CORN EXCHANGE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1763, 10 February 1888, Page 2

CORN EXCHANGE.

The followi- g s tv 1 • oru rCxohauge report for tho week ending Friday, February

Witn the warm, dry weather of the past week, harvest opera' l<mi h&vebeeu pusher on with mnoh rapidity, and the grain le golnj into otaok m capital condition With another few weeks' fiae weather, we shall see the bulk of the harvest eofa. A few lines of wheat have been threshed from the utook and placed on tbe m%rket. bat buyern, having lait year's experience frtsh on > heir memory, deoline to operate, preferring to depend upon the old stocks from whi<!h fro oompJe'e their order* O»ti are off.- ring freely, feat we have bat limited bu ineas to report. A fair amount has boon shipped to Australia and coast frlie. Wh*at;— A email local trade Is bpfnp done, aud a few small lines are being sen* South. Pearl still oonMnaug to command most attention, at 3< 2J to 3s 3d, and Han tor's nod Tmonn at 3* to 3« 2d Chicken wheat, which, has been ff^rim rathnr frvly, h^s rene^d to 2» 9 ! f>< who!*, «j d JJ* 5J t 2 6 ' for **co d* Bnyfjs dec ijt»« '}q\*\# tusiricsa m te* whets. Oats.— A good trade han bt-< n «low during t-e we»-k, and p.fc n »ro mor. "" »1© 1 thtsn t^<y trero n week •a<? Heavy abort old fend are worrh Is 81, and lorp d«>BOM|.ti»its J.< od. New «.jtop cim he pnrch'Sfd at \:\ lee* mory Barley.— Samples < flaring are vory f »lr malting, rather small, hut good color aid q-tflity, with thin skin. Sales have been made at 4s at country ata»lons where delivory pan bo mado prompt, for prime lines of malting. Inferior and second data m selling at 'As to 3i 3d. ByEGRABs — Buyers are not particularly anxious to operate, t-ven nt the low prices quoted vlzs,, gi to g» $d, and farmers find themselves obliged to hold back for the autumn market.

Cocksfoot.— Only emMl lines are offering, which are being taken op at 3d ; decent efzad linen would find buyers at 3£d for prime heavy sp<>d. Dairy Pkoduob -We have ao alterations to Rote ju values Theab vefiaotatfona are those paid tc farmers and delivered f.0.b,, Lytteltm