GRAIN AND PRODUCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22476, 21 July 1936, Page 5

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

TRADE IN AUCKLAND POLLARD AGAIN CHEAPER DECLINE IN POTATOES Business in grain and produce in Auckland during the past week lias been fairly steady and few lines show much alteration. Ample supplies of the majority of grains are held. Potato prices have eased slightly, whites showing a reduction of 5s a ton and reds of 7s 6d a ton. Most of the business is now being done in whites. Imported onions arc now available and are meeting with a fairly good inquiry. A further decline has occurred in pollard, for which there is a steady demand. There has been a particularly good demand for bran. POTATOES There is a pood demand for potatoes nnd ample supplies arc held by local merchants. There has been an easing in the market, whites now being quoted 5s lower at 15s a ton through store and reds at £7 l'Js ((<1 a ton, through store a fall of about 7s (id. With the hir t?e premium on reds, merchants are concentrating on whites. The crop at l'ukekohe is reported to be in pood condition and stocks should be available in about two months. The demand for seed potatoes is quiet.

ONIONS ! On account of the poor keeping quality of local Onions, the demand is gradually being ! taken over by. imported supplies. Japanese arc quoted at 18s Od a rage and Californians at 17s a bag. Pukckohe stocks are selling unchanged at about as (3d a bag, though store, with a higher price for repicked samples. FOWLWHEAT Fowlwhcat is steady at the unaltered rate J of 5s lOd a bushel, through store. Hood ; quality undergrade lines are now almost cleaned up, and merchants arc now buying graded sorts. The price is not expected to alter a great deal for the remainder of thr* season. MAIZE Shelling operations of maize in the Bay of Plenty have been held up by adverse weather, and supplies in Auckland are fairly short. Stocks of imported maize also are working down. In spite of the fairly high price of <>s Od a bushel, through store, for imported, and (Js 3d for local, both unaltered, the demand is keeping np well BARLEY There is a steady demand for barley, but ample supplies are available. There has heen no casing in the Australian market, and local levels at -Is 3d a bushel, through store, are the same as last week. OATS AND CHAFF Limited business is being done In oats at the unchanged level of 4s 3d a bushel, through store. The market remains very firm. There is an improved demand for chaff, although the market continues firm at the unaltered rate of £8 7s Od a ton, through store. It is anticipated that high prices will rule until chaffing commences again in the sprinjf , BRAN AND POLLARD Another reduction of 5s a ton In the price of Australian pollard has been announced, current rates being about £8 12s (id a ton, through store. The market in Australia is firm, however, with a rising tendency for forward delivery. There has been a phenomenal inquiry for bran during the past two weeks. The \\ heat Committee announced last week that supplies were available, but since then stocks have been cleaned out. Further supplies are expected to be on the market within a fewdays. REPORT FROM PUKEKOHE f FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] PIiKEKOHE, Monday Owjng to recent heavy frosts, supplies of cauliflowers and cabbages at Pukekohe are very short, and a rise in prices has resulted. Best quality cauliflowers are selling at 8s ud a large sack and us »d a super sack, while best quality Savoy cabbages are bringing 7s od a large sack, and other cabbages Os od a large sack and 5S 3d a super sack. The demand for onions is quiet, with values at 7s 3d to 8s (id per cwt. Other lines are selling as follows: —Pumpkins, Os Od per cwt.; carrots, parsnips and beetroot, 3s Od a sugar bag; swedes, 3s 3d a sugar bag; white turnips, 3s (id a sugar bag; cauliflower plants, 7s 3d to 10s per IOOO; cabbage plants, «s 3d to 7s; onion plants, -Is; lettuce plants, 10s.