GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 191, 15 August 1933, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

POTATOES GO LOWER. NOW SELL AT £6 10/. The tnoet notable feature in the grain j and produce markets to-day is a sharp | drop in the price of Southern potatoes, which are selling at £6 10/ through store, and ae low as £6 ex the wharf. The cause of this is that offerings in the South have been freer since. the export to South America ceased, and the local demand is much smaller than in previous "seasons. Supplies have come forward from various new sources in the province to an unexpected extent. Another factor in pullinc the price down has been that last week s shipment from the South contained several lines of indifferent quality. There is a fair demand for soed. Onions. The market is well supplied with local onions and importations from the South. The quality is only moderately good, but with picking over it suffices. About 500 ensca came to hand from Canada this week, and these are now being distributed. Pollard and Bra... The market for pollard has advanced in | Australia, but as merchants are well covered by stocks and orders the rise will not be reflected in the near future. There is a steady demand both for pollard and bran. Wheat. There is no change in the position of wh.at, which still sells freely at 4/11 to 5/ per bushel, though tb% Southern market is a little firmer. A fair amount of undergrade lines finds ite way to this centre and sells at about 3d less than graded for quality that is reasonably satisfactory. Maize. Maize ie unaltered, with merchants quoting 4/3 to 4/6 per bushel ex store. Oats and Chaff. The demand for horse feed continues dull, and with the advent of spring-like weather it Is not likely to improve. B Gartons still sell at 2/10 per bushel, and chaff at £6 10/ per ton through store. Fertilisers. Since last report the shortness of the grass in many districts has permitted topdressing to be proceeded with, and much of the.area missed in the autumn is now in course of treatment. This is not too late; in fact, topdressing up to the middle of September with superphosphate is quite in order, and in many cases is necessary to push along the early ensilage and hay crop. Next winter's supplementary feed position is probably the most important consideration just at the moment, and this calls for prompt treatment with a quick-acting fertiliser—either superphosphate or ammoniated super. There is a good healthy demand for fertilisers at the moment and manufacturers are prepared to give prompt delivery. Wholesale Current Prices. Pollard and Bran. —Mill prices: Pollard, £6 per ton; bran, £5 10/ per ton. Merchants' prices: Pol'ard, local, £6 10/ per ton; Australian, £6 10/; bran, £5 15/. Oats.—Feed: B Gartons, 2/10 per bushel; A Gartons, 3/6; clipped Dunne, 4/3; clipped Algerians, ■ New Zealand, 4/6; clipped Gartons, 3/9. Fowl Wheat.—Canterbury, 4/11 to 5/ per bushel. Make.—4/3 to 4/6 per bushel. Barley.—Feed: Clipped, 4/3 per bushel. Seed: Cape, 5/ per bushel. Maize Meal.—9/6 per 1001b. Barley Meal.—B/6 per 1001b. Chaff.—G.b.o.B., £6 10/ per ton, Blenheim or Canterbury. Potatoes. —Table: Southern, £6 10/ per ton. Seed: Early Puritan, £7 10/; I Sutton Supreme and TJp-to-datea, £8; Arrau Chief, Gamekeeper and Northern Star, £6. '. Onions.—-Local, 8/ to 8/3 -per cwfc; i ( KniitViAr« 7/« nor nrtrt.. I