CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKETS QUIET

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 August 1933, Page 2

CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKETS QUIET

LITTLE QUOTABLE CHANGE FOE. POTATOES. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. The markets arc exceptionally quiet. The lull in the potato business has dried up the main source of activity and the market is inclined to be weaker, though there is little quotable change, for prompts here are quoted at £5, f.0.b.5.i., or nominally £4 on trucks, but buyers arc not operating much. August-Sep-tember whites have been sold at £5 7s Gd and to-day a sale was made at £5 ss. Dakotas are in relatively better request and have been sold during the week at £G and £5 ISs. The Wingatui from all ports took 0000 sacks north on Wednesday night. Apparently this quantity is sufficient to restrain the northern inquiry for the time being. The Waimarino is due to load next week. The rumour last week that a further shipment was pending to South America still lacks confirmation, and the general impression is that further export is improbable. Throe Home-going boats will load wheat next week or in the next ten clays. Fowl wheat is attracting very little inquiry and is worth up to 3s SM, f.0.b., s.e. There is a weakening in the demand for oats and A Gartons are now worth Is lOd to Is lid on trucks and B Gartons Is Gd to Is 7d. Heavy quantities of chaff have been offered during the last week. The price to farmers is about 40s. There has been a general firming in the small seeds market in the last fortnight. Cocksfoot has shown the most improvement. Akaroa, of which there is very little in the growers’ hands, has improved to 5d a lb. to growers or 74d dressed, and 1 plains is worth 44(1 and (Bd. Italian, .ryegrass is worth 2s a bushel on trucks and perennial Is 9d to 2s. There is little business in cowgrass, which is worth 8d to S4d a lb. to The growers, White clover is now mostly in thefarmcrs ’ hands. Choice is worth 8d to SCI a lb. to farmers.