PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 9, 5 March 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Strctnach, Morris, and Co. report :— Oats.—There is a good inquiry for both shipping and' milling varieties at prices fully equal to late quotations. Quotations : Prune milling, 2s 3£d to 2s 4d • good to best feed, 2s 2&d to 2s 3d ; inferior to medium, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel .(sacks extra). Wheat.—Owing to the fall in the London market pri^ ces at the beginning of the week showed a decline, but • with more satisfactory cables coming to hand, values rose again slightly. Quotations : Prime milling, 4s 4|d to 4s s^d ; medium to good, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; whole fowl wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Chaff.—There is good inquiry for prime oaten sheaf, as the market has been poorly supplied during the past week, and all lines offering have been sold at increased rates. Medium and inferior lots .are very hard to sell. Prime oaten sheaf, to £3 15s ; good to best feed, £3 5s to £3 10s ; inferior to medium, £3 to £3 5s per ton (bags extra). Potatoes.— The market has been, fairly well supplied during the week, and all freshly-dug lots are readily taken up at about last week's prices. Quotations : Best lots, £5' 10s to £5 15s ; medium to good, £5 to £5 7s 6d ; stale and inferior, £4 to £4 15s per ton (sacks in). Pressed Straw.—Quotations : Oaten, £.2 5s to ~2 7s Gd ; wheaten, £2 2s 6d to £2 5s per ton.