ASHBURTON.
Our Ashburton correspondent reports: — Wheat —Beyond one line of 600 neks old Tuscan no business lias teen reported- New groin V rapidly ripening, but will not be on the market fit to mill for some long time, and indeed it is doubtful if any stook threshing will be indulged m. The grain contains a larger amount of moisture this season, and already farmers *n having trouble with stock-threshed; oats and grass seed, and this will no doubt be ioUMifMin
the "wheat. Prices of old grain have fallen with price of flour, and to-day are:—Pearl 4-» lOd to ss, Tuscan 4s Bd, Hunter's 4a Bd. Oats—A f_3r quantity has been shipped, but, as mentioned above, quality in all cases is not up to the standard. Prices have in most cases been dependent so fat on prompt delivery, but a level'is now reached, and prices for this month's delivery are:—Milling Canadians 2. to 2i 3d, short feed Is lid, Duns Is lOd, Danrh is 9d to la lOd.
Ryegrass is not turning out satisfactory, and more threshed seed is now lying shoe out on shed floors than stacked up, having become heated. Prices range from Is 3d to Is 6d for inferior, up to 2s 6d for good farmers' seed.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11502, 7 February 1903, Page 9
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209ASHBURTON. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11502, 7 February 1903, Page 9
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