WHEAT PURCHASES

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 56, 30 November 1918, Page 10

WHEAT PURCHASES

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS. i The following statement issued by the Wheat Controller shows "the extent of •Government wheat purchases to date:— THRASHED. , ■ ■ Bushels. Xuscan or Longberry .;. 3,796,233 , Hunter's . varieties 816,357 Velvet or Pearl "„.,. 91G,446 Seconds ...::.....;■.„■ ..;.... 277,859 . Total ...- ;.... 5,836,895 CONTRACTS TO PTTRCHASE GOOD .MILLING. :". Tuscans' or' Longberry ; ' 3,357,276 Hunter's varieties 895,311 ■ Velvet or Pearl 691,872 .Total' ! 4,91.1,453 CONTRACTS TO PURCHASE FOWL ;. : '■:. WHEAT. Seconds 745,612 ~ Amounts paid to brokers ... .£1,457,353 WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES Messrs. Lnery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follow :-Fowl wheat, 7s. 6d. per bushel (sacks extra); feed barley, ss. lid. to Gs. Id. per bushel, (sacks in); oats, feed' Algerians,. 6.5. per bushel (sacks iu); oats, feed Gartons, Cs. Id. to Gs. (id: per bushel (sacks in); oats, Dun, Gs'. Gd. to 6s. lid. per bushel (sacks in); chaff, oaten sheaf, good bright, .£l3 to ,£l3 55.; second and medium quality, ,£ll IO. S . to .£ll 15s. per ton.(sacks in); flour, in sacks, .£l6 15s. per ton; oatmeal, 25'5,.-,£31 per ton; loose • in 2001b. sacks, .£3O per ton; rice pollard', .£8 30s. per ton; potatoes, new, 3d. to 3!d. per lb.; fowls, 7s. fid., to 9s. per pair; ducks, 9s, Gd.-to 12s. 6d. per pair; geese, 11s. to 12s. 6(1. per pair; turkeys, Is. to Is. 2d. per Ib., live weight; butter, farmers' separator and dairy, in bulk and in lb. pats, Is. 3d. per lb.; eggs, Is. 7d. to Is. Bcl. per dozen; dressed pork, 70's to 100's, lfld. per lb.; bacon pigs, 8d! to BW. per lb.; choppers, scUto 6id. per lb.; beeswax, 2s. ro 2s. 6d. per lb.; baconsides, Iβ. 3d. per lb.; rolls, Is. sd. per lb.; salt (Lochiel, coarse),' Jill 10s. per ton; carbide, splendid quality in 1001b. drums, 755. per drum; Milestone, 755. per cwt. • • y