GRAIN AND SEED REPORT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 14, 27 July 1888, Page 15

GRAIN AND SEED REPORT.

Messrs. Samuel Orr and Co., Stafford street, report for the week endmg July 25, as follows :— Wheat : Market without any change since iasc week, and only prime samples being saleable, principally of Northern grown. Fowl feed is not in the demand it was, neither on the spot nor in the intercolonial markets, consequently prices are if anything easier. We quote prime milling 3s to 3a 2d ; medium, nominal, 2s 6>i to 2a 9d ; fowl feed, la lOd to 2s 3d. Oats. — Tse change in the market for these reported by us last week has still been maintained, and notwithstanding the determined attitude iD buyeis oeing unwilliug to give late prices, still they have found it necessary to do so. During the week we sold a parcel of bright feed on account of J. 8., Kelso, at Is lid, and for a parcel of milling we got 2s on account of J.B , Wawera. We must admit, then, that prices in our intercolonial markets do not warrant such figures, but time will bring them round, as it has done before. We quote prime milling, 2a ; bright, heavy, short feed, Is lOd to Is lid ; medium, Is 8d to Is 9d, Barley.— The demand now is but slight, as few of the malsters are purchasing, and, consequently, stocks are difficult to quit at old rates. Nominally, prices are for prime malting, 4s 3d, sacks extra ; milling, 3s 3d ; feed, 2a Gd. iJhaff. --Arrivals are not on such a large scale as they were, and all lots coming forward are disposed of more easily and at a shade more, running, say from 2s 6d to 5a ; prime oaten chaff, screened, being worth £3 ; ordinary, £2 10s to £2 15a. Potatoes. — Prices for these have undergonea great change on the other side, and holders North prefer quitting them for shipment, with the chance of getting the long figure there, than selling locally, and as a result higher prices on the spot have had to be given. During the week we placed Borne at equal to £3 10a for Northern, and £3 for Southern. Seeds. — Ryegrass Seed : The fine weather we ace now experiencing has caustd a bit of a demand, and with a continuance of it, it is bound to increase, as also with Cocksfoot, which has now seen its lowest, there being an inquiry for large parcels for shipment. We quote flue bright samples, 3^d to id ; medium, 22 4 l d to 3Jd. During the week we sold several parcels of Poverty Bay ryegr&ss at recent quotations.— Clovers : Our season's requirements came to hand per " Wcstland," and we will be pleasad to forward samples and quotations to intending purchasers.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reporfs :— Wholesale prices, bags included : Oats, medium to prime, Is 6d to Is 10£ d. Wheat : milling, 3a to 3s 3d ; fowls' Is 9d to 2s 6d; Barley : Malting, 4s to 4s Gd ; milling, Ss 6d ; feed, 3s. Chaff : Best, £2 15s ; medium, £2 6s. Hay : Oat, £3 ; rye-grass, £3. Bran, £3 53. Pollard, £3 10s. Potatoes : Northern, £3 15s ; Southern. £3 10s. Butter : Fresh, lOd to Is 2d ; salt, good demand, prime, B Ad. Cheese, 3d to 4d. Eggs, Is 2d. Flour, roller, £8 10s to £9 : in 501 b. stone, £7 15s to £8 ss. Oatmeal, £8 10a to £9. 801 l bacon, 7d ; sides, 7£d ; hams, 9d, both scarce.