COCKSFOOT HARVEST.

Otago Witness, Issue 2157, 27 June 1895, Page 17

COCKSFOOT HARVEST.

Messrs Moritz«on and Hi pkin, seed and commission agents, have issued the following report on the cocksfoot crop on Bauks Peninsula for 1895:— „ , Sacks. Sack?. Fisherman's Bay ... 20 Garuaau Biy .. 710 Flea Biy 30 Robinson's Bay... 722 Tekao Bay 30 French Farm ... StoS Long Biy . ... 40 Duvauchelle's ... 1,080 Decanter Bay ... CO Holmes's B*y ... I.4MJ Lavaricks 75 Kaituna 1,000 Gough's Bay ... 80 Aylmer's Valley, Stoneyßay, We3t... 80 Onuku, and Puralu 80 Akaroa 1.650 Pava Bay 138 Barry's Bay ... I,<£s M'latoshßay ...200 Port Levy ... 2,400 Purau . ... 300 Little Aim! on and Long Bay Road ...360 Rapu Bay ... 4 550 Waihikikiri 3i!o Piston Bay ... o.KIO Wainm and TVkao O'ltam'sßiy ... 0.187 Estate and Island La Bon's Bay ... G.SOb Bay... „j_ ... 452 Little River ...12,23* 50,336 To"Our Farmer Friends,— We bave to apologise in publishing our statistics so late this year, but our reason for doing so was Riven piivately to the chairman of the Far .tiers' Association when Mr Movitswon addressed the farmers at iheir meeting at the Head of the Bay, wbuie he then stated for rea3pns he could not explain the promised returns could not then be published, but he counselled all farmers pivsent to accept the following prices —viz : From 3£d to 4d for farmeis' riddled, and from 4jd to lid for machined, stating that the crop waa a fair one and these prices were warranted to be asked by sellew, the3e figures being based upon prices that would rule alter 1891 i? 5 season in England. Of course, nobody expected the high prices to continue after this season was over, and only some very early shipments from Lyttelton in March brought 65s in England, ofter which the market opened at 45s for lb'lb and 171b geed, and upon these prices, which were likely to rule in England, which information we received, we based prices above-mentioned we asked farmeis to accept, and which, we are glad to say, i have been accepted by the majority of those who | sold early. . „ , You will see from our figures of your crop that there were grown about 60,33b" riddled bags, thh being 15,133 sacks more than last- year. Now, it was the fact of your crop being a very good one that prevented us in your interest not to publish our returns, as we thought by publishing same we might help to pull the market to pieces, as buyerß would have taken advantage of such crop and pointed to 1893 yield, when 53,765 sacks wero produced, and the market opened at 2id in MarchApril that year. Knowing full well at the time, in February last, the prices that would rule in England after April and May 1595. we withheld our information until such time when all dauger of a fall was passed. This now cannot lake place, as values in England arc rising— 49s and 50s have already been paid for!7lb and 181b seed. The fact is " also becoming known that the cocksfoot sections m America have been getting smaller from year to year and if this year again there should be a short cro» in the States, it is very likely that 60s to Cos •will bo paid for first-class seed in Enaland. So if you cannot get at least 5d for your machined 171b to 181b seed here, we ■Jwuld stroDgly advise you to let us ship

it to London for you. Last year we rc'ivmed ono of our IrioiuK in Akaro.% for a COJ-sneklut 70.* and 72s par cwt. We will raako you any reasonable adviinco .it bank r.vte, and may mention that our business is in the hands of tho most competent and reliable broker in London, and you cau, roughly bpjaLing, put all rhargos, brokerage, and c mmis'.iou down from \d to Id per lb — i>ro ent steamer height bein^ 00s par tun fimn Lyt'cllon to Linden. Kindly oiim^q all semis to us to Lyttelton hswbour shed, No 2, where Mr l'itcaitbly looks after our shipment*, this gentleman being for over 20 years connected with the bhippinf? of that port. All seed is dressed, if rconired, in Lytteltou aud shipped and sold from there. We have also a machine working in Dunedin which is doing grand work. Iv conclusion, we wish to point out that the 1895 crop machined is only 5 -me 38,000 sucks for Hunk* Peniusula. -Considering our colonial aud Home demand, our crop is aftur all not a heavy one. vary little seed having been, grown in the North liland ov south of OhrUtchurch. So far we have sold some 7000 sacks this season, and have inquiry and demand for plenty more.— We are, Ac, MOHITZON ANH HOPKIN, Bond street, Dunedin, June lb'93.