GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 225, 23 September 1907, Page 2

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

(Christchurch Press, Saturday.) No transactions in wheat are reported this week. There is a good enquiry, but buyers and sellers are not agree as to price. The rise in the price of flour 10s per ton may assist the wheat market, unless holders further increase their reserves. Oats are very firm, and it is reported that a rise of 2£d per bushel has taken place in Melbourne, from whence shipments have lately been made to New Zealand. Potatoes are dull of sale, and early varieties of table potatoes are now lower in price. The undermentioned are the prices paid to farmers, at country stations, free ?f commission, except where otherwise specified:—! . Wheat—4s 6d at (country stations.) Oats nominal). Barley (nominal). _ Peas (nominal)— Partridge 4s 3d. Prussian Blues 4s 3d to 4s 6d. Cowgrass —Undressed, 7d to Bd. White Clover—Undressed, 7d to Bd. Old Pasture Byegrass—Canterburycrown, 5s 9d to 6s; imported, 4s fid to ss. a Italian Eyegrass (true to name)—4s 9d Cocksfoot, -171b—Machine-dressed, 6d to 6^d ; farmer-dressed, 4£d to 4|d. Flour—J6lo 10s per ton. Bran--.£4 10s locally, .£4 5s f.o.b. Pollard— £6 10s. Oatmeal — £16. Oatsheaf Chaff—Prime, prompt delirery, £^ 5s at country stations. Potatoes— £2 to .£2 10s at country stations. ... Onions — £3 10s> at country stations. Dairy Produce —Cheeso, factory s>|d, dairy 5-id to 5f d ; loaf cheese 6^d ; butter, factory" 12£ d, farmers' separator lOd, dairy 8d to 9cl; bacon, sides 8-ld, rolls 9d ; hams 9.J,d; honey, extracted, 4id per 1b ; wax, Is2dperlb; eggs, lOd per dozen.,