff aro not iu-demftilu. The potato market has recovered somewhat from tho Australian scare, and prices have advanced by five shillings <i ton during tho week Inquiries among merchants revealed an irregular market for a little, while past, but tho rate quoted to-day, £6 10s to <£b 15s a, ton is uniformly paid. _ Merchants report that tho potatoes coming forward now are.ft better sample,' owing to . their having been picked over. , • « D-airv produce remains unchanged. The (following quotations are for purchases from farmers, net cash, s’acks ortya. de livered at country stations, the figures xor the corresponding dftto of 1915 being also given for purposes of comparison:

Dairy Produce.

Sept. 29, Oct. 1, 1910. 1916. # <3. »• <3. i. d. 0. d. Wheat (nominal) Tuscan 4 7 to 4 8 Hunters 4 10 to 4 11 4 3 to 4 0 Pearl 5 1 to 5 2 Oats (nominal) G urtons 2 7 to 2 9 8 10 to 4 2 Algerians a 10 to a o 4 3 Huns 2 9 to 3 0 4 2 to 4 6 Danish None offering. Barley (malting) (nominal) 6 0 to 5 3 5 3 to G 8 Pew— 1 Partridge None offering. £ 0 Bran 80 0 106 0 Chs.fi (nominal) 100 0 Oatmeal 340 0 420 0 Pollard 140 0 120 0 Potatoes 130 0 to 135 0 145 0 flour 250 0 260 0 Sseds— Ryegrass Cooksfoot . £ 6 5 6 to 6 0 (121b) 0 9 . to 0 11 0 6| to, 0 7. W. Clover (farm dr’ss'd) 1 0 .to IS 1 0 • (Witjasg 0 8 toO 10 • 0 61 to 0 7

Sopt. 29, 191$. Oot* 1, 191$. ; ' . ■ • a. d. s. d. Dairy factory obese* Buttor— 0 11 0 10| Local Factory (lit grade) 1 1 1 5 Farm *eparator 1 3 1 1 Farm dairy . . 1 9 0 11 Ham* . 1 1 0.10 Sides , 0 11 o H Bolls . . . 1 * 0 10$ Roll Hama .... 1 4 0 101 Lard Pats . 1 1 0 It Eggs . . 0 11 0 11 to 1 0 Prices quoted for butter aro less discount.