SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 10 July 1902, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET

The oat market is lifeless, and but few offering, farmers holding of! for the spring threshing Quotations are : A grade, 2s 3d , B grade, 12s 2id ; C grade, 2s 2d (sacks extra, wayside stations). Invercargill prices current — Wholesale—Butter (farm), 9d; butter (factory), bulk, Is Id ; pats. Is Id cash Is If d booked , eggs, Is per dozen ; cheese (factory), s£d; bacon farm, 6d ; do, rolled, farm, 7d ; hams, 9d; potatoes, £4 per ton barley, 2s to 2s 6d ; chaff, i. 4 ; flour, £11 10s to £12 10s; oatmeal, £13 10s to £14 ; bran, £4 10s ; pollard, £5 10s. Retail — Butter (fresh), lid, Is ; butter (factory), pats Is 3d ; bulk, Is 2d ; eggs, Is 3d per doz, cheese, 7d ; bacon (rolled), 9d ; haxns, lOd ; Potatoes, £5 per ton, 5s per cwt ; flour, 2001 b, 25s ; 501 b, 7s 3d ; oatmeal, 501 b, 8s ; 251 b, 4s ; pollard, 9s per bag ; bran, 5s ; chaff, 2s 3d.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only— Oats : Milling, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; feeding, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Wheat (good de-

mand) : Milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; fowls', 3s 3d. Potatoes, £3 10s to £3 15s. Chaff : Inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s ; prime, £4 10s. Straw : Pressed, £2 ; loose : none in market. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £11 10s ; 501 b, £12 5s ; 251 b, £12 10s. Oatmeal : 251 b : £14 10s. Butter : Dairy, 7d to 9d ; factory, Is Id. Cheese : Dairy, 4id ; factory sd. Eggs, Is 2d. Onions : Christchurch, £6. Messrs Donald Reid and Co (Limited) report as follows :—: — There was fair competition for most of the lots on offer, and except for

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report as follows .—. — There was fair competition for most of the lines on offer, although in most cases late values were barely reached. Oats. — During the past week the market has been stagnant, and th« business passing is on a small scale, shippers requirements are practi-* cally nil, and the few sales being made are mostly for local consumption. Under these circumstances it is impossible to effect sales- of anything like large lines, and without some inquiry fnom outside markets there is little prospects of effecting! largo clearances. Quotations : Prime milling, 2s 6£d to 2s 7id ; good to best feed, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; inferior and medium, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Millers' requirements are confined to prime quality, of which/ there ia little on offer. Medium sorts meet with no demand, except for fowl wheat, which continues to find fair sale at quotations. Quotations: Prime milling, 3s lOd to 4s 3d ; medium to good, 3s 4d to 3s 9d ; best whole Jowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 3d ; medium, 2s lOd to 3s ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s 9d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market shows little change, and present stocks, together with consignments coming forward, amply supply all demand. Quotations : Prime Derwents, £3 13s 6d to £3 17s 6d ; choice, to £4 ; medium and other doits, £3 to £3 10s per ton (bags in). Chaff. — Prime oaten sheaf ks tho only class that meets with steady demand, and for this there is good HKjuiry. Other sorts are dull, and difficult to place at quotations. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 10s to £4 15s ; medium, £3 15s to £4 5s , inferior, £12 10s to £3 5s per ton (bags extra). Turnips — The market jwas well supplied, and prices suffered a slight decline, best Swedes selling at 13s to 13s 6d per ton (loose, ex truck).