CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20624, 13 August 1932, Page 12

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

POTATO MARKET FIRMER. (BT OTO COMUEBCIAL JtmTOS* Friday Evening. With a more or less holiday feeling in the air, this week's produce market has not been invested with much life. There is a better tone about the potato market, although so far this has not been reflected in much increase in the demand. The heavy consignment which arrived in Auckland by the Waipiata early in the week has further delayed the enquiry from that quarter. The Wingatui is due to load at Dunedin tomorrow, later at Timaru, then at Lyttelton, arriving in Auckland about the following Monday. This should provide an opportunity for northern supplies to work down. The market will be influenced very considerably by the weight of the Wingatui'a cargo next week. Prompt delivery is quoted at £5 17s 6d to £6 f.0.b., s.i., as against £5 15s a week ago, Augusts are quoted at £6, and Septembers at £6 5s to £6 7s Gd, though prices for September are nominal. On truck prices are about £4 17s 6d for average stations. • j An Auckland report states that an i inspection of potato crops on Pukekohe | Hill on Tuesday revealed that much damage had been caused, tops ranging in height up to seven or eight inches being severely frosted. The most serious damage has occurred to the young plants, which have just peeped through the surface. These comprise the main crop on the Hill. Considerable damage has also been done to crops on the high lands of Bombay. Fowl wheat is firm at 4a lOd f.0.b., s.e., small orders coming forward freely. Offerings of milling wheat have practically disappeared. The oats market is lifeless. There is very little demand for chaff, which is worth £3 10s on trucks. Quotations. The following are quotations for produce to be paid to farmers, on trucks, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated: — Wheat —Wheat Marketing Board's price, Tuscan 4s lOd, f.0.b.; Hunters, us; Pearl, 5s 2d. Fowl Wheat—Prompt 4s lOd. Oats —A Gartons, 3s for prompt; E'a 2s 9d; Algerians 3s. Potatoes—£4 17s 6d. Partridge Peas—To 5a 7d. Barley—3s. Cocksfoot—Akaroa Gd; Plains 4d to sd. I Perennial Eyegrass —is to 4s 3d. Italian Ryegrass —3s 9d' to 4s. Chaff—£3 10s. White Clover—ls 6d to Is Sd. Cowgrass—lOd. Bran—£3 10s a ton shipping and £4 10s a ton local. Pollard—2s a ton for shipping; £6 10s local. Flour —£13 12s, with the usual increments for smaller packings. ASHBURTON MARKET. Not much interest is being shown in milling wheat, although supplies continue to be scarce. It is Teported from the North Island that the market lor good whole fowl wheat is firmer. A • fair- quantity of undergrade W, being offered. Seconds aire also in demand at 3s 9d. per bushel. "A',' Gartons' are required for seed purs poses;*' "- ."•--_-. Gooiir bright,' -oatsheaf. v chaff . is. being trucked in limited quantities. ' The potato market is quiet in the meantime. With the approach of spring there ia a fair demand for some lines of seeds. Ryegrass and cocksfoot are slightly -firmer," most seeds being in short supply. Partridge peas are in good demand, but supplies are limited. The following are prices payable to farmers, on trucks, country stations, sacks extra:—"Wheat—Tuscan 4s lQd, Hunters ss, Pearl 5s 2d, fowl wheat 4s 9d (all f.0.b.). Gats- —-' 'A'' grade Gartons 3s 3d, B grade 2s lOd, Algerians and Buns 8 s per bushel. Chaff—Good, bright oatshesrf £3 15s.J»r ton: i::.'';' •-■---. - , . . Peas—No. .1 Partridge 5s 9d per bushel, f.a.q. 5s 6d. Grass Seeds—Perennial 4s, Italian and Western Wolths Ss 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 Dakotas, £4 10s per ton. . - . Pigs and Poultry. The following prices were, realised at the weekly -sale of pigs and poultry held et the auction mart yesterday:—Pigs: Wesners 15s to 19s, porkers £1 lis. Poultry: Hens Is 9d to 2s 6d a pair, roosters 3s 6d to 4s 6d a pair, ducks 4s 3d a pair, turkeys 4s to 5s each. DUNEDIN. [THE PBESS, Special Service.] DUNEDIN, August 12. Lack of interest in the milling wheat market continues, consequent on there being practically no offerings from growers. Millers are holding ample stocks, and it will not be long now before these are supplemented with Australian wheat to be used for mixing purposes. One or two lines have been held up by farmers for delivery this month. There is still good enquiry for seed wheat, but supplies are difficult to procure. The chief drawback is that the.bulk of the wheat.harvested in this district this season is. not quite good enough for. .seed purposes, with a -result that not a very" large'-quantity was held over for sowing. Indications point, hpwever, to fairly heavy planting, in the Otago district. The .fowl wheat market is reported to be firmer in the north, but there is little doing in this line locally. One or two lines have come to hand during the week, but the quality has not been of a very high standard. The demand from distributors is small, and local prices vary according to quality from 4s to 5s per bushel, sacks extra, ex store. The latter price is for small lots only. There are practically no stocks of Gartons held at Oamaru, TimarU, or Lyttelton, and consequently trade in these oats is coming to Dunedin and Bluff. Most of the buying is being done by forward sellers who have not covered their requirements. The ruling quotation is3 3 7 d f.0.b.,. 5.i.,. for A Gartons, with B s at. 3s. 3d The foregoing prices are equivalent to 2s lOd. sacks extra, country sidings, for A's, and 2s 6d for B's. Under grade are worth 2s to 2s sd. The market is bare of supplies of cnaff. Only good quality is wanted and there is a fair demand for this. Prices remain un. altered at £4 10s per ton, sacks extra, ex ImZu ]„?, S °v .<? ua,it y> 7 ith "ex store for small lots. Medium and poor quality is in 23 er iM : \/ ith £ a,M , difficnlt *° «««* »" £3 10s to £4, sacks extra. Odd lines of potatoes are still going forward from th s port to the North Island. This «. atlhis tSSS'lff *T l Pr, ' Ces , firm - I 4 i 8 "sual at tnis time of the year for notatnaa t* v» *u?\t f l° m P ante . 'or the P locil B dem.nd e but the heavier yields in the Otago district are removing this necessity in the meantime \alues locally, are unchanged. lines are worth £5 10s per ton, sacks inrlnrt./ ex store The shipping vaU,,'fi de /g 1-S 6d for prompt delivery. l So mJfi™ of ' export . de «"H»<l as compared with prev.ous seasons is a noticeable feature if the seed market. Supplies of bothßescues and dogstail are still in excess of th« *» ?rt£ ni «"• »«"»* for "tfcaw «eeSi is quietJn some quarters there is nressurV t» „f» fescue. b„t it is difficult to* secure buy"" Merchants are now looking forward to »n 2, deW,,d . for Seeds tor "quiE JOHNSONVILLE STOCK SALE. At this week's Johnsonville sale the quality of.the cattle was better than last week's offering, and taking this into consideration prices were on a par with late rates both tor bullocks and cows. Wethers and owes met with a. good demand at ■ last week's rates, but hdggets were dull" of sale. Prime buttocks .s(>ld to'£B 10s, light to £5 12s, prime. cows, .and heifers to £5 14s, runners to ' °2 16s; wethers to 16s, evn to 13i 4d. W. gets WIU 9d. * >.