SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 5, 31 January 1901, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill price* current : — Wholesale : Butter, fre^h' sd, factory, hulk, 101 ; p.its, lOJd ; rgiy^ B<l per doz ; cheese, farm, 3Jd ; bacon, farm, 7d ; do (rolled) farm, (id ; hams 8d ; potatoes, LI per ton ; barley, 2n to 2s fid ; fowl wheat, 2s ; chaff, L 2 10s ; flour, LG 10s to 1,7 o-, ; oatmeal, L'.t 10s to LlO ; pollard, L 4 ; bran, L 3 10s, including bagH. Retail — Fresh butter, 7d, factory, bulk, la; pats, 19 o£d ; egurs, 1 01 per doz ; cheese, Gd ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced 9d ; hamo, 101 ; potatoes, ."h per ewt ; flour, 2001bs, 14s ; 501 b, 4s ; oatmeal, 501 b, 6s , 2.">] b, 3s ; pollard, (5s tidper bag ; bran, 4s per bag ; chaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2a 9d per bushel.

Donald Reid and Co. report having held their weekly auction sale of grain and produce Monday. There was a full attendance of buyers, and under fair competition the catalogue was cleared at prioes on a par with late values. OATS — There is fair demand for all good to prime feed suitable for shipment. Prime milling alao meets good demand, bat inferior quality is not in request. We quote : Prime milling, Is 6£d to Is 7d ; good to best feed, Is 5d to Is 6£d ; medium, Is 31 to 13 IJd per bushel (sacks extra). WHEAT — Prime milling is saleable at late values, while medium quality also commands more attontion. Good whole fowl wheat is Bcaroe, and meets ready sale. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 5d to 2s 7d ; medium, 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2a Id ; broken, etc., Isßdtolslld per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes — Supplies are not so heavy, and last week's prices have been substantially improved upon. Beat kidneys selling today at L 7 to L 8 per ton (sacks in). Chaff — Prime oaten sheaf is readily quitted at late values. Tho demand is almost confined to the class, medium and inferior sorts being without much inquiry. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, L 2 10fl to L 2 15s ; medium to good, L 2 to L 2 7a Gd ; inferior, LI 10s to LI 15b per ton (bagß extra).