GRAIN AND SEED REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 1892, 15 May 1890, Page 20

GRAIN AND SEED REPORT.

Mr Samuel Orr reports (on behalf of Cameron, Reynolds, and Oo.) for the week ending May 14 aB followß :—: —

The weather during the past week has been very favourable for all outdoor farm work, and arrivals of grain, though showing no increase, are much about the same as usual.

Wheat.— The change in this important cereal which in our last report we said might be anticipated has now, we are glad to say, taken place, and many lots of medium quality which a week ago were unsaleable have all found sale. Millers and speculators are both yet anxious, and prime quality of Tuscan is saleable at 3s sd ; velvet and red straw, 3s 3d to 3s 4sd ; ordinary, 2s 8d to 3s ; fowl feed, 2b 2d to 2s 6d.

Oats. — Market is in much the same position as last week, our outside markets showing no diaposltion to operate at any advance on late quotations, while speculators will not go in for any quantity as in former years. We quote .-—Prime milling, Is sd ,- ordinary, Is 4£d ; bright shore feed, Is 3d to Is 4d ; inferior, Is Id to Is 2d.

Barley.— There is no change for the better yet, millers and maltßters alike being well stooked, and as quotations for any grade would only be misleading we refrain from giving any. Chaff. — The market is being well supplied, and £2 12s 6d is the top for prime oaten sheaf, soreened quality; ordinary, £2 2s 6d to £2 10s.

Potatoes.— During the week these have come forward freely, and prices are now from £2 10s to £2 15s.

Seeds.— Ryegrass : The demand has now slackened, and but little business will result now till spring comes on. Cocksfoot: Numerous inquiries, and prices firming in consequence.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT.

Moritzson and Hopkin, grain, produce, and commission agents, Manse street, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for the week ending May 14 as follows :—

Wheat : Market is keeping firm, and if anything improving, There are also reports reaching us from the North to the some effect, where large quantities are bought up by speculators. We quote prime railling'up to 3s s£d, and evea 3s 6d; other kinds, from 3s to 3s 3d. Fowls' wheat ; In fair demand. Good whole, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; broken and inferior, 2s to 2s 3d. Barley : Best malting, 2s lOd to 3s 3d ; milling, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; feed, Is 8d to 2s Id. Oats : Prime milling, Is 4jd to Is sd ; bright plump feed, Is 3d to la 4d ; medium feed and off colour, Is2d to Is 2£d. Flour: Timaru roller, £8 10a, f.0.b.; Southern, town brands, and Oamaru, £7 ss. Oatmeal : Long ton bulk, £8 10s ;in 25's, £S 10s. Bran, £3. Sharps. £4. Potatoes : Best Oamaru, £3. Pigs : Plentiful, 2£dto3jd. Chaff: Best clean heavy oaten, £2 10s. Turnips, 20s. Carrots, 355. Onions, £5. Straw (oaten and wheaten), 30s to 355. Hay (oaten), £2 10s to £3. Clover and ryegrass hay, £3 to £3 ss. Butter: Best salt has little inquiry and we quote nominal. 7d to Bd. Eggs are getting easier. Honey, 5d per lb for best extracted. Cheese : Factory, large, •td ; loaves, 4§d ; Akaroa, large, 3Jd ; loaves, 3Jd to 4d ; inferior cheese, 3d. Hams and bacon : Hams, 8d ; rolls and flitches, 6d to 6Jd. Grass seeds ; Ryegrass, 3s 6d to 5s 6d ; cocksfoot, 3d to 4§di

RABBITSKIN MARKET.

Messrs Arthur M'Donald and 00. report as follows for week ending 14th inst. : — Supplies are coming to hand freely, and as most of the summer lots are in, autumns and early winters (off high country) receive the most attention. All offered at auction made good prices, going up to lOjd for aut .mns, while our private purchases show a big total this week. We quote autumns and early winters, lid ; racks, to 7d ; other sorts in proportion.

RABBITSKIN MARKET.

Messrs Remshardt and Co., manufacturers' agents, report for the week ending May 13, as follows : —

There is no change since our last report, but the market continues firm at late quotationt, Prices for freshly caught skins keep improving in proportion to *he Increasing growth of fur as the season advances.

CHRISTCHDRCH CORN EXCHANGE.

Report (per N. P. Meyer, secretary) for week ending Frid y, May 9 :— The most noticeable feature of the week has been an inquiry for wheat at a prioe. Buyers are prepared to give a margin on the present outlook for extra prime lines, long-berried, as is usual in our export trade, being most in demand. Oats are not offering in any quantity, and farmers confident that a demand must ultimately set in, even if only to feed cheep, decline to sell at prices now offering. Barley: A few transactions in prime lines have taken place, but the majority of parcels on the market being below maltsters' requirements have been neglected. Beans and pease : A few inquiries for the former for export may be noticed. For pease, white eorts for splitting are wanted. Potatoes : Reports are somewhat more favourable as to the yield than were anticipated In some districts, and the market presents a slightly easier tone in consequence. Dairy produce unaltered. The following are our quotations for the week :— Wheat : Tuscan, 3s; pearl, '2a 10a ; Hunter's, 2a 8d to 2a 9d ; chickwheat, whole 2s 4d, broken 2s. Oats: Milling, Is 7d ; short Btout feed, Is 6d ; inferior and long, Is 4d to Is sd. Barley : Prime malting, 3s ; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 6fl; feed, 1b 8d to Is 9d. Pease: Best Prussian blue (true), 3s. Beans, 2s 7d. Ryegrass : Machinedressed (nominal), 4s Gd to 4s 9d. Cocksfoot : Bright, heavy seed, 4d ; light and discoloured, 3d to 3fd. Potatoes : Derwents for forward delivery, 37i 6d to 40s, at country stations. Dairy produce ; Butter,

BJdto 7d; cheese, small loaf, 3}d; large sizes 3d. The above quotations are thoße paid to farmers for delivery f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks extra— potatoes excepted.

THE LONDON MARKETS.

(Per Press Association.) m „ ,» JS London, May 11. Tallow: Medium mutton, 24s ; beef do, 23s 6d The English wheat market is active, and nr'icea quoted are steady. The Continental market is firm and the American declining. A^wi* German bee t. 12s 3d ; Java, 15s (steady), q^ m w Wb6^ iB , qi i ot , ed at 39s 6d - and Victoria at (firm) Zealaud long-berried wheat, 37s 9d DUNEDIN MARKETS. Mr T W^° I f SAIIK PBODUCM EBPOBTB. un^riate FF tlr^n,n't I r^n,n's r S l - Btreefc B ° Ufch ' «* Ort '

Good salt butter 6Jd to 7id per lb. Rye grasß hay £3 per ton. Potatoes: Derwents, £2 10s to£3plr ton, plentiful. Be B t wheat haa advanced 3d during the week. B FARM AND DAIBT PBODUOB Messrs Mercer Bros, report paying for produce during the week endiner 14th inst.-— v Hgg«;(liraed), 9d per doz I Salt butter, new season Bacon (roll), 6Jd per lb | 7§d per lb Hams, 8d per lb | Eggs (fresh), Is 9d doz. Fresh buttrr Is per lb. * reah butr.er, good ordinary (in lib and *lb prints), 9d to lOd perlb. Messrs Lobik and Rot, auctioneers and produce agents, High street, Dunedin, report for the week ending May 14 as follows :— At our weekly sale of produce all lines offered were keenly competed for. Poultry brought good prices; young cocks, Is lid, 3s 6d ; hens, Is9d,2s6dducks, 3s Bd, 4a fld ; geese, 6s ; Derwont potatoes, 6os • no kidneys offering ; onions, £4 10a ; salt butter, 6d to Bd, very little selling; fresh butter, 9d, 10d; cheese, 3|d, 4d ; eggs, fresh, Is lOd ; the market is glutted with limed. Looal fruit : Cooking apples 4s 6d, 5s 6d ; eating, 6s, 7s ; Hobart, 6s 6d, 7s ; pears 2jd; Sydney oranges, ss, 6s; Fiji, 6s; Tahiti, 8s: bananas very scarce.

M?«a.t2i v 0v 0 ? 1 3a Oaten Hay £3 per ton 2dto 2aj4d per bushel Chaff (oaten), £2 5s to ledium milHn X , 2s 9d £2 10s per ton to 3s perbußhel Bran, £3 per ton 'owls wheat 9i 4d to as Pollard. & per ton N£fflSsS.«to is £n6Bt ° £810S^ AzgpK t0 x. 5d sst^tt per bnshel Side bacon, 7d porft lalt barley, 2» lOd to (grain fedl 3b per bushel Oatmeal, £8 10s per ton Jew Onions 5s per owt Cheese 3d to 4d per lb 'eed Barley, la Od to 2a 3d Smoked Hame, Bid per per bushel Straw, £1 15s per ton 'earl barley, £18 10s per Cape Barley, 3s 6d per ton. buahfil.