FARMING INTERESTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19446, 4 November 1925, Page 9

FARMING INTERESTS

LONDON MARKETS. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLED REPORT. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated October 31, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Butter. Demand continues slow. Official quotations are:— Now Zealand. —Finest salted: October 31, 212 s to 216 s per cwt. (Is 10|d to Is IHd per lb.); October 24, 214 s to 216 s (Is lid to Is ll|d); October 17, 214 s to 220 s (Is lid to Is HAd). Unsalted: October 31, 212 s to 218 s (Is lOd to Is Hid); October 24, 214 s to 218 s (Is lid to Is llAcl); October 17, 216 s to 222 s (Is ll|d to Is lid). Other qualities: October 31, 202 s to 208 s (Is 9Ad to Is 10}d). Australian. —Salted: October 31, 204 s to 208 s (Is 9d to Is 10{d); October 24, 206 s to 210 s (Is lOd to Is.lOld); October 17, 210 s to 216 s (Is IOAd to Is 11 ]d). Unsalted: October 31. 204 s to 208 s (Is 9d to Is 10|d); October 24, 208 s to 210 s (Is 101-d to Is lOJd); October 17, 212 s to 216 s (Is IOJd to Is ll]d). Other qualities (salted and unsalted): October 31, 184 s to 200 s (Is 7Jd to Is 9Ad).

Argentine.—Unsalted: October 31, 182 s to 186 s (Is 7Ad to Is 7sd) October 24, 186 s to 192 s (Is 7Jd to Is 8Ad); October 17, 190 s to 196 s (Is B|d to Is 9d per lb.) Irish. —Salted: October 31, 206 s to 208 s (Is lOd to Is 10|d); October 24, 208 s to 210 s (Is IOJd to Is lOAd); October 17, 212 s to 214 s (Is 10jd to Is lid). Unsalted: October 31, 206 s to 210 s (Is lOd to Is lOJd); October 24, 208 s to 210 s (Is 10|d to As 104 d); October 17, 214 s to 216 s jfls lid to Is Hid). Siberian. —October 31, 170 s to 180 s per cwt. (Is 6-}d to Is 7jd); October 24, 172 s to Is 7|d); October 24. 172 s to 182 s (Is 64d to Is 7*d); October 17, 180 s to 184 s (Is 7|d to Is 7|d). Exceptional: October 31, 182 s (Is 7jd). Canadian. —October 31, 200 s to 204 s (Is 9Ad to Is 9sd); October 24, 208 s (Is 10|d); October 17, 208 s (Is lOJd).

Danish. —October 31, 218 s to 220 s (Is Hid): October 24. 224 s to 226 s (2s to 2s 0:fd); October 17, 228 s to 230 s (2s OJd to 2s 0!d), Cheese. Market quiet. No New Zealand on hand. Official quotations are: English. —Finest farmers’ (steady): October 31, 140 s to l-15s per cwt. (Is 3jd to Is 31d per lb.) Canadian.—Coloured and white: Or tober 31, 117 s to 118 s (Is OAd). Casein. —French rennet, £76; Argentine lactic, £46. Hemp and Wool. Hemp.—Manila easier. 11 J” grade November-January shipments quoted at £4O 10s. sellers. New Zealand market steady, with an improved demand for highpoints. Parcels afloate New York have realised £4l 10s. r i here arc sellers’ highpoints October-December shipments at £39, fair £36. Possible buyers 10s less. Buyers for common £34 10s, rejected £32 10s. Good business reported for tow No. 2 now quoted £26, No. 3 £24 10s, buyers. Wool.—Bradford market firm tone. Good business has been done. Present quotations are:—64’s (warp) morion, 4s 7d; 64’s (average) 4s 6d; 56’s (super halfbred), 3s Id; 50’s (halfbred) 2s 4d; 40’s (prepared), Is lid. Oats, Peas and Beans. I Oats.—Alert better inquiry. English in good supply. Best white quoted at 1 335, new spring white 30s. Inferior [quality down to 21s 6d. No. 2 white American clip sold at 22s 9d. Nominal value New Zealand and Cape Town Gartons 31s ox store. Peas.—Maple partridge steady. Eng lish making 555. Best Tasmanian sell ing at 82s 6d to 95s ex store. New Zealand No. 1 not offered on spot. Sep-tember-October shipments offered at 755. Inquiry for blue is not believed to have come from New Zealand ur Tasmania, of which there are nominal value £lB to £l9. Small business has been done with hand-picked Dutch at

£2O. Beans.—Market quiet, but steady. English selling at 45s to 50s. Chinese horse sold £ll 5s ex store. Cocksfoot.—Danish cocksfoot quoted at 50s c.i.f. No business reported. Tallow. Spot market quiet. Nothing doing for shipment. Present quotations are: Mutton: Fine, 49s to 49s 6d per cwt.; fair to good, 44s to 48s; dark to dull, 40s to 41s. Beef: Sweet and/or mixed, 45s to 475; fair to good, 41s 6d to 44s 6d; dark to dull, 39s to 40s. Mixed: Fair to good, 41s to 445; dark to dull, 39s to 40s. Gut, etc.: 36s to 395. Eggs. Smaller arrivals and prices higher for the best. Steady demand for all kinds. English and Danish, 29s 6d to 31s per long 100; Irish, Dutch, Belgian, 24s 6d to 28s per long 100; French, Italian, 20s to 25s per long 100; Australian, South African, 18s to 22s per long 100; Lithuanian, Argentine, Syrian and Russian, 13s to 17s 6d per long 100.