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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3620, 8 May 1886, Page 2

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Timaru, Herald Office, Friday Evening. PRODUCE MARKETS. The Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association, Limited, report for the week onded 7th inat as follows :— . No change of importance can ho noted in tho grain market, and values all ronnd romain mnoh tho samo as last week. In wheat, local millers nro stUl well supplied, and comparatively littlo is being placed for oxport. Oats have seen somo activity, tho demand being chiefly for short bright feed, for whioh top rates aro given. During tho week wo havo placed ono or two lines at quotations. In barloy, thero is nothing doing, and quotations romain nominal. Enquiries aro coming forward for prime Derwont potatoes, but bnsinoss in these is restricted, owing to the lato wet weather having delayed deliveries. Bnttor—Advices from Sydney are not oncouraging, and tho export demand is Bomewhat easier. Aa, howover, tho weather becomes • colder, prices should again recover. Onr quotations aro — "Wheat. — Primo Tuscan 3s 4d to 3s 4\d, vol- , vet 33 3_d to 33 4d, red chaff 3a 2_-d to 3s 3d, fowl wheat, good wholo 3s to 3s 2d, broken 2s 9d to 3s. Oats.— Prime heavy milling 2s 2d to 2s 3d, short bright feod 2s to 2s ld, Danish Is 9d to Is lid. Barley.— (Nominal.) 2s 6d to 2s 9d for malting. Potatoes. — Derwents 60s to 55a, f.0.b., sacks in. Butter. — Fresh lid, primo kegged IOJd to lid. kega extra. The abovo grain quotations aro ex store or ' in trucks at Timarn. CTEtBISTCHirECH PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is tho Chriatch urch Corn Exohonge roport for tho week ended Friday, the 7th inst. : — The unusual inclemency of tho weather dnring tho past weok has entirely stopped deliveries from tho conntry districts^ Transactions, consequently, have been chiefly confined to storo lines and parcels in transit. Whoat deliveries aro falling off considerably, and prices aro fairly well maintained. Oats aro offoring rather moro freely, and sales are frequent at quoted ratos. Barley has had a rather better week for extra prima malting, but second quality parcels aro still very dull. Feod, however, has a strong enquiry. Beans and peas havo an average passing business. Ryegrass and cocksfoot are almost ontirely neglected, and sales aro seldom recorded. Derwent potatoes aro onquirod for, but owing to tho lato rains putting a stop to digging operations, littlo business has transpirod. Fears aro entertained among growers that thero will bo a considerable quantity perish in tho low-lying lands. Dairy produco has a slack trade, Sydnoy advices being against sollers for tho moment. Still, buyers aro fairly sanguine as to prices m tho future, consequently quotations romain at thoso of last weok. Quotations • for tho woek aro as under, viz. : — Wheat. — Primo tuscnn 33 5d to 3s 51d, pearl and Hunter's 3s 3Jd to 3s 4d. Oats. — Bright milling 2s to 2s Id, short feed Is lid to 2s, Danish and Tartarian Is lOd to la Ud. ' n ' . ' Barley. — Primo ftmlting 3s 3d to 3s sd, foir malting 2s lOd to 3s ld, food 2s 2d to 2.3 3d. Peas. — Prussian blues 33 lOd, feed sorts 3s o 3a 3d. Beans.— 2s lOd to 2s lid. Ryegrass. — Maohino-dressed 5s 3d to 5s 6d, farmers' parcels 33 91 to 4s 6d. Cocksfoot. — Extra heavy and clean 3_d to -_d, medium _rtd to 3id. Potatoos.— Derwont 47s Cd to 50s (saoks Dairy Prodnco. — Prime tub butter 9d to lid, inferior 4d to 6d, oheeso, loaf shape 6d to 6id, medium size 5Jd, large 4}d to sd. Tho abovo prioes are those paid to farmers, and delivered, f.o.b. Lyttelton. (By Tbleobaph.)