GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 171, 22 July 1930, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

POTATO PRICES STEADY.

WHEAT UP A PENNY.

There have been no important movements in the local wholesale produce markets since last report. Potato stocks have b<?en substantially reduced, and the price is fairly steady at about £7 5/ per ton through store, ■which compares with £12 at this time last year. There are still some consignment stocks held on behalf of Southern dealers, but in many cases they require picking over. The Southern positions is reported as being a little weaker with more inclination on the part of growers to accept current offerings. >■ * The early planting season for seed potatoes started a few weeks back, but so far no great amount of business has been done. Pukekohe growers were able to save a good deal of seed this year, and, consequently, have not found it necessary to make a heavy call on Southern supplies. Only the early varieties are receiving attention in the meantime. A week or so of dry weather is necessary. to stimulate this trade. Onions From Abroad. Canterbury supplies of onions are practically finished, and the market is now chiefly dependent upon Victorian-grown, which are selling at 10/, to 10/6 per cwt. A small shipment of Californian, the first of the present season, is due next week, ex the Mirrabooka, a vessel which does the trio. from San Franciscb in 15 dayis. These onions are being quoted to arrive at 17/6 per crate, and 16/3 per bag. Wheat. The price of fowl wheat has been advanced a penny to 7/11 per bushel, in conformity with Lyttelton quotations. There is no great activity in_ the market, which faces serious competition in the lower price of maize. Maize. [ South African maize is still in good I supply, and sdla freely at 6/4 to 6/6 per bushel, ex store. Small quantities of mew season's Bay of Plenty find their way into the city, but they are immature and have to be sold at lower prices. Chaff and Oats. Chaff is not over plentiful at the moment but stocks suffice for the limited demand. The next Tasmanian consignment is due during the first week in August. Further deliveries from the same source will continue until October. Local prices are unaltered, and B Gartons, too, are still available at 4/10. Bran and Pollard. There is little life in the bran and pollard markets. So far this winter there has been no marked severity in climatic conditions to stimulate the demand, and supplies are quite up to requirements. Wholesale Current Prices. Pollard and Bran. —Mill prices: Pollard, : £9 10/ per ton; bran, £$ per ton. . Merchants' prices: Australian and' South , Island pollard, £10 10/ per ton: bran, £8 15/ to £9. Oats.—Feed: B Gartons 4/10 per bushel, A Ga,rtons 5/, clipped Duns 6/9, clipped , Algerians 6/6, clipped Gartons 5/5. Fowl Wheat.—7/11 per bushel. Maize—South African, 6/4 to 6/6 per bushel,' ex store. Bar ley .—Feed, 5/9 per bushel. Seed: Cape Barley, 6/6 per bushel. Maize Meal.—l 4/ to 14/6 per 1001b.. Barley Meal.—l 3/ per 1001b. Chaff.—G.b.o.s., £10 10/ per. ton, Blenheim or Canterbury; Tasmanian, £9 10/ in liessi. . bags, £10 in New Zealand sacks. • ■■ Potatoes.—Table, £7 5/, ex score. Seed: Early Rose, Robin Adair, Beauty of Hebron, 11/6 per cwt; Gamekeepers, Northern Star, and Arran Chief, 7/6. Onions. —Canterbury, 8/ per cwt, ex store; Australian, 10/ to 10/6.