CANTERBURI MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2692, 18 October 1905, Page 23

CANTERBURI MARKETS.

CHEISTCHUBCH GKAEST AND PRODUCE .REPORT. (Press, 14th iust.) There has- been ,s fair amount of business passing .in the .local wheat market during i, the week, a number of sales having been, made at; quotations,- among which were 2400 bushels of "Hunters and Tuscan at 33, delivered sib ihrsimill;. 1000 bushels of Hunters at 2a lid, at Addington.; 3200 bushels of Pearl and Tuscan at "2s 10d; 1600 bushels of Peajrl at 2s SJd; 450 bushels of Tuscan at 2s 9d; 1300 fcushels of Hunters at 2s 9d; and 1000 hx sluels of damaged Hunters at 2s 6*d, all at country stations. There hag also been a move- :n bats during the past few days, and an advance^ in prices ihas resulted iji -a. fc-w lines changing hands. Sales have been made up to Is lid at country stations for prime milling, but most holders are asking 2s, even for feed lines. A line of. nulling G-artons was sold at 2s Id, f.0.b., sack in, equal to Is- lOJd at a counliy station, ~a.nd • another line of 800 bushels was taken at is^lOd, also at a country station. There has been another sharp rise in -potatoes,, and up 1o £9 -10s has been paid, stocks in second hands jiow being very light. Eutter is lower by_ 13 per lb. The "following -are the current prices naid to farmers, free of commission, except where otherwise 'specified:— -"Wheat. — Mixed '.lines 2s 8d to 2s 9d, bright samples -2s -lOd to 2s -Ud, at country .stations: Oats.— Milling quality Is lOd to Is lid, Gar-it-as "Is 9a to Is lOd, short .'feed Is 8d to Is 9d,< dams. Is 10a, "Danish . Is 8d to Is Zd; at country-- stations. Peas — Partridge _'3s to 3s 2d, Blue Prussians 23 Gd"to 2a 9d, prime samples to 3s. EeaW.-^Ss 8d to 2s lOd. ] ■Ryegrass.—^-Heavy. .2s 9d to 3s, good 2s to ' 53 6d Italian 2s 9d to 3s. j Cowtrass; — Gcod 6d to 7d, white clover 5d ■to, 7d.~ I Cocksfoot.— lllb to 121b seed, 3d; 131b, 31d; 141b,. 3|d. j Flowr.— £9 per ton. Bran.— £3 15s. ! Pc-llard— £i. Oatmeal. — £11. , ; Pctatoes. — Derwents £9 10s, at country Static nsOatsheaf Chaff. — Prime, 50a to 52s 6d. Dairy Produce. — Cheese, factory, s£d; dairy, 6a; loaf cheese, sfd; butter, factory, lO^d; farmers' separator, 8d to 9d; dairy, 7d to 8d; i>acc-n, sides, 6£d;~ Tolls, 7d; hams, Bd'; eggs, , fi«eh B<3. GRAIN 7 MARKET. Wheat. — The market had' an easier feeling owing to millers having purchased their imaneddate requirements, but the recent break in the -weather has again firmed prices owing to the fear oi a 'large quantity of the growing grain becoming spoilt, " and inquiry at the pr-esent moment is good for all classes of milling. > Quotations axe: — Tuscan, 2s lOd-, 2s lid; Pearl, 2a 2s J.od; Hunters, 2s Sd, 2s 9d; whole, fowl wheat, good' inquiry, 2s Gd. Oats. — The demand is very keen, and supplies short. "Duns -and .milling oais^ axe especially, in demand; and aa high as Is lOd IhaaTfoeen- pafd, while buyers would prbbably - spring on that for extra quality. Quotations -to-day are: — Canadians, Is lOd, Is Ud;- Gortons -arid duns, Is9d, Is lOd; Danish, Is 83. . • Oataheaf Chaff Very little business has ' l>eeax 1-eporfced.- -Supplies are now short, and orders «a:e , being executed from stores.