GRIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14889, 31 January 1914, Page 13

GRIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

.". *. ';■;U"T OTJIV CO_____*BC___L __DITO_.) .1 . --■' ■-/'•-■_. •'■'''.' .';'■; .Friday Evening. ''' ! lines of new- wheat from the ••: district have been' offered, '■•and"-;.4..lirie.'of about 900 bushels of .rofleaa.of.good quality changed hands ..at ds sd,tae.railage from the station being 3d. For another line of rather better; wheat from the same district •3s pd was offered, but 3s 6d was Wanted.-- The line sold will.probably go; -to fill an order for fowl wheat, :^ ca . ;"■''_'__ V W* scarce at present, as r o s^'° aUlo ß w heat is available. •'•;••'*"5?r? demand for, oats is very dull, no «.6 seemingly being inclined to buy ■ prices ruling. Feed :,qwhty_is only worth Is 5d to Is 6d, " up to Is 7d at country : ■ seen * jt^e <*°ing in barley .f^%7*?»" large buyers still holding off ..■..."•-."■■Market. Sales have, however, to 3s 9d at country staV |IP??*'> :For thin or out of condition ' 1 there * s Practically no sale. .business has been done in new -sWieaf.chaff at £2 10s. at country •■■■• _2__:_?. s v* u -4 last season's chaff is now J.racfctcally no more unless of ~•..' further husin-ss is reported in The reports of damage b hsht in the Oamaru districts :«-«» still conflicting-but it is stated by ; «£*r-* , man the district ww"...at. the outside probably only ..*»*..*_»,.;300. ■"-«* will not be 'worth As against this, however, i. -?*» Jo bo ie_nemb_red that the G_v- "■ ■$£&*&■ estimate is that the area in 6000 acres larger than last , :7w» and the crops throughout Canter,i2?fy.are. on the whole good. Last -w^" 1 . 6 "^P-- 85 much beyond the DoH-~^° n - s requirements, 6 0 that the ;. this; season, even if the $*£?*&* yi *£ is somewhat less, should for this year's- supThere will probably be little of an export trade with Aus- . considering ... the good season ." wey-have had ther«.

The undermentioned are the prices paid to farmers at country stations, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated:— Old Wheat—Nominal. Tuscan 3. 8d to 3s lOd. Hunters 3s lid, Pearl 4s. New Oats—Algerians ls 6d, Duns ls od to ls 6d, Gartons ls 6d to ls 7d. Barley—Primo malting 3s 6d to 3s 9d. medium 3s to 3s 3d. Ryegrass—ls 9d to 2s. Flour—£9 per ton, 1001b bags £9 10s. 501b bags £9 15s, 251b bags £10. Bran—£4 15s, local. Pollard—£6 per ton. Oatmeal—£l4 per ton. Oatsheaf Chaff—£2 10s for good samples.