SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9, 1 March 1900, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

The Grain Brokers' Association reports :—Oatß: — OatB : The demand ia strong for good bright feed, and any offering is readily saleable. The s.a. Undaunted took over 20,000 sacks for South Africa last week, and as a consequence there is a very limited quantity of best feed available. A grade is worth 2s 3d ; B grade, 2s 2]d ; C grade, 2s 2d (f.0.b., Bluff, sacks in). The harvest should be general in about a fortnight. There will be no new oats on the market for four or five weeks, and prices should remain firm. Invercargill prices current : — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 7d, factory, lid; eggs, lOd per doz : cheese, farm, 3i<l ; bacon, farm, 7d ; do ( rolled"), farm, Gd ; hams, 8d ; potatoes, 4s per cwt ; barley, 2s to 2s 6d ; fowl wheat, 2s ; chaff, L 2 K»s ; flour, L 7 10s : oatmeal, L 9 to LlO ; pollard, L 3 ; bran, L 2 10s, including bags. Retail — Fresh butter, 9d, factory, 1& ; eggs, Is per doz ; cheese, <id ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced, 9d ; hams, lOd ; potatoes, lGlbs for Is ; flour, 2001 b, 16s ; 501 b, 4s 3d ; oatmeal, solb, 5s ; 251 b, 2s 9d ; pollard. 5s 9d per bag ; bran, 3s 6d per bag ; chaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2s 3d per bushel.

Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows :—: — Wheat — Demand rather dull except for prime milling. Quotations : Prime milling, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; fowl wheat, Is 9d to 2s 2d per bushel (sacks in). Oats — Demand steady. Prime milling, 2s Id ; good to best feed, 2s to 2s o£d ; medium, Is 10^d to Is 11 id ; inferior, Is 8d to Is lOd per bushel (sacks extra). Chaff — Prime quality is in good demand, but other sorts are neglected. Prime oaten sheaf, L 3 ; medium to good, L 2 10s to L 2 17b 6d per ton (bags extra). Potatoes — Market very dull. Best, L23s to L 2 10s per ton (bagb in). Mb. F. Meen'AN, King street, reports • — Wholesale pn>6 only — Oats: Quiet demand. Feeding, Is lOd to 2s; milling, 2s Id. Wheat : milling, 2s 6d ; fowls' wheat, Is 9d to 2s Id. Hay : ryegrass and clover, best, L 3. Straw : pressed, 20s ; loose, 28s. Bran : L 2 15s. Pollard : L 3 10s. Flour : L 6 10s to L 7. Butter : best brands factory, lOd to lid; dairy, Gd to Bd. Oatmeal: Lll. Chaff : fair demand ; L 2 15s to L 3. Xew potatoes : Local, L 2 0a best. Market glutted. Eggs, Is 2d.