CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19972, 5 July 1930, Page 14

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

little alteration in VALUES. (3* Otffc COMMKtCUI. SWfO».) Friday Evening, The oats market remains firm, the basis Of values being unaltered. The quotation for A Gattons from the south is 3s lOd to 3e lOjd, f.0.b., s.i., for prompt delivery, and 3s lid to 4s for spread. There is little activity in the market for B's, which are worth 3s 9d {Or prompt delivery, and a little better for spread. Chaff is firm with a fairly good enquiry The quotation is £6 17s 6d to £7 a ton f.0.b,, s.i., which is equivalent to £6 to £5 5s on trucks. Chaff for July-August-September delivery is worth a little more.' Potatoes. The potato market is weak, and business dull, although a few orders have come from Auckland this week. Grow* ers are still inclined to hold their supplies and the price to them is about £4 a ton on trncks. The Auckland market is fairly heavily supplied at the moment, and the market there has eased slightly this week. Quotation locally to-day for the forward positions are as follows:—£s 2s 6d to £5 5s for July's; £5 12s 6d to £5 15s for July-August-September's, f.0.b., s.i. Onions. The market for onions is extremely dull, with few orders coming to hand from any quarter, and the Auckland market, as far as Canterbury is concerned, has been spoiled by the Australian supplies. The quotations are £2 10s to £3 a ton on trucks to growers. Wheat. Fowl wheat remains firm at 6e f.0.b., s,e., with the demand good. Quotations, The following are quotations for produce, to be paid to farmers, on trucks, free of commission, sacks extra except where otherwise stated: — Wheat—ss 8d to 5b 9d Tuscan; 5a 9d to -5a lOd Hunteru; 6s lid to 6e Pearl, on trucks, sacks extra. Seconds 4s 6d to <ts 9d. Fowl Wheat*—6s f.0.b., s.e, Oats —A Gartons 3s lOd to 3s 10Jd for prompts, 3s lid to 4s for spread} B's 3s, 3s 9d, to 3s OJd, all f.0.b., so. Chaff— £5 to £5 5s for prompt, to £5 lQs for spread. Barley—Capo 3s . 6d, raajtipg 4s to 4s 3d Linseed —£15 Ss. Potatoes —£4. Red Clover—4d to £d per lb. White Clover—7d to 9d. Perennial Ryegrass—4s to 4s Gd. Italian Ryegrass ana Western Wolths—is to 48 3d- . Cocksfoot—7d to 8d for farmers' dressed lines of Afearoa seed. Flams 6d to 7d. , Peas —No. l's 4s 9d to ss; f.&.q. s 4s 2d to 4s 4dJ Onions—£2 10s to £B. Brnn Tiocal. £8 a ton, f.0.b.; shipping, £7 10s a ton, f.o.b. j 10s extra tof smaller packings. Pollard T.ornl. £8 l<fe atom sbipping, £7 10s a ton, f.o.b. ; ld» extra for smaller packings. •- ■<- . Flour-j-WfioleSald price, £l6 Xoj a ton for 200lb eactfS, with the 09n#l inr romentfl for stnaller packings. •' ; ,^; V ;

•; t??3»siw. *0 m j.y- H DUHBDUT, July.4: J Apart irottt enquiries for Tuscan the wh«M j market i» quiet. Ainplo atoeto of Velvet and ; Hunters are held, but in all varieties there is now very Jittle ©Serins, as Uie wheat has been thtwisd and delivered. Prices lor this seaeon'4 whe»t are 6s XOd oa trucke, country Ei<Mnge< ior Tiiscan, odolrt extra, and 6s for HunUrs. There la atlU * good demand ior seed wheat, and famort are apparently planting aa »ueh M they possibly can Sriee e» be.ng made of neft WuEOn s crop on the ba*U of S« lOd for Tusenn, Cb for Huntew, and Oa $d lot Velvet. This busitieas'U beinc camad ont mostly la Canterbury, but - ao«M liw of next Macon's wheat ftiv# »lab been pilled The fowl wheat market wmain* Arm. Thi» demand item th* North (s quiet, M pouitrykMuer* th»w *». tt«»B xntit* a«i much 6» posslMe for fe&dhig their fowla. the eurrent flnotniian for fowl »Wl.t Is toynd about Qd per bttehoi. aittea, ex stow, Ouneditt. ?. ' ». oats matket hu undergone a eba&g* Priced were Weakfe&ed on account of #om6 forward buyers selling their June purchases Under the quotations for Auckland Oats, the lines changing hinds e.t as low a» ds 8d f 0.b., e.i., Wbeteas holders of aatual 4ata wore asking 81 Hd t«A, t id. There 1* now a firmer tone in the market, and some Milet of A'e have been recordfed at 3s 10d f.o.b.i 5.1., and B's at Ss 9d. \Tbere have been Ije offerings from prowere, and the tales which have taken place have been of oats held in stores. Prices to farmers can he given nominally eis Ss 9d, flacke .extra, ootintrv sidings, for A'e, and 89 for B's. The chaff marlcfei ia more of less a purely local one, and ooiiiigtnnehts coming to hand are just about sufficient to meet the demand, Priccß are Ann for good quality, which ie selling st £5 10s per ton, eacks extra, es trucks. Medium and poor chaff has a batter .demand at £4 10a to £5 per ton, sacks extra, ex store . The potato market is firm, but it ie eonsUlered to be only a temporary phase. Crops have been exceptionally good The Gftnter bury market bu. moved tin to 44 10* ji e f ton, sacks ittoluded. on track*, this pti<?e being equivalent to £S 6$ delivered in Dun edifa. This is the current quotation here today for best Quality. The market for all varietiea «»f see<j s mams quiet, with Mttls bntittoea passing.

SOUTHLAND. (spse*it »w* Hurts.) ' ' XXVBROARQILIi, July 4» Oatar~lWe It a good Vital ti enquiry, buyers indicating from Ss fid to 8n aid n«r bushel fof A'fe and 3b 8d to SaStd for B'l w.V P*i? 6 . 8 <«•, wt Interest loial baytttb, -who aro asking 4s nor bn*Kal t 9 r A's and 31. 10d for P li'«f K s tofa?' mors remijn the same, nßMcly, 3b id to 8s Sd A , Wheat—Off«rina» h»ve slackened off for the time bmae, but there will prtb&bjy t» fn> ther offerings of-auppiiea which farmers have Put in stack. Values for uMMht about 5s lOd per bushel for Tuscan 6r Id for Hunters, and 6s 4d for Velvet but the value of fowl feed lines doe® not e«led - ee oi d J >er cJ) IBhel on tftteks country stations h j?„ ,ff^ ippus ( f #(|l,lti!! ' h»v« OM ,d it is reported, to the importation^ chaff at a lower fifftlre, SO merchants are not now suah keen buyers as rtiay Wore a week or two ago. Prices V«ir>»(« about the same, namely, £4 6b to £4 7» «3 quanty* ° n trUCk# ooun W stations for geod Grass seed— I This market kaan> 4 m --ji it is probable that stocbis held- he\susrt barely sufficient to m o et reiuW 4 nU «nfil the new season's crop is to hind. There ari now no offerings frj> m farmers, and m/r! . stocks aro rtry light,. Safil £.l. been made at up to 7s per bushelfni qualityseed f.0.b., Backs extrpTh? p S rice to farmers is nominally 4s to <• , price according to weight ed mJftJ** bu t ho -?' Southland seed being worth ftbouf'dn & im *» bushel on trucks county ** !e j . Te beea Offering bWIv and as the demand is confined fii- w i market thete is no keenness to bay The value to farmers runs from £4 to j2" k„ a lOft on trucks country statin*.. . ,? P®* Variety. Seed potatoes Edwards and S°M bW* &Ai. SI t>«* |on, SutWi, SnpMme *?. «,3 5*.? Chiefs front 44 to £4 16« -JjLS Arras country station.. P < ** 05i

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