Grain and Produce Market.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43381, 3 October 1908, Page 3

Grain and Produce Market.

WEEKLY REPORT.

Since our previous report business has been carried on in grain and produce lines very much in the same way as during last week, buyers still operating quietly, and the sale being of the hand-to-mouth order. There is little activity in view of the future of the market most likely ruling lower all round. FLOUR. —There is no change in values, which it is thought are likely to remain at the present level for some little time at least. BRAN & POLLARD.—The demand for these lines is very slack, and with the abundance of natural feed everywhere in evidence, it is more than iprobable the price will be reduced in the near future. The market is somewhat easier than it was last week. POTATOES.—The Auckland market has been well supplied with shipments from the South, and just now there is no indication of higher rates. If stocks in the South should turn out to be as abundant as reported in some quarters there will be no chance of the market getting higher. If, on the other hand, supplies should slaken off then there would be every probability of an upward movement.

SEED POTATOES. Business in these is now about done, and enquiries have almost ceased. Big business has been done in this province this season and it has been put through without much trouble or many c >mplaints. OAT-'.—The market is not strong, although at the moment prices are steady. There is no desire on the part of shippers in the South to reduce their limits, but there is no keenness on the part of the Auckland buyers to buy beyond immediate requirements. CHAFF.—Is steady, but there is no alteration in values, and southern supplies continue to come forward m sufficient quantities to meet all demands.

ONlONS.—Stocks are composed entirely of Californian shipments recently to hand. The quality is first-class, and extreme rates are being asked. Further lots are to arrive within two or threi weeks, an l will meet demand until the Victorian new crop is available. MAJZ I?. The supplies meet all wants, and prices keep about the same as when last reported. FOWLWHEAT.—This is difficult to obtain, and in sympathy with maize maintains its value.

FUTURE. There is nothing to warrant the belief that there will be any movement of importance one way or the other in the immediate future.