CANTERBURY MARKETS

Otago Witness, Issue 3014, 20 December 1911, Page 21

CANTERBURY MARKETS

CANTERBURY GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT. Lyttelton Times, December 16. Trade in srain is very quiet, and at the present juncture merchants show no disposition to do business. The amount of grain that continue to be placed on the market is very small, and sometimes days pass without a single dine being placed on offeT. Holders of wheat invariably ask prices somewhat above the parity of current values, with the result that few lines have changed hands for some weeks. Oats continue in short supply, and prices are firm, the market still having an upward tendency, and no doubt if there was a largo demand, which there is not, prices would harden still further. Last season's potatoes may be said to be quite off the market, and new season's tubers, grown in Auckland, are being freely offered, and are selling wholesale at about Id per pound. The following quotations are for purchases from farmers, net cash, sacks extra, except where otherwise specified: Wheat.—Hunters and Tuscan, 3s i!d to 3s 7d; pearl 3s 5d to 3s 6£d, on trucks; fowl wheat 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Oats—Duns 2s 9d to 3s, Danish 2s 9d to 3s, Cartons 2s 7d to 3s, Algerian 2s 8d to 3s. Barley (nominal)—Malting 4s 6d to 43 9d, according to quality. Chaff—Oatsheaf, £4- at country stations. Peas—Partridge 3s 7d to 3s 86. ' Oatmeal—£ls per ton. Flour.—The New Zealand! Flourmillcrs' Co-operative Association (Limited) quotes the following prices per ton, local or shipping :—Sacks £8 10s. 1001 b bags £8 15s. 501 b bags £9, 251 b bags £9 ss. Bran £4 15s. pollard £6. Seeds—Ryegrass, Italian 3s 3d, English 3s 6d, cocksfoot 121 bto 131 b7d to 7|d s cowgrass 7d, white clover to Is. - Dairy Produce—Cheese, dairy, large SW, loaf 6d; factory, largo s|d to 6d. Butter, fresh local factory prints Is Id, second grade factory butter Is. farm duiry 9d. Hams 9d, sides Bfd, rolls 9£d, shoulder rolls and middles (equal numbers) middles 9£d, rolled hams Lard, pats B£d. Eggs, le per dozen.

ASHBURTON. Wheat.—The position is practically unchanged since our last report, and very little business is being transacted. The quantity of grain held by growers seems to be now of small dimensions. Values are, nominally:—Beet Hunters and Tuscan, 3s 5d to 3s 6d; * pearl, 3s 6d to 3s 7d on trucks. Oats: Buyers are only operating from hand to mouth, as they do not wish to the risk of carrying overstocks to the new season, which is now close. For prompt delivery for immediate orders values are 2s 9d to 2s 10d on tracks for good quality Gartons. Oatebeaf chaff not inquired for.- Nominal value 80s per ton for prime quality.