CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET.
t■' ! : (bY ! TELEGRAPII-rPIIKSS ASSOCIATION.},-, i v" ' '' ' 17 .' CniiisTcnnjacn, March" (?/ :, . v Tlifl "advance in. the. wheat market at Horns ' - h' -and in Australia has been ..reflected, locally, 'and'grower* aro now holding out for the price* ...,• obtainahlo- before; tlio recent. :fall; took! place,--i .4s' Id.' and .4s. ;2d. being their limit Thera was a good deal of-wheat put into'store dur- " ins; the lull iu the market, and,growers who . yi- havo thus'secured their grain '• are now in. ft,-.-: i- nositioil to/hold. Oftariuas arolimited,-and,. , •« peUow aro: firm in their ideas of value. Among . ri' tlic - fictlcs reported, aro >1000. bushels of Hunter 8 . ?, nti 4&000 bushels 'of tuscaii and .-pearl-, at 4s. r... iW'•'••46oo.'bushels:'.of .tuscan.- and 1300 bushels * of Hunter's at--4s. 2d.:. At country ' stations : v . !?. oats are still firm'in; price,: and, only-small:; O quantities-aro! being' offered.--.'A line M'{w® if'. bushels of - Gallon's has been placed at 2s,.at:, i' 500 bushels of Dun's at 2s. Id., and other-lots • of milling Garton's at- Ss.vljd,- to -2s. i.. • country stations chaff is still ilif-cn. tg 'procure, and :.untiU growers'.'aro;, satisfied, with '■ lie price. offered, supplies aro., likely to bo ; ''scarce, - as '.tlio machines have not yet irot to.. l " ! work. The prico offered is now. M 1 -s. ; ,W. a. ■.$ country stations,..ryegrass is still hi otihl. ~ '> demand,•" and', thero "is a scarcity . of. elitjtfr-,.,-i- seed,' cowgraa's having reached a lughm- price- f o '.than for'some years.'.. The.market .; . o bare "of colomally-grown seed, hut ,in. ; spiti) of •: 'tho a fair. average .crop,.w 3 pocted. ~- . v.. i .: (. :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 7
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252CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 7
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