Ohristchurch Market Report.

Manawatu Herald, 21 June 1898, Page 3

Ohristchurch Market Report.

The following are current prices paid to fanners, f.0.b., Lyttelton, for direct shipment from country stations and free ot commission, except where otherwise specified : — Wheat (nominal) — Good to prime quality pearl 4s o.d to 4s nd, Tuscan 4s 8d to 4s iod, Hunter's 4s 8d to 4s o£d, second quality wheat about 3d lower. Oats — Prime milling 2s gd to 2s iod, good stout feed «s yd to as gd, fair short feed 2s 6d to 2s Bd, Duns 2s 6d to 2s 7d, Danish 2s 50* to 2s 6d. Barley — Prime malting 4s 6d to 5s (extra choice), feed 2s 6d, Cape 2s gd. Beans — 3s 4d to 3s 6d (scarce). Peas — Blue Prussians 4s to 4s 6d, partridge or maple 4s to 3s 3d. Flour (millers* quotations) — Roller £13, stone £12. Sharps— £s. Bran — £4. Oatmeal — £14. Oatsheaf Chaff— 70s at country stations. Potatoes — Derwents £6 for present delivery and £6 xos for July ; Kidneys £6 10s, Early Roses £8 (nominal), at country stations. Onions — £8 103 at country stations. Grass Seed— Ryegrass, farmers' lots 2S 6d to 3s, machine dressed 4s to 4s 6d, and extra heavy shotty seed up to 4s gd; cocksfoot, bright 3d to 3jd; discoloured 2£d to 2£d; cowgrass 6d to 7d ; white clover ssd to 6£d ; alsyke s£dto6£d. Dairy Produce — Qld cheese 3d to 3^d, new cheese, 3sd to 4d, old loaf 3£d to 4d, new do 4d to 4^d ; butter, factory (local) is 3d, (North Island) Is 2d, dairy is id, salt, in boxes iod to is ; bacon 6£d, do .roll 6£d to 7d ; hams Bd.