GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 37, 13 February 1929, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. i.Py X'.-I-.'rapii. -I'ivss Asswiution.) CHIU.STCHUKCH, Tuesday. The market tor milling wheat is somewhat weaker. To-day a sale of Tuscan w.:< p-.-nrded .it ."■ 7 on trucks, although i halfpenny tn a penny more than this has '"■i ii paid iluriim the week. Millers are buying very little. Milling wheat is i|'i"t:'d at •"> 7 to -"' S on true ks for Tuscan .ii;d ii for Hunters. Foul wheat is quoted .it 1 7 for prompt and spread delivery. Oats

.11■ <■ weaker and A Gartons are quoted at :; t'l'f spread delivery and B's at 3/2 l a. l-'nr Algerians there is no demand, and sales have been made at 2 4 on trucks, with nil occasional sale at 2. .'J to 2/3 ,- 2.

Coiiscpiciit on the. refusal of the t'ominniiwealth (government to allow Xew Zealand potatoes to enter Australia for r'nod [imposes the market is inclined to slacken tor forward months. Barley delivery prices remain at i' 4 17 6, but JulySfptcniber is quoted at £5 L."i'. f.0.b., s.i. Values to growers for early delivery are t'3 I' l ' to t'3 12,6. but at this figure there :s little sellinvr. Main urop onions are quoted at .t'."> on trucks and prompt at X.6. The last rain checked the development of some crops and helped to prevent an early glut.

In the absence of North Island inquiry for practically all classes of seeds there is little disposition on the part of merchants t<. buy with any freedom. Perennial ryegrass is in most request, purchases having been made at 4 6 a bushel on trucks. Italian is quoted at 3 ti to 3 9. purchases for exceptional quality having been made in advance of the latter figure. Cocksfoot is being ottered, but so far not much has (■nine from the bays. From 7d to Sd a lb covers values.