PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 24, 18 June 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid A"d To. (Ltd.) report :— ■ We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. We submitted a full catalogue of oats, wheat, barley, potatoes, chaff, hay, and turnips. There was a good attendance of buyers, but bidding was not animated. With the exception of potatoes, which could only be sold at a reduction on late values, a fair proportion of the other lots offered found buyers at about late quotations. Values ruled as under :—: — Oats. — The past week has been one of the quietest of the season. Local requirements are extremely small, and the demand for shipment has been unusually slack. It ha's therefore been impossible to deal readily with any classes of oats on the basis of late values, and in nearly all cases the sales passing have been at a slight reduction. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 4^d to 2s 5d ; good to best feed, 2s 'Sid to 2s 4£d ; inferior to medium, 2s 2d to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— For milling quality the market is in a stagnant condition, and practically no business can be reported. There is some little inquiry for choice seed lots, and good wiiole fowl wheat continues to move off slowly. We quote : Seed lines, 4s 8d to 4s lOd ; prime milling, 4s 6-id to -Is 7£d ; whole fowl wheat, 4s 4d to 4s 6d ; medium do, 4s to 4s 3d ; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s 9d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Consignments are coining forward freely, but owing to a decided slackening in the demand for export values have undergone a change during the week, and best Up-to-dates and other white sorts are difficult to place at over £3 10s per ton. A few choice lots for local use may be quoted at £3 12s Gd to £3 15s ; doubtful condition and medium quality, £2 15s to £3 5s ;' prime Derwents, £4 5s to £4 10s ; medium to good, £3 10s to £4 per ton (sacks includ.ed). Chaff. — Fair supplies continue to arrive. The demand for export is fairly well maintained, and all goo.d to prime lots meet with rea/dy sale in that direction. Medium and inferior quality is not in request either with shippers or local buyers, and is consequently difficult to place. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 2s Cd to £4 -5s ; choice, to £4 7s Gd ; medium to good, £3 10s to £4 ; inferior and discolored, £3 to £3 7s 6d ; straw chaff, £2 5s to £2 10s ; choice, to £2 15s per ton (bags extra). Turnips.— We quote best swedes, 20s per ton, loose, ex truck.