PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6, 11 February 1909, Page 217

PRODUCE

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report for week ending February 9 as follows : —

Oats. — Prime milling, Is 6£d to Is 7d; good to best feed, Is s£d to Is 6d; inferior to medium, Is 4d to Is 5«1 per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat. — There is still a good demand for fowl wheat. Prime milling, 4s 8d to 4s B*d ; whole fowl wheat, 4s 6d to 4s 7d; medium, 4s 3d to 4s sd; broken and damaged, 3s to 4s per bushel (sacks extra).

Chaff. — Prime oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 2s 6d; medium quality is hard to deal with at from £2 10s to £2 15s; inferior and light brings from £2 to £2 7s 6d per ton (bags extra).

Potatoes. — The market is largely over-supplied. Best newly-dug, £3 to £3 2s 6d ; medium, £2 10s to £2 15s ; stale, £2 to £2 5s per ton (bags in).

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report as follows: — - We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted an average catalogue to a full attendance of buyers. Competition was fairly animated for chaff, but for oats and potatoes biddinowas dull. Values ruled as under: °

Oats. — Prime milling, Is 7d; good to best feed, Is 5d to Is 6d; inferior to medium, Is 3d to Is 4d per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat. — Prime milling, 4s 8d to ~4s BJd ; medium milling and fowl wheat, 4s 6d to 4s 7d; broken and damaged, 3s 6d to 4s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Primest, £3 to £3 2s 6d; medium and inferior, £2 per ton (bags in).

Chaff.— Prime oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 2s 6d; medium, £2 10s to £2 15s; inferior, £2 5s per ton (bags extra).