PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, 21 October 1909, Page 15

PRODUCE

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report as follows: — We held our usual weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a email catalogue to a small attendance of buyers We cleared out catalogue at, prices as under: — Oats.— The market has taken rather, a healthier tone, ' the inquiry being mainly for A . grajde Gartons. Any consignments arriving of either A or B grade Gartons or spatrawbills are readily taken. Quotations : Prime milling Gartons, Is 7id to ls._.B*d; prime milling , Sparrowbills, fs 7*d to Is 8d; good to best feed, Is 6d to - Is 7*dinferior to medium, Is 3d to Is 5d per bushel (sacks ' extra). M.i. Wll ? at ' — ■ rile wn eat market remains in the same position with a few lines of prime milling changing hands at quotations, iowl wheat is in fair request, good- whole-berried wheat being readily placed. Prime milling,, 4s 4d to 4s sd; medium to good,' 4s to 4s 2d; best whole fowl; 3s lOd to 4s j inferior and smutted, 2s 6d to 3s 6d. Potatoes. — Good sound freshly-picked up-to-dates are m short supply, and prices have advanced 10s per ton. Consignments meet with- ready sale provided they are in good order, but stale and inferior are not in request. Prime freshly-picked up-to-dates. £3 to £3 ss: medium to good, 30s to £2 10s per ton (sacks in). Chaff. — Prime well-cut oaten sheaf is offering a little more freely, and prices are inclined to be a little easier. Medium and discolored are still offering in fair quantities, and are dull of sale. Best oaten sheaf, £2 10s to £2 12s 6d; choice, to £2 15s; medium to good, £2 2s 6d to £2 7s 6d; inferior and discolored, 30s to 40s per ton (sacks extra). • Straw. — Offering more freely. We quote: Oaten and wheaten, 30s to 32s €d per ton (pressed, ex truck). Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report for week ending October 19 as follows : — Oats. — -There is a fair inquiry for all kinds of oats, and as stocks are very 'low values show a .slight improvement. Medium and inferior oats are not in request. Quotations: Prime milling Gartons, Is 7*d to Is Bsd ; Sparrowbills, Is 7id to Is 8d ; good to best feed, Is 6id to Is 7*d ; inferior to medium, Is 4d to Is s£d per bushel (sacks' extra). ' Wheat. — There is very little change to report in the wheat market. The only demand is for whole fowl wheat, but inferior and seconds are not- in request. Quotations : • Prime milling, 4s 4d to 4s sd;- medium to good, 4s Id to 4s 3d ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s lOd to 4s ; medium to good, 3s 4d to 3s 9d; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Chaff. — There is fair demand for best prime oaten sheaf • and medium, and inferior qualities are hard of sale. Quo- • tations: Prime oaten sheaf, £2 10s to' £2 12s 6d; extra, to £2 15s; medium to good, £2 to £2 7s 6d; light- and inferior, £1 10s to £1 15s per ton (bags extra). Potatoes. — There is fair demand for sound freshlypicked lines." Medium and inferior lots are hard to quit. Quotations : Prime eating, £3 to £3 ss ; medium to good, £2 to £2 10s; inferior, 2s per bag to £2 per ton (bags in). Straw. — Oaten and wheaten, 30s ;to 32s 6d per ton (pressed). . ' ' Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report: — We held our' weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a small attendance, but as buyers were intent on business there was" good competition, and our catalogue was cleared at satisfactory trices. Values ruled as under: — i Oats. — There is fair inquiry from both local and export buyers. 'Stocks are now" much reduced", and should the demand be maintained it is almost certain to lead to some improvement in values. The inquiry is almost entirely for -A and B grade Gartons and sparrowbills. Medium.and inferior qualities are not in request. We quote:

to medmm, Is 4d.to ls..sid per bushel (sacks * extra) : - Wheat.— For milling' quality the- demand is quiet arid i t8 BB [ al ?« 1 «« unchanged Best.-whole fowl -wheat i's not spon??^ +l Ulj a?d h T ready sale^but for. inferior and seconds there is only spasmodic demand TWe mi nt*' rtrsir™ snd d t aged v. & s* s & ' . Potatoes.— The supply of sound freshly-picked table at £3\o% c % h -^'^ d f ° r ft" 8 . at ±,d to £3 5s v Medium quality is hot ' hv "request and dXatcT^ at £ l to \ £2 i 4b S inferior. , and sSll^thou? demand at 2s per bag to £2 per tori (bags^included). Chaff .—We had a good selection f or : our ' sale Best »W S l c iT*^ fa^ competition;:- juul realised prices almost equal to, those of last week. and" inferior hues had little competition and were difficult^" qu it We' quote : Best oaten sheaf £2 10s to £2 12s 6d ;. Choice, to> £2 15s; medium to good, £2 to /£2 7s^ 6d> light and inferior, £1 10s>o £1 15s per ton (bags extrfctper ton aW (p7e^edr o&ten d wheate »/'3os>to 32s 6d