CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20612, 30 July 1932, Page 12

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

THE POTATO POSITION. (by oue commercial editoe.) Friday Evening. The potato position lias undergone a change during tho week. Values have increased from £5 7s 6d to £6 f.0.b., s.i., for prompt, the equivalent price to farmers being £4 15s to £4 17s 6d. The sharp rise is accounted for to some extent to the calling up of July deliveries for to-morrow —the last day of the month. Heavy arrivals are expected at Port as a result. _ The Waipiata, which is -now loading at the Bluff, and will later touch Dunedin and Timaru, is due to arrive hero on Tuesday or Wednesday. Her cargo, when she leaves Lyttelton about the 4th, will be a heavy one, and in an ordinary season would arrive on a bare northern market, as the shipments in the last fortnight have- been very light. There is little demand from Auckland, and the much reduced shipments this year from Canterbury indicate a big decline in consumption in the 3 r * This decline is most marked in the present month of July compared with twelve months ago. An unexpected factor in the market this season has been the supply of Southland and Ot&go potatoes, which have reduced both the quantity and price of Canterbury potatoes. The Wingatui, during the midweek, took only 2000 sacks from Canterbury ports, so the supplies in Auckland have every chance to clear. Prompt values to-day are £5 17s 6d to £6, and August-September £6 12s 6d. The Canterbury yields 'still continue light, though some districts provide exceptions. , ' Fowl wheat is meeting with more enquiry, and is not easy to pick up. Sales have taken place at 4s lOd f.0.b.. s.e. The chaff market is still lifeless. Quotations to fanners are from £3 12s 6d to £3 15s a ton, or £5 f.0.b., s.i. The oats market is also very quiet.

Quotations. The following are quotations for produce to be paid to farmers, on trucks, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise 6tated: — Wheat —Wheat Marketing Board's price, Tuscan, 4s 9Jd f.0.b.; Hunters, 4s 115 d; Pearl, 5s lid. Fowl Wheat —Prompt, 4s 9*d to 4s lOd. Oats—A Gartons, 3s for prompt; B's, 2s 9d; Algerian, 3s. Potatoes —£4 15s to £4 17s 6d. Partridge Peas—To 5s 7d. Barley —3s. Cocksfoot —Akaroa, 6d; Plains, 4d to sd. Perennial. Ryegrass —4s to 4s 3d. Italian Byegrass —3s 9d to 4s. Chaff—£3 12s 6d to £3 15s a ton. White Clover —Is 6d to Is Bd. Cowgrass —lOd. Bran—£3 10s a ton shipping and £4 10s a ton local. I Pollard—£s a ton for shipping, £6 ! 10s local. ! Flour—£l3 12s. with the usual in-1 creinents for small packings.

ASHBURTON MARKET. Milling wheat continues to be scarce, tiut southern millers are supplementing their supplies with Australian wheat which arrived this week. The market for fowl wheat re-mains-firm, only a limited'quantity now being held- ' ... - • i demand has set in for good sepd tones of Cartons, and the market is _ firm. _ It is (uiticipated that local supplies will be insuffi--dent to meet , the demand. The potato market has firmed. v alues have improved to the extent of _ss per ton. The season for partridge peas is practically over, but odd lijie3 have changed hands at up to 6s 6d per bnshel. . Quantities of oatsheaf chaff are offering, but this commodity is dull of sale. The following are prices payable to farmers on trucks, country stations, sacks extra:— Wheat —Tuscan 4s 91d, Hunters 4s Hid, Pearl 5s 1R fowl wheat 4s 8d (all f.0.b.). Oats —A grade Gartons Ss 3d, B grade 2s 10d, Algerians and Duns 3s per bushel. Chaff—Good, bright, oatsheaf, £3 15s per ton. t , Peas —No. 1 partridge, 5s 6tl per bushel, f.a.q. Ss. i Grass Seeds—Perennial 4s, Italian and Western Wolths 3s 9d to 4s per bushel; red clover 9d to lOd per lb, white clover Is 3d to Is 6d per lb, cocksfoot 6d per lb. Potatoes—Whites and Bakotas, £4 10s , per ton.

DITNEDIN. [THE PEESS Special Service.] DUNEDIN, July 29. At this lime of the year there is not much ii-t«rest shown locally in the milling wheat market. The small lots still available are being placed at the fixed prices for July. The fowl wheat market is quiet, the distributing trade being poor. It is reported from the north that good whole fowl wheat is firmer, the general quotation, now being 4s 9d f.0.b., sacks extra. A fair quantity of undergrade is being offered at prices ranging from 48 3d to 4s 6d f.0.b., sacks extra. The break in the weather has delayed the sowing of wheat and the demand has eased in the meantime. . The oat market continues quiet with little interest being displayed l>y North Island buyers. There are sellers of A Gartons of Ss 7d f.0.b., s.i., with jß's at 3s 3d. These prices are equivalent "to 2s lOd, sacks extra, country sidings, and 2s 6d respectively. The bulk of the giade oats have now been' sold from this centre, but there is still & quantity of under-grade to be placed. The dew ana for this class of o&ts is, however, very quiet; The local trade in chaff is still confined i°ij t if Hnes, Ample stocks are held _ locally to meet all requirements. Best quality is realising £5 a ton, sacks extra, ex store, the equivalent value being £4 10s, Backs extra, ex truck. The demand is chieflv for good quality, other chaff being difficult to place. The potato market has! been undergoing changes. At the end of last week values dec.med still further, but during the past few days there has been a recovery. This h*a been brought about by some merchants who had Bold potatoes for forward delivery finding it. difficult to secure lines to fill their commitments. With the near approach of spring, there A® f? r ° actmt y some lines of Tn!' amount of buying has been e f ? raES and prices are slightly Jut, i eed ®' h ? wever , markets are steady with merchants showing no inclinain 0 r? t ® aJ es. Both dogs tail and cliewings fescue, however, are still difficult lo sell owing to the limited demand from overseas. . AAOUi

MUTTON AND BEEF.

SHIPMENTS TO UNITED 4 kingdom. • Th ® .New Zealand Meat Producers Board is advised from its London office that the shipments from Australia and South America to the United Kingdom during the first half of July were as follows: AUSTRALIA. Carcases mutton ... 4 557 Carcases lamb . . . . 38 643 Quarters beef .. .. 54)779 SOUTH AMERICA. Carcases mutton ' ..' 66 025 Carcases lamb . . . . 113 525 Quarters beef (frozen) .. 'go Quarters beef (chilled) .. 157,968 , A n .?I U(led in the South American figures are 54,478 carcases of lamb and 54,135 carcases or jnutton shipped from Patagonia. The shipments from New Zealand to the United Kingdom for the same period were as follows: Carcases mutton . . 143,053 Carcases lamb .. .. 444)193 ' Quarters beef .. .. 22^643 The shipments from South America to the Continent of Europe during the same period wer® u foil owe:—Froien b*ei 159 tone. .