PRODUCE MARKET

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 10

PRODUCE MARKET

CANTERBURY REPORTS GOOD DEMAND FOR OATS OVr Tress Association.) C'HrnsTCnrßC].], this day. is unaltered. Ci.nin is offer in:/; fair l.v .-ieadily, and I lie prolonged 'poVi-.d ous run of ;hrcshing, which is wore advanced than i, usual al this time of tiie year. In regard to th" crop stalkties published this week, it is the consensus o! opinion that flic yield |«t acre u ':'! he fairly ( lose to w ha! was estimated in a recent report, about :'s bushel-..,. Values for wheat remain unaltered, and miller?; arc not buying. Qunkitvms arc fi.s Bil on trucks ''ur Tuscan, 5s tthl to -"is '! Id for Hunters, and (Is iM for Pearl. Tin re is very little dinoaml for foul \\ heat, lis value remains linn al 3s ii.'u fo os lad r.0.b., s.i. The cats market is distinctly firmer to-day, t\\\f to the far; that statistics indicate a low proportion of threshing. The u-( ight of threshed oats shows a big reduction cj last year. .Another element in the tinning is that buyers have been operating Pree.-y at recentprices of :-Ja inl to :U 'Jh\ f'.o.b.. s.i. Today the quotation is Ms lod -for spread delivery for A (tartans, and there arc few or no sciicrs. The market is a southern one. prompt oaUut Lyttelton being practically unprocurable. B (.'art ous are available at 3s 9d f.0.b., s.i., but Ihore is lit! io inquiry. Chaff is quoted at' £«' IL'.s fid a,ton I'.ojii., s.i., 'equivalent to £4 15s to £5 a

ton on trucks. The potato market continues weak, with prices unaltered. There are still plenty offering, but the demand is, very restricted. Cast week the Kaifoke took 2GGO sacks to Auckland, and today the Karopn lakes a similar,, shipment Io the same port. Quotations fur prompt arc b'-ks for whites and !)7s'fid for Dakotas; April-June. U 10s; July-September, £o IDs; and' .in';, alone, Co per ton. The price ro farmers is ■-'■' 10s a ton on trucks. The onion market couiinues extreme I ;,' weak', and the quotation remains at £2 a ton on trucks. There is an ail-round dearth of orders. Peas have weakened as a result of advices from Kugland, which .state*. th:;.t the crop there has been a particularly good one. 'both in regard to quality and quantity;, and if is not anticipated that the Old Country will require peas during the whole of the, year. The latest quotation is -Is to •Is '!•[ for Xo. 1, and to 3s 0d for f.aap