SOUTHERN PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16925, 10 August 1918, Page 5

SOUTHERN PRODUCE MARKET.

[BY TEUGBAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] j . CHRISTCHURCH. Friday. Oats are in keen demand, but there are few offering by growers. What business is passing mostly in grain out of store. Gartoriß are being inquired' for lor spring sowing, and sales are greater than at this time last year. They.are worth 4s 9d at country stations. Algerians are also firmer, and 4s 6d to 4s 9d is offered, and up- to 5s for duns at country stations. ' Although there is a largo quantity of. oatsheaf chaff in store, and the reheWhat will be afforded by the special boat for Auckland will be limited, there is still fair inquiry for prime bright, and £6 103. is offered at near stations for chaff going not mora than 28 to 27 bags per ton. Potatoes are, firmer, as there. a keen inquiry, and business is only limited by the offerings and scarcity of shipping. There are not many samples coming forward, and buyers who are in immediate want of supplies have to go. out" into the country for them. This week up Jo £1 10s. has been paid .at country stations for white varieties. Onions are also veryt firm, andjCJl to £23 per ton at country stations is offered, ','■.,' . • i i..' y ' - : HIDE MARKET. Messrs. G. W. Binney and Sons report that at their sale on Tuesday the following prices were realised:— ! '■■■''- Hides: Best cow, 85d to 9d, medium B}d to B}d, scored Bd, cut 7>d to Bd. damaged 6}d to 6d; .ox, heavy 12d to 12} d, medium IOJd to Hid. light 9,' d to 10d, cut 8d to 8!d, damaged 6}d to 7d; yearling, 9d to 9ld, cut 7fd to Bd, damaged 6}d to 6d; calf, good 12d to 12} d, medium IOJd to lid, cut 9d to 9|d; horse, 9s to 10s, medium 8s to 8s 6d, small 5s 6d to 6s, cut 4s to 4s 6d. *■* : -i Tallow:' Casks, J best 85s per cwt, medium 33s 6d to 345, ordinary 32s 6d; tins, best 33b, ordinary 30s, dreggy and burnt 275. | Bones: Good, dry, £7 to £7 10s per ton.