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Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16441, 12 January 1918, Page 2

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THE LOCAL MARKETS. With wearisome monotony it ' lias again to be recorded that "all is quiet on the Potomac' 1 so far as wheat is concerned—-so quiet that there is nothing doing. Nervy wheat is anxiously awaited but it will be some few weeks before any locally-grown is available. "With such atrocious weather as at present prevails it is, impossible to name even an approximate date for tlio appearance of the first lino on tlio market.

An odd line or two of now oats was | on offer this week, buttlie oats were nob grown in this district. The samples : represented fair Algerians an{3 good Gartons from the Ashburton district.. For the former 3s 3d was asked by tiro grower, but so far as coutd be ascertained it was not given, buyers' ideas of values being about 2s 9d on trucks, > country stations, though it is possible that the first few parcels may com- i mand more than this, as was the case ' with the line of Gartons referred to , these having been sold at 3s 3d a* a 2Jd station, for immediate delivery. Gartons are in better request than Algerians, of which there is expected to ba a fnirly largo quantity threshed in Canterbury—more in fact than will bo required for the North Island, lienoc values arc. expected to recede. Feeding Algerians- take a seconefcu-v place to white oats at a reduction in value of from 3d to 4d per bushel.' . . Old oatsheaf chaff is in short supply, and the demand for shipping is being filled from Blenheim and the North Island oat 7 growing districts. Now chaff ho tor.shipping is not expected to bo 1 1 ,' n v rket f ? r tw ° or throe months. bmall hues of .ryegrass are now on offer, but buyers are only l o w prices as the quality fa not of the best. n flfJ 0r taini "e * quantity ot waste, whilst cleaner samples Af heav y -^ e ,ght seed . s h„ u l d command about 3s on trucks. More may bo given m exceptional cases f or pronipb

Reports from Akaroa concernins cocksfoot are to the effect that prices are likely to rul© high and sales are reported as high as" Is per pound, lhere is a good deal of ,-ocksfoot in houth -Canterbury if ' labour can . be found to harvest it. • • _ The potato Crops arc looking well but will not be fit to dig for some time yet. Meantime early varieties are being retailed-.at lid per pound." CHRISTCHURCH~raODUCE REPORT. (Per Press Association.) Vi Jan. 11. n ™ e ? thor d "«n« the past few days has interrupted harvest operations,, especially threshing out of stook. wJL Slm ?i mt , of ., S"- ass seed and'oats has threshed, and some- wheat ™;\T\ a^ Ut i• rMay / oV the threshing mill A few lines of oats have begun to come on. the market, and several sales are reported. Algorjains, accordn ' Wbeen Purchased at -is yd to 3s, and Duns at 2s 9d nfc country stations. A large quantitv of ryegrass, principally Italian is now offering and for best samples buyerl are wi hng 1 to give 3s. but growers are generally asking more money