GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24582, 2 June 1945, Page 8

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

CANTERBURY MARKETS The seed market Is relatively quiet, recent wet weather having held up deliveries from the country. The quantity of led and white clover to come In is doubtful, as rain has probably affected standing crops. Should the present fine weather hold, probably some farmers will make an attempt to get some saved. Wheat prices now include the Id Increment for June. The following are current produce prices:— ■ White Clover—up to 3s per lb, depending on quality. Cocksfoot—2s per lb. Cowgrass—2s to 2s 3d per lb. Chaff—£6 10s to £6 ISs.

Oats—Carton, 3s Cd a bushel; Algerian, up to 5s 6d a bushel depending on quality; Duns, up to 6s 6d; black oats, up to 5s 6d bushel. Lupins—nominal quotations, 4s 8d to 5s a bushel. , Malting barley—schedule prices, 5s 2d a bushel, ex stook; 5s 6d a bushel ex stack.

Linseed—contract price, £25 a ton. Wheat—schedule prices: Tuscan and Cross. 7. 6s Bid; Hunters, 6s IOJd a bushel. Potatoes—f.a.q. Whiles and Dakotas, £7 15s a ton; Sutton's and King Edward, £8 5s a ton f.0.b., s.i. Onions—£l3 a ton, 0.t.5.1.