CANTERBURY MARKETS

Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1930, Page 11

CANTERBURY MARKETS

GRAIN, SEEDS AND POTATOES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Numbers of wheat and oat crops are now cut, but comparatively few have been threshed. An odd line of new season’s wheat is finding its way on to the market. A line of tuscan which has been threshed went to the pool. For prompt, good quality milling Tuscan (old season). Gs. 5Ad. to 6s. 6d. f.o.b. is asked. For the new crop the prices are ss. 9d. for Tuscan, 6s.' for Hunters and 6s. 3d. for Pearl on trucks. Fowl wheat is quoted at 6s. 2d. f.0.b., sacks Is. 2d., on trucks. Practically the only fowl wheat now available is held by the pool. There is a little business passing on forward oats, this being between merchant and merchant. The business is being done on the basis of 3s. lid. f.0.b., s.i. for A Gartons, and 3s. Bd. to 3s. 9d. for B’s for April-September delivery. One or two .small lines of new oats were offered during the week. A line of duns of fair quality changed hands at 4s. on trucks, and some Algerians were sold at the same figure. Melbourne is quoting ss. 3d. for machine-dressed and clipped Algerians f.0.b., s.i., and the North Island has already made some purchases at this figure. Grade A Gartons are quoted at 3s. to 3s. 3d. on trucks.

There is ’now very little chaff on the. market, and it is not expected that new chaff will be ready for shipment until about March. To-day the quotation is £5 10s. on trucks.

A few samples of new season’s white clover found their way on to the market this week. The value to-day is 9d. to lOd. a lb.,’ but growers for fhe most part are- asking Is. . . One small line is reported to have been sold at the latter figure.- Only a few small lines of cocksfoot have been offered. The value is 7d. to Bd. a lb. for farmers’ dressed lines. Machine-dressed standard Akaroa is quoted at 13Jd. a lb. f.o.b. There is a lack of demand from the North Island for all seeds, though it is usual for the North Island to be buying fairly. freely at this time of the year. There have been some sales of Italian ryegrass during the past few days at 4s. 6d. to 4s. 10d., and of perennial at ss. to ss. 6d. a bushel : ’ ■ -

Up to about.a fortnight ago there was every indication of a good onion crop, but within the past 'JO days blight has made its appearance;in ( ppjne of the crops. Some of the onion? (ire coming in earlier than had beep anticipated, and a fair quantity will; fle (i ayailable in February. The nominal o vail;u^..to-day is £3 15s. ofi trucks. - t (j s The crops of partridge,-peas generally are late, and the axeauia much smaller than that last yean,: The crops look well at present. ..Reports in regard to garden peas indicate;- ,ai disappointing yield. I'-'-Potatoes are still being quoted at £4 )7s. 6d. to £5 f.0.b., for A P ril - MayJune delivery, equal;;to -about £3 10s. to £3 12s. 6d. to farmers.