CHRISTCHURCH.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIX, Issue 12640, 30 October 1905, Page 8

CHRISTCHURCH.

Messrs. J. F. Wachsmann and Co. report prices paid to farmers, on trucks, country stations, as follows:— Wheat.—Good milling quality, 2s lOd; mixed lines, slightly weathered, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; damaged, 2s 5d to 2s 7d, at country stations: fowl wheat, 2s 2d to 2ssd. Oats.—Canadian, prime heavy, Is 9d to Is lid: prime heavy Duns, Is lOd; Sparrowbills, Is lOd to Is lid; Gartons, Is 9d to Is lid, good demand, country stations, fair inquiry. Barley, malting, very good, 3s; medium, 2s 6dj inferior, 2s to 2s 6d, at country stations; no sales. ' Oatsheaf chaff (bright), £2 12s 6d; second quality, £2 10s, at country stations. Peas.—Partridge, 3s 3d; Prussian Blue, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; extra prime, 3s; Blue Imperial (boilers), 3s 6d, at country stations. Potatoes.—Guaranteed sound Derwents, £10; Up-to-date, £10 10s; Kidneys, £3 10s per ton, at near stations, early seed varieties, £8; Derwents, £7 10s. Onions.—Only Califomian offering. Flour.—Millers quote roller £8 10s (25 lb. bags, £9 10s); pollard, £4 10s; bran, £3 15s f.o.b. Seeds.—liyegrass, machined, 3s Gd to 4s 3d; cocksfoot, machine-dressed, 4fd to sd; cowgrass, farmers' lots, 6d to 7d, machine dressed 8d to B£d; white clover, machine dressed, 8d to B£d. Oatmeal, £10. Dairy Produce.—Cheese, dairy 4£d, factory (large) s£d to s£d; loaf, 6d. Butter: Frosh local factory prints, Is o|d; bulk, lljd, farm separator 9d, salted in boxes 7d to Bd. Hams and bacon, local factory 7d to 7£d; fresh eggs, Is per dozen.