GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Otago Witness, 5 December 1900, Page 15

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Donald Reid and Co. report having held their weekly sale of grain and produce at their stores on Monday. There. was a small attenddance of buyers, and as bidding was languid j a large proportion of the catalogue was passed in. Quotations are as follow: — j Oats. — During the past week there has been strong inquiry for all good to prime feed lines of short oats, and most of those on offer have been \ readily quitted at late quotations. We quote : Prime milling, Is 6|d to Is 7d; good to best feed, Is 5Jd to Is 6d; medium, Is 4d to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). I Wheat. — The sale of milling quality is confined chiefly to prime samples, medium being difficult to quit. Foyd. wheat is in good demand at late values. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; medium to good? 2s 3d to 2s sd ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s Id ; broken and damaged, Is 8d to Is lid per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes. — The market has been moderately supplied, and prices are a shade firmer. We sold good to best Derwents at £3 to £3 5s per ton (sacks in). | Chaff. — Pi'ime oaten sheaf continues to meet with good demand, other sorts being out of favour. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £2 10s to £2 12s 6d; extra heavy, to £2 15s; medium - to good, £1 to £1 7s 6d; inferior, £X 10s to £1 15s per ton (bags extra). Messrs A. Moritzon and Co. report having held their usiial weekly sale of grain and pro- J duce on Monday morning. Prices ruled as follow : — I Wheat. — All lines of prime velvet and Tuscan have a steady sale, but medium and inferior are quite neglected. -Fowl feed has a good in- ' quiry. We sold prime velvet and Tuscan from 2s 5d to 2s 7d; medium and inferior from 2s , 2d to 2s 4Jd; fowl feed, Is lid to 2s Id per bushel. j Oats. — These were in good demand, but prices are without alteration. We sold best bright feed at Is 6d; medium and inferior, Is 2d to Is 5Jd per bushel (sacks extra). | Potatoes. — Stocks of Derwents are now run out, with the result that prices show a considerable advance. We sold fresh picked Derwents from £3 to JB3 10s per ton. Chaff. — The only demand is .for prime heavy oaten sheaf, which sold from £2 7s 6d to £2 12s 6d; medium and inferior, which is very slow of sale, from £1 15s to £2 5s per ton. Dalgety and Co. report having held their tisual weekly auction sale on Monday, when ■ prices ruled as under : — I Oats. — The demand during the past week has remained fairly active, especially for . bright J feed sorts suitable for shipment. We quote: Prime milling, Is 6id to-ls 7d; good to best feed, Is s£d to Is 6d; medium, Is 4d to Is 5d (bags extra). i Wheat. — Prime samples only are inquired for, medium quality being neglected. Fowl feed, however, is readily saleable. Quotations : I Prime velvet and Tuscan, 2s 6d to 2s 7d; medium velvet and Tuscan, 2s 2d to 2s 4d: fowl feed, 2s to 2s Id ; broken, Is lOd to Is lid (bags in, terms). | Potatoes. — Owing to stocks being worked low the-re is a much better demand, and prime Derwents realised to-day £3 to £3 ss; other sort<; to £2 35s (bags in). Chaff. — Prime oaten sheaf is in good demand, but medium quality is still very plenti- j ful, and hard to sell. Prime oaten sheaf, £2 , 10s to £2 12s 6d; extra heavy and bright, £2 15s ; medium quality, £2 to £2 7s 6d (bags extra) . SALES OF CLYDESDALE SHOW STOCK. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows: — On account of Mr John Isdale, of ' Weston, near Oamaru, we have sold to Mr John Wilson, of Downshire Farm, Ophir, at a very high figure, the first prize Clydesdale yearling entire colt at the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association's show, held at Tahuna Park on Frldaj last. This is admittedly, one

of the best yearling colts 111 Otago to-day, and Mr Wilson and Central Otago are both to be I congratulated upon the acquisition. His breed- \ ing cannot be surpassed, and is 'as follows: — Sire Crown Prince, dam, Flora, by Menlove's Prince Victor, about the best Clydesdale sire ever imported from Scotland into this colony. He was bred by Mr John Henderson, ParkI mains ; was got by Prince of Wales, iihe illustrious stud horse of Mr Laurence Drew, Merrytown, out of Rosie, a mare belonging to an exceedingly favourite strain. The grand-dam of Mr Wilson's colt is the wellknown Clydesdale mare Pride, by Boag's Prince Charlie, imported from Scotland, another of the best sires imported to this country. On account of Mr James Cullen, ELelso : We nave sold the first prize two-year-old Clydesdale entire colt Crown and Feather at the same show to Mr Archibald Aitcheson, of Hampden, at a very satisfactory price. This colt was first in a very strong class of five two-year-olds, and it is generally admitted that he is one of the best two-year-olds of the season. He is got by Lord Onslow out of Queen of the Cranbournes, g-dam Jenny. For the same vendor we sold his prize two-year-old filly by Wallace (imp.) out of the same mare as the colt Crown and Feather, at a big price, at Mr William Macaulay, of Maheno. ~