ASHBURTON GRAIN MARKET.

Otago Witness, Issue 2691, 11 October 1905, Page 22

ASHBURTON GRAIN MARKET.

Whaat. — In sympathy with outside markets theie has been an easier feeling in the values of wheat. The bulk of the- farmers holding ' i prime wheat have taken advantage of the rise j in prices c-f late to sell their holdings, and very jittle prime quality is new held by farmers. There is still a large quantity of grain, I hewever, which should pass as good f.a.q. and > suitable for shipping purposes. Prices -re

on a par with last week, but sales are very

difficult to effect : —Tuscan, 2s lOd to 2s lid; pearl, 2s 9d to 2s lOd ; Hunter's, 2s 8d to 2s 9d.

- Oats. — Scarcity of supplies continues to prevent business and prices are continually hardening in consequence. No sales of any consequence have been reported, quotations being: — Canadians (milling), Is lOd; heavy

short feed, Is B|d to Is 9d ; duns and Gartous, Is 8d to Is 9-Jd; Danish, Is 6Jd to Js 7£d.

Oatsheaf Chaff.— The break in the weather again j>revented supplies coming to hand, although a fair quantity is hel-d in local stoics. Peally prime quality is saleable at 555, and no doubt with the hardening of tile oa-t market a further rise should shortly take place.