Produce Market.

Manawatu Herald, 19 July 1898, Page 3

Produce Market.

The following are current prices paid to fanners, f.0.b., Lyttelton, for direct shipment from country stations and free of commission, except where otherwise specified : — Wheat (nominal)— Good to prime quality pearl 4s 7d to 4s Bd, Tuscan* 4s 6d to 4s Bd, Hunter's 4s 6d to 4s yd, second quality wheat about 3d lower. Oats-^Prime milling as 8d to as gd, good stout feed 2s 7d to as Bd, fair short feed as 6d to as yd, Duns 2%£d to as^, Danish as sd to as 6d. * v 5 , jStoley— rPrime malting 4s 6d^to (eirtfrehoice), feed as 6d. Cape 357 Beans — 3s 6d to 3s gd (scarce). Peas—Blue Prussians 4s to 4s 6d, partridge or maple 3s to 3s 3d. Flour (millers' quotations) — Roller £13, stone £ia.. Sharps— £s. Bran— £4. Oatmeal — /14. - Oatsheaf Chaff— 70s at country stations. Potatoes — Derwents £b for present, and £6 10s for forward delivery, at country stations. . Onions — £10 at country stations. Grass Seed — Ryegrass, farmers' lots 28 6d to 3s, machine dressed 4s to 4s 6d ; cocksfoot, bright 3^d ;' discoloured 3d* cowgrass 6d to yd; white clover s^d to 6£d ; alsyke, 6Ad to yd. Dairy Produce—Old cheese 3d to 3^d, new cheese 3^ to 4d, old loaf 3^d to 4d, new do. 4d to 4sd; butter, factory (local) is 4d, (North Island) is 3d, dairy is ad, salt in boxes nd to is id v ; bacon 6£d, do. roll 6£d to yd; hamsßd. ' "