COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 130, 14 March 1930, Page 7

COMMERCIAL NEWS

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (United Press Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY, March 13. "Wheat—The market is dull. Bulk 4s 7d; bagged lots 4s 8d per bushel. Flour—£ll 10s. Pollard—£7 15s. Bran—£B 10s. Potatoes—Tasmanian £10; Victorian £7. Onions —Victorian Globe and Brown Spanish £5. Oats—White 4s 9d; Algerian 4s 3d. Maize —6s 3d. . , ADELAIDE, March 13. Wheat—4s 2d. Flour— £ll ss. Bran—£6 15s. Pollard—£B ss. Oats—2s 8d to 2s lOd. GRAIN CROPS. ESTIMATED YIELDS. The following estimated average yields per acre of wheat, oats and barley for the season 1929-30 have been compiled by the Government Statistician from reports furnished by stock inspectors of the Department of Agriculture throughout the Dominion :

In accordance with these estimates, the total yield of wheat for the Dominion should Ije approximaaely /,100,UUU bushels, as against an actual yield ot 8,832,864 bushels for the season 19^9. The percentage of oats threshed for the five seasons ending with 1928-2 J was 28.87 of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be approximately 3,150,000 bushels, as against an actual yield of 3.065.113 bushels for the season 1928-29. x 1 . , The percentage of barley threshed for the five seasons ending with 192829 was 98.23 of the total area under that crop. Assuming that a similar proportion is threshed this year, the total yield of grain should be approximately 680,000 bushels,, as against an actual yield of 781,102 bushels for the season '1928-29.

Wheat, Oats. Barlej Bush. Bush. Bush. North Island . 34.03 39.47 38.39 Nelson . . 24.00 30.00 35.00 Marlborough . 30.72 35.00 34.91 Canterbury . 30.40 38.61 31.54 Otacro . . 30.89 38.26 36.26 Southland . 36.61 45.50 41.17 Average (est.) for Dominion, season 1929-30 30.56 39.71 33.89 Average (actual) for Dominion, * season 1928-29 34.60 41.93 40.06