CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2921, 9 March 1910, Page 21

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT. (Lyttelton Times, Saturday, March 5.)

The condition of the wheat market since last report has been about the same, and business has been covered principally by millers' transactions. The tone is a little steadier, inasmuch as there is more space available for export. This may also be attributed to some extent to the disinclination of growers to accept any decline in values. , . .

If the Agricultural Department's estimate of the yield of oats is approximately correct, there will not be a large export available for shipment. The market remains.in about the same condition owing, to the.'fact that there is little inducement to export to-the United Kingdom, and: no other -markets aro available. ■■-:■ v .- The ' following quotations are for.purchases 'from' farmers, net cash, sacks extra, except where otherwise specified: Wheat (last season's) —Tuscan, pearl, and Hunters 4s at country stations, chickwheat 3s 2d to 3s 4d, new season's 3s. 6d to 3s Bd. Oats—Duns Is 7d to Is Bd, heavy, Danish le 6d to Is 7d, Gartons, A grade Is 8d to Is 9j.d, B grade Is 7d to Is Bd, soarrc-w-

bills Is 6id. Canadians la U~d, Algerians Is 6d to Is 7d. " , Barley—Feed 2s, malting 3s to 4s 6d, ac cording to quality. Chaff-Oatsheaf £2 to £2 10s, at coun : trv stations. "Potatoes —Early varieties, £4 par ton Beans—2s lOd to 3s. Onions—£3 per ton.

Oatm«al—£lo IDs. Flour—The New Zealand Flourmdlevs Co-operative Association, Limited, quotes the following prices per ton, local or shipping:—Sacks £lO 10s, 1001 b bags £ll, 501 b bags £ll Ee, 251 b bags £ll 10s. Bran £3 ss, pollard £4. Seeds—Ryegrass (nominal) Is 9d to 2s 6d, cocksfoot (nominal) 3gd to 4d, white clover (farmers' samples) to 7d, cowgrass 6d to 6id. Dairy Produce.—Cheese, dairy, large sd, loa.f 6d ; factory, large, s|d to 6d. Butter, fresh local factory prints Is to Is Id, second grae'e factory Is, farm dairy Bd. Hams 7£d to Bd, sides 6Jd, rolls 7gd, shoulder rolls and middles (equal numbers) shoulder rolls only 6|d, middles Bgd, rolled hams B£d. Lard, pats bulk 6d, bladders 6d. Fresh eggs Is 2d per dozen.

RANGIORA. Owing to the continued absence of an official grade there has been practically no business done in milling wheat during the week. One small line of Tuscan is reported to have been 'bought for a local mill at 3s lOd. Two or three sales of small lines.of Garton oats have been made at Is 9d, but very few farmers have oats enough for their own needs, crushed wheat being used as a substitute. Partridge peas have changed hands at 4s 4d per bushel, perennial ryegrass seed at Is 9d, Italian ryegrass at 2s, giant Italian at 3s 3d, and cocksfoot at 4d to 4id per lb. Chaff is selling in only small lots for local consumption. No business has been done in potatoes, and it is .reported that the crops are badly blighted.

ASHBURTON. Only a very small volume of business in wheat has been transacted during the past week. The bulk of the primer samples of grain threshed have been disposed of, and are serving to fill millers’ immediate requirements, and buyers are therefore holding off, waiting for stack threshing before operating further. Meanwhile the market is flooded with a second-class wheat, which is unsaleable for milling at the present time, but which owners will not sell at whole fowl-wheat prices, and the disposal of this class of grain will no doubt cause much anxiety throughout the season. Prices for undamaged wheat have remained firm; Tuscan and pearl 3s Bd, Hunter’s 3s 6d to 3s 7d, whole fowl-wheat (slow sale) 3s to 3s 3d. The demand keeps up for all heavy milling oats, but lighter sorts are, if anything, slightly easier. There is inquiry for Algerians for seed purposes. Values are: Garton and Canadian, Is 8d to Is 9£d, B grade Is 7d to Is Bid, Algerian Is 6d to Is 7d, Danish and duns Is 5d to Is 6d. There is a good demand for catsheaf chaff, and £3 on trucks could be obtained for prime heavy quality.