GRAIN REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 1950, 9 July 1891, Page 21

GRAIN REPORT.

Messrs William B. Reynolds and Co., Stafford street, report for the week ending July 8 as follows t — ' .

During the past week the weather has been exceptionally fine ; too fine, in fact, for tbU time of year— the wa'it^f raiu being felt very muoh thr. ughout the wn&le ouuntry. Wheat.— There is no change to advise in the market for this important cereal since last reporting, business being practically at a standstill.* Millers seem determined to bold out until growers' prices come down ; while growers, on the other hand, hold firmly for late rates. As far as we can judge, it is purely a question of time; for when millers' stocks run low, which will not be long,; we feel confident prices will harden again to what they were two months ago. Business is so restricted that our quotations must be treated as nominal, viz :— Prime northern Tuscan and Velvet, 4s 7d to 4s 8d; do southern, 4s 6d to 4s 7d ; ordinary to medium. 4s 3d to 48 sd ; fowls' feed, 3s 7d to 4s id (usual terms). Oats,— Market is in muoh tbe Bame state ks when last reporting, no improvement in the demand being manifested by either shippers or speculators. Both, the Home and Australian markets are dull, with little or no proipect of improving, at any rate for some time, and in view of thin we cannot hold out the prospect of any rise Arrivals are gradually getting smaller every week, which is fortunate, forwere it otherwise prijes would certainly be lower. We quote : Prima milling, Is 6d to Is 6Jd ; ihorfc bright leed, Is 5d to Is s}d ; ordinary, Is 3Jd to Is 4Jd.

Barley Is'almoit without demand, even at our quotations, which are exceedingly low, and muit be treated At nominal. Malting, 3s to 3s 3d ; milling, 2s to 3s 3d; feed, praotloally unsaleable. Chaff.— The supply fcfr lsit week was greater than we have had for some considerable time, consequently prices, although on a par with la'it weelu, are harder to secure. We quote : Prime, 42s 8d ; extra good, 455 ; ordinary, from 35s to 40s, according to quality. , , Potatoes.— Our intercolonial markets show no change, so prices on the spot are low, and not muoh chance of au immediate change. Prime are worth 42s 6d ; others as low as 30b, according to quality. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT, Moanisos AifD Hopkih, millers, grain, produce, »nd commission agents, Manse street, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for the week ending July 8, as followi : - Wheat : Market firm, but not over active. Prime Tuscans aud velvets, 4s 7d to 4b Bdj other good milling sorts, 4s 4n to 4s 6d. Fowls' wheat •• Good whole, 3s 8d to 4s. Prime Nelson bops, Is Id. Onions, £1 to £8 Barley : Malting, 3s to 3s 3d ; milling, 2s 4d to 2s 6d > feed, 2« to 3s 3d. Pearl barley, £13. ,O«ts .- We fluoce, nominally, best mlllingj and seed. Ib 6d to Is 7d ; bright plump feed range from It 4£d to Is Pfd ,' other sorts, Is 3d to Is 4d— all sacks extra, off trucks, and ex store. r Flour i Bollar, £12; store, £U ss. Oatmeal, 8& 10s to ,«IO 10s. Bran, £3 10s. Sharps, &i 10s. Potatoes, £2 to £i ss ; kidneys for seed, £2 5s to £2 10s. Pigs; 1401b to 1601b, well fed aud well cured, 3£d; large sizes not saleable. Chaff: Good heavy clean sorts, £2 ss. Turnips, 15s to 18s. Carrots, ;30s to 355. Straw (oaten and wheatsn), 30s to 355. Hay (oaten), £3. Clover and ryegra«s hay, £3 5s to d§3los. Butter i Prime salt, 7JI— kegs returnable; Taranaki factory, l»2dj Taranaki dairy butter, 9d to lid. Eggs: Fairly supplied. Honey, 5d per lb. Cheese : Faotory, 5d to sjd ; dairy, 4d to 4jd. Hams and bacon : Hatis, 7d to 8d ; bacon, 5d to 6d. Grass seeds : Byegrass, 3s 6d to 5a 9(1 ; cocksfoot, 4fd to 84 per lb. Clovers, turnips, &0., on application. Kalnit, or German potash salt, the most thrifty manure a farmer can use, as it is of easy application, acting at the same time as an insecticide, and rehabilitates the soil with the potash which has been abstracted for years, but never replaced. We are able to place same on trucks here or put it f.o b at £5 per ton. It is a safeguard against rust, and almost indispensable for tubers and turnips, for which crops it requires ploughing in, to be within easy reaoh of the roots. Pamphlets and tostimouials on application. We are landing in the Morayihire a shipment from Germany, with Government analysis. In that country it Is compulsory to have all manures for sale accompanied by a guaranteed analysis. A. LOR{E AND CO.'S PRICES CURRENT. July 8. „ Kabbitskins : Inferior, 6d to 8d ; early winters, Is, Is 3d; se^cted, upto Iss?d- Bheepskins: Short wool. Is 9d. 2s ; good medium, 3s, 3* 6d ; best, up to 6s. Fat; Bough, 13s; rendered, 1 2s to 20s. Hides, Id to 3d. Poultry : Very few forward. Hens, 1b lid, 2* lid ; cocks, 2s 6d, 3s 6d ; ducks, 4s, ss ; geese, 6s, 6s 6d ; turkeys. 4£ i to 6|d. Potatoes : A drug. Ex store, 38s 6d; kidney seed (brisk), 40s, 455. Butter (fresh) * Scarce. Bggs : Trioei maintained. Salt Gutter, 7d. 7§d. We have sold heavy lines for snipment at 7jd (kegs in) Cheese: Wanted, flairy, 4d ; faotory, 4|d. Pig*, 3jd, 3§d ; bacon, 5Jd, s|d? hams, 7s d ; onions. £7 10s j honey. sd. Fru>t : Inland oranges, 7s 6d, 8s ; lemom, 10s ; mandarins, 10s ; coooanuts, 10s ; apples— Hobart crabs Us, local 2?d, Hobart 'stone pippins and Stunners 10a, local 2id; pearmalns, 12s. We landed large shipments from Hobart and Victoria to-day, and have advices of 200 oases of orauge«, lemons, mandarins, and pines ffom Sydney to-mo row. Businets during the week has been very brisk, the large amount of rabbitakins coming forward keeping us busy. On : ! Thursday we sold Henry's grocery stock by auction j by instruction's of the assignee. Every line was cleared, the whole realising witbfn about 20 per cent, of cost price. ; RABBITS&IN MARKET. I BOBiBT Ol.Hl.Ain> AHD Qo., Crawford street (next Pier Hotel), report as follows under date July 8:— Prices continue firm, and the demand is good. We are paying Is 5d for best selected skins. MILLERS' REPORT, frhe Otago and Southland Millers' Association | report the following to be the ruling rates m | millers' produota s— Flour : Stone -200'i, £11 ss; J 100's, £11 10s; 60'B, £11 16s. Boiler — 200'fl, £12 J 100'b, £12 10s ; 60's, £12 16s. Oatmeal : 200*s, £8 10a ; 25's, £9 ; 7's, £11. Bran, £3 10* ; pollard, £4 10s; pearl barley, £13. AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL. , • Sydhkt, July 8. Wheat: Chick, 3s 6d to 3s lOd; milling, 4s 6d to ss. Flour: Stone, £10 5s to £10 15s; roller, £11 10s to £12. Oats : Feeding, la 9d to 2s. Maize, 2s to 2s 3d. Bran and pollard, fl|d Potatoes : New Zealand, £3 15) ; Circular Heads, £4. Onions, £4 5s to£4los. Butter: Dairy, lslOd; faotory, 2«; New j Zealand, Is 3d to Is 6d. Cheese, 7Jd to Pd Bacon : Machine, 6d to 6d; hand 6d to 7d. Hams: New j Zealand, lOd to lid. . Melbourne, July 8. , Grain market: Wheat, 4s 9|d to 4s lOd. Flour: Stone, £9 15s to £10 10s; roller, £11 10s. Oats: Algerian, 2s 2d ; Danish, 2s 6d. Maize. 3s 9§A to 4s j 6d7 Barley: Cape, Is lid to 2«; malting to 3s Id. j Bran, lOd. Pease, 2s 6d. i Adblaidb, July 8. 'Wheat, 4s 91 to 4s 10d. Flour i Stone, £9 5s to £10 ; roller, £10 5s to £10 15s. Oafs : New Zesland (in bond), 2s 2d to 2s 4d Barley : Cape, 2a 4s to 2s 9d ; English, 2s JM to 4s. Bran and pollard, Is 2d. Moderate trade doing. DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Weekly B»pobt. ! Messrs Wright, Stbphkhson, and Co. report as follows : — An unusually large entry of draughts was offered to-day, but we have seldom seen tha yard so bate of backs and harness horses. The demand for draughts was not so brUk as has been experienced for the past few weeks, but notwithstanding a fair number of hones changed hands We sold on account of Mr Alex. Garry (Owake) one heavy draught gelding for £21 ; on account of Mr W. S. Wilson, draught mares and geldings at from £16 to £21 ; on acoounb of Mr John Shaw (Timaru), 10 draught mares and geldings at from £9 to £16; on account of Mr Wm. Faulds, one draught mare at £16 ; on account of Mr J. Greenfield (Oamaru), three draught and harness horses up to £14 ss ; and on account of various other vendors draught and harness horses at quotations. We quote:— First-class dranghts (extra heavy), £25 to £30 ; good ordinary draughts (young), £18 to £22; medium draughts. £12 to £16; aged draughts, £6 to £10 ; good haoks and harness horses, ! £12 to £16 ; medium haoks and harness horses, «7 to £9 ; light and inferior hacks and harness horses, £3 10s to £5. LIVE STOCK REPORT. The following are particulars of Messrs Wright, Stkphkkbow. and Co 's stock sales last week, ina 1 - verfcently omitted by stock agents from the general report in our last issue:— _„... ;At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday they report as follows :— Fat Cattle.— We sold 58 head a3 follows :— For Mr Charles Brown (Inverurie), 5 very prime bu 1 locks at from £8 10s to £9 2s 6d ; for Mr George Chick (Otara), 14 bullocks (light-weights) at from £3 10j to £7 2a 6d ; for Messrs W and N. Reid (Broomfield Mains), 5 bullocks at up to £7 10s r for Messrs Bobert Bobinson and Sons (Grauton), 14 steers and cow» at from £3 to £5 ss ; for Messrs Kent and Dnnda* (Ida Valley). 13 steers and helfera at quotations ; and for Mr Robert Love (Ophh), 7 steers and heifers , pat Sheep.— We sold 1060 as follows :— For Mr John Johnston (Awamoko), 5 extra fine four-tooth balfbred.wethers at 22s 6d, 16 halfbred wethers at 16s 6d, and 37 halfbred wethers and maiden ewes at 15s 9d ; for Mr Tnos. G. Robertson (Spy law estate), 58 prime halfbred wethers at 16» 3d to 17s 3d ; for Mr George Nlchol (Mataura) 120 prime halfbred wethers at 16s 3d to 17s 3d ; for Mrs Catherine Miller (Braemore), 61 prime crossbred ewes at 15s 8d to 16s 9d ; for the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, Limited ( Hsk«tcramea estate), 118 halfbred wethers at 16b and 182 quarter-bred wethers at 14s 7£d ; for a southern elieut 106 crossbred ewes at quotations ; for Mr Christian Hille (Kurow), 59 halfbred wethers at 14s 9d to 16s. and 62 halfbred ewes at 14s 9d to 15s 9d ; for Mrs John Nimmo (Tne Grange), 64 quarterbred wethers and maiden 9wes at 14s ; and for Mr Hugh M'Master (Saddle Hill), 61 halfbred ewes and wethers at 15s 9d; and for Mr James Wright, 110 merino wethers (poor quality) at quotations. Pig«— We sold 117 as follows-.— Bacon pigs, at from 30s to 455 ; porkers, 20s to 27s 6d ; stores, 14s to 235 ; suokers, 5s to Bs.

Store Sheep.- During the week we have sold 1000 three-quarter-bred Romney hoggets, 100 pure bred Bomney Marsh ewei (in lamb), and 600 longwool ewes (in lamb). ■