SCARCITY OF SEEDS LIKELY

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 9

SCARCITY OF SEEDS LIKELY

CANTERBURY MARKET REPORT. NO ACTIVITY WITH POTATOES. The potato market apparently is “gone” for the season. The Waipahi, leaving for Napier to-morrow, may take a small consignment and the ferry boats may take small stocks to Wellington for a few days. After that it would appear the market will be confined to local orders. Nominally the price is £5 f.0.b., sacks in. A few small lots have been bought from farmers at £3 10s. 'The prospects are that most classes of seeds will be short this season. The scarcity of pasture feed will have caused paddocks to be closed for seed in a much more restricted manner than usual. The prospects are that the province’s yield of cocksfoot and perennial and Italian ryegrass will be much less than usual. Stocks of old season’s seeds are scarce and held at high prices. This would seem to point to a bare supply for next season’s necessities. Information from the south is to the effect that a good perennial ryegrass crop is expected, so in this branch of seed the local scarcity may be offset. The dry weather, it is considered, is likely to affect the oats yield very markedly, but so far this opinion is not being reflected in any hardening of values. As a matter of fact there is nobody disposed to sell oats. Forward values for stock on hand are from 3s 7d to 3s 8d f.0.b., sacks in.