CHRISTCHURCH

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20027, 7 February 1935, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH

By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, February 6. There is an all round firmness in the grain and small seeds trade. Prompt fowl wheat has been sold at 4s Id, f.0.b., s.e., and spread.at 4s 3d. Auckland inquiry for forward potatoes continues, and some business has been done at £5 5s a ton, f.0.b., s.i., for April-June delivery. Growers are not keen about accepting the on truck equivalent £4 a ton), and merchants are not anxious to operate in the general uncertainty that exists in the matter of crop returns. There is no interest in the oats market. Ryegrass is very firm, and cocksfoot is in the same position. The reduction of old season’s stocks of ryegrass by export and the inclusion of some of this season’s production has invested the ryegrass market with a healthy tone. Cocksfoot is also in firm demand particularly Akaroa, which is ranging up to 73d for 131 b seed. The following are nominal quotations for new season’s produce paid to farmers on trucks, free of commission, seeks extra, except where otherwise stated: — Wheat—New season’s interim payments, for January-March .inclusive); Tuscan 4s, Hunters 3s 2d, Pearl and Velvet 4s 4d; fowl wheat, 4s Id prompt 4s 3d March-September, f.0.b., s.e. Oats (new season’s)—Algerians, Is 9d to Is lOd a bushel. Gartons: A’s Is lid, B’s Is lOd. Onions- £7 a ton for prompt. Potatoes—£4 a ton. Perennial Ryegrass To 2s 3d a bushel. Italian Ryegrass—To 2s 3d a bushel. White Clover—sd to 8d per lb. Cocksfoot—73d to 73d for Akaroa; 65d for plains. Flour—£l2 12s a ton, local; £ll 17s shipping. Bran—Large, local, £5; shipping £4 a ton; small, local, £4 10s. Pollard —Large, local, £5 iOs; shipping £4 15s; small, local, £6.