CANTERBURY PRODUCE

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 10 March 1934, Page 6

CANTERBURY PRODUCE

BUSINESS IN SAL-ILL SEEDS. (By Tolejfr.ipti—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH’, March ft. There is a moderate amount of lui.silie.ss taking place in .the small seed® market, but it is in small parcels. Cocksfoot is now coming to hand, the harvest being near completion. Quantities are much smaller than last season, some growers supplying no more than a third of their usual amount and others a quarter. The quality is "moderate, ranging from 121 b to 81b. The later harvested crops arc showing signs’ of discolouration because of broken weather in harvesting. The price for good Altar on. seed ranges l from 9d to lOd a lbj, but there is a percentage of inferior seed offering ivorth very much less than this. The plains crop is negligible, very little’ better than a complete failure. A’ery little business is passing in ryegrass/ Prices remain at 3s 6d a bushel

I for good seed. ! White clover threatens to be a very small crop and values' have quotations being from Is to Is 3d a lb for farmers’ dressed. The demand is small because of the high price. The cow.grass market is dull. Bains | have made a big difference'in' the appearance, of the crops. Blenheim seed of good quality is on the market and some of this is going to. the North Island. It is too early for local seed. The dogstail crop in Southland is smaller than for some years and prices have been improved for some time. Values to-day are 9d to 10d a lb. Reports from .the .south state that the fescue crop is also smaller and growers 1 are looking for high money. There is no business; so far, as it is too early for export.

There are indication's that the brown top harvest will bo .good 1 , but stocks are bare. Early harvesting has not yet commenced, but prospects are that remunerative prices will b'e available for early offerings.

There is no change in the potato market. Some small eonsignme'nts went north recently, but a proportion arrived in poor condition and this probably is the cause of the cessation this week of shipments. It is expected) that orders will be coming to hand before the end of the month. Values are £4 to £4 5s (id a ton f.o.b. s]i., for white and £4 7s 6d for Dakotas, or £2 17s Gd and £3 2s (id respectively on trucks. Farmers, however, are not doing business under £3 on trucks for whites. The onion market is weak and quotations are no better than £1 15s a ton on trucks. The Government’s limited guar-: anfee against loss on export to America has not been reflected in any way on the market.