WHEAT CROP

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 39, 15 February 1941, Page 13

WHEAT CROP

PROGRESS WITH HARVEST

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, February 14. The handling of the wheat crop continues to be the main preoccupation of farmers and of the grain and produce trade, and little business has been done in other lines. A prolonged spell of ideal harvest weather has allowed the wheat to be got in this season in exceptionally quick time, and transport services have been unable to cope with the flow of grain. Rain today will not gi*eatly affect the harvest, which was within about a fortnight of being completed. Few crops remain to be cut, and some of them have been damaged by high wind, but the crop as a whole will not be affected.

It is expected that with the wheat harvest nearing completion, deliveries of such lines as ryegrass will become heavier next week. The early rush has fallen off to a great extent. Some epeksfoot is coming in, but the quantity is very small so far, and samples indicate that the crop will be «of fair quality' only. The shipping position continues to overshadow the small seed markets as a whole, and it is probable that prices will be very slow in reaching a basis of values.

Prices to be paid for wheat until April 1, when an increment of Id will accrue, are: Tuscan, 5s 6d a bushel; Hunters, 5s 8d; Pearl, 5s lOd; and Marquis, 6s. f.o.b.