PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2, 14 January 1909, Page 57

PRODUCE

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report fi;r Aveek ending January 12 as follows: — Oats. — There has been very little inquiry djiring the past week, and prices are barely maintained. There has been little business passing for local consumption. Prime milling, Is 7sd to Is 8d; good to best feed, Is 6£-d to Is 7d; inferior to medium, Is 4d to Is s£d por bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — There is very little change to repoivt, but the arrival of Australian wheat has liad the effect of slightly lowering local prices, especially in fowl wheat. Quotations : Prime milling, 4s 6£d to 4s 7-J-d ; medium and best whole fowl wheat, 4s 5d to 4s 6d ; -medium fowl wheat, 4s to 4s 4d; broken and damaged, 3s to 3s 9d per bushel (sacks oxtra). Potatoes. — There are no old potatoes coming forward, and early sorts are in fair demand from £6 to £8 per ton, according to quality. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows: — We held our weekly auction salo of grain and produceat our stores on Monday, when we submitted a fairly large cataloguo to a representative gathering of buyers. Our offerings wore cleared under fairly animated competition, at prices corresponding with quotations. ' ■ Oats. — The market is quiet, with no fresh features to report. The business passing is principally in x lines for. local consumption. Quotations are unchanged. "We quote : Prime milling, Is 74-d to Is 8-Jd; good to best feed, Is 6d.to Is 7d; inferior to medium, Is 4d to Is s^d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — The volume of business passing in this market is not great. Offerings still continue light. The principal sales passing are in lines of fowl wheat, which has fair inquiry at late rates. . We quote : Prime milling, 4s 7d to 4s 8d ; medium milling and fowl wheat, 4s 6d ; broken and damaged, 3s lid to 4s 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Old sorts — none offei'ings. We quote new potatoes, £6 to £8 per ton (bags in). Chaff. — There is strong inquiry for choice quality, and for this description late quotations are fully maintained. There are, however, fair quantities of medium and inferior -chaff in stores, which still continue slow of sale and show no improvement in prices. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £3 15s to £4; medium, £3 to £3 7s 6d; light, inferior, and;* heated, £2 10s per ton (bags extra).