ASHBURTON MARKET.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20244, 23 May 1931, Page 12

ASHBURTON MARKET.

Few lines of wheat hav» teen offering during the week, and the market has consequently been quiet. Millers are buying only immediate requirements, and there is little wheat now available. Good milling Tuscan ia worth 5s 3d to 5s id. Fowl wheat has slackened by 34 to Sd per bushel. Inferior lines of Garton oats aw being offered and ero meeting with a poor demand, S«»vy Algerians are atked for at 2a to 2s 2d on trucks. Large quantities of potatoes have been shipped during the wees, and prices have again eased, and in the absence of orders from the North Island it i* impossible in the partridge pea market, and the prices for all Beads remain unchanged. ■ • '" The following are quotations for grain ani serads, on trucks, payable to farmers, Backs extra:—

Wheat—Tuscan, good milling, 5s 3d to 5s 8d; Hunters, 5s 4d; Velvet; 6a 6d; fowl wheat, 4s 8d; seconds, 3s 6d to 4s. Oeter-4 Gartens, Ss 34 to 9s 4d; B (»«?' tons, 2a; Algerians, 2e to 2s 2d; . Duns (dark), 2» 6d to Bs. Grass Seeds—Perennial, 3s; Italian and Western Woltha, 2s to Ss 3d; red clover, 4d to 6d; white clover, 5d to Bd. a<X»rding t,o quality; cocksfoot, 2d to 84. Chaff—Qgod brijrfct oatjshsaf, #2 15s. Partridge Paafr-r-lfa, J,'»> 3a 9d; f.a.q., 2s 3d. Potatoes-rWhiteß, 9Ss; Dakotas, 30e.

DUNEDJN. [«HP PSaesjFpwW Service.] / Th, tfcmhlM «C »BSfSPSI tumae in Otoyo, and offerings, althoofh row haraw-ooniitiPsN. vary epnaiderafely, The percentage of witting wheat wsttrtte w ft* is net Batl»f«etow. Frieea far Hilling quality rmtto jmeiurafKd at g» 404 for Tu*w), to for »wt«re, «tft 9a, 84 <« Vei. vet, f.o.iu, aaefes extra..-«ewe«t port, A feature of the Qamwu swrfcet has ft«o» the export 9t several th«ai»n* weka *t Dreadnought, mostly belengiflg to the Feol, to Auckland. The fßwf WBMI mftrfcet 1» WJ quiet. Buyer* are folly Bteefced. «ai ar« not prep|r«4 t« operate t$ vp exfcmfc - M thresher is iue«s*»inß H» tfco SOUtH, a»y_ iu districts where the Ywieao yafiety predominates, and as tbii variety in act this season prevln§ mitafcle f« wiliin*, offer. ins«_for (owl wheat will also increase. . The pominal value pf fte 6est f®wl wheat Jk 5» P er l>ushel t eack? e*tra, e* gterq. Thiajmfai is equivalent to 4a 6dl per fenehal oq iraeU country gidijitfe. . , Aithoujth there are a few enquiries tot eate for, shipment, the looaimarisel rtmfaa flm consequent pa ijfbt efarioire frem rrewflrg. Only occasional !f»eg are ooming ga ket, and where jrfQwera are prepared to .»«« eept current valCes, that in, §« 3d fe'.ft.Ji per bushel, sacks estra, up ..trusfca eaaatap sidings, for a aftftoag, 2d lew f« business has been dene. " • Tha,,U»W -Brleefc rnltae ler potatoes have b . oen WWtiw fsyjnem ire® dlgghic, ■ Qpge signmeits, hwever*' are »«n «*wW, and tliese are being taken into gtpre. There are Very heavy stocks of potatoes for this time of the year The qugtetiqn ig SontfeCfMSterbury(is S2 JO# jer teu 00 tricks, «£* tfefft bnngs dowj jhe. value ef gtoek 9 stores. The highest price now obtainable in Dunedm is £3 XOs per ton, sacks included/ The market $9 bare of stocks of chaff, but on the other Hapd the deseed ig ?nly lljn" Ited. Sales ate mostly eovfiMd tq.edd lots ex store, at up tp «4 XOs pep ton, eaeks extra. Not a great deal of chafif is ready for-cut-ting in this district, as the sheaves, owiPg to the late harvest, have sot yet hean eta died long enough. The loeal demaid is h«inf mn. plied from Canterbury, where seme niea quality Cha3 is a*aH,Me this eeaeeo, All seed nwrliefc! are auiet, and ©arshsnt* are not showing «regh )n up for spring reqnireffleals, Jadieafionß point to a lighter sowing this spring than last spring, which wa» eo»?ide»ed a peer one for seed-planting. . ' ~ r- i , LONDON MARKJBT. (CNiTjtD raKss associatiojt—bi *lectbic TEXJBOBAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (deceived Ifay qß©d, 5.5 p.m.) pw . , „ , * -UWQpN, Kay 21. is dull. Australian, 19b to lps 6dOata are weator. . Peas and beaea ore plow. RABBITSKIN SALE. i (Received May 22nd, 6.5 p.m.) At the rabhitslciq bala« °®« ed 531 80ld at late rates to a "o per cent, decline. Furriers' sorts were neglected, and there was a moderate demand for hatters' sorts. RAKAIA STOCK SALE. j /. \m A l' t ] l ° a 'a stock sale on Thursday the ctnf T 0 ™ W.«h smaUey thw 4t «* laat drafts of th^ 0 * 0 nla % "P. WB«* e| the spps/i% R s /i%» e " ?o ° fat 1 if b »B»ae 16s 4d ts ISa ?d, li'ehter S, 1 ?' "tq 14S 7d, sasner lSi i 'j,i 7s to 8s 4d, wethers 14a 7d. breeding ewes (aged) 10a,, gtore ffmSe 13a. small wpthers 8a 3d to if), " WB *