CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 12

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, 14th: February. Wheat is now, coming on to the market, but not in any great quantity.) Yields vai-y----ing from'2s to 60. bushels per acre have been reported,' and the general opinion seems to be that, the average will be in the vicinity of "31 or 32 bushels an acre. While some of the lines so far offered have not been of very good quality, others have been quite good. Pool prices remain unchanged.

Fowl wheat.has. weakened a little, and to-day is quoted at 5s IVAd to 6s per bushel, f.o.b'., sacks extra, for prompt delivery, and at 5s 9d to 5s lOd for MarchJune,

There has been a little movement on the oats market, and now that the price has reaohed round about 4s a bushel, merchants have been making inquiries with a view to ascertaining at what figure Canadian oats could be landed in New Zealand. The information so far to hand does not show that the Canadian oat can be landed here at a price to compete with the locally-grown article. A Gartons for spread delivery are quoted at 4s o%d f.0.b., 8.-i. Duns have been sold at 4s 3d to 4s 9d, Algerians at 3s lOd, and A Gartons at 3a 6d, on trudks in each case.

The market for chaff is firm at £5 15s a ton for old, and £4'lss for new, both on trucks.

, Potatoes .have, weakened since the midweek report, and are now quoted at £4 12s 6d per ton for April-May-June delivery, and £5 15s f.0.b., s.i., for AugustSeptember. ' The only change to report in small seeds is in regard to Akaroa cocksfoot. Some lines have been on offer during the past few days, and they show fairly good quality. Up to 9%d a pound has been paid for farmers' dressed lines of high quality.