GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 101, 1 May 1914, Page 2

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

(Christchurch Press, Wednesday.) The heavy rain of the last few days will delay any threshing that was in progress, until the .stacks are dry again. The offering of t grain continues to be limited, and wheat is, if ■anything, slightly easier. , There is so little; doing, however, that unless there was a material change, it would scarcely be noticed. Oats keep firm, «.nd for a line of very prime Duns Is lOd lias been paid at a. handy station. Other varieties are selling at* late rates. . The only movemeiit is in. potatoes, which are steadily firming in values The prices asked by growers in South Canterbury and North Ota go are higher than those ruling here, witk the result that a good deal of busi- / ness has been done by local merchants in filling orders for the North. Island. It is reported that, an order has been received for potatoes from South America, and was offered to a Christchurch merchant, but he was unable to take it up. and it is probably being ' filled at Wellington. The prices now being paid are £3 10s to £3 12s 6d at country stations, for delivery during the coming month, and it is i stated that £1 has been paid for! June delivery. The undermentioned are the prices I paid to farmers at country stations, j [ free of commission, sacks extra, j except: where otherwise mentioned: Wheat. -Tuscan, :3s 7d to 3s 8d; ! Hunters. 3s 7-kl to &x SJd : Pearl, 3s 8d to 3s 9d : fowl Avheat, 3s 4d to 3s 4id. o>r!r,— Algerian. In 7<l to Is Bd, up •to l.s 9(1 for choice Barnrv!<\s; Danish, Is fir] : Dim*. Is 74 to Is Rrl, up to Is lOd, for choice #amyik>s: Ga.rto.ns, very choice, l.« Od to Is 3rl. Barley.-- Prime m.-jlting, 3s 3d; I medium .-md inferior, 2s Or! to 3s. Ryegra* 2* (><] i^ 2s 9d for best samples: Is r>:l to I<< f-'c] For inferior, (..'■ofksl'oot ■■--• JJcificlit and hettvy sa?ni>los, u;> to 4^d : average, 3d Ho ''.'.rl. V.Hnfn rinyn,. ...f),l ~ ffVI. \iv.i\ Clover. —7d to 3d.

■' ' »-• ite^r^«m^ m'^o^t^r mT - Flour— £l'O' ptir'ton; 1001b £10 10s; ffOlb'bags, £10 15s; 251b bags, £11. , Bran.—£4 5s per ton, local.' Pollard.—i 26 per ton. ()atmeal.--.£12 per ton. Oatsheaf Qha&.—£s 5s for good samples. A Onioris.--££i 15s to £4. Potatoes.— £3 10s to £3 12s 6d. Peas.—Partridge, 3s 9d to 45.; Blue Imperials' (nortjiinal), 3s 6d; Blue Prussians (nominal), 3s. • '