SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 25, 19 June 1902, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Oats. — There is good inquiry, and all lines are being bought at 2s 5d for A grade, and 2s 4d for B grade. Further orders from the War Office are said to have been received, and the market remains firm. The weather is now, and has been for some time, favorable for farm work.

Invercargill prices current — Wholesale — Butter (fresh), 8d ; (butter (factory), bulk, Is Id ; pats, Is Id cash Is l^d booked ; eggs, Is 9d 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, JL4 ; flour, £11 10s to £12 10s; oatmeal, £13 10s to £14 ; bran, £5 ; pollard, £5 10b. Retail — Fresh butter, lOd ; butter (factory) k puts, Is 3d , bulk, Is 2d , eggs, 2s per dozen ; cheese, 7d ; bacon, rolled, 9d ; hams, 10a j jotatoes, £5 per ton ; flour, 2001 b, 25s ; 501 b, 7s 3id ; oatmeal, sOlb, 8a ; 251 b, 4s , pollard, 9s per bag ; bran, 6s ; chaff, 2s 3d.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports : — Wholesale prices only — Oats : Milling, 2s 7d to 2s 9d ; feeding, 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Wheat (good demand) : Milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; fowls', 3s 3d. Potatoes, £4 7s 6d to £4 10s. Chaff : Inferior to medium, £3 to £3 10s; prime, £4 10s. Straw (scarce) : Pressed, £2 ; 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 7d. Onions : Christchurch, £9.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co., Limited, report as follows :—: — Oats. — Buyers have, in most cases, supplied their immediate orders, and as very little fresh business is being done the market is extremely quiet, and all sorts are difficult to place at late quotations. We think that the lull is only temporary, and hope, before long, to see renewed activity in the market. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; seed lines, to 2s lOd ; good to best feed, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; inferior and medium, 2s 2d to 2s 4d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Prime quality is the only class in favor with millers, and is in fair demand at late quotations. Medium is still neglected, and fowl wheat, which is in moderate supply, meets with ready sale, if in good condition. We quote • Prime milling, 3h 10d to 4s 3d ; medium, 3h 4d to 3s Od , good whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 3d ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel (.sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market continues tq be fairly well .supplied, and values are steady at about late quotations. Wo q,uote : Prime Derwents, £4 lOsi to £4 15s ; medium to good, £4 to £4 7s 6d , other sorts, £3 to £3 15s per ton (bags in). Chaff. — Prime oaten sheaf is still in short supply, and meets with ready sale on arrival Medium sorts are plentiful and are difficult to place even at reduced \alues. We quote Prime oaten slieaf, £4 7s 6d to £4 12s 6rl , extra heavy, to £4 15s ; medium to good, £3 5s to £4 5s , inferior and light, £2 10s to £3 per ton (bags extra). Turnips. — The market is glutted, and as clearance had to be effected all on offer on Monday sold at reduced prices. Best swedes sold at 12s 6d to 14s per ton (loose, ex ti uck).