ASHBTJRTON GRAIN MARKET

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLI, Issue 9430, 29 January 1921, Page 5

ASHBTJRTON GRAIN MARKET

The unsettled weather during tne ipast week has again delayed harvesting operations. £ _! Wheat.—Several lines have- already, been threshed out of stook with fair, results, although the recent weather' has hardly" been satisfactory enough to enable ithe grain to be m good-condi-tion. Crorjs now standing will benefit considerably by the present raiß,3paF-; ticularly so on the heavy land, where they "have^every ef filling out. v Oats.—The past weak, has .beep, most uhsatisfactory ' for growers with,;their stuff m stooK, as the warm, flWsszl^ rain must cause (."damage. A consider-* able area is; now m stook, and farmers! must vievv; with concern the continued broken weather with its inevitable ■ train of rust, etc. -No -transactions have been' reported on the local market, as merchants report a good demand from growers for storage accom--modation, preferring to hold their oats rather than accept the present indications. Merchants report a good demand for seed Algerians for green feeding purposes. Potatoes.—The operations of the Growers' Association are being closely watched by the local growers. It is questionable whether the present broken weather may not eventually turn out most unfavourable m the long run, as already slight traces of bligrht have been reported m this County r No business with growers has so far 'been recorded locally. Ryes;rass.—A fair number of samples have been on the local market, and m several instances business has been reported. Some of the lines available are of nice quality, but a good many are of a light flaky type of seed. Merchants are not displaying any eagerness to purchase the latter quality. Southland reports aprain indicate _ a good crop of heavy shotty seed with prospects of more reasonable values than the local seed, at growers' present ideas of value. Prices nominally are ns follow: —Ryeerass. 23-241 b seed, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; 2J r 22. 3s to 3s 3d. with small enquiry frir light seed. Italian : Oood heavy' well-marked samples, 3s 3d to 3s 9"d. Cocksfoot.—No lines have become available so far.