PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12, 25 March 1909, Page 457

PRODUCE

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. report as follows: —

We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. Buyers were not in full attendance, and as the offerings were unattractive, bidding was dull and few sales were effected. Values ruled as under : — Oats. — The market remains on a par with last week. Offerings of the now crop" are now heavier, but as yet no great quantity has been" put on this market. Values are unchanged. We quote: Prime milling, Is sd; good to best feed, Is 4d to Is 4j-d ; inferior to medium, Is 2d to Is 3£d per bushel (sacks extra). AVheat. — The latest London advices report a firmer tendency in this market. Millers are ready buyers of prime lots at late values, but many growers have reserved their lines at 4s per bushel. Values to-day are from 3s lOd to 3s lid per bushel on trucks, according to quality and length of rail. Fowl wheat meets with fair sale at from 3s 9d to 3s lid per bushel, ex store, according to quality. Potatoes. — The market is poorly supplied, and values liavo firmed a little in consequence. We quote : Primey £3 7s 6d to £3 12s 6d; medium, £3 to £3 ss; inferior, £2 10s upwards (bags in). Chaff. — Thero is no improvement to report in the demand, which still continues not over brisk. Values also show no improvement on the week. A number of consignments have arrived of inferior quality, and these are very difficult to place, even at low values. We quote : Prime old, £2 17s 6d to £3 ; good old, £2 12s 6d to £2 15s ; prime new, £2 15s io £2 17s 6d; inferior, £2 upwards (bags extra).