CORN EXCHANGE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1676, 30 September 1887, Page 2

CORN EXCHANGE.

The following: is the Corn Exchange r«« port for the week ending Friday, Sep. tember 30' h :-, • ' ¥ ' We haye but little change to note m either the grain or prodnce markets. Shipments are contracted, and local requirements are supplied far beyond their wants. The Home markets continue to decline aB regards wheat, which leaves us with little hope of the present prices being maintained, even should freights becoire yet more favorable to would-b shippers. The Australian wants are a!so restricted both for wheat, oats, and farm produce. W^eat.— A few lines have been placed for local requirements, but for shipping the market is at a standstill." We quote Tuscan and Pearl weak at 3s 5d to 3s 6d : Punter's at 3s 4d Second quality ig chiefly taken for chicken wheat at 3s to 3s 2d, and broken is scarce at 2s 8d to. 2s 10d Oats - Milling lines are not over plentiful, and prime parcels would meet with purchasers at la lid. Short heavy feed are moving off at Is 9J to Is 10d, but long descriptions are neglected at the present at ls'7d to Is Bd. Barley.. —No prime milting lines are oflfermg. Second quality is m small compass, and is worth 3s 3d to 3s 9d. A fow seed lots are being placed at 5s for extra choice lots. Beans are pretty well out of Btock; any offering are worth 3a 3d. Prussian Blues are quiet at 3s 3d, and feed lota areselline at 2s9dto2Blod. * Gkass Seed.— Saleß are being made m • smalt lots at 3a 3d for machine-dressed lines, but farmers' parcels are almost entirely neglected, and are nominally worth Is 9d to 2s 9d. . ... Cocksfoot* is m small compass, and is worth 4£d to 4idfor well'cleaned seed: and 2£d for f ogt*y and inferior lots ' » ' Potatoes —There 1 has been a 1 disposi. tfon to <3d business m fhp ttjbers at' the Ipw price of lpa at country stations) bq*fc we fanpy the demand is only temporary. Dairy Peodooe is entirely without enquiry, and any reasonable price would be accepted for either butter or cheese. The above prices are those paid to farmers and delivered f .o.b. Lyttelton.