CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18014, 5 March 1924, Page 10

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

(BT OUE COS£3IERCIAL EDITO3.) Tuesday Evening. There has been a little excitement in the potato business during the last few days, merchants covering their commitments for April-May. and prices have advanced 5s since Saturday. Farmers, however, are not evincing any great anxiety to sell. The market for prompt stuff has shown some easement, and though sales were made a few days ago at £ 7 f.0.b., s.i., tiie figure lias since dropped to about £6 10s. Sales of f.a.q.'s have been made for April-May-June delivery at £0 17s '3d f.0.b., s.i., equal to about £5 10s to farmers. The reported slump in Sydney has not had time yet to be reflected in the local market.

Oats have shown some alteration during the week, A's being a penny cheaper than last week, whereas B's have firmed. B's, which were 4s 4d last week, are now worth 4s 4Ad, while A's have gone back from 4s 9d to 4s Sd, these prices being f.0.b., s.i. There are very few offerings about at the moment, farmers being apparently reluctant to sell. Reports from Southland indicate that there is a greater quantity of A's to be offered this year than is usually the case. The first shipment of Canadian oats is due at Auckland this week, and local merchants are anxious to see how it will turn out, as it will have a deciding effect on the wdiole oat business. A few enquiries have been made for cowgrass, but not many sales have taken place. The chaff business is reported to be in a depressed condition owing to the recent Auckland purchases of Australian chaff, which is said to be of good quality. The price of it is too low for New Zealand chaff to compete with it at present. White chaff was recently worth up to £6 15s; it is now worth from £ 6 to £ 6 ss.

The demand for partridge peas has brightened up during the last few days, and an advance of Gd has taken place. Cabled advice received to-day states that the price such peas are worth in London is equal to about (is 6d, consequently local prices arc above London parity. The seed business, generally, is on the quiet side, which is unusual for this time of the vear. The following are the quotations to be paid to farmers at country stations, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated: — Wheat (new season's prices), Tuscan 5s 3d, Hunters os 3d, Pearl 5s 7d f.o.b. Lyttelton. 'Fowl Wheat—ss 3d f.o.b.

Chaff—£6 os. Oats —A Gartons 4s 3d, B Gartons 4s,' Algerians 4s 7d to 4s 9d. Cowgrass —To 9d. Partridge Peas —6s 9d. White Clover—ls 6d to Is 9d. Italian Ryegrass 6d to 6s 9d. Perennial'Ryegrass—6s 6d to 6s 9d. Cocksfoot —iljd to 12d. Potatoes—£s to £5 ss, April-May delivery. Onions —£5 a ton.

Flour —£15 10s a ton. Pollard—£7 f.o.b. main ports; 10s extra for smaller packing. Bran—£s per ton f.o.b. maifi ports, 10s extra for smaller packing.

RANGIORA MARKET. There waa a large attendance at the liangiora market yesterday, iurm work bein,j stuck just now. Tne entry of livestock comprised 1810 fat lambs, 460 fat ewes, 242 iat wethers, about 1000 store sheep. So head of cattle, and S&) pigs. Good business was again done in the lat ehcep section, the general run of the lambs being claacied prune. The prices for fats ranged as follows Prime lamba, 80s to 34s W; medium weights. 27s 7d to 29s 4(1; and light 21s lOd to 263 3d; ]jrimo ewes, 23s 3d to 24s 6d; others, lfe 4d to 22s Id; prime wethers, 23s 3d to 31a Id; others, 24a lid to 28a lOd.

The principal sales were: Fat Lambs—For -E. Pulley, 34 at 333 Id- W J Moir, 54 at 263 4d; J. Joyce, 139 at 23a' Sd, 116 at 26a 3d; A. Stewart, 49 at 32a fid; H. T. Wctherell, 280 at 33<3 9d 240 at 30j; K. Forsyth, 353 at "18s 4d'- W. Kodgers, 23 at 30s; A. Kerr, 7 at 34a' 6d; J. H. Wallis, 17 at 30s; H. J. Beadle, 26 at 30a 7d; J. Wheeler 3 at 27s Id; K. Petrie, 39 at 31s 3d; \V. Stalker, 52 at 29a' 4d; J. Fitzgibbon, 52 at 30s; A. M. Miller, 23 at 303 sdj R. Frizzell, 84 at 30s lid; T. S. Hanna, 43 at 28s lOd; G. T. Bolt, 51 at 30s; J. Douds, 21 at 273 7d; Mrs L. Fitzgibbon, 8 at 26e; W. A. Batchelor, 12 at 30a ; E. W. Smith, 4 at 28s 4d: C. Sutherland, 20 at 33a Bd, 23 at 31s 7d H. Barrie, 101 at 253 to 27e Bd.

Fat Ewes—For "W. Stalker, 17 at 22s 3d, 16 at lfis ad, 57 at 14s ed, 20 at 16a 4d, 17 at 17s 4d; J. W. Wheeler, 14 at 18s 4d; J. H. "Wallis, 5 at 20s sd; H. J. Beadle, 20 at 225; W. Moir, jun., 25 at 22b Id, 32 at 17e; T. Hargreaves, 7 at 27d; G. T. Bolt, 21 at 18a 9d; E. W. Smith, 16 at 21a; E. Pulley, 10 at 23s 3d; A. Kerr, 20 at 24s 4d; K. Judson, 32 at 17s 4d - C. Sutherland, 8 at 22s 10d; 6 at 19s lOd.

Fat Wethers —T. Hodgson, 14 at 25a 2d; F. Lang, 19 at 30s lid, 27 at 28a lid; J. Douds, 12 ut 313 3d, 14 at 29a 3d; W. J. Moir, 18 at 29b 9d; R. Judeon, 11 at 263 lOd, 25 at 24a lid; and Frattin Bros., 125 at 27a.

Store Sheep—The sale of stores was a, dragging one. Amongst the lots disposed of were: —72 rape lambs at 20a, 81 at 20a sd, 33 at 21s -id, 45 at 103, 30 at 10s, 50 six and eight-tooth ewea at 225, 24 two to eight-tooth ewei at 24s 6d, 40 four, six, and eight-tooth ewea at 23a 6d, 79 at 275, 150 failing-mouth ewea at 17a, and 36 old ewes at 6s. Cattle—There was a poor demand for the cattle offered. Cows in profit made from £2 16a to £j IU3, and other classes of cattle at ruling values. Pigs—Baconers sold at £3 17s 6d to £5, large porker 3 £3 10s to £3 15s, mediumweights, £2 15s to £3 3a; choppers, £4 10s; large stores, 55s to 60s; email, 35a to 455; large weaners, 20s; small, 8s to 15s. Poultry—Roosters, to lis 9d a oouple; hens, 5s to 5s 6d; ducks, 8s; pullets 9s • geese, 5b to Bs. ' ' '

Produce—Cliickwheat, 18s to 21e a sackpigmeal, 103 to 15s; oatsheaf chaff, 6s to 7s; Jbtatoes. li lb; swedes. Id lb; oaiia K ea, 9s a dozen; cauliflowers, 4s to 6s; marrows, 10s; rhubarb, 6s dozen bundles- carrots, 38 to 4 S a bag; onions, 2d lb; apples 4s; and pears, 4s to 5s a case.