GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 62, 14 March 1916, Page 6

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

• Christchurcli Press, Saturday.)

The wheat market was a shade firmer during the week, but has now cased back again. Milling wheat was nought up at 4s 4d, but most of the business has since been done at 4s 3d, st. country stations. For a line of prime Pearl, probably 4s 5d could be obtained, as this variety is scarce, though not in as much demand as usual for mixing purposes as the Hunters, and Tuscan wheat is generally hard and dry this season. There have beeu some rejections on account of wheat threshed from the stook having sweated in the bags, but this trouble is said to be more frequent in the x\shImrton and South Canterbury districts than in North Canterbury. It has arisen chiefly through threshing from the stook in showery weather. There is n fairly large quantity of wheat offering. The latest threshing returns reported by the Prime Minisi<?r .-show that the yield of wheat in Canterbury on the- area threshed does not eoual the preliminary estimate of the Government statistician, whoise figures were based on the area sown, and did not allow for the large area fed off.

The oats market is quiet, and very little business is doing, prices being without change. Oatsheaf chaff is dull of sale.

For potatoes, £5 is being: paid for delivery this-month,' and £4 15s to £5 for April-May, but for this forward delivery there has been very little business done, and most buyers decHne to make offers.

A few linos of Partridge peas have been bought at ss, at country star tions.

The following are prices jKiid to farmers at country stations, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated : —

Whoat.—Milling. 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Oats—-2s 8d to 2s lOd for Gartons, and 3s to 3s 3d for Duns.

Barley—lVfalting, 4s to 5s 6d. Flour—£l3 f.0.b., 1001b. bags £13 10s. oOlb. bags £13 15s, 251b. bags £14. Prim—£4 per ton, for shipping.

Pollard.—£7 per ton for shipping. Oatmeal—£2o per ton. Oatshcnf Chaff.—£4 10s to £5. Rye^vass—4s t-o os Cocksfoot.—l2lb seed sd, 131b seed 9id. and 141b seed lOd.

Onions.—£2 ss. » Potatoes.—£s for March delivery Poas.—Partridge. ss.

DAIRY PRODUCE

There aro no changes *to note in dairy produce.

Wholesale prices are : : — Butter—Factory Is sd, farmers' separator Is 2d, dairy Is Id. Clieeso—Factory (hust season's) lOd, dairy 'Jd, loaf 9d, (new season's) factory Bd, dairy 7id to Bd. Bacon—sides lid, rolls Is, hams Is. Honey—Extracted 4£d per lb. E^gs—ls Id per dozen.