PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 18, 2 May 1907, Page 17

PRODUCE

Inveicargill Prices T'urrent :— Wholesale — Butter, (farm), y-d : separator, lOd. Butter (factory), pats, Is o£. Eggs, is 6d per dozen. Cheese, 7d. Hams, 9d. Barley, 2s to -is 6d. Uhau, st-'l jjia ton. Flour, £9 to £9 10s. Oatmeal, £14 10s to £15. Bran, £4 ss. Pollard, £5 to £5 10s. Potatoes, £4. Retail— Farm, butter, lid; separator, Is. Butter (factory), pats, Is 2d. Cheese, 9d. Eggs;, Is 9d per dozen. Bacon, lUcL Hams, lOd. Flour— 2001bs, 20s. Oatmeal— oOlbs, 8s 3d ; 25fts, 4s 6d. Pollard, 9s 6d. Bran, ss. Chaff, 2s 6d. Potatoes, 6s per cwt. Wellington.— April 29.— The following cablegram is from the High Commissioner, dated London, April 27 -.—Mutton.'.— Market dull and trade for all classes very slow. Prices are barely maintained. "Canterbury mutton, 31d ; North Island, 3|d, Lamb-.— Market steady, and there is good demand for all lamb. Light weights are quoted at 54d for Canterbury ; for branlds otdxer than Canterbury, 5-|d ;' heavy wei^hlts— Canterbury 5 1-s'd, others, 4fd. Beef .—Market quiet, but firm. Quotations : 3§d to 3d for hind and forequarters resjyecsiveliy.' Butter. — Market dull, owing to the poior demand experienced. Oboice New Zealand, 97s ; Argentine, 96 ; Sifbferian, 90 ; and Danish, 101 s per cwt. Cheese.— Mar-, ket steady at 62s 1 . Hemp.— Market quiet at a decline. Good fair grade on the spot is quota'd at £33 10s ; April-June shipments, £33 ; fair grade on the spot, £30 ; April-June shipments, £29 10s ; fair current Manila on the spot, £38 per ton. The cocksfoot seed market is quiet, and buyers are not keen to do business, as they are .waiting for reports concerning the American crop. Bright, clean New Zealand seed, 52s per cwt v Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Oafe. — Supplies- coirlng to (hand are somewh«, ( t restricted, prices being .well maintained. Quotation® : Prime milling, 2s 6^d to 2s 7d ; good to best feed, 2s 5Jd to 2s 6jd ; medium and inferior, 2s 3d to 2& 5d per bushel. Wheat.— Supplies are scarce, and all lines of prime ■and choice) are readily placed at late rates. QuO'tiatiioros: Prime mailing, 3s s*d to 3s 6d ; , medium to good, 3s 4d toi 3s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 3-id to 3s 4d ; broken and damaged, 3s Id to 3s 3d per bushel. Potatoes.— The market is well supplied, and in consequence prices have eased somewhat. Quotations : Good to prime, £4 to £4 5s ; choice to £4 H)s ; medium to g£>od, £3 10s to i,4'; unripe and inferior, £3 to £3 5s par ton. Chaff.— Supplies are plentiful, but prices, which are as follows, show little change, viz. :— Good to best, £4 15s to £5 ; medium to good, £4 5s to £4 12s 6dr inferior, £3 to £4 ; straw, £2 5s to £2 15s per ton. * Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) report :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a good attendance of buyers, to v-hom we submitted a representative catalogue. Bidding was good, and most of the rated as under W l rC quittbd at current valQes - Values

choice seed lines. Gartons and sparrowbills suitable for seed are in most request, while Sutherland and other prime milling sorts are readily taken by millers on arrival. Quotations : Prime milling, 2s 6-^d to 2s 1 7d ; good to foes t feed, 2s "53d to 2s 6£<d ; medium and inferio", 2s 3-d to 2s 5d per bushel (sacks -extra). Wheat.— Off ei ings are extremely small, but for all lots of from prime to ohoice lines millers are ready buyers at quotations. Medium qualities^ although not so much , soirght after, are more easily placed than . they have been of late, while fowl wheat is scaroe and in good demand— sound whole fowl wheat particularly so. Quotations : Prime milling, 3s s£d to 3s 6d ; medium to good, 3s 4d to 3s fid ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 3^d to 3s 4d ; broken and da-magied, 3s Id to, 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— The market is gjkitlt&d, heavy supplies having come forward both from, the north and south within the last few days. The greater portion of these consignments are n.tfl-e or less blighted, and as these require to 'be sold on arrival the market has suffered considerably. Prime, ripe, Up-to-dates, f-ee from blight and freshly dug, meet with good sale at prices -about eq,ual to last week's quotations. Quotations : Good'to prime, £4 to £4 5s ; ohoice to £4 10s ; medium to good, £3 10s to £4 ; unripe and inferior, £3 to £3 5s per ton (sac'-s included). Chaff.— Arrivals have been heavy during the week, alt/hough prices have not suffered to any extent, and it is more difficult to make sales. Prime chaff meets with most demand, but medium quality is still very slow of sale. Straw chaff, suitable for dairymen, has more incfuiry. Quotations : Good to best, £4 15s to £5 ■ medium to good, £4 5s to £1 12s 6d ; inferior, £3 to £4 ; straw, £2 5s to £2 15s (bass extra). Straw.— Supplies equal to demand. Prices remain unchanged, oaten selling, at £2 5s to £2 10s; wheaten, £1 los to £2 per ton. Turnips.— Quotations : 20s per ton (loose, ex truck).