SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 6, 7 February 1901, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prioes current : — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, sd, factory, bulk, lOd ; pats, lOJd ; egga, 8d per doz ; cheese, farm, 3Jd ; bacon, farm, 7d ; do (rolled) farm, 6d ; hama 8d ; potatoes, L 4 per ton ; barley, 2s to 2a 6d ; fowl wheat, 2s ; ohaff, L2los ; flour, L 6 10s to L7se ; oatmeal, 1,9 10a to LlO ; pollard, L 4 ; bran, L 3 10s, including bags. Retail— Fresh butter, 7d, factory, bulk, Is ; pats, Is OJd ; eggs, lOd per doz ; cheese, 6d ; bacon, rolled, Bd, sliced 9d ; hams, lOd ; potatooß, ~>a per cwt ; flour, SOOlbs, 14s ; 501 b, 4s ; oatmeal, 501 b, 6s ; 251 b, 8s ; pollard, 6s 6dper bag ; bran, 4s per bag ; ohaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2s 9d per bushel. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., report as follows :—: — There was a limited attendance of buyers, and as bidding was not spirited most of the lines offered were paused in. Oats — Good to prime feed lines continue to find ready pale at late quotations. Prime milling sorts are also in fair demand, but inferior quality iB not readily placed. We quote : Prime milliDg, Is 6Jd to Is 7d ; good to best feed, Is s»d to Is 6Jd ; medium, la 3d to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat— Prime milling is in fair demand at late rates, and medium quality also receives some attention ; whole fowl wheat is ■oaroe and is in good demand. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 6d to 2b 7d ; medium to good, 2s 2d to 2s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to to 2a Id ; broken, etc., Is 8d to Is lid per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes — Supplies to-day are heavier, and values have declined slightly. We quote : Best kidneys, L 9 to LIO per ton (woks in). Chaff— Prime oaten sheaf continues to be most sought after and is saleable at late quotations. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, L 2 10s to L 2 15s ; medium to good, L 2 to L 2 7s 6d per ton (bags extra).

Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report as follows : Wheat— Prime milling is in fair demand, but other sorts are quiet. Prime milling, 2s 6d to 2a 7d : medium, 2s 2d to 2s 5d ; fowl wheat, Is lid to 2a Id per bushel (sacks in). Oats— Market firm. Milling, ] 8 6Jd to Is 7d ; good to bett feed, Is 5Jd to Is 6£d ; medium, Is 3d to Is 5d per bushel Csaoka extra). Chaff— Prime oaten sheaf, L 2 10s to L 2 15s ; medium, L 2 to L 2 7s 6d per ton (bags extra). Potatoes— Market barely Bupplied. Best kidneys, L 8 to L 8 10s per ton (bags in).