GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25802, 24 March 1945, Page 2

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

SMALL DELIVERIES OF CEREALS POTATO SUPPLIES SHORTER Wheat consignments are still slow in coming forward from Otago districts, but the deliveries have been in good condition and are not showing any undue moisture content so far. There has been no change in the fowl-wheat position, this class of grain continuing to be in short supply and barely sufficient to meet local demands. Flour, Bran, etc. Flour: 200’s, £l3 15s 6d; 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 per ton; loose, £27 0s 6d; 251 b, packed in sacks of eight, £27 10s 6d. Oats. Deliveries of Gartons oats are still limited on account of the backward season, but it is anticipated that larger consignments will be available shortly. Millers are taking all lines that are coming to hand in order to try and meet their oatmeal orders. Chaff supplies are short, and will remain so until the new season deliveries arrive. Potatoes. Potatoes are now in somewhat short supply, as the early crops are nearly finished and it is yet too early for the main crop. The damage done by the recent floods has not yet been accurately assessed, but it is certain to be fairly heavy. Seeds The continued embargo on the export of many lines of small seeds from the South Island has had the effect of stabilising the prices for those lines, and there has been no variation in values during the past week. Various Commodities Wholesale prices are as follows: Chaff: Up to £7 10s per ton. ex truck. 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, 2s 6d; standard, 2s 4d; medium, 2s 2d; pullet, Is 9d; ungraded, 2s OJd; large duck, 2s 3d; small duck, 2s Id; ungraded. Is llid. The retail prices are as follows:—Heavy 2s 9Jd; standard, 2s 7d; medium, 2s sd; pullet, Is lijd; ungraded, 2s 3}d; large duck, 2s 6d; small duck, 2s 4d; ungraded, 2s 2d'.