CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Volume 06, Issue 2899, 6 October 1909, Page 21

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT (Lyttelton Times, October 2) 3£? h inpe vL aßfc ' epwt Tr^sootkms f n 2? i, ***? uced *° a minimum being of small proportion. Farmers who hold paroe.'s refrain 4rom offerfhjr W S ""*«* appear ..tidied to^lpt the position, and ma fc e no effort to seoi£e lines at current rates, considering t£ KhZZ lmg H A T tralia "* the -Unite? SSS? rt af t, to ° J ? w to J«stify them in paying the advanced prices that would beiieoeseary , n order to secure parcels. J h^. ls » s % htJ y better feW in <!,«, oat market and parcels suitable for shipment would possibly command » prices ehghtly v, advance of the vaJues quoted/ but at present the market is very bare of this description, and the business done during the last week has been confined largely to ordinary feed oats. y The demand for chaff* which has been unusually weak during the last few months, is rattier weaker than it was a few weeks ago, apd ,<miang the -last' few days sales have been made of prime bright parcels at 40s per ton on trucks at handy country stations. .- . Potatoes are very weak, and prices have declined since last report, the current prices for Derwents - being £3, and for Up-to-I Dates £2 to £2 10s i The following quotations are for purj chases from farmers, net cash, sacks extra, except where otherwise specified : — "Wheat— Tuscan and pearl 4s 3d to 4s 4d, Hunters ■4s 2d to 4s 3d, at country stations, chickwheat -3s 6d to 3s 9d Oats— ls 6d to Is 6id; Danish Is s£d •to Is 6£d ; Gartons ~ A gratis, Is 6d to Is 6£d ; sparrowbills, Is 5d to Is 6d ; Canadians Is 7d; Algerians Is 7d. Chaff; — Oatsbeaf £1 17e &d tt> £2, at country stations. Peas— Blue Prussians 3s -Yd to 3s 8c&, partridge 3s 7d to 3s Bd.