Wellington Markets

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 121, 1 April 1893, Page 2

Wellington Markets

Messrs Laery and Co report under date, March 30: — Wheat — London cable advices just to hand indicate a further decline in values, and the general outlook is far from «n---eouragjng. We quote prime milling, 3/ ; meJiura »o good, 2/8 to 2/10; fowl wheat, 2/3. Oats — Without alteration. Transact ttons duriug the week have been small at unchanged rates. Reports from the South point to lower prices as soon as larger supplies of the new crop are available. Bright stout feed, 2/2 to 2/3 ; dun, 2/3 ;D.mish, 2/ 1 ; tartarian, 2/2. Ocious.— Fair enquiry £4 to £5 per ton. Chaff. -A considerable quantity has la t el j changed hands at 65a to 70s for . prime oaten sheaf. Inferior to medium 50s to 60s. Hams and Bacon. — Market bare of Southern cure. We quote local bacon 7d. Hams 8-M. Flour.— Prime Roller £S to £8 10s; stone, £7 os to £7 10s. Bye-Grass seed. — The Autumn demand being now practically over the market is quiet. Best macbiue-dressed (old pasture) 3/6 to 3/9 ; farmers' lots, 2/3 to 2/9. Cocksfoot. — A fair demand is experienced for bright heavy seed but inferior and discolored lines are difficult to quit. We quota best town-dressed ; 3d to 3\d, bright undressed, 2]d ; discolored 2d to 2U. ' ' ■ ■■"■'• :: :; ; ■ "Clovers.— Good demand. White, 87/6 to 100/- ; red, 70/-to 75/- ; cow grass, 72/6 to 75/-; Alskye, 87/6 to 95/-; Timothy, 40/-; Trefoil. 88/-to 43/- ; Lucerne* 65/---to 70/- ; Rape, slow of Bale at 20/-to 22/---for colonial and 28/- for imported. i Eggs. — Scarce at 1/9. ' Barley — Prime samples are not plentiful nnd meet with good competition at advanced rates. There is a brisk enquiry for fair to good malting lines. We quote prime !/*> f-o.b. southern ports ; fair to good, 3/6 to 3/10. •'.■•!. Dairy Produce. — Butter supplies are in excess of requirements. Separator, lOd; prime dairy 8d to BAd ; salt, 7|d. ' Cheese. - Factory, s \d ; dairy, 4Ad. Poultry. — No enquiry. Turkeys, 6/- to 7/- ; geese, 4/- to 5/- ; ducks, 3/6 ; fowls, 2/9 to 3/- ' •' - : l . r ■ Fungus. — In good demand at 3d per lb; Hops. — Prime Nelson, 1/- to 1/1; with moderate enquiry.