SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 15, 10 April 1902, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET

Invercargill prices current — Wholesale — Butter (fresh), 8d ; butter (factory), bulk, 10^d, pats, lOJd, eggs, Is 3d per doz; cheese, 4d; bacon, farm, 7d ; do, rolled, farm, 6d ; hams, 9d ; potatoes, £3 to £3 10s per ton ; fowl wheat, 3s 3d ; barley, 2s to 2s 6d ; chaff, £4 10s ; flour, £9 10s to £10 3 os, oatmeal, £12 5s to £12 15s ; bran, £4 ;. pollard, £4 15s. Retail— Fresh butter, lOd ; butter (factory), pats, Is ; bulk, Is, eggs, Is 6d per doz , cheese, 6d to 7d , bacon, rolled, 9d ; hams, lOd , potatoes, 4s per cwt ; flour : 2001 b 21s, 501 b, 5s 3d. Oatmeal 501 b, 7s 3d ; 251 b, 3s 9d ; pollard, 8s per bag ; bran, 5s ; ch.UT, 2s , fowls' feed, 3s 9d per bushel.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only — Oats : Feed, fair to good, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; milling, 2s 4d to 2s sd. Wheat : scarce. Milling, 3s 6d to 3s 8d ; fowls 1 , 3s Id. Potatoes : New Oamaru and Taieri, £3 10s to £3 12s Gd. Chad : Inferior to medium, £2 10s to £3 , Rood to best, £3 15s to £4 10s. Straw: Looso, 32s 6d , pressed, 30s. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £10 ; 501 b, £11 5s . 251 b, £11 6s. Oatmeal : 251 b, £12 10s. Butter : Dairy, 6d to 8d; factory, Is to Is o£d. Cheese: Dairy, 4 id , factory, sd. Eggs : Is sd. Onions . Melbourne, new, £6.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd) report as follows — Oats. — There was a good demand for all good to prime feed lines at prices fully equal to late rates. A large proportion of the season's crop being damaged and discolored, has had a hardening effect on mill ing and other prime lines. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 3£d to 2s 4 r^d ; good to- best feed, 2s 2d to 2s 3d , inferior and medium, 2s to 2s 1 Ul per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat —The quantity of prune milling quality on offer is extremely smtill, and as prospects for the new grain are far from promising, prices have undergone a sharp advance. We quote : Prime milling, 3s 8d to 3s lOd . medium, 3s 6d to 3s 7d ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; damaged, etc , 2s 9d to 3s 2d per bushel. Potatoes.— The market is moderately supplied with Derwents and kidneys. Prime Derwents are in fair demand at £3 10s to £3 15s, and freshly picked kidneys and white potatoes at £3 to £3 5s per ton (sacks extra).

Chaff.— There is little or no old oaten bheaf offering, and for this class there is good inquiry. Sound new chaff is also scarce and commands ready sale, but inferior sorts are out of favor. We quote : Best old chaff, £4 7s 6d to £4 10s , prime new chaff, £4 to £4 5s , medium and inferior, £3 to £3 15s per ton (bags extra).