GRAIN AND PRODUCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23431, 22 August 1939, Page 5

GRAIN AND PRODUCE

POTATOES STEADY MAIZE SUPPLIES RETARDED LOCAL ONIONS DEARER Commenting 011 grain and produce markets during the past week, the Auckland Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants' Association has issued the following official report. .Prices named are f.o.b. or f.0.r., Auckland. POTATOES Ample supplies or potatoes ore held ami further supplies arrived by the usual weekly boat yesterday. Prices have t-lioivn little variation during the past week, values beinc unaltered, the current price for reds and whites, delivered City or f.0.b., remaining at i"J 1 a ton. Owins to the difficulty in securinir sterling funds, importations of Canadian and California!! potatoes have been restricted. ONIONS The main demand is now for Japanese onions, although limited quantities of local onion? are still coming on to the market at lusher prices. Current prices are:—Japanese, -'-'s a crate; local, 2:is to 21s per civt. MAIZE The had weather experienced in producing districts lins retarded supplies of ninize to a certain extent, although sufficient supplies lo meet the immediate demand have been forthcoming. The. condition continues to be trood, the current ex store prices remaining unchanged at Ts 'Jd to 7s -Id a bushel, while 10 sack lots, delivery direct ex supplies to arrive, arc (is lid a bushel. FOWL WHEAT August direct deliveries of fowl wheat are now being cleared up. and provision is bcinc made for the supply of September wheat ex store. The delivery dales will be between September 8 and 1(1 for a minimum of 10 sack lots, cash with order prices. BARLEY The demand for barley has been ouiet during the past week. Through More prices remain unchanged at Is <Jd to Is 8d a bushel for undipped, with clipped (id a bushel hitrher. The special price for 10 sack lots, cash with order, is available until August '_M, and further supplies will be available at these special prices about the middle of September, at undipped 4s. and -Is <id for clipped. Owing to the heavy demand for meals, barley meal has been moving out a little more freely, prices rantring from £0 17s Od to £lO 10s a ton, according to quality. Owing to the increased prices now ruling for barley, barley meal will probably advance in price in the near future. BRAN AND POLLARD The demand is brisk for both bran and pollard, merchants carrying ample stocks to i meet the demand. Fresh fiipplies of both 1 lines arrived Inst week by the Waneanella. j and all deliveries were expeditiously attended to. Prices remain unaltered at £.S' 5s to £!) 'a ton for Australian bran and £7 17s Od i to £8 10s a ton for Australian pollard. OATS AND CHAFF There is a much better demand for chaff, while the demand for oats has been steady. Prices remain, unchanged, oats being 4s 2d to is Od a bushel, according to quality, and chaff £lO 2s Od to £lO 10s a ton. DAIRY PRODUCTION BAY OF PLENTY PAY-OUT DECREASE OF £11,862 SHOWN [by telegraph—own correspondent] TE PUKE, Monday The Bay of Plenty Co-operative Dairy Association to-day paid out £4700 for 83,4171b. of butter-fat supplied in July, in comparison with £5314 for 101,6951b. of butter-fat supplied in July last year. The amount manufactured was 45 tons, as against 55 tons last year. In addition there was a deferred payment of £46,914, representing 2kl per lb. butter-fat. This compares with £58,168 for last year. The total amount paid out is £51,620, in comparison with £63,482 for last year, a decrease of £11,862. OPOURIAO COMPANY'S YEAR REDUCED OUTPUT OF CHEESE [I3Y TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] WHAKATANE, Monday With an added bonus of 2d per lb. for milk supplies and 3d for cream supplies, the payout of the Opouriao Dairy Company, Limited, will be 17.94 d and 16.18 d for the season. The company made 878 tons of cheese, as compared with 1123 in the previous season, and 15 tons of butter, as compared with 73 tons. The decline in cheese production is clue to the unfavourable season and the butter drop to the disposal of the butter-making business to the Rangitaiki Plains Dairy Company, Limited. Total charges up to f.o.b. were shown iis 3.902 d for cheese and 4.892 d for butter, compared with 3.395 d and 3.014 d. Messrs. A. K. Prince, J. S. Rao and G. R. Yeoman, the retiring directors, were re-elected at the annual meeting at Taneatua. The guaranteed price was discussed and suppliers supported the principle, but passed a motion urging the Government to give effect to the report by the Guaranteed Price Advisory Committee by paying the 1939-40 prices recommended, with an additional sum to cover ascertainable costs, which have since arisen.

PUKEKOHE PRODUCE PRICES OF GREENS LOWER ROOT VEGETABLES UNCHANGED [from our own correspondent] PUKEKOHE, Monday Values of preen vegetables produced in the Pukekohe district have eased since last Mondav as a result of an easing in demand coinciding with an increase in supplies which is attributable to warmer weather. Cauliflowers have fallen in price from 14s to 10s Gd a Chapman bag. and from 19s Gd to los fid a sack. Cabbages are now lis 6d a Chapman bag and 17s «a sack, as against 12s 9d and 18s Gd respectively a week ago. Hoot vegetables are on a par with last week's values. Parsnips stiU sell at 9s 4d a sugar-bag, swedes at 7s Gd and carrots at 12s, although one line of carrots is now down to lis. The last of the stored Pukekohe onions continue to go out at 22s Gd per cwt. and the last of the pumpkins at 225. Cabbage plants still sell at 9s a thousand, oauliiiower plants at about 10s Gd and lettuce plants at 12s. hut in bundles of 25 the prices are 10s Gd for cabbage plants, lis Gd for cauliflowers and 12s (id for lettuce.

HAWKE'S BAY POWER BOARD READY RESPONSE TO LOAN [BV TELKGRAI'H—PKKSS ASSOCIATION'] HASTINGS. Monday Within one week of opening, the Hawke's Bay Power Board's debenture issue of 4] per cent debentures, maturing in 3949, lias been almost half subscribed. 'I lie issue is one of £.94.000, and at the end of the week applications had been received from all parts of the North Island, amounting to £4.1,700. WHAKATANE HORSE FAIR [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN* CORRESPONDENT] WHAKATANE, Monday Thero was a full yarding of horses when Dnl<rel.v and Company, Limited, held the sprinfc horse fair. Prices were on a pur with recent sales, vendors mcetins; the market, and there were very few passines. Unbroken horses: Three-year fillies. .I'Hi to £2l; threevear treldin<rs. to CIO 10s: light sorts. £'•_> 10s to XT) 10s. Broken horses: Four-year gelding. chains, £'_'o; eight-year gelding. all work, £1!); other useful sorts, £7 to £l2 10s; backs, £lO to £l3 sg,