CANTERBURY GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3384, 22 January 1919, Page 15

CANTERBURY GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

(Lyttelton Times, January 18.) The rain -which fell on Thursday and Friday morning will be extremely beneficial, but a spell of fine weather is nowvery desirable. There have been several email transactions reported, but, as they were of such an obviously speculative

nature, ao uso-ful purpose would be served in J«poraihs tbem. Reports from the PeninKida. are r*rj *p*!mi»t)o about the cocksfoot ittTTSst, though it is very backward. A Utile biuiutts baa beep, done in oats and syesraas. ' Tm following are the prices paid to farmers at country stations, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated: — Wheat.—Milling wheat, Government price; South Island, 6s o£d f .0.b.; North Island, 4d extra Oats.—Ssed Algerians 4s 9d to ss, feed Algerians, 4s to 4s sd; milling Gartons, 5s 3d; feed Gartons, 4s 6d to 4s 9d; seed Duns, 5s to 5s 2d; lighter Duns, 4s to 4s sd; Danish, good quality, 4s od. Barloy.—Prime malting, 6s 3d to 6s 6d; medium, 5s 6d to 6s. Flour.—£ls 10s per ton; 1001 b bags. £l6 ss: 501 b bags, £l6 10s; 251 b bags, £l6 15s, Bran.—Shipping, £5 10s; local, £5 15s per ton. Pollard.—£7 10s per ton. Oatmeal.—2slb bags, £3O per ton; 71b bags, £34- 10s per ton. Oatsheaf Chaff.—Bright heavy, £7 to £7 10s (nominal). Cocksfoot. —Undressed, lOd to Is 3d per lb; machine dressed; Is 8d to Is 9d. Ryegrass.—Perennial, 4s to 4s 9d; Italian, 4s to 4s 6d (nominal). Clover.—White, Is 9d to Is lOd; red, Is 4d to Is 6d. Peas.—Partridge,- 6s to 63 6d; White Ivory, lis to 12s: Blue Prussian, 15s to 16s; Blue Imperial, 15s 6d to 18s. Scotch Tares.—los 6d to Us. Linseed.—£2s to £26 per ton. Potatoes. —To £l3 per ton.