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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1535, 8 May 1885, Page 2

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Ashburton Guardian Office, JFriday afternoon. The following is the Christchurch Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday, the Blh inst:—Rather unfavorable weather has been experienced during the past week for threshing and delivering operations, and grain is still coming forward in a very unmarl- etable condition. Prime, sound milling lines of Pearl and Hunter’s meet with ready sale among local millers, but Tuscan is rather dull, and is nearly .all going into store on growers’ account; Very large quantities of second quality are coming into the market, but it is almost an Impossibility to quit them except at chick feed prices. ■ .Milling and bright short feed oats find" re&dy purchasers at quotations given below, as do also Tartarian seed, clean and tm to .name, but long and discolored feed are 1 difficult to sell, there being only a limited enquiry. among local dealers. In barley the same stagnation as noted in last week’s report still exists. A few shipping lines have been taken at slightly reduced rates. Beans this year are of superior quality, but only meet wiihmoderate demand at the hands of buyers. Peas are ne-" gketed, except for prime Prussian Blues which could be placed. Clean, bright, farmers’ parcels of grass seed are enquired for, machine-dressed is being held over for the spring demand. Cocksfoot is offering more freely, and a fair business has been done during the week. Potatoes meet with buyers at prices named. Sydney telegrams to hand are not of such a reassuring character Wheat — Prime milling, 2s gd to 2s lid; second quality, 2s 2d to 2s fid ; chick feed (whole), is gd to 2s, f.o.K Oats—Milling, is lOd ; short feed (bright). Is gd ; discolored and inferior, is 4d to Is fid ; Tartarian seed, is gd, . f.o.b. Barley—Malting, 3s fid to 3s 9i; second quality, 2s gd to 3s ; feed, is gd to 2s, Christchurch. Deans and Pecs— Beans, 2s fid to 2s 8d ; peas, Prussian blues, 3s fid, f.o.b. Ryegrass—Farmers’ parcels, 2s fid to 3s ; machine dressed, 3s gd to 4s, f.o.b. Cocksfoot — Clean and bright, to 3>£d; disco’ored,' 2d, f.0.b., Lyttelton. Potatoes—Blue Derwents, 35s country stations within twelve miles. Dairy Pror’uce—gutter, gd to g%d ; cheese, 4d to 4?/, f.o.b.