SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 37, 10 September 1903, Page 13

SOUTHLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Invercargill prices current.— Wholesale — Butter farm, Bd. butter (factory), bulk, 10|d to Hid pats, Hid to llfd cash. Eggs, 8d per dozen. Cheese (factory), 6£d. Hams, 9d. Potatoes, £4 per ton (bags weighed in). Barley, 2s to 2s 6d. Chaff, £3 per ton. Flour £10 to £10 10s. Oatmeal, £8 10s to £9. Bran £3* Pollard, £4. Retail.— Fresh Butter, lOd ; butter'(factory), pats, Is lid. Eggs, lOd per dozen. Cheese, Bd. Bacon, lid. Hams, lOd. Potatoes, 5s 6d per cwt Flour : 2001 b, 22s ; 50ft, 6s 3d. Oatmeal : 50ft, "5s 6d ;' 25ft, 2s 9d. Pollard, 7s per bag. Bran 4s Chaff' Is 9d.

Mr. F. Meenan, King street, Dunedin, reports •— Wholesale prices only— Oats : Milling, Is 8d to Is 9id • feed, Is 5d to Is 7£d. Wheat : Milling, 3s 10s to 4s 2d ; fowls' wheat, 3s to 3s 44. Potatoes : Derwents £4 5s ; seed kidneys, £3 10s to £4 10s. Chaff, £2 10s to £3 ss. Straw : Pressed wheat, 27s 6d; oaten, 30s • loose 355. Flour : Sacks, £10; 50ft, £10 15s ; 251 b, £11 Oatmeal, £9. Pollard, £4. Bran, £3. Butter : Dairy, 8d to lOd ; factory, lid. Cheese : Factory, 6£d • dairy, s|d. Eggs, lOd. Onions : Melbourne, £5

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a fair attendance of buyers: but only limited competition for most of the lines on offer, and on this account many of the lots catalogued had to be passed in. Prices ruled as under :— Oats.— Seed lines continue to move off steadily now that sowing has become general, but for milling sorts there is little inquiry. The export trade is confined for the most part to good B grade or better quality. Inferior sorts have little attention, and find slow sale at quotations. We quote : Seed lines, Is lOd to 2s 3d ; prime milling, Is 8d to Is 9£d ; good to best feed, Is 6d to Is 7d ; inferior and medium, Is to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— A better tone prevails in the market. Prime milling sorts are in strong favor, but a more decided advance in values is evident in medium milling qualities, which have been quite neglected for some time. Fowl wheat is offering sparingly, and if sound commands a ready sale. We quote : Prime milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium, 3s 5d to 3s lOd ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 4d ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— During the past week the market has been poorly supplied with prime Derwents, and for these there is a good local demand. Seed lines are also strongly in favor if sound and true to name. Medium and inferior sorts have little attention. We qoiote : Prime Derwents, £4 2s 6d to £4 7s 6d ; medium to good, £3 15s to £4 ; inferior and other sorts unsuitable for seed, £3 to £3 10s ; seed lines, £3 10s to £6 per ton, according to quality. Chaff. — Almost the entire stock in stores consists of medium quality. This continues to move off at late quotations, but is not readily quitted. Prime oaten sheaf is offering sparingly, and all consignments of this class meet with ready sale on arrival. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 5s ; choice, to £3 7s Cd ; medium to good, £2 10s to £2 15s ; inferior, light, and straw chaff, £1 10s to £2 5s per ton (bags extra).

Turnips.-We quote : Best Swedes, 15s per ton, loose, Straw .-We quote : Oaten straw (pressed), 27s 6d to 30s ; wheat, 25s to 27s 6d per ton.

Messrs. Stronach, Morris and Co. report as follows : Wheat.— The demand during the past week has been better, and millers are more inclined to do business at the following higher prices : Prime milling, 4s to 4s 4d ; medium do, 3s 5d to 3s lid ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 2d to 3s 4d , broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 3s. Oats.— The market remains much as patchy, although seed lines have had better enquiry during the past week Prime milling, Is 8d to Is 9£d ; good whole feed, Is 6d to Is 7d ; inferior and medium, Is to Is sd. Potatoes.— Prime Derwents, £4 2s 6d to £4 7s 6d • medium to good, £3 15s to £4. '

Chaff.— Prime is scarce, and is worth £3 to £3 5s • extra, to £3 7s 6d ; medium is hard to place" at £2 10s to £2 15s. Straw.— Best oaten sheaf, 30s ; best wheat, 27s 6d.