SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 27, 2 July 1903, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices current : — Wholesale — Butter (farm) 8d ; butter (factory), bulk, 9fd ; pats, 9Jd cash, lOd booked. Eggs, Is 6d per dozen. Cheese (factory), 6fd Hams, 9d. Potatoes, £3 10s per ton (bags weighed in). Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £3 per ton. Flour £10 to £11. Oatmeal, £10 10s to £11. Bran, £4 10s Pollard, £6 10s. Retail — Fresh Butter, lOd. Butter (factory), pats, Is. Eggs, Is 9d per dozen. Cheese, Bd. Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 5s per cwt. Flour : 2001 b. 22s : 501 b, 6s 3d. Oatmeal : 501 b, 6s 6d ; 251 b, 3s 6d. Pollard, 10s per bag. Bran, 5s 6d. Chaff, 2s.

Mr. P. Meenan, King street, Dunedin reports :—Wholesale prices only— Oats: Milling, Is 9£d to Is lOd; feed, Is 6d to Is 9*d. Wheat : Milling, 3« 7d to 4s Id ; fowls' wheat, 3s to 3s 3d Potatoes : Derwents, £4 ; kidneys, £2 10s to £3 10s. Chaff : £3 to £3 12s 6d. Straw • Pressed wheat, 30s ; oaten, 35s ; loose, £2. Flour : Sacks, £10 ; 501T>, £10 15s; 251 b, £11. Oatmeal: 251 b, £10. Pollard, £6. Bran, £4. Butter : Dairy, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese : Factory, 6d ; dairy, ssd. Eggs, Is 9d. Onions : Melbourne, £5 ; Christchurch, £4.

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., report as follows :—: —

Wheat. — There is not much business doing in ihis cereal, and quotations are, prime milling, 4s to As 2d ; medium, 3s 4d to 3s lOd ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s id to 3s 3d.

Oats are selling in small quantities, but no large lines are changing hands. Choice seed is worth 2s to 2s 3d ; prime milling,, to Is 10$ d ; best feed, to Is &$d ; medium, Is 5d to Is 7d. Potatoes. — Best Derwents, £3 15s to £4. Chaff.— Best oaten sheaf, £3 5s to £3 10s.

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a large catalogue to a good attendance of, buyers. Values rUled as under : —

Oats. — There is fair inquiry for prime milling and choice seed lines. Good feed lines continue to move off slowly for export, but the demand is limited, and nothing like large sales can be effected. Medium and inferior quality is not greatly in favor. We quote : Good to choice seed, 2s to 2s 3d ; prime milling, Is 9d to Is 10$ d ; good to best feed, Is 8d to Is B£d ; inferior and medium, Is 5d to Is 7d per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat. — There is little change in the market to report. Millers' attentions are still confined to prime quality, and for really choice samples there is a fair demand. Medium milling sorts are still oflt of favor, and meet with little attention. Fowl wheat is offering freely, and, with fairly good export demand, continues to move off at prices on a par with late quotations. We quote : Prime milling, 4s to 4s 2d ; medium to good, 3s 4d to 3s lOd ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 3d ; broken and damaged, 2s 9d to 3s Id ver bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market is moderately supplied, and all consignments coming forward have ready sale up to late quotations. Kidney and other seed sorts are strongly inquired for, but are offering sparingly. We quote : Best Derwents, £3 17s 6d to £4 ; medium to good, £3 5s to £3 15s ; kidneys and other sorts, according to quality, £3 to £4 per ton (bags in). Chaff. — Heavy supplies coming forward have had a slightly depressing effect on the market, and values today show a decline of 5s to 7a 6d per ton on late quotations. Prime quality is still in most demand, inferior and" medium being little sought after. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £3 5s to £3 10s ; medium to good, £2

10b to £3 ; light, inferior, and straw chaff, £1 15* to £8 Ssrper tonjfbags extra). TUrtiips.— These are also in over supply, and prices a shade lower, best sweedes offering freely at 13s per ton loo.se, ex truck.

Straw. — Market fairly well supplied. Best oaten straw is worth 30s to 32s 6d ; wheat, 27s 6d to 30s per ton. Bay..— The market is completely glutted, and sales are difficult to effect, except at sacrifice in comparison With late ruling Values. To avoid this, many consignments are 'being stored. We quote : Best clover and ryegrass hay, to £3 5s ; medium, £2 10s to £3 15s per ton.