SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 7, 14 February 1901, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices ourrent : — Wholesale : Batter, fresh, 6d, factory, bulk, lOd ; pats, 10$ d ; eggs, lOd per doz ; cheese, farm, 3jd ; baoon, farm, 7d ; do (rolled) farm, 6d ; hams 8d ; potatoes, L 4 per ton ; barley, 2s to 2a 6d ; fowl wheat, 2a ; ohaff , L2 los ; flour, L 6 10s to L7sb ; oatmeal, L 9 10a to LlO ; pollard, Li ; bran, L 3 10a, including bags. Retail — Fresh butter, Bd, factory, bulk, Is; pats, Is OJd ; eggs, lid per doz; cheese, 6d ; bacon, rolled, Bd, slioed 9d ; hams, lOd ; potatoes, 5s per cwt ; flour, 2001bs, 14s ; 501 b, 4s ; oatmeal, 501 b, 6s ; 251 b, 3s ; pollard, 6s 6dper bag ; *>«"»! 4s per bag ; ohaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2s 9d per bushel. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., report as follows :—: — Most of the lots offered met with good competition from local buyers, of whom there was a full attendance, and the catalogue was cleared at prices on a par with late values. Oats — The demand for good to prime feed and milling continues steady, but inferior, discolored, and musty lots are not readily plaoed. We quote : Prime milling, Is 6Jd to Is 7d ; good to best

feed, Is sjd to Is 6 id ; medium and inferior, Is 3d to la 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat — The local demand for milling quality is confined for the most part to prime samples. Medium is saleable occasionally, but not much sought after. Good fowl wheat is scarce, and is in strong demand both locally and for export. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; medium to good, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s ljd ; broken and damaged, la 8s to Is lid per owt (sacks in). Potatoes — The market has been well supplied during the past week, and prices have suffered a decline. On Monday at auotion best kidneys and Derwents were sold at L 3 10a to L 4 10s ; one lot choioe kidneys, L 5 per ton (sacks in). Chaff — We offered about 50 tons, mostly good to prime oaten sheaf, and cleared the catalogue at prices on a par with late quotations. Best oaten sheaf sold at L 2 10s to L 2 15s ; medium to good, L 2 to L 2 7s 6d per ton (baga extra).