CANTERBURY GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3403, 4 June 1919, Page 15

CANTERBURY GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

CHRISTCHURCH, May 30. The cold southerly weather, with rain on the plains and snow on the hilla, that has prevailed intermittently during the week, has bad the effect of hardening the pricea of oats anid oat sheaf chaff. Even at the pricea now quoted for oats at country, stations, it is doubtful if any quantity could be obtained if they were wanted immediately. Growers are holding firmly, and th* weather makes them more reluctant to sell. Already it is reported that oat 3 are being fed to sheep, so short has the available feed become. A grade Gartens ere now quoted at 4s Id to 4s 2d, and B grade at 8s lOd to 4s, Algerians at 3s lOd to 4s, Danish at 8s 6d to 8s Sd, and good, heavy, dark Duns at 4s to 4s 2d, at country stations. Oatshcaf chaff has firmed in sympathy with, oats, tho demand now being greater since the break in the weather. It is now quoted at £6 6s to £6 10s at country stations for good, bright quality. There is nxsw more movement in grass and clover seeds. Perennial ryegrass is scarce, and is worth. 4s 6d to 4s 9d at country stations. Italian is realising 4s to 4s 3d. Cow grass is firmer, and is quoted at Is to Is 2d,' while white clover is now saleable at lOd to la. There is a good demand for mangels, which are selling at £2 5s per ton at country stations. Some of the large growers or* holding, for £2 10s. ' Linseed is firmer, and is now quoted at £lB 5s to £lB 10s per ton at stations. The potato market is somewhat unsettled!, through thb prospective business with Sydney having fallen through. It is also reported that northern merchants have been trying to resell their purchases. The looal price still keeps fairly steady, £6 5s to £6 10s at country stations being the quotation. The onion market is easier, and the pi-ice is now £7 to £7 10s at country stations.. The following are current quotations: Wheat.—Milling wheat. Government price. South Island, 6s 6£d f.0.b.; North Island, 4d extra. '■'■ % Oats.—Seed Algerians, 8s lOd to 4b; feed Algerians, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; milling Gartens. 4s Id to 4s 2d; B Gartens, 8s lOd to 4s at country stations; ordinary seed Dur.s, 4e. to 4s 2d; Danish, good! quality, Ss 6d to 3s Bd. Barley.—Malting, 6s to 6s 6d. The quotation is nominal. Flour.—£ls per ton; 1001 b bags, £ls 16s; 50lb bass, £l6; 251 b bags, £l6 Ss. Bran—Shipping, £5 10s; local, £5 15s per ton. Pollard.—£7 103 per ton. Oatmeal.—2slb bags, £2B per ton; 71d bags, £32 per ton. ««.«»,« Oateheaf Chaff.—Bright heavy, £6 to £6 .10* Cocksfoot.—Undressed, 6Jd to 7d; nrachin« dressed, Is. 1 ax Ryegrass.—Perennial, 4a 6d to 4s 9a; Italian, 4s to 4s 3d. Clover.—White, lOd to Is: red, 1* to Is M. p^aa—Partridge, ss; White, 4s to 5s J Blue Prussians, 6s to 8s; Blue Imperial, Ba. Scotch Tares.—Ss to 10s. Linr.eed.—£lß 5a to £lB 10s. Potatoes.—£6 to £6 ss, country stations. Onion®.—£7 10s to £3.

SIMAKtJ. The -wheat marks* (-write* the Timia.ru correspondent of the Chrietchurcb. Press) remairs in a very unsatisfactory state. The arrival of a further shipment of 15,000 ©acta of Australian -wheat hae made it worse than, it otherwise would have been. The position now is that millers are full up and do not want to buy in the meantime. Farmers have a lot of wheat slacked in the paddocks, and there" is also a large quantity in store. Occasionally a lino of locally-grown w sold, but it has to be of very good quality before millers -will look at it. It is futile to submit to them anything but Velvet and Hunter's. A few days ago a line of Tuscan was sent from Tinraru to Dunedin, and it found a buyer in the southern city. The quality of the wheat just landed from Australia is excellent. Fowl wheat is 1 selling at 6s f.o.b. through store. Most of that.which is being",

eold • just now as fowl wheat is in reality milling wheat which cannot be disposed of as such. ' Oats showed a firmer tendency in the early part of the week, but are not now quite so firm. Comparatively few are changing hands. Sales have been made of A grade Gartons at 8s lOd to 4e, and B grade at a penny less. Goodl heavy Diana ar© also selling at 4s on trucks, country stations.. There is a demand from the North Icland for seed Algerians and Duns at 3s 9d to 4s 3d, according to quality and how they are dressed. Nothing is doing in oatsheaf chaff, farmers being reluctant to sell in face of the shortage of winter feed. Its_ value to-day is £5 10s to £6 per ton on trucks, country stations. There is not much doing in grass or clover seeds, but farmers' dressed lines of oowgra&s are fetching Is to Is 2d per lb at country stations, sacks extra. Dinseedi is quoted at £ls to £l7 10s per ton. One specially good machine-dressed line was sold during the week at £2O per ton, f.o.b. There is not much linseed grown in South Canterbury, though it has been shown that the soil is well suited to it, and big money is occasionally made by those who do grow it. The potato market is quiet. The flutter on the market last week, when the embargo on export was removed, died down as soon as it became known that the Union Company were not prepared to send their boats to Australia and run the of having them tied up there. It is hoped, however, that the trouble at the waterfront on the other sidle wll scon be settled, in whjch case a lot of potatoes would be speedily despatched. Some sales have been made during the week at £6 10s to £6 15s, country stations, sacks in. Potatoes were never in better condition than they are this year, being free from blight and Bound in every way. The weather has been Tory favourable for digging, too, and there is no mud on the bags, so A that it would be possible to Ship them with a minimum of risk. There is a good demand from Auckland, and between 9000 and] 10,000 bags were «ent there from Timaru this week.