SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 23, 5 June 1902, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

The Iravercargill oat market is firm, all offering finding buyers at 2s 4£d for A grade, 2s 4d for B grade, and 2s 3d to 2s 3Jd for C grade, on trucks at wayside station (sacks extra). There is a goold inquiry for bright seed Tartars at 2s sd, on the same terms. Invercargill prices current—Wholesale—Butter (fresh), 8d ; butter (factory), bulk, Is Id ; pats. Is Id cash Is l|d booked ; eggs, Is 3d per dozen; cheese (factory), s£d; bacon farm, 7d ; do, rolled, farm, 6d ; hams, 9d; potatoes, £4 per ton barley, 2s to 2s 6d ; chaff, 14 ; flour, £11 10s to £12 10s; oatmeal' £13 lOs to £14 ; bran, £5 • pollard, £5 10s. Retail— Fresh butter, lOd ; butter (factory), p^ls is 3d ; bulk, Is 2d ; eggs, is 6d per dozen ; cheese, 7'd ; bacon, rolled, 9d ; hams, 10a ; t otatoes', £5 per ton ; flour, 2001 b, 255. ; 501 b 7s Sid ; oatmeal, 501 b, 8s ; 251 b! 4s , pollard, 9s per bag ; bran! 6s ; chaff, 2s 3d.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :—: — Oats.— For all good prime feed lines, sound and fairly bright, there is steady demand at prices fully up to late values. Prime milling and seed lines also have more attention, but medium and discolored lots are not so readily placed. We quote : Prime milling and seed, 2s 8d to 2s 10d ; good to best feed, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; medium, 2s 4d to 2s s*d • inferior, 2s 3d to 2s 3£d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Prime milling continues to meet with fair demand at late quotations. Medium is almost neglected, except for fowl wheat, for ,w|hich there is good demand. We quote • prime milling, 3s lOd to 4s 3d • me^ dium, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; medium and broken, 2a 8d to 3s Id per bus>hel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market is more fully supplied, but with fair inquiry vjalues for best quality are fully maintained. We quote : Prime Derwents, £4 15s to £4 17s 6d ; medium to good, £4 to £4 10s ; other sorts, £3 5s to £4 per ton (bags in). Chaff. — Prime oaten sheaf meets with ready sale at prnces almost on a par with late quotations. The market is still well supplied with chaff of medium quality, for which there is poor demand. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 10s ; medium to good, £3 7s 6d to £3 15s i; inferior and discolored, £2 10s to £3 5s per to,n (bags extra.) Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only — Oats : Milling, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; feeding, 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Wheat (goad demand) : Milling, 4s to 4s 3d • fowls', 3s 3d. Potatoes, £4 10s to £4 15s. Chaff: Inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s; prime, £4 10s. Straw (scarce) : Pressed, £2 10s ; loose, none in market. Flour : 2001 b sacks, £11 10s ; 50Tb, £12 5s ; 251 b £12 10s. Oatmeal : 251 b : £14 10s Butter : Dairy, 7d to 9d ; factory, Is Id. Cheese : Dairy, 4*d • factory, sd. Eggs, Is lOd. Onions: Christchurch, £7.