GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 259, 7 November 1911, Page 2

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS

(Christchurch Press, Saturday.) The wheat market keeps firm and ! steady, but there appears to be little ■or no business doing. The local i millers are only buying odd lines to i keep up. their stocks, and. the same I may be said of those in the North I Island. Apparently there will be no I shortage before next harvest, as it is reported that there is a considerable quantity still in the hands^ of growers who are holding in the hope that the market will improve before the next crop is available. What tew sales take piaee are on a basis of 3s 6d to 3s 7d, at country stations. No I sale has been reported of late at over 3s 7d. There is a larger quantity of oat- ! sheaf chaff on offer, but prices keep fairly firm, 92s 6d to 955, at country stations, still being the ruling quotations. The potato market has weakened again, and 40s is now the outside j price that can be obtained at a couni try station. New potatoes, North Auckland and locally grown, are now on sale in the city retail shops. The undermentioned are the prices paid to farmers, at country stations, free of commission, except where otherwise stated:— Wheat—Nominal. Milling, Tuscan, or Hunter's 3s 6d to 3s 7d, and Velvet 3s 7d to 3s Bd, at country stations. . Oats—Nominal; Algerian, seed lines 2s lOd to 2s lid, feed 2s 8d to 2s 9d, Gartens 2s 9d to 2s lOd, at country stations. Barley—Nominal. Ryegrass—ltalian 3s 3d to 3s 6d, Perennial 3s 3d to 3s 6d, at country stations. . Cocksfoot—6d to 7d, on Peninsula. Beans—3s 3d, at country stations. Peas—Partridge 3s 6d to 3s yd, Blue Imperials 6s Cd to 7s. White Ivories 5s to 5s 3d, at country stations. Flour—£9 per ton, 1001b bags £9 5s 501b £9 10s, and 551b £9 15s. Bran—£4 los, local £4 10s, f.0.b., per ton. Pollard —£5 10s per ton. Oatmeal—£ls per ton. Oatsheaf Chaff—Nominal; 92s 6d to 955, at country stations. Potatoes—3ss to 40s, at country stations. Dairy Produce—Cheese, factory 6£d, dairy s|d, loaf 6d.; butter, factory Is to Is* Id, farmers' separator lid, dairy lOd; bacon, sides 7|d, rolls 81 d, ham 9d, ham rolls 9£d; honey, extracted 3£d per*lb, wax Is 2d per lb: lard (packets) B|-d, bulk Bd, bladders 'B£d; fresh eggs, 9d per dozen^