PRODUCE MARKETS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19987, 20 December 1934, Page 16

PRODUCE MARKETS

j. SOUTH CANTERBURY ; With the exception of fowl wheat 'i there has been practically no inquiry in the South Canterbury grain, seeds and produce markets this week. There is still a good demand for fowl 0 Wheat at 3/4 to 3/5 a bushel on trucks. A Garton oats are worth 1/10. B’s 1/8, Algerians 1/8 and Duns 2/- a bushel on trucks. There is very little demand as most buyers are stocked up •3 till after the holidays. Chaff is quoted at £2/10 - a ton on 8 trucks. Buyers are not interested in seeds as new season’s seeds will soon be to hand. The prospects of the potato season will depend to a great extent on the lifting of the potato embargo on New

lilting oi me potato eiuuaig*) uu i.ew Zealand potatoes in Australia. It has been announced that consideration of the matter has been postponed until March, and growers are hoping that a decision will not be put off from month to month until another season has passed.

CHRISTCHURCH Bv -Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. December 19. Business is at a standstill and it is unlikely that there will be any movement until after the holidays. Merchants are uncertain as to crop prospects as a result of the dry conditions prevailing. It is stated that cocksfoot seed is burning up the sunny faces of the Peninsula and a good rain is badly needed to avoid poor yields. There is an abundance of cocksfoot growth on the roadsides in the south, and some local bodies are calling for tenders for harvesting them. Any reduction of the Akaroa crop is likely to be offset by that from the Plains, but it is yet too early to make an estimate of the crop generally. The reaping of oats is now taking place in some of the lighter land districts, but there will be little demand when the oats come in. This market is lifeless. Early sown wheat is looking very well so far. Spring-sown, however, will be affected by the present dry spell, as the crop is likely to mature too quickly. There are reports to-day of extensive damage to crops in South Canterbury. A number were to be teen badly laid 10 days ago, but most of them would come up. In any case reports of wheat damage are generally exaggerated and in any case are local. There has been much more rain in South Canterbury than north of the Rangitata, and yields there of both autumn and spring-sown wheat should be good. North of the Rangitata a few good showers are wanted to bring on the shot wheat. Fowl wheat remains firm at 3s 9id f.0.b., s.e. There is a considerable acreage of ryegrass closed up in South Otago, but Southland is so heavily stocked with sheep and .ambs, and dairy cattle, that fields intended for seed have had to be grazed. The drying up of feed haas affected lamb fattening, as the ewes have been on reduced feed. There are some nice fields of red clover to be seen in the south. The following are quotations for produce paid to farmers on trucks, free of commission, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated:— Wheat— Milling (interim payment), Tuscan 3s "id. Hunters 4s Id. Pearl 4s 3d. all f.0.b.; fowl wheat, 3s 9id a ’ bushel, f.0.b., s.e. Oats —A Gartons to Is 9d. B. Gartons : to Is 6d. Chaff —£2 2s 6d a ton. Italian Ryegrass (nominal)—To Is 6d 1 a bushel. Perennial Ryegrass (nominal) —To 2s 6d a bushel. Cocksfoot (nominal)—7d per lb for Akaroa. White Clover —9d per lb. Cowgrass (nominal)—7d to 8d per lb. ; Flour—£l2 12s a ton, local; 211 17s ! shipping. Bran—Large, local. £5; shipping £4 a ton; small, local £4 10s. ; Pollard—Large, local, £5 10s; shipping, £4 15s; small, local. £6. t 1 COLOMOBO TEA AUCTION t By Telegraph—Press Association t DUNEDIN, December 19. L. M. Wright has received the fol- •, lowing cabled report on the Colombo tea auction of December 18—at the auction of 2.710.000 lb. common teas were slightly easier, while other grades remained unchanged. The next sale will be held on January 8. (Continued on Page 2.)