GRAIN AND SEED REPORT.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 14, Issue 1009, 29 August 1890, Page 4

GRAIN AND SEED REPORT.

Mr Samuel} Orr, reporting on behalf of Wm. E. Reynolds and Co. Dunpdin, for the week ending August 27 as follows : - The weather all over the South bas been simply glorious ; in fact it is more like sum* mer than tbe beginning of spring, and tbe farmers Are pushing on with great vigilance their ploughing and sowing, while here and there miy be seen a few lots of early lambs In the grain market there is nothing doing, as the strike now pending has simply paralysed those who would purchase, as it is doing every business, so that while actual quotations may be given for what business bas b Jen transacted during fche week, it by no maans follows that these prices will keep while the strike' assumes larger dimensions, which it is likely to assuYne during the week. . Wheat. — Our most recent advices from Home give a more hearty tone to tbe state of tbe market both there and in America than those cablegrams wbicb reached us 10 days ago. That the damage throagh bad weather to tbe crop in England is more serious than was at first anticipated is now beyond a doubt, wh'le the American harvest is not panning out anything like what it should have ; while tbe cargoes of New Zealand aad Australian now on voyage hare been placed at top figures for the season. All these, therefore, give indications of a very steady market during tne remainder of the season. On the spot sales of all grades have takeo place, but mare especially for prime quality and as much as 3s 8d has been given for a parcel of Tuscan, while velvet has touched 3s 7d ; ordinary 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; medium 2s 9d to 3s 2d ; all sacks extra, Oats.— A good deal of speculation hae been rife in these, but more particularly in the early part of the week, when the strike trouble was in its infancy ; but at the moment the demand is again a dead letter, iv consequence of the impossibility of getting anything away. Prioes have not, however, improved on the spot, though of oourse they have in the Australian colonies, all through the anticipated stoppage of supplies from here, Millers are not doing much in oatmeal either. We quote prime milling, It 4d ; bright, heavy feed, Is 3Jd ; ordinary, Is 2jd to Is 3.1 ; sicks 6 J, Chaff. — A fortnight ago our market wae very Rarely supplied, and whioh put thos* , who had it to out on the gui vive ; theii hopes, however, ia many cases were blastec when it oame to town, as it oame with suol ' rush that sales could not be effected unlesi at a ridiouously low figure, which had to b< , accepted rather than take it into store* anc . now L 2 is the top prioe ruling to-day. , Potatoes.— Market again dull, L3to Ll I 2s 6d being top for prime Derwents kidneys unsaleable. 1 Seeds.— The season is now in full swing ; and large, quantities of all classes are beinj sent to the country, the area going iv grasi ! this year being greater than any season wi have ever witnessed, farmers realising tha , stook is now a must essential staple to go ii for it they wish to make both ends meet Daring the week we have placed very larg< quantities, and quote machine-dressed rye . grass 5s to 6a ; timothy, 4jd ; oooksfoot, f roo 3d to sd, aooording to quality.