CANTERBURY MARKETS

Press, 1 February 1930, Page 14

CANTERBURY MARKETS

(BT OUR COMMBEU'UI. ElilTOB.) Friday evening. The wet weather ha a rvslricted business on the local nr.nn and produce i markets. Quite a uniiilie! of wheat crops are now cut, hut • ouiparativcl.v lew have been I hushed An odd lino of new season's wlie.r Is tlllduij.; 11 K way on to , ' 1(: "iaikrt •Smiic lUd Kilu grown in tin- ('lie\iid disl'i.t >i. ! > U-ti liiMPiwintirinl.v '-'•"' bushels iin «eiv For prompt pit! <|nai.i\ milling Tu*- i ~,m (old .sc.-.siml lis -id to >.> Oil, t.0.b., is asked. For the 11. H < rn|, the pines I are: 5s !>d lor l'n-e;iu i> b-i Hunters, and" (is -'VI I" 1 I'earl. on 11 in U Fowl wheal is quo:< dat l, :'! t'.0.1i., sticks Is -<l. on Winks. I'n.(t;e,il!y (lie onlv fowl wheat in.u available is hold I.V tllO I'eol. Oats. There I-. a litile I.umii. - passing m forward oats between i,mTrhan- and merchant Tills businc- is !•« H'S I done on the basis id' .'is lid i.0.i... s i.. i for A Cartons, and IK *d to -h *M for Bs. for April-fx'ptvm!..', ■!■ livery ] One or two small lines el in -v uals | wci-p offered durum the \see|,. \ line j of Duns, of lair nu.ilil v . . handed | hands at Is on trucks, and some A gerians were sold at the samv_ r,<"»l figure. Mcllmnrnc is quoting ->s M for machine-dressed and .lipped Algerian* f.0.h., *■>■■ and the North Island has already made wmio purchases at this figure. A grade Cartons are quoted nt .'is to lis 3d on trucks. Chaff. There is now very little ebaft" on tin* market, and it. is not expo ted that. new chaff will he ready until ahum March. To-da.v's quotation is £5 10,s on trucks Small Seeds. A few sample* of new season's white clover found their way on to the tnaikft this week. The value 10-dav is I'd to 10d per ll>. hut. growers for the most part art; asking Is. One small good line is reported to have been .sold at the hitter figure. Onlv a few small liuch of cm U1..0i have been offered. The value is 7d ' > 8d per lb for farmers' dressed luu "'- Machine dressed standard Akaioa 's quoted at 13|<1 per Ih f.o.h. There r a lack of demand troin the N.u-iii Island for all seeds, though 't ih usual for the North Island to he bii.\inn fairly freely »t this time of year. There have Keen some sales of Italian rvoerass durin- the pa«t few ut 4s fid to 4i KVI. and of Perennial at 5s to .">s Hd a bushel. a< cording to quality and weight. Onions l'p to about a fortnight ago their was every indication of a Rood crop of onions, hut within, the pa*t ten tlavs blight has made its app''aratn> in some of the crops. Some of the onions ore coming in earlier than had born anticipated, and a fair quantity will be available in February. The nominal value to-day is £3 15s on trinks. Peas. The. crops of Partridge pea* generally are late, and the area it mmit | smaller than that of last year Ihe j crops look well at present. Report* | in regard to garden pens indicate a disappointing yield. Blue Lupin. This is a crop which is Wine grown by a few Canterbury farmers on hgM land. The value to-day is about '» on trucks. Potatoes. Potatoes are still heme quoted at £4 17s <kJ to £5 t.0.b.. si., for Apnl-May-Juno .delivery, uqual to about A# 10s" to £3*l3a 6d to farmers. Quotations. The follow4«g are quotat:on» for produce, to l>e paid to farmers on trucks, free oi commission, sacks rxtra. cxeopt whore otherwise stated : Wheat—New crop: 5s 9d Tuscan, f» Hunters, Gs 3d Pearl, on trucks, sack* extra. Fowl Wheat—Gs ljd fob., sacks Is 2d. Oats—Gartons Ss to 8s 3d. l>una and Algerians 4s. Chaff- Co 10s a ton. Potatoes—£4 1"n tid f.0.h., si., or £3 10s to £3 Pis 8d to farmern. R«fl Clover—4d nor lb. >Vhito Clover-9d to lOd per lb. Perennial Ryegrass —ss to 5s 6d a buahel. Italian Hjograss ami WosUrn Wolths —1b fckl to 4s lOd a bushel. Cocksfoot—7d to 8d for larmcra dre«sed lines. Peas—Nominally *•* 6*l a bushel. Onions—£3 15s a ton. Bran—£7 a ton. t.0.b., southern ports, 10s extra for smaller packings. Pollard—£B 10s a ton. f 0.b., southern ports, 10s extra for smaller packings Flour—l<oc»l wholesale price £l6 *>» a ton for -'oolb sacks, with the usual increments for smaller packings Puce for shipment, £lO 5s a ton, f.o.b.

DUNEDIN. ITKE PUBIS Special Berrice ] UUNEDIN. January 31. Id the wheat market no bu»ine*a will '>«< do«« with miller* until the n<"w "it '■ available, which will be some time yet •« far *t> Otngo is concerned i'dcci, tioininally rcmuin unchanired, although the total market (or fowl wheat ia slightly firmer. Block* of oats locally an- bare, and merchant" l'»v«> hiiii ><i |t<) to oihir |wn> i*> fill the few orders that are roniing to hand. Tht value of A grade Gartoai is 8a lid per bushel t'.o.b s.i.. and t>t It Rrade !)» I l>d per buihal for prompt shipment. Nominal values (or April September arc A'n )« lid to 4s, W» !i» 74 to :!N,Hd i»r hiihhrl f 0.b.i.1. Oropa in Otago district are looking fairly well, but ouce miliar* »t»d marchant» hav# »«e«red thoir aupplie* there will !>e litlla l»ft over to meet what ahippina demand there may be. Chaff remain* atrady, iht bulk o( ih« city'a supplies Hill being drawn from aouih. <'rn district*. Be»t <iuality it worth itt in* per ton, ox store, hacks entra. Samples of farmers' dressed perennial, Italian, and VVeatam WoHh* aeedh !nn« come to hand during the week, chiefly from the Ashburtnn district, hik! prirea show a sharp advance on what »a» being a»ked tor the flrit linei that wera, available. A fortnight ago 4a fld per btiahel on truck*. «»" considered to be full value, but there <» nothing obtainable to-day under ft* p»r buahel for lota of only medium finality. wh'le up to 5» 6d per bu»liel is being a«k«d for perennial. Cocksfoot i» aim firm, but very few linoi h»>« yet nude thtir appearance

SOUTHLAND. (SPXCIIL TO THK rKEKfO INVKUCAIUai.I,, January !> 1 Oats—The forward shipping market con finite* lirm. dun largely, no doubt, to the shortage of stocks and the harvestinjt '"»■ ditlena in Canterbury. It i» reported <l»t sellers are nuking from ;,i» lid to it V r buibcl, f.0.b., for A grade, and .'id i>« r bushel lors for B's. There it, no bonniest doing locally. there hunn no offeringa (nun farmers, and merchants' storks are pretiv well cleaned up. There will be viry !ttl> doing in actual oata until the new ifimni seed «« offering. \Vlif«t —UuMiirsi ja still confined In ltin sales for the poultry trade. Indication* foi new season'* wheat farther north run from 6s 9d to »>a 'ld for milling quality, and »< cording to variety. This in the price !■» farmers. Oliafl-—The market la well supplied win | chuff. There are fair quantities oftetinn but tho hulk of it i« rather low i" r.ilom tiood bright quality chaff is worth it ;'>» per tun on Irucka country stations. Ifr.-isij Seed Thi rn is fair enquiry f-r j.-cw->* seed for delivery Inter in th« year, but pier chants in most, eases prefer to have -cert in atnro before foiling for shipment. It i» unlikely that, miy iced will be offering 111! well en in next month, and probabh n.« dressed seed will be available till the hi* of March It in rather earlv vet to foie ca*t price*, but these should be at lei.«f equal to those offering last «ea»on. ltaliia ryegras* and Western Woltha are also in de .nand. but at lower price* than I'crenn <1 The Crested l><.gstail market shows no nn provenicnt. and iudirationa point to low prleec again this seaanw.. Potatoes —Bmioess. "• present ta ef » ninit to mouth nature m early lot* for local consumption. (