COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 January 1927, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

SOUTH ISLAND PRODUCE.

CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. >2l

Produce is now commencing to come forward, but there is too big a spread between the growers’ and the merchants’ ideas to lead to much business. The free selling of wheat was continued on 'Wednesday, there being a fairly heavy disposal to merchants at 5s 6d on trucks. Samples of AJgerian and Garton oats have come to hand from Ashburton, and sales of Algerians have been made at 2s 3d to 2s 4d on trucks. Gartons are a particularly good sample, and are quoted at 2s 7d to 2s 8d on trucks.

Blight has made its appearance very early this year in some Canterbury districts. It is not of much severity so far, but may develop under the conditions prevailing. In the meantime the bulk of the potato crops are looking well. Quotations are £4 12s 6d to £4 15s f.0.b., sacks in, March to April, or £3 on trucks, at which price the farmers are not in the least bit disposed to sell. . Onions are quoted at £4 10s on trucks for March to April delivery. The crops look good, but blight has made its appearance to a small extent.

LOCAL STOCK SALES. The Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society reports as follows: — At Hawera on Thursday we yarded a good entry of both sheep and cattle. There was a good attendance of buyers and a good sale resulted. M.s.w.f. shorn lambs 16s lOd, b.f. rape lambs 16s IQd to 17s Id, cull w.f. lambs Ss Sd to 13s Id, small b.f. lambs 7s 9d to 12s 7d, 4 and 5 year ewes with a few 4 and 6 tooth ewes in low condition 16s Gd, 4 and 5 year ewes 17s 9d, fat cows £5 10s, store cows £4, boners £2 to £3 15s, works bulls £3 to £4 os, and small Yearling heifers £2 6s. At Waverley on Friday we submitted a good yarding of cattle and sheep, including Mr. R. D. Wybourne’s draft of some 1400 short white face mixed sex lambs, to a. large attendance of buyers. Bidding was brisk throughout, and a good sale resulted. The following are a range of prices: —On account of Mr. R. D. Wybourne: 482 Romney ewe lambs 17s 4d, 167 strong woolled ewe lambs 17s Id, 4-56 Romney wether lambs 15s Id, 163 strong woolled wether lambs 14s 3d. On account of other clients : Medium b.f. iambs 15s 9d, cull lambs 10s 6d to 11s, light fat cows £5 11s, three year bullocks £7, works bulls £3 10s to £7 1.7 s 6d, works cows £2 os to £3 15s, small yearling steers £2 Bs, weaner pigs 19s store pigs 22s €d to 33s 6d.