COMMERCIAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 187, 4 July 1919, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

MARLBOROUGH MARKETS,

phaff has dropped by about ss, and £5 los per ton. has been paid to farmers for primd lots. Hay is quiet in sympathy with chaff. Fortunately for stock-owners the season continues to Be mild, and the grazing .'s helping them to a much greater extent thin it usually does in the dep"h of winter. The recent ruins have promoted an appreciable grewth of grass, especially on the higher and warmer lands. No restriction^ have yet been anrounced in regard to the local railway service, and it is hoped that there, will be no cutting in the case of tho 'Picton-Blenheim-Ward section, the tr-a.in supply of which is illiberal ,enough under ordinary conditions. ,'A reduction would probably cause "a downward tendency in the markets. .

Cowgrass seed remains firm, but lucerne seed is still very dull. Lines of free peas are being cleared at satisfactory prices, farmers being paid up to: 10s per bushel for Prussian blues. •; The threshing returns of peas generally exceed expectations.