PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 9 May 1907, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd.) report :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. Our catalogue comprised the usual lines in demand locally, and with the exception of potatoes, for which there was poor competition, was cleared at quotations. Values ruled as under :— Oats. — 'Although theie is only a small margin for shippers to operate at current values, all lines of good to prime feed are readily placed on arrival. Prime mil ling quality- is 'alsio hr good demand, and all s<ood clean seed lines have. strong inquiry. Quotations : Prime milling, 2s (i£d to 2s 7d ; good to best feed, 2s 6d to 2s 6*d ; iufard-ofr, ito medium, 2s 4id to 2s #&d pen bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — The demand for prime milling lines is strong uip to late valuies. Medium milling also bas 1/etter sale, while fowl wheat is scarce, and is readily quitted on arrival. Seed lines of all sorts are iriqsiired for. Quotations : Prime milling;, 3s s^d to '3& 6^d ; medium to good, 3s4|d to 3s 5d ; whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 4cl ; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s 2d per bushel (sa,cKs -extra). Potatoes. —Consignments have been arriving freely, amid the market is glutted, chiefly with potatoes of dndiffereoi'ti contditiopj. The 'demand is almost entirely confined to prime sound, lines, while questionable lots, which/ it is imp© atiive to deal with immediately, are practically neglected, and only saleable at very low values. Quotations : Piinie, £3 15s to £4 ; medium to gioold, £3 to £3 10s ; slir,Mly damaged, £2 10s to £2 15s inferior, £1 15s t 0 £2 5s per ton (bags included). Chaff.— The local demand is almost entirely for prime oaten sheaf, which sells on the basis of late 'quotations. For medium and inferior lots there is only limitod sale. Quotations : Best oaten sheaf, £4 15s to £5 ; medium' to good, £4 to. £4 12s Gd ; inferior and light, £3 Hte to £3 17s 6d ; straw chaff, £2 10s to £2 15s per ton (bags extra). Pressed Straw.— Oaten is scarce, and has good saleat 45s to 50s ; wheaten, in fair supply, sells at 37s Gd to 40s per ton. Turnips.— Best swedes, 20s per ton, loose, ex truck. Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Wheat.— The market is slightly higher, and buyers are more inclined to do 'business. Quotations : Prime milling), 3s 6d to 3s 7d ; medium do, 3s 4^d to 3s » g 'l ; best whole fowl wheat, 3s Mto 3s 4*l ; inferior and damaged, 2s lid to '3s 2d per -bushel. (Xvts.— The markiet continues" as last reported, namely : Prime milling, 2s H& to 2s 7d ; good to best feed, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; medium, 2s 3|d to 2s 4Jd. Potatoes. -Owing to arrivals from Australia, the market is lower, and buyers are not keen to do business. Quotations : Prime table sorts, £3 5s to £3 15s per ton; extra good to £1; medium and inferior, £2 5s to £2 15s. '. Chaff.— The demand is c ual to the supply at present, and late quotations continue, namely : Prime oaten sheaf, £4 12s 6d to £4 17s 6'd ; medium £4 2s 6d to £1 10s ; inferior, £3 10 to £3 -15s per ton