GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 110, 11 May 1908, Page 7

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

(Christchurch Press, Saturday.) There is a firm tone in the local wheat market. Inquiries are coming to hand from the Ndrth, and in the absence of offerings of any extent from growers, merchants are filling orders mainly out of store., at an advance on late rates. A few purchases have been made from growers at 4s sjd, and 4s 6d at country stations, the latter price being offered for prime milling, Pearl having the preference.

As no supplies of oatp p. '■« oraii

' BUKNS AND. VOAi OS. Ever*th^J^jhtest 'wm <y-- >i:yf- w:ii ■ a f lead 1?1-- . . no' hofHseiiolci uou , • *'>'"'" Formal® by r Honiunii, xilenlieim, and W.\ Sjms, ?:cton.

forward, orders for coastal shipment are being filled in the south by local inoix-bai:t3. The Southland crop is ian «x( vpcionaiy good oi.?, and f.v- ---' mcvj .>'.' sicliiig i->tlior more t.ei> • tha i i.T"-'ißi- r irih j (..Kvfs-- ...i (?Ii;-.;. F :s ii} i/'i-* s; :^.;V I but. ulur© is o^.iy a limited ouis.d.: inquiry. Potatoes are firm, and £4 is now being paid for both Derwents and Lp-to-Dates. The Australasian of the 2nd mst. reports the Uliniaroa took 3720 sacks of flour from Melbourne for New Zealand. So far shipments of oats from New Zealand to Melbourne have not been large, only 1619 sacks since January Ist, as compared with 3426 sacks during the first; three months of last year. The undermentioned are the price* paid to farmers at country stations, free of commission, except where otherwise stated: — Wheat—4B 5d to 4s 6d, at country stations. Oats—2s 3d to 2» 4£d at country station*. • Barley (nominal)— Good malting 4s 6d to 4s 9d, at country station*. Eye &rasß—Perennial, 2b 6d to 3s 6d, extra prime seed 3s 6d, Italiap good grade 2s 6d to 3s 3d. Cocksfoot—l2lb to 131b seed 8d to 9d. Cowgrass—9d to lOd. Peas—Partridge 3s 6d to 4s; Prussian Blues 5s 6d, at country stations. Flour —J6H 10s per ton. Bran — M 15s per ton. Pollard—J66 10s. Oatmeal— £ 14 , Oatsheaf Chaff—.£3 17s 6d, at country •fcations. Potatoes— M for Derwents and Up-to-Dates, at country stations.. Onions— £s 10a at country utations. Dairy Produce—Cheese, factory s|d, dairy sd, loaf, cheese 6£d. Butter, factory 14£ d, farmers' separator 13£ d, dairy 11-Jd. Bacon, sides 9id, rolls lOd, hams 9£d. Honey, extracted, 4d per 1b; wax, Is 2d per ,1b- Lard (packets) Bd. Fresh eggs, Is lid j preserved, Is.