PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, 14 October 1909, Page 1617

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report: — Oats. — Good to prime feed and milling Gartons and sparrowbills have fair inquiry, but stocks are now much reduced, and there is little offering locally. We have placed several lines from samples for direct consignment to buyers, and have further inquiries in "the same direction. Quotations are practically unchanged. We quote: Prime milling Gartons, Is 7sd to Is 8d; Sparrowbills, Is 7d to Is 7|d; good to best feed, Is 6d to Is 7d; inferior to medium, Is 3d to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Wlieat. — The market is without- much animation.- Millers are still opeii/ to take choice lots, but are not keen to operate in other qualities. ' Consequently only moderate business is being 7 done. Good whole fowl wlieat is not so plentiful, and lias more attention. Medium and inferior is still difficult to quit. We quote: Prime milling, 4s 4d to 4s sd; medium to good, 4s Id to 4s 3d; best whole fowl wheat, 3s lOd to 4s; medium, 3s 4d to 3s 8d; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Really good sound table potatoes are not offering freely, and these find ready sale at £3 to £3 ss; medium are not in strong demand at £2 5s to £2 15s; while inferior, small, or those showing much growth are difficult to place at £1 to £2 per ton (bags included). Chaff. — The market is over-supplied with medium quality, for which there is slow sale. Prime oaten sheaf chaff finds ready buyers at £2 10s to £2 15s; medium to good is difficult to quit at £2 to £2 7s 6d; inferior and discolored almost unsaleable at £1 10s to £1 15s per ton . (bags extra). , Straw. — The market is bare. We quote: Oaten and wheaten, 32s 6d to 35s per ton (pressed). • " Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report as follows: — We held our tisual weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. The attendance was poor and the bidding lacked animation. We cleared our catalogue, however, at prices as under : _ . Oats. — Offerings are very high, but are ]ust sufficient to satisfy the demand ; hence very little business is passing. Prime milling Gartons, Is 7*d to Is 8d; prime milling Sparrowbills, Is 7d to Is 7£d; good to best feed, Is 5d to Is 7d ; inferior to medium, Is 2d to Is 4d per bushel (sacks extra). . . . • Wheat. — The Avheat market is quiet, but holders are more disposed to ease their reserves a little, so several lines have changed hands at quotations to millers. Fowl wheat is not quite so plentiful, and prices are inclined to farm. We quote : Prime milling, 4s 4d to 4s sd ; medium to good, 4s 4s 2d ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s lOd to 4s ; inferior and smutted, 2s 6d to 3s 6d. . Potatoes.— Good, sound, freshly-picked Up-to-Dates are scarce this week, and really prime samples are readily placed' at full rates. Inferior and stale are not in request. Prime freshly-picked TJp-to-Dates, £2 10s to £2 15s; extra, to £2 17s 6d; medium to good, £1 10s to £2 5s per ton (sacks in). - Chaff. — Bright, well-cut oaten sheaf chaff, of which there is very little offering, is asked for and -is readily placed at quotations. Medium and discolored is plentiful, and does not meet with such ready sale. Best oaten sheaf , £2 12s 6d to £2 15s; medium to good, £2 5s to £2 10s; inferior and discolored, 30s to 40s per .ton (sacks extra). Straw.— The market -is bare. We quote: Oaten, 32s bd to 355; wheaten, 32s 6d to 35s person (pressed, ex truck).