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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17092, 25 August 1917, Page 6

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t l?aily Times Office, Friday evening. > 'broomhall," in hia report on the Cana- . <lian wheat crops' at the middle of JuAe, states that very favour a bio newa of the ■ hew crop has been received, but recent .. weather has not been what growers would v like, being dry in some parts and not sufficiently warm. In France the Government V return, the wheat acreage at 10,400,000 apainst 12,800,000 last year, while the full .' areas under wheat previous to the war was around 17,000,000 acrea Tho condition ia , puccd at a low figure, but there is, fortu- , natelj, good reason to think that since the • returns were collected a great improvement .in the condition of this and other crops, aa the result of a period of very favourable weather, has taken place, lie local wheat market, is in a stagnant condition. There is no milling wheat on - offer., Fowl wheat is scarce, "and is selling at 6a 2d to 6s 3d, and even higher for small lines. Farmers who have small quantities in store are instructing agents to sell for ~ jfowl wheat, instead of accepting the Gofixed prices, which would bo paid if the wheat wus sold as milling wheat. The unusual position has therefore arisen ■ that wheat sold tor fowls is worth about 5d a bushel more than if it were sold to , bo made into flour for human consumption Oatmeal is quoted«»at £21 a ton for 25V ■ pearl barley, £20 10s; pollard, £7 10s (fixed ; by Government); bran, £4 5s (fixed by : Government). ; • The chief trading in the local oat market is -with medium quality oats, for • which - North Island buyers are inquiring, and sales have been recorded as high as 4s. f.o.b.s i - for feed black oats. A fair quantity of this ■ class of otfte has changed hands, but offer- • inga of better quality are very light. B .. Gartons were sold yesterday at 4s 2|d, but merchant are now asking 4s 3d, f.o.b.s.i. . Local millers are carrying heavy stocks' The present firmness in the market will dopend to a large extent on the duration of the Australian strike. There is/a sound , demand for seed oats, especially black. Unlines are being sold at 4s 6d (ex ■- store), and machine-dressed at 4s lOd. Heavy oats for seed purposes are in small compass.

PRODUCE REPORT. - _ Supplies of good quality chaff aro scarce. Prices for prime rule at £6 6s, delivered Duncdin. Canterbury is at present sending consignments to the lotwj market. With the ujdvent of spring weather it is antici-,-patod that supplies from tho south will ~{?bo much heavier.

: . r -The potato market continues in a lifeless '( Condition Canterbury consignments are .arriving freely, and aro selling at from £3 10s to £4 a ton, delivered Duncdin. Thoso y,:* potatoes have just been dug. and thoir ".'fresh appearance makes local merchants ''.favour . them in preference to the local , .grown. Med'Titv and inferior lots are - plentiful, but ore practically unsaleable at :.vany. price, the demand being oonfined to '■■■ prime -lines. Onions aro in short supply. Prices show - a further increase. "Supplies o? eggs aro more plentiful, but J .are not yet sufficient to meet the demand, ;v as , bakers have commenced to preserve Milled better and farmers' pats are in %? short supplv. Thoso bakers who havo no stocks in the freezer havo some difficulty ; >,in netting their orders filled. - n . -.The! was a small yarding of pigs at Burnsido on Wednesday, all being sold Under very-kcon competition. Best pork- ., crs realised from BAd to 9d per lb, and host baconera up to 73d per lb. '■ ■ C rrent wholesalo prices are as follow: — ■ t 'JT:—Prim© oaten sheaf, £6 to £6 ss; : jnetuum to good, £A 10s to £5 10a (sacks - exix^i

i £3 10s; whoa ten, ,to £210 a. Primo clover hay, £5 10s to £5 15s. . ~ otatoes. 'Primo lines, £4 per ton (sacks h't I f} e urrl good are nnquotabkx Melbourne onions, 19s per owt. • kggs. Cased, Is 2d; stamped, Is 3d, Butter.- Milled bulk, Is 3d per lb: dairy •and separator, in lib packages, to Is 3d. Honey.-—Bulk, 6d; 101b tins, 5s 6d; 2lh pottles, Us to 16a a dozen; 21b tins, 15s. to 9d S ' COllers ' P cr porkers, B^d lMa l , la 2d; Christchuroh, la 3d S ' hams, Is 2d ; ham rolls, , . FRUIT REPORT. A consignment of Sydaey fruit, transhipped at Wellington, eamo to hand during the wook. Tho lino roalised high prices. Ail citrus fruits are now out of wholesale hands, and_ agents do not know when further supplies will bo available, from Sydney. ' Small supplies of apples aro available. Apples aro gradually increasing in prioe. lx>ra Wolscloys, from Oantarbtiry cool f Gs i fi^ow advance on tho_ weok. A few cases of pears from the Cantorbury cool stores realised 7s for 201b boxes. A nico lino of cookers from tho samo locality brought 10 to 12s pcr case. A small 'ine of Poorman oranges arrived from Auckland during 1 tho week. Prices ranged from 13s to 14s per caso. Auckland grown lemons were landed today. These are expected to fetch high prices, as tho suppljes from Adelaide and arc the meantime. Iho vegetable market is barely supplied. Cabbages aro about finished. Cauliflowers aro in full supply. Theso are stilling at to 8s per sack of one dozen. Tho following aro tho current wholesale prices:— Apples.—Otago Central: Dessert, 3£d to k"j cooking, to 3d. Canterbury—Lord Wolscleys, to 10s 6d; dessert, lis to 12s . Lemons.—Adelaide, 183 to 19s; Aucklands, 10s to 12s 6d; Sydneys, 14s to 14s 6d. Oranges.—Sydnoy, ]5s to 20s; mandarins, to 265; Navels, ,19s to 23s fid; Poorman, for marmalade, 13s to 14s. Pears.—Cooking, 2£d to 3d. Passions, to 14s. Pines, to 16s 6d Walnuts, 9£d to 10£ d. Cabbages, 2s to 4s 6d per dozen. Cauliflowers : Best, 8s to 9s per sack; medium, 5s to 6s; inferior, 2s to 4s. Lettuce," 18 to Is 6d per dozen. Parsnips, 3s 6d to 4s per cental; sacks, to 7s; cases, to 3s 6d. Carrots, 2s 6d per cental; saok3, to 6s. Beetroot, Is 6d per dozen. Swedes.—4s pear sack, 2s to 2s 3d for cental bags. Potatoes.—Taieri-grown, in sack, lots, 5s per owt for choice; poor cud medium, 4s to ss. ' ' — <» TALLOW SALES. Preea Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, August 22. At the tallow sales 926 casks were offered and 570 sold. Mutton, fine 70s 3d, medium 67a; beef, fine 71s, medium 665.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. SYDNEY, August 24. Oats: Algerian feeding, 2s lOd to 3s; milling, 3s 6d; Tasmanian, 3s 8d to 3s 9d. Maize, 4s. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £6 to £9. Onions, £13. MELBOURNE, August 24. Barley :-Chevalier," 4s- 5d to 4s 7-^d; Cape, 3s 2d to 3s 2id. Oats: Milling Algerian, 2s 6d to 2s 7d; feed, 2s 3d to 2s 3sd. Potatoes, £4 to. £4 15s. " Onions, £9 to £9 10s. ADELAIDE, August 24. Oats, 2s 4d to 2s sd. CHRISTTCHURCH MARKETS. (Pee United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, August 24. Tliere was .ho changes to note in the grain market. Chaff continues to be in good demand for the North Island, and fair quantity is ooming forward. The price paid is still £4 5s to £4 10s at country stations. Tho potato \ market is firmer, and buyers are now offering £2 12s 6d to £2 15s, most of the business being done at the latter figure at near station. All centres of the North Island are receiving potatoes from the south owing to crops having been poor this last season: The new season's crop is likely to be. late owing to an unusually wet winter and spring preventing planting from being done. Tho North Island will probably require southern supplies up to the middle of December. Very little business has been done by Southland this year in supplying outside markets, but there now appears' to bo a disposition to sell, and some business has been done at £3 5s on trucks. ' PROPERTY SALE. Messrs Tamblyn, M'Kenzio, and Winton report having sold on account of Mr A. P. Grey, of Clarendon, his freehold farm of 138 i acres, together with horses, cattle, sheep, and farm implements, etc., as a going concern, to Mr R. J. Wilson, late of Roxburgh, at a satisfactory figure. *