THE OAMARU MARKETS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) OAMARU, January 11.

Otago Witness, Issue 2809, 15 January 1908, Page 23

THE OAMARU MARKETS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) OAMARU, January 11.

The only sale of wheat reported during , the past week affected a small parcel, foi „ whioh 6s (f.0.b.) was accepted. There hat been an absence of inquiries and offering! ■ for some weeks past. Oats have eased in sympathy with outsid* , markets, and for some 700 or 800 bags oi B grade- 2s 9d (f.0.b., sacks in) was taken a week ago. ; ;- Potatoes are worth up to 6s 6d per cwt foi > kidneys, but Derwents are easier. The past week has been a severe one for ' growing crops, and estimates, which a fortnight ago were fixed a-t 40 bushels per 'acre, will now have to come down at least two • or three bushels. Winter wheat and wheat' sown on heavy land have stood the adverse - conditions well, but other crops have suffered. 1 Oats have been hurried on, so that a certain number of fields have already cut. Potatoes continue to do well, but turnips have gorie back a good deal in many places. JTbe effect has been most noticeable on grass-, whioh has had a severe, check. Rain fell on the hills on Saturday, but a general down< . pour would do a world of good to grass, whil< preventing^wheat and oats from ripening to<, • last. ■—