Grain Market.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 74, 28 February 1885, Page 2

Grain Market.

ihe Canterbury. , papers, i report as under : — ' ' Wheat.— There is only a fitful enquiry for this cereal, and a ' f ew ' sal^s of the :new crop have been at from 2§' 9d to 3s, f.o.b. but prices hare riot yet been declared, owing to the' diffidence o£:bay era. Oats are now offering very freely, and >the quality of the crop, i%,. really excellent: ' Values have again given way. Is 8d to Is 9d being the current rates ; and iv the face of the. total absence of outsida enquiry, the tendency is still downward. Barley.— There is-. nothing S^bing m this cereaUyet, 3s jjdjto^ 9*l, are niontionod as the probable opening prices, but until actual sales have been made, feliible quotations fcantitot b<B g^iven. Grass Seeds.— Considerable transactions Jiaye taken place- mi ryeigrass at from 28 6d to 2s 9d for farmers' parcels, cut buyers m the North Island are making.serious complain tß[as» fro the quality. For* go&d,' heavy, ina'chiiie-dreßsea' seed, from 3s 6d to 3s . 9d t can ;be obtained. Cocksfoot is not yet offering to any extent ; 3d m Lyttletonis spoken <»f as the probable value. ._,.. - X ,.^ TJ .^^ M . Dairy Produce.— Butter is again a shade firmer, at 7£d to 8d ; cheese is listlessat former quotations, 4d to <Qd. Cornsacks.— Sales' of these have been made at as low as §s 9d during the week. • '-..*'■■--&