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Timaru Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4969, 18 October 1890, Page 2

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CHRISTCHUBOH COEN EXCHANGE. The following is the Cbristohuroh Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday, Oot. 17th. 1890 :— Wheat — A few lines oE long-berried for export have changed bands ; millers are buying sparingly. Oats — Business is very restriotcd, holders being- disinclined to aocept the prices offering. Barley — The season may now be said to be over ; large stocks are held by brewers and m&lsters. Beans and peas— No alteration can be noted. Sales are difficult to effect, there being no outside enquiry. Holders of the former prefer shipping where they can obtain space at a reasonable figure. Potatoes are almost nnqnotable ; sales bare been made at 10s per ton at railway stations within the 12 miles' radius. 'Farmers who have been nnfortanate enough not to sell will have cause to regret the season of 1890, and to many the loss will be rninons. May we never have Bnch another disastrous season. Grass seed—Very few transactions are passing, the season being somewhat advanced. Dairy produce—Batter : The dry weather ia*affectiDg the ontpnt of moat of the dairies, and as a consequence lesi is being potted than is usual at this time of year. It is probable that the factories will place nearly the whole of their make ou the local market m preference to shipping. Onr quotations are as follows : — wheat. c Tuscan 33 6d, pearl 3s 4d, Hunter's 33 3d. OATS. Milling Is 7d, short heavy feed Is 5d to Is 6d, inferior and discoloured Is 2d to Is 4d. BARLEY. Prime malting 3s 3d, feed 1b 6d to Is Bd. BEANS. Beans 2s 6d. PEAS. Prussian Blaea (hand threshed) 2s 9d to 3s, feed sorts 2s 44 to 2a 6d. GRASS tusisii. Eysgrasa (machine dressed) ss. Cookafoot—he»vy seed 4Jd to 4Jd. POTATOES. Potatoes 10s to 12s per ton at country stations within a radius of 12 miles. DAIET PRODtTCE. Prime butter potted 7}d to Bd. Cheese — small loaf shape 2d, larger sizes Bd. The above quotations are those paid to farmers for delivery, f.o.b.,at Lyttelton, sacks extra.