GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25660, 7 October 1944, Page 2

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

DEMAND FOR SEED OATS OTHER MARKETS QUIET The wheat market continues to be quiet through lack of oiferings. Very little grain of milling quality or suitable for fowlwheat is coming to hand, and this position will continue until the new harvest is available. Fairly heavy deliveries of seed oats are still - being made to the country, and merchants are more hopeful that, given a good harvest, the quantity of oats available next year may be reasonably near requirements. Flour, Bran, etc. Flour: 200’s, £l3 15s 0d; 100’s, £l4 12s 6d: 50’s, £l4 17s 6d; 25's, £ls 7s-6d, Pollard, £6 15s per ton of 20001 b. Bran, £5 5s per ton of 20001 b. Oatmeal: 2001 b sacks, £25 10s 6d per ton; loose, £27 0s 6d; 251 b packed in sacks of eight, £27 10s. 6d. Oats Merchants are finding it very difficult to secure sufficient good quality lines to fill orders for seed oats. No oats are available for feed or for shipment. Chaff supplies continue to be ample, and there is not the same firmness in the market that was noticeable during the winter months Best quality good bright oaten sheaf is worth up to £7 10s per ton, Dunedin, sacks extra, with higher prices ruling for smaller lots, ex store Potatoes Local supplies of potatoes are still being drawn from lines held in store, and from odd deliveries coming to hand from South Canterbury. Practically no potatoes are finding their way on to this market from the Otago district, as local supplies were all dealt with earlier in the season. There is no variation in price from that stated last week. Seeds A fair amount of business continues to be recorded in all clovers, particularly in lines of certified Montgomery red White clover is also inquired for, but there is a distinct limit to the prices that can be paid by merchants for overseas shipment. Chewings fescue and brown top remain quiet. Certified ryegrass is inquired for, but there is little demand for uncertified lines. Practically all the crested dogstail of export quality has been disposed of, and offerings now consist of undergrade to medium quality lines. Various Commodities Wholesale prices are as follows: Chaff, up to £7 10s per ton, ex truck. Fowl wheat, up to 6s 6d per bushel, ex store, according to quality and quantity. Butter: Bulk, Is Id per lb. Bacon: Is 3d per lb. Price of Eggs The following is the Government fixed wholesale price of eggs:—Heavy, Is BJd; standard, Is Old;' medium, Is 5Jd: pullets, Is 3d; ungraded, Is 4Jd; large duck. Is sid; small duck, Is 4}d; ungraded, Is 3Jd. The retail prices are: is lid, Is 9d, Is 7Jd, Is sd, Is 6Jd, Is 7Jd, Is 6Jd, and Is 5Jd.