SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 13, 28 March 1901, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Inveroargill prices current : — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, 7d, factory, bulk, lOd ; pats, 10 Jd ; eggß, Is per doz ; cheese, farm, 3Jd ; bacon, farm, 7d ; do (rolled) farm, 6d ; hams 8d ; potatoes, L 4 per ton ; barley, 2s to 2s 6d ; fowl wheat, 2s ; chaff, L2 los ; flour, L 6 10s to L7sa ; oatmeal, L 9 10s to LlO ; pollard, L 4; bran, L 3 10s, including bags. Retail — Fresh butter, 9d, factory, bulk, 11 jd ; pats, Is ; eggs, Is 3d per doz ; cheese, 6d ; bacon, rolled, Bd, Bliced 9d ; hams, lOd ; potatoes, 5s per cwt ; flour, 2001ba, 14a ; 501 b, 4s ; oatmeal, 501 b, 6s ; 251 b, 3s ; pollard, 6s 6dper bag ; bran, 4s per bag ; chaff, L 3 per ton ; fowls' feed, 2s 9d per bushel. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., report as follows :—: — Oats — We catalogued good to medium feed, which was moderately competed for. Prime milling, Is 5Jd to la 6Jd ; good to best feed, Is 4d to Is 5d ; inferior and medium, Is 2d to Is 3£d. ' Wheat — We offered several lots of good to best whole fowl wheat, which sold under good competition at 2s to 2a 2d ; prime milling, 2s 6d to 2a 7Jd ; medium to good, 2a 3d to 2s sd. Potatoes— The market continues to be fully supplied, and late values are barely maintained. Best Derwents, L 2 17s 6d to L 3 2s 6d ; others, L 2 10a to L 2 15s ; kidneys, L 2 5a to L 2 15a. Chaff — Prime oaten sheaf is in fair demand at late prices. Medium and inferior quality is plentiful and diflicult to place. We sold : Best oaten sheaf, L 2 7s 6d to L 2 10s ; extra heavy, to L 2 13s ; medium to good, Ll 15s to L 2 ss. BfB.F.MEENAN,King street, reports :— Wholesale prices only— Oata : Feed, fair to good, Is 4d to Is 6d ; milling, la 6d to la 7d. Wheat: milling, 2s 5d to 2s 7d ; fowls', Is 9d to 2a 2d. Potatoes : New, local, L 3. Chaff : Good demand for prime up to L 2 12a 6d ; inferior, hard to sell ; medium, L 2 ss. Straw : pressed 30s, market fair ; loose, 30a. Flour : Sacks, 2001ba, L 7 ; 501ba, L 7 ; 25lba, L 7 ss. Oatmeal : 251bs, L 9 10a. Butter : Dairy, 6d to 8d ; factory, 9Jd to 10 jd. Cheese: Dairy, sd; factory, sjd. Eggs, Is 4d. Onions : Melbourne, L 8 ; Canterbury, L 5 10a.

Messrs. Stronach Bros, and Morris report aa follows :— Wheat — There ia a fair demand for prime milling and fowl wheat, but medium quality is dull of sale. Prime milling velvet and Tuscan, 2s 6d to 2s 7Jd ; medium, 2a 3d to 2s 5d ; fowl wheat, 2s to 2s 2d ; do (broken), Is 9d to Is lid per bushel (sacks in). Oats — Market unchanged. Milling, Is Sid to Is 6Jd ; good to best feed, Is 4d to Is sd ; medium, Is 2d to Is 3Jd per bushel (sacks extra). Chaff — Market fully supplied. Prime oaten Bheaf, L27s 6d to L 2 12a 6d ; medium, L 2 to L 2 5s ; inferior, LI 10a to LI 17s 6d per ton (bags extra). Potatoes — Market unchanged. Best Derwents, L 2 10s to LS 5s ; kidneys, L 2 to L 2 10s per ton (bags in).