CORN EXCHANGE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1616, 22 July 1887, Page 3

CORN EXCHANGE.

Th 6 following ib tha Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday, the 22nd July ;— Wo have but few grain transactions to note for the past woek. Shipping orders are not plentiful, and sellers would find some difficulty m quitting at anything beyond tho quotations given below . The weather during (lie past few days will considerably hinder farm work, and it Is anticipated that a good deal of the sown wheats on the low-lyiDg land will have to bo re*sown, Tuscan need has had a few enquiries during tho week. Wheat. — Sales m limited sized parcols have taken plaoo at 3a 7d to 3s 7£d for Pearl and Tuscan, and 3a 6d for Hunters, all prime milling. Chicken wheat Lab been easier at 3a to 3b 4d. Oats are dull except for prime milling, which are hard <o obtain at la lid to 2a. Short feed vary from la 9d to 1b lOd, and the long descriptions are without enquiry at Is 7dtolsßd. Barley. — In the absoDoe o£ prime malting lines we h,ave Jittle bnainess to noto. Inferior Hues are being taken fir filiipmont at 3s 3d to 3a Cd, and feed is quiet at 2s 3d. Beans have a very good onquiry at 3s 2d to 3a 4d, and peau are exceptionally q\tfet at 3,8 to 3» 3d for Prussian Blues, and feeding sorts are hard to soil at over 2a Od. Grass Spusna, — Ilyegrasa is offering I plentifully, but buyers a,ro holding aoof expecting to buy cheaper. Machine dressed is quoted at 3b (id, and farmers' liDea yary according to satnplo at from 2s [to >Ja f M. Cooksfoot is iinn at 4d to 4^d. Potatoes.— But little busincßS is doing. Sydney market contiuuos glutted ,. and local and interprovinoial orders arc very j limited. 22s Gd is the beat price at WWtry tta.tion.B,

I Da-ry P«6dooio — Gutter has not »<?• , vanced beyond 8 1 for extra prime, ami the market is fairly well stocked. Choesi is a drug at 4d. Less money wrull l>. accepted by holders tor mixed sz s The above prices aro thoao paid t< farmers, delivered fob. Lyttelton, »uck> extra.