GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 217, 13 September 1932, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

DEARER POTATOES. JAPANESE ONIONS ON FRIDAY. The chief feature of the local grain and produce market is a fairly sharp rise in price of potatoes, which are now quoted at £9 10/ per ton, ex store, a rise ot 25/ per ton in the week. Southern reports are to the offeot that mcrchante are finding a difficulty in obtaining their requirements from growers, and values have moved up accordingly. Dakotas are particularly scarce, and up to £7, t.0.b., has been paid for this variety. Spot stocks in Auckland arc not heavy, eo that the local market is quickly responsive to any change in the South. There is a steady demand for eeccl .potatoes, and planting in the districts served from the city appears to be well up to the average. Cheaper Onions Soon. Onions are still exceptionally scarce and. dear, but the position will be relieved in a few days, ae the Melbourne Maru is due on Friday with a fairly substantial direct shipment from Japan. The bulk has been sold for delivery from the ship e side at about 10/ a crate, and for any surplus merchants are asking 25/ a crate through store. _ sjsat Oats and Chaff. There is no change in the market for oate or chaff. B Gartone are selling quietly at 4/4 per bushel, and chaff at £8 15/ per ton. According to the "Otago Daily Times" stocks of undergrade oats arc accumulating in Southern stores. Wheat. The wheat market is steady, with merchants selling at 6/4 to 6/6 per bushel, through store. ,«■„■■' Maize. Maize also shows no alteration. It was expected chat when the bulk of the Bay of Plenty and Gisborne crops became available lower prices would rule, but thie has not been so. Bay of Plenty growers appear to be holding their stocks more firmly than usual, and Gisborne holders are satisfied to wait till the demand overtakee the 6upply, as it usually does later in the season. Pollard and Bran. Pollard and bran have a steady trade at late rates. The Government's latest decision regarding the admission of pollard from Australia will make it easier for poultrymen and pip; feeders to obtain a better grade of pollard when such is on offer from the Commonwealth. Wholesale Current Prices. (Through store.) Pollard and Bran.—Mill prices: Pollard, £6 10/ per ton; bran, £5 10/ per ton. Merchants' prices: Australian pollard, £7 5/ per ton; bran, £6. Oats.—Feed: B Gartons 4/4 per bushel, A Gartons 4/8, clipped Duns 5/, clipped Algerians, Australian, 5/, New Zealand, 5/9; clipped Gartons, 4/9. Fowl Wheat.—6/4 to 6/6 per bushel. Maize.—African, 5/9; Bay of Plenty, 5/3; crushed, 5/ per bushel (501b). Barley.—Feed: Clipped, 4/0 per bushel. Seed: Cape, 6/ per bushel. Maize Meal.—lo/ per 1001b. Barlny Meal.—9/ per 1001b. Chaff.—G.b.o.s., £8 15/ ner ton, Blenheim or Canterbury. Potatoes.—Table: Southern, £9 10/ per ton. Seed. — Gamekeeper, Northern Star, Anan Chief, 7/0 per cwt; Early Puritan, 8/6; Early Rose, 14/: Robin Adair, 14/; Up to Dates, 9/(i; Dakotas, 9/; Sulton's Sunreme, 9/: Maori Chief, 11/. Onions.— Japanese. 25/ per crate (to arrive).