THE BREADSTUFFS AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3524, 27 September 1921, Page 14

THE BREADSTUFFS AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Friday evening. I In a cable message received by Lindley Walker Co-operative Wheat Company, Melbourne. from ins Liverpool agent it is advised that Canad'an new wheat is now moving. The quality is good, but the estimate of the yield has been slightly reduced. Argentina is wanting rain, otherwise the wheat crops are favourable. Prospective import re- ; quirements of Europe shew no change. When, in the latter part of July, the haresting of the cereal crops in Europe was in progress the results generally were favour- ; able and tip to expectations. Such applied | to wheat in the Mediterranean lands and j France, rye in France and Germany, wheat anil rye in Austria and Hungary, and wheat j and winter oat 3 in the United Kingdom. Crop reports from Rumania and Bulgaria Were favourable, but the wheat areas were small. In the United States of America there had been loss said about disappointment in regard to winter wheat yields, but Canadian crops, although fairly satisfactory, had deteriorated somewhat, a portion of the wheat having suffered from rust. LOCAL MARKETS. There ar© practically no lines of milling wheat now offering from the country. Fowl wheat is in short supply, and any lines arriving on the market are quickly taken up by merchants. Millers are willing to take samples of fowl wheat which are ; of sound quality. i Oatmeal, in ‘2slb bags, has been increased by £2 a ton, and the cost is now £23; 20‘oib bags now cost £‘22 per ton. Odd bags of seed wheat are still being purchased by farmers who wish to finish off a paddock or two. Milling Wheat. —According to Government prices: Tuscan 7s 9|d f.0.b., Hunters 8s O-Jd, • Pearl 83 3Jd. j Millers’ prices are as follow: —Flour, £2l j 10s per ton; 100’s, £23; 50's, £23 10s; 25’s, j £24. Bran, £7 per ton. Pollard, £lO. Pearl barley, £lB. Oatmeal, 20G’s, £22; other quantities, £23. The oat market continues firm, and prices may be given to-day as 3s 9d, f.0.b.5.i., for A Gartons, and 3s Sd for B’s. There is, however, not a great deal of business passing at these figures. A fine line of oats was sold at Kelso during the week .at- 3s Id cn trucks, sacks extra. Stocks in stores in Dunedin are light, and farmers' offerings are on the light side. The spell of dry j weather experienced in the North and South Islands has now come to an end, and the heavy rains which have fallen have done an incalculable amount of good. The better I crop outlook which has resulted from the rainfall has stayed tlie upward trend in oat prices. PRODUCE REPORT. Fair supplies of chaff have been coming to hand, and ihe market is a little easier. Good quality is worth £5 per ton, sacks extra, ex truck. Medium is difficult to auit at about £4 10s. Tho potato market is a little firmer. Stocks in stores are being worked out, and supplies are not now so plentiful. The current quotation is £3 10s per ton, sacks included. Eggs are in full supply. Prices remain unchanged from last week. Current wholesale prices are as follow: Chaff; Prime, to £5 ss; medium and light, £4 10s. Potatoes: Prime quality, to £3 10s. Eggs: Stamped, Is 6d; plain, Is sd. Dairy Butter: Pats, Is lOd; milled, Is lOd. Melbourne onions, 10s per cwt. Margarine, lOd per lb. Bacon: R-olls, Is ojd per lb; sides, Is 2Jd. Hams, Is 4d. FRUIT REPORT. Business has been brisk during the week. A line of Island oranges was brought south from Wellington by the Calm. The fruit was net in good order, and brought 12s to 16s per ease as landed. A parcel cf Sydney oranges was also landed ex the Calm. Many of the cases were in a quite worthies.? condition. The best brought up to 18s per case. Some 300 cases of oranges, pines, passions, and lemons arrived at Lyttelton on Thursday, ex the Kauri. These will be brought on to Dunedin by rail, and may be on the local market on Monday morning. The Storm is bringing 3, shipment of bananas and cocoanuts from the north. They ehould bs in the auction rooms to-morrow (Saturday). A nice line of Winter Cole pears, from Canterbury cool stores, brought high values. Choice dessert apples are meeting with a little stronger demand., All other grad'es are hard to quit. A fairly large line of pumpkins arrived by the Kanna and the Calm from Wellington, and met with a fair demand at from 9s to 12s per cwt. Rhubarb is not so plentiful this week, and prices are firmer. Heavier supplies of lettuce are on the market, but not a great deal of choice quality. Sound heads bring high prices. Spring onions are in over-supply. Priocn for cauliflowers have firmed during the "cw»k. Local growers’ supplies are iust about done in the meantime. Sound cabbages meet a good inouirv. Oferrent uh:..es-.ie prices are as follow: Apples: Mostly yturmers coming forward. ! Xxtr* choice, to 14a per case; prime, to 12s; j am, 74 6d to 8s 6:1 : small, 5s per case; | cookers, large size, 6s Gd to 7s 6d; medium, 4t to 4s Cd; small, 3s. Lemons: California, 45s to 50s; Adelaide. 22s to 255; Sydney, 16s. Oranges: Sydneyq 24s to 265; mandarins, to 27s 6d; navels', 24s to 2Ss. Passions, 253 to 30s. | Rarotongan tomatoes. 20s per box. Pears: Choice Winter Coles, to 5d per , lb; others, 3d to 4d. Pines, to 365. Potatoes: Sacks, 7s 6d to Bs. Table carrots, Is per dozen bunches; 5s to 6s per cwt. Parsnips, Is per dozen bunches; sacks. 5s ! to 7s. Cabbages: Best, to 7= Gd; medium, 3s to Is per sack; inferior. Gd to Is per sack. Rbubaib, 4s 6 1 to 5s 6d per dozen bunches. Ca-uliflow« rs: Choice, 4s to 4s Gd per dozen ; ( medium. Is Gd to 2s per dozen; sacks, ; choice, jn o Gs; prime, 3s Gu to 4s Gci; ■ medium, 2s to 3s. _ J Beet, Is per d n bunches. Lettuce: Choice, to 3s per dozen; prime. Is 6d to 2s; nr.all, Is per dozen. • Spring onions, 1 * ; d to 3d per bundle. j Celery, 3d to Gd per bund ’<• : choice, Is. j Leeks, 3d to 4d per bundle for best; I others, 3 1 t to 2d.