CANTERBURY MARKETS

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19875, 12 March 1930, Page 14

CANTERBURY MARKETS

IMPROVEMENT in potatoes. (BT OUB commercial EDITOB.) Tuesday Evening. Onion growers will bo pleased to learn that a shipment of onions was dispatched for Vancouver last week, the shipment comprising 2400 sacks. A further shipment will be got away for the same port in the first week of April Both these lots have been sola. For some little time past negotiations have been carried on with a view to selling Canterbury onions to Montreal, and it now appears that while no definite sale has been made to that centre, arrangements have been made to send a small shipment there this week-end The onion crop in Canterbury this season is a very good one, and any oversea shipments which can be made should assist the local market. Unfortunately. however, there are so many onions about this season, and the demand up to the present has been so limited, that the price has slipped back, to-day's quotation being £3 a ton, on trucks. Wheat. I Wheat still dominates the local market. It is. coming to hand freely, but the condition in some cases iB not satisfactory. Millers are not buying freely, 1 and wheat is banking up. Tuscan is changing hands at 5s Bd, Hunters at 5s lOd to 5s lid, and Pearl at 6s 2d. For specially good lines a little higher than ; these prices is occasionally being paid. As evidence in regard to this season's yield accumulates, it is made apparent that the estimates of a 31-bushel crop are not, likely to bo realised. The consensus, of opinion now seems to point to an average yield of approximately 28 bushels per acre. One of " the lowest yields recorded is 5} bushels from a 70 acre field. Fowl' wheat is riot offering very freely, but it is obtainable at 5s 9Jd for prompt to 5s lOd f.o.b. April-May-June is quoted at 5s lOd, April-Septem-ber at 5s lid, and April-December at 6s f.0.b., s.e. Oats. This market has shown, a further easing tendency 'since the week-end report. Sales of A Gartons are How being made at 3s 5d to 3s 6d, and. B's at 3s .2d to 3s 3d, on trucks. Duns are commanding about 4s 6d on trucks, and Algerians, which are wanted ' in the North Island, at 3s 3d to 3s 4d. There ia not now nearly so much business doing in oats as there was three weeks ago. Chaff. There is only a very limited business passing in chaff, practically all the old crop having been disposed of. There is a demand for the new season's chaff, however, and it is bringing £5 to £5 5s a ton, on trucks. There Is very little local demand, and that which goeß to the North Island has to compete against chaff imported from Tasmania. Barley. • Nearly all the barley in Canterbury is grown under contract, but there is also some "free" barley grown, and a few lines are now coming on to the. market, but it is hard to find an outlet for them. Malting is quoted to-day at 4s 3d to 4s 4d, and Cape at 3s to' 3s 3d, on trucks. Linseed. Sydney wants to buy linseed at £l7, f.0.b., s.i.» and there is a local offer of £lB f.0.b., : b,L The Unseed crops are not ready for the market yet, however, and it will be ; April before they will be ready. The offer of £lB f.0.b., a.i., is ' equal to about £ lS^lOa-a ton on trucks {s.i. to growers. 4* "v |y. S Peas. ■■■ ' :, iv Peas have not. come into, the picture much; this season so . far, but a samples are now offering. These," hoyj*! •over, do not come, up to No. 1 grade, and a few sales have been made 'i&t. 4s on trucks. Peas that will pass No, 1 standard are worth 4s, 3d to 4s fid on trucks. " j , '" ■ • ' Potatoes. ■' There is a ; better tone about i the potato market, one : or two small orders having come to hand from'the North Island. The. price has firmed 2a 6d » ton, or a little more, all round during the past few days, and £3 15s a ton is now quoted as the on-trucks price for, March. Sales have been made to the' North Island at $5 5s f.0.b., s.i., for delivery at the •end of March. Potatoes in all forward positions are a shade better than they were. While the prompt price is £3. 15s, growers' ideas of values are £4 for whites and £4 10s for Dakotas. The latter go almost exclusively to Wellington, which city is always prepared to pay a little more for them than for whites. Small Seeds. The small seeds market is quiet. Machine-dressed perennial is quoted at 7s 3d to 7s 6d ffo.b., s.e., and Western Wolths and Italian at 6s 3d to 6s 4d f.0.b., s.e. There is a little enquiry from the North Island, but the orders now coming to hand are very much smaller than is usually the caße at this time of the year. A few lines of white clover are offering at 9d to 10 jd per lb, on trucks. The quality of the white clover this year is not so good as that of last season; it is darker in colour owing, probably, to the rank undergrowth. Very little red clover is offering. The cocksfoot market is quiet, and very little is offering by growers. Machine-dressed Akaroa is quoted, at 13d f.0.b., and farmers' lines at 8d to BJdL The following are quotations, for produce, to be paid to farmers, on trucks, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated:— Wheat—New crop: 5s 8d Tuscan, 5s lOd tc 5s lid Hunters, 6s 2d Pearl, on trucks, sacks extra. Fowl Wheats-Prompt, 5s 9Jd to 5s 10d 1 f.0.b., sacks extra. Oats—Gartons 3s 5d to 3s 6d, Duns 4s 6d, Algerians 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Chaff—£s to £5 5s a ton. Barley—Cape 3s to 3s 3d; malting, 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Potatoes—£3 15s a ton. Bed Clover—4d to 5d per lb. White Clover—Bd to lOd per lb Perennial Byegrass—7s 3d to 7s 6d f.0.b., s.e. Italian Ryegrass and Western Wolths —6s 3d to 6s 4d f.0.b., s.e. Cocksfoot—Up to Bid for farmers' dressed lines of Akaroa seed, plains oja to 7}a. Peas—Nominally 4s to 4 S 6d a bushel. Onions—£3 a ton. Bran-£7-a ton, f.0.b., southern ports, 10s extra for smaller packings Pollard—£B 10s a ton, f.0.b., southem ports, 10s extra for smaller Backings. Hour Local wholesale price a ton for 2001b sacks, wfth the usua i increments for smaller packings Price for shipment, £l6 5s a ton, f.o.b. < TARANAKI OIL FIELDS. I (FBE6S association teleuhjui.) GISBORNE, March 11 Tarannki Oil Fields, 'Ltd., report?— Gisborne No. 2 Well—Resumed on Marrh 4th.. Cementing work gave Eatisfactory test 1 under high pressure. Caving in very trouble i some below 3100 feet, but have . this and cleaned out to '3BOO feet v!? fishing for lost tools. teetl Now J

AUCKLAND MARKET. [THE PEESS Special Service.] - ' AUCKLAND, March 11. There are still'ample supplies of potatoes in and around Auckland, though the heavy rush which has oppressed the: markets for several months shows signs of easing. ' -The local price ex store is fairly steady at£7 per ton, and some very bice samples of 'the Fukekohe autumn crop are quoted at £5 15s on trucks. There Beams little likelihood of merchants having to-draw from the south for several weeks. " i Onions are unusually/plentiful, anil, in the absence of Any export outlet prices are very low. Merchants are quoting £6 per ton ex store, and £4 15s on trucks, Pukekohe. The position in the south appears unpromising. Merchants report great difficulty in obtaining supplies of new season's oats, from the south. The harvest season in Canterbury is late this year, and apparently farmers are still concentrating on getting their wheat marketed. Chaff, too, Is fairly scarce, and although the ruling quotaticn still stands at £lO 15s per ton ex store, buyers sometimes have to pay another .5s for an urgent order. Tasmanian supplies are not expected until nest month. Wheat, which showed signs of easing last week, is again firmer, and easily commands 7s 9d per bushel ex store. The maize market is weak, aild the local price has .been reduced to 7s ..per bushel. The first of : the consignments ordered from South Africa is expected at the end of this month. Pollard and bran are in full supply, with rates unaltered. Wholesale current prices are: Pollard £9 10s per ton, bran £8 per ton (mill prices); oats, feed, B Gartons 5s per bushel, A Gartons 5s 2d, clipped Duns 6s ' 9d, clipped. Algerians 6s 6d, clipped Gartons 5s Sd; fowl wheat, 7s 9d per bushel; maize, 7s per bushel; barley, feed, 5s 6d per bushel; seed Cape barley, 6s 6d per bushel; maize meal 14s to 14s 6d per 1001b; barley meal, 18s per 1001b; chaff, g.b.0.5., £lO 15s per ton, Blenheim or Canterbury, Tasmanian £9 15s; potatoes, 7s per cwt ex store, Pukekohe on trucks £5 IBs; onions, Pukekohe £4 15s per ton on trucks, £6 ex store. I RANGIORA MARKET. There was a good attendance at the Banglora . market yesterday. The stock , entries, with the exception of store. sheep, were smaller than usual. Fat sheep were an average entry and sold at market rates. Tho entry of store sheep was; much heavier than usual, but there was practically no demand and very few sales were made. The market showed a drop of about 5s a head. . There was an entry of nine head of cattle. A cow' and calf brought £ll ss, a good springer'£lß ss, and a cow in profit £6 ss. The principal sales were:— Fat Lambs—For W. A. Vallance, 34 at 24s 7d; Mrs E. -E. Leech, 40 at 23s 9d; \V. Bowman, 31 at 20s lOd; H. Philpott, 78 at 21s Sd, 44 at 24s 9d: A. L. Philpott, 90 at 24b 6d: P. Prior, 5 at 26s .Id, Fat Ewes —Mrs E. E. Leech. 20 at 15s 7d: W. A. Vallance, 4 at ,14a 7d; C. Leech, 7at 15s lOd; H. Prior, 18 at 14s 6d: D. O. Jones, 25 at 15s Id; C. E. Cook, 59 at 13s to 14s; W.'Spooner, 8 at 17s 4d; C. Lilley, 6 at 15s 4d. Wethers —-C. Leech, 20 at 235; J.' Bradley, 7 at 25s lOd. Store Sheep—Lambs: 101 at 19s 9d, 104 at 18s, 51 ewe lambs at lis 6d, SI wether lambs at 7s 4d, 176 .at 13s 6d. Ewes: 49 at 15s, 86 four-tooth at 19s, 44 two-tooth at 20s, 71 six and eight-tooth at 18s 6d, 51 s.m. at 9s 49 at 15s, 114 at 14s 4d, 26 at 20s 9d, 25* at 24s 9d, 84 at 17s, 156 two-tooth at 29s 9d 94 two-tooth wethers at 20s 3d, 36 at 20s 3d, 13 at 20s, 181 at 29s 9d. There was a very good entry of Small pigs, for which there was a fair demand, although prices showed a decline of about 10s a head. Good slipes made 84s, porkers 52s to 555, best weaners up to 265, and smaller 16b to 20s. In the poultry department roosters sold to 7s a couple, hens 4s 4d, pullets 7s 6d, ducklings 6s, ducks 3s, hen turkeys 15s, and gobbiers Sob. Produce —Chick wheat made 18s 6d a sacT?. oats 16s, meal 15s, peas 14s 6d, oatsheaf chaff 6s, straw, chaff 2s, potatoes 3s a kit, carrots is a tin. marrows 3d each, cucumbers "s a dozen, cauliflowers and cabbages Ss a dozen, onions Is a string, lettuces Is a dozen, turnips 2s a tin. begtroot 3d a bundle, apples 3s 6d a case, pears 3s. Sheepskin s—Ha If lired pelt* Is to 3s croßslirpd 2s 6d, lambskins 2s 6d. fleece wool 5d lb, locks 2d crutchinps 2id, hides 4d, fat lid, and horsehair Is sd. ) LONDON WOOL SALES. The Bank of New Zealand has received the following advice from ite London office, under date 7th inst.: —Prospects next series doubtful; brokers do not. expect material chancre, but probably slightly easier tendeocy, more particularly fin© wools.