THE MARKETS

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 48, 25 August 1917, Page 11

THE MARKETS

POTATOES HAEDENING.

The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Distributing Company reports that the potato market during the last few days . shows a hardening tendency—all quotations having taken a decided advance. Fowl wheat is very scarce, and practically no lines are being offered. On account of no further arrivals of oats, these have risen fully threepence per bushel. Maize is also very scarce, and only isolated lines of colonial-grown are being offered. Onions are very high in values and stocks are almost exhausted, with no prospects of further supplies from Australia. Bran and pollard are almost unprocurable, only small, isolated lines being offered, and these at much advanced rates. Prime lines of pork are required, and any lines coming forward meet with iugli prices. Poultry is eagerly sought after. The supply of cabbage has somewhat improved, but high prices are ruling for prime lines. Cauliflower is very short in supply, and high rates are the rule. Beetroot is scarce, and in consequence the prices are good. This can also be said of marrows, which are not corning forward as freely as of late.: Celery is in short supply, and this line is in keen deniaiid. Parsnips and turnips are in fair supply. Small lines of kumaras realised high rates. Prime lines of lettuce are realising high prices, while spring onions, swedes, and leeks are meeting with a- ready sale.

All prime lines of apples have a-gain become scarce, and in consequence realise high prices. For inferior lines the market is somewhat better supplied. Pears are very scarce, and high rates are ruling. Small consignments of rhubarb from the South Island have been meeting with a ready sale at satisfactory rates.