GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2401, 8 March 1900, Page 30

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT.

T. E. Shiel and Co. report for the week ending March 7: —

Wheat. — New crop from the north now offering, but buyers not operating freely. We qt.ote : Best velvet and Tuscan, 2s s^d to 2s 6^d ; medium, 2s sd ; seconds, 2s ; fowl wheat — best, 2s Id to 2s 2d ; medium, Is lid to 2s ; inferior, Is 9d to Is lOd.

Oats. — Good demand. We quote: Milling, 2s Id ; best stout feed, 2s o*d ; Danish, Is lid ; duns, Is lid; medium, Is lOd to Is lO^d; inferior, Is 8d to Is 9d.

Chaff. — Best heavy oaten sheaf 60s (good demand); medium, £2 12s 6d to £2 15s.

Potatoes. — Market glutted, and sales can only be effected at reduction on late quotations. We quote: Best, fresh dug kidneys, 40s; Derwonts, 40s; inferior and stale, 25s to 30s (with no demand). .

Onions, 4s 6d per cwt,

B-atter. — We advise all milled and dairy or separator to be sent to our address, care Cool Stores, Port Chalmers. End of this month shipment to London will probably cease. Local demand for winter consumption will not commence before April. Pigs. — Excellent demand for prime baconers (1301b to 1601b) at 3Jd per lb.

Cheese. — Factory, large size, sd; loaf, s£d; Akaroa, best, 4-Jd to 4|d (good demand). Poultry.-r-In over-supply, and prices lower. We expect decided improvement next week on account of races, and "departure of contingent. Boosters, 2s to 4s ; ducks, 3s 3d to 4s 6d ; hens, 2s 6d to 2s 8d; geese, ss; turkeys — cocks, 8d to 9|d; hens, 5d to 6:L

We receive and sell by auction, or privately, every description of fruit and garden produce. Extended market report, published every Friday, will be sent regularly if requested.

FRUIT AND PRODUCE REPORT. ! Messrs Thomas Paterson and Co., Manse street, report March 7> — Fruit. — The market "has been fairly swamped with locally ; g.rown apples, pears, and plums. Ppars especially have been difficult to movev»J We hope, as the early pears are nearly done/ to see an.improvement in prices. Apples : Cooking, id; 'to l£d; best dessert, l|d to 2d. Oranges \ Italian halves, 10s; wholes, 14s to 17s 6d. /Lemons : Messina, 22s 6d to 255.Teviot peaches, lid to 3d. Apricots, 4d to 4£d. ] Plums (market glutted), Id to 2Jd per lb. Green peas, 6s to 9s per cwt. Gooseberries, Id. Tomatoes : Hothouse, 4d to 4|d ; Christchurch, 2d to 3d. Grapes, 6d to 9d. Raspberries, sd. Produce. — Fresh butter, 6d to 7d; salt, 6d to 7-Jd. Bacon: Roll, 6d to 6Jd. Hams, 7£d to Bd. Pigs, 3d to 3Jd. Cheese: Factory 4£d to sd; farmers', 4d to 4id. Onions, £1 to £i 10s. Potatoes: Peninsula, 35s to 40s; -Derwents, £2 to £2 2s 6d.

Poultry. — Hens, 2s Gd ; roosters, 3s ; ■ ducks, 3S to 3s 6d. Turkeys: Hens, 6d to/7d per lb; cocks, 9d. We receive all descriptions of farm Xjroduce for 'sale on commission.