GRAIN AND PRODUCE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 10, 13 January 1932, Page 12

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

', (By-Telegraph.—Press Association.) V"..;■:: iv-;'-. ::•:.-: AUCKLAND, Thia Day. ■ Business- in; the local; grain and produce i^arket Js rather dull. . Fowl wheat,is steadily -easing in' price, and' merchants have lowered' their quotations 2d per ISishel'to 6s Bd, .with corresponding reductions, for'under;: grade-lines.'. ■'.■".. ■ - vThere haa^been no change in'the maize market,; and.current values/rule at 5s 6d per bushel. ~ ,- ■"' • ;■■'■■ .

.-There-has been no change in local quotations for oats, but supplies are. scarce and merchants .are experiencing great difficulty jn' securing 'their further requirements ftora the-"South; where dry conditions have restrictc the new; harvest. Chaff prices -have' advanced" in consequence. Stocks of barley are getting into small compass, and they will not be"replenished until ay fresh shipment arrives from Adelaide about - the ;end of the' month. The market far- pollard: and bran< is unchanged. : ;-Full..supplies.'of potatoes are now coming in. from,, the rural districts around Auckland City, and: local merchants find they can obtain -their supplies from these sources.to?better advantage than by calling on Fnkekohe, which used to enjoy almost a monopoly at.this time of the year. Victorian- ouious are now being supplemented by supplies. oE locally-grown, anrLyalues have corns down substantially.