MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17394, 3 February 1917, Page 11

MARKET REPORTS.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. ' CHRISTCHURCH, February 2. There is nothing fresh to report in reference to the wheat market. A few bales have been made at 5s 6d per bushel, but in most eases the produce changes hands upon the understanding that the seller will receive the Government fixed price. Reports from reliable sources indicate & smaller yield than was estimated prior to the commencement of the harvest. Oats are not plentiful, and the offerings are mostly light Duns. Sellers' prices are mostly above buyers' limits, but a little business is doing at prices quoted below. The same remarks apply to ryegrass, there being a poor demand for light Beed and a 'scarcity of heavy samples. Chaff is not freely offered, and prices remain as quoted in last report. The following quotations are for purchase* from farmers, net cash, sacks extra, delivered at country stations, the figures for the corresponding date of 1916 oeitig also given for purposes of comparison:—

Feb . 2. Feb. o, 191V 1916. a. d. a. d. a. d. i. d. Wheat (nominal) Tuscan 5 G to 5 9 0 0 to 5 3 Oats— Gartons 2 fi 3 34 Algerians 2 6 to 2 7 3 fi Duns 2 6 to 3- 0 3 ■6 Danish None offering. None offering. Barley (malting) (nominal) 4 0 to 5 3 5 3 to 6 0 Seed 3 0 to 3 3 Peas— Partridg* None offering. 4 9 Bran 80 0 100 0 Cheft 65 0 100 0 Oatmeal 340 0 405 0 Pollard 140 0 180 0 Flour 300 0 260 0 Seed?— . Ryegrass 2 0 to 3 6 4 6 Cooksfoot (nominal) 131b 0 10 to 0 11 0 7 to 0,7J W. Clover, farm dressed 1 0 to 1 2 1 0 to 1 2 Cowgraas 0 8 to 0 10 0 7 to 0 8

Dairy Prodnos. The following are the price* paid by grocers end merchants:— Feb. 2, Feb. 5, 1917. 1916. 9. d. ■. d. Dairy factory cheese • 0 11 0 10| Butter— Local faot'y (1st grade) 1 5 1 4 Farm separator, pats . 1 1 • 1 0 0 11 Dairy pats . . ■ ' 0 9 Dairy, bulk . • • Hams t « • * 0 11 1 1 1 0 Sidee . » • • 0 11 0 11 Koll hams » • ' 1 4 1 1 Prices quoted for butter are lets discount.