PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, 22 October 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid arid Co. report :—: — " We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. Our catalogue comprised a fair quantity of oats and fowl wheat, with a largor offering of potatoes and chaff than usual. The attendance of buyers was small, and the sale proved somewhat slow. Values ruled as under : Oats.— The market is in a stagnant condition, and no sales of any importance are passing. Shippers' orders are only on a very small scale, and in most cases they hold sufficient stocks to supply same, so that new business has been of late impossible. We quote: Prime milling, as; good to best feed, is iod to is 1 id; inferior to medium, is 8d to is yd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Prime milling lines continue to have ready sale to millers. Values for ajl sorts arc well maintained. We quote,: Prime milling, 4s 4«d to 4s 5d ; medium, 4s 4d ; whole fowl wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; medium, 4s to 4s 2d ; broken and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s iod per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— The demand has now slackened considerably, and in consequence prices show a decline of about 10s per ton. We quote : Best Up-to-Dates, £2 17s 6d to £3 ; a few choice, to £3 ss; medium to good, £2 5s to £2 15s. Dcrwents are not inquired for by exporters, and are saleable locally at about the same price as Up-to-Dates. Chaff. — The n-.aikct is well supplied, and only best qualityhas any attention. We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £3 15s to £3 17s 6d ; choice, to medium to good, to 10s per ton (bags extra). Straw. — The market has been more fully supplied with oaten, which sells at 455, while wheatcn has been in over-supply, and has receded to 35s per ton.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows: — We held our usual weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a full catalogue to a poor attendance of buyers, who were, not eager competitors for our offerings ; a number of the lots having to be passed in pending private sale.- Values ruled as under : Oats. — There is no change to report cither in values or in demand. The inquiry still continues very slack. Quotations : Prime milling, to 2s; good to best feed, is lod to is ud; inferior to medium, is 8d to is oAd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — Business in this market is restricted through lightness of offerings and firmness of holders, who still adhere to their lines despite the adverse reports lately to hand. Fowl wheat is scarce "and in request. Quotations :■ Prime milling, 4s 4iJd to 4s sd ; medium milling and fowl wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; broken and damaged, 3s 6d to 4s per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The demand is confined almost entirely to choice -white tables, Dcrwents being out of favor. Scabby, roughlygrown, inferior,^ and small sorts are neglected. Quotations. Extra, choice Up-to-Dates, .^3 7 s 6d ; prime do, £3- 2S 6d to £3 ss; medium do, £2 15s to £3; inferior, £2 5s upwards per tonXsacks in). ■ , • Chaff.— The market remains fairly .steady for choice oaten sheaf, which has almost the sole attention of buyers, medium, inferior, heated, and weedy descriptions being neglected. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £3 15s. (o £4 ; medium, 7 s 6d to £3 10s; light, inferior, and heated, £2 103 and upwards per ton (bags extra).

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., ' Ltd., report as. follows: — Oats. — Quotations : Prime milling, 2s ; good to best feed, is iod to is ud; inferior to medium, is 8d to is o,d per bushel (sacks /extra). Potatoes. — During the week there has been a drop of about 10s per ton "owing to the large consignments coming forward. Best up-to-dates, £2 17s 6d to .£3 ; extra, to ;£3_5S; medium to good, £2 5s .to £2 15s. Defwents are not in demand. , Chaff. — Prices are about the same for prime quality, but inferior chaff is practically unsaleable at any price. - Best oaten sheaf, £3 15s -to 17s 6d ; medium, tor £2 10s ; inferior, £2 to £2' 10s. x -r.-- ■_ ' Pressed Straw. — Oaten, 45s per ton';" ; wheaten, 35s per ton.