PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, 20 December 1906, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid and^ Co. (Ltd.) report We -held our /usual weekly auction sale of grairiand . produce" at - our stores on Monday. We submitted a small catalogue of feed oats, fowl wheat, chaff, etc., which met • with moderate competition from the local buyers, — prices generally being- about on. a level with _ late quotations. Values ruled as under :—: — Oats.— The quantity on offer is little . more *;*r"nari -~"; sufficient for the local trade, and although more, in-,; quiries arc being' received from shippers, only small^ quantities are available for export. -The demand is al- "; most entirely for good to best feed lots, damaged" and . inferior lines' being almost unsaleable. - We quote :• Prime milling., 2s G£d to 2s Id ; good to best feed, Is ll|-d to 2s; •* inferior and - medium, "Is* 8d to ~lS' lOd per bushel (sacks extra). i ;. f Wheat. — During the pa,st week there has been "a bet- ' ter tone in the market. Millers show more disp'osi- ' tion for business, and favor prime . quality •of or Tuscan. Medium' quality attracts liHle attention. Fowl wheat continues to meet with good , local and export demand, 'and is not offering quite so freely. \Vc . quote : Prime milling, 3s 4d to 3s 5d ; medium* to good, 3s Id to 3s ad ; whole fowl wheat, 2s lid to 3s ; broken and^dainaged, 2s 8d to 2s lOd 'per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— Last' season's potatoes are now practically out of stock, and the market is! being supplied chiefly Avith Australian new season's crop and,,.locallygrown kidneys and other early" sorts. .The* latter ate' selling at about 2d per lb, while Australian IJer'wents are worth £8 to £9 per ton (sacks included). Chaff.— No prime oaten sheaf has come fofward'for some time. Any- arriving now is sure of ready sale at satisfactory .prices. Buyers "have a strong preference for the .best, and in consequence even with a bare market indifferent quality has little attention \V« quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 to" £4. 5s ; medium to good, £3 10s to £3 17s - fid ; light and discolored £2 15s to £3. ,5s per. toll- (bags extra). Straw.— Wheaten straw is scarce, and has good inqU,\ly JSSJ 5S to ~37s~ 37s Gd ' Oaten is fairly " Plentiful, and sells at 10s per ton. „-.,•* Messrs. StrJonTach, Morris, and Co. report :— Oats.-^Stbeks, are now somewhat reduced, and there If ;f- Soqd demand for all -offering. Quotations :-- Prifne milling, 2s Id ; good to best feed, Is lid to 2sinferior to medium; Is 8d to Is lOd per bushel ii-v e % iS , a b + e - Uey iliquiry for milli ' n S ity and fowl wheat continues to meet with a rpa-riv Jfe filling, 3s 4d toTs 5d ; ifS *J?Ed °<n S °£' ? i%}? l ° 3d - ; good whole fowl' wheat, p-er fiushel - an aama « cd ' 2s ' M ' to '2s 4 16 d P6tat6es.-PSUpplie l s of old potatoes are iust about finished. Australian .Derwents are • selling at frorri £8 per Ib.^ ' WhUe nCW P ° tatoes are "lliliJ? Id v _ Chaff.— The market »is baie of supplies, and as the™ a iA ?.-/s°^ 1^ Jor good chaff, prices ie firmed Quotations : Prime oaten shenf, £3 17s 6d to £4 2?S" extra, to £4 5s ; medium to i-Vl fiitn *?it •' ferior to ligSt,' £2 ids to £2 5° per ton ' ""