PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, 3 December 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report for week ending December 1 as follows :—: —

Oate. — There is a medium inquiry for prime Gartons for shipping, but prices do not show any improvement on late rates. Prime milling Gartons, is 73d to is 8d ; good to best feed, is 6d to is 7d; inferior to medium, is 4d to is 53d per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat.— There is very little business to report and prices are practically unchanged. Fowl wheat is scarce and is readily sold. Quotations : Prime milling, 4s 6£d to 4s 7d ; medium milling and best whole fowl wheat, 4s 4c! to 4s 6d ; medium fowl wheat, 4s to 4 s 3d; broken and damaged, 3d to 3s gd per bushel (sacks extra).

Chaff. — Large consignments are coming forward and prime oaten sheaf is the only sort inquired for. Other qualities are extremely difficult to deal with. Quotations : Best oaten sheaf, 2s 6d to £3 ss ; medium to good, £2 15s to £3 ; light and inferior, £2 to £2 10s per ton (bags extra).

Potatoes. — Small consignments are coming forward, and all sound freshly-picked lots meet with ready sale at late quotations. Best Up-to-dates and Derwents, £4 15s to ; medium to good, £4 to £4 10s ; inferior and stale, £3 to £3 10s per ton (bags in). Straw.— There is very little demand, and both wheaten and oaten bring from 35s to 403 per ton (pressed).

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., Ltd., report:

We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. The attendance of buyers was smaller than usual, but for nearly all the lines submitted, excpt inferior chaff, there was fair competition up to late quotations. Values ruled as under :—: —

Oats.— There is fair inquiry for good to prime Gartons for shipment, but few oats of this class are now on offer locally. In good feed lines, spairowbills, etc., there is little change to report. Buyers are not anxious to purchase for speculation, and their present limits will not allow of any improvemnt on late values. Holders, on the other hand, are not disposed to quit their consignments at current quotations. Business is therefore restricted, and is confined chiefly to the sale of small lots to supply actual orders. We quote : Prime milling Gartons, is 7^d to is 8d; good to best feed, is 6d to is 7d ; inferior to medium, is 4d to is ssd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— ln the absence of stocks of milling quality there is no business to report. Values are .nominally unchanged, Fowl wheat is scarce and commands ready sale at improved prices. We quote : Prime milling, 4s 6*d to 4s yd ; medium milling and best whole fowl wheat, 4 s 4 d to 4 s 6d ; medium fowl wheat, 4s4 s to 4s 3d; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s gfd per bushel (sacks extra).

Potatoes.— Moderate consignments are coming forward, and all sound, freshly-picked lots have met with ready sale on arrival at satisfactory prices. We quote: Best Up-to-dates juid Derwents, to £5; medium to good, £4 to £4 10s ; inferior, stale, etc., £2 to £3 10s per ton (bags included). Chaff.— The market continues to be well supplied. Prime oaten sheaf is the only class meeting ready sale, other qualities being out of favor and more difficult to deal with. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £3 2s 6d to £3 5 s ; medium to good, £2 15s to £3 ; light and inferior, £2 to' £2 jos per ton (Bags extra). Straw.— Both wheaten and oaten are in fair supply, and sell at 35s to 40s per ton (pressed).

Messrs.. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows:—

We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a large catalogue to a small attendance of buyers. Competition was not over brisk, and in consequence a number of lots (principally oats and chaff) had to be passed in pending private sale. - ' Values ruled as under :—: — * ■- • •

Oats.— Holders for the most part have become resigned *o the reduced prices ruling, and have either withdrawn their reserves or instructed agents to put their' lines on the market, with the result that stocks in store locally have been greatly reduced. The market still continues quiet, although an improved inquiry exists for B grade ■ Gartons, few of which are offering. We quote: Prime milling, is 7 *d ; good to best feed, is od to ,s 7 d; inferior to medium, 3s 3 d to is s *d per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat.— Stocks held locally are in very small compass indeed, and offerings from the country continue -light. Millers are operators in any prime lines of Tuscan' or velvet offering with a preference for the latter description. Fowl wheat has fair inquiry, but is scarce. Medium milling quality, however, finds an outlet in its place. We quote : Prime milling, 4 s s d to 4s 6d; medium milling and fowl wheat, 4 s 4 d to 4 s S d; broken and damaged, 3 s 9 d to 4 s per bushel (sacks extra) Potatoes—Light arrivals have further firmed- this market, but the local demand is confined entirely to the primest lines offering, and no improvement is manifested for medium and inferior sorts, which lack inquiry. As the season is now advanced for old potatoes, and offerings of the new crop are heavier from week to week, we would strongly recommend consignors to send in their lines promptly. We quote : Prime Up-to-dates £4 7s 6d to £4 issi 5s ; medium, u> £4 5s ; inferior, £x per ton upwards (bags in).

Chaff.— Prices in this market have suffered a decline of <s per ton on the week, which is due to the heaviness of arrivals and the entire absence of a demand for shipment. Buyers for the most part are very particular as to quality and" cutting, the cho.ee lots only commanding their attention. Inferior and medium lines are difficult to quit at quotations. We quoteExtra choice, S s; prime oaten sheaf, £ 2 iys 6 d to^ 3 2S 6 dmed.um, £ 2 i 2S 6d to £2 15s; light, inferior, and heated, £2 l os per ton (bags in}. ** Straw.— Wheaten, 35s to 40s; oaten, 455.