GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20283, 18 April 1934, Page 11

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Position of Christchurch Market.

The potato market is practically lifeless, with no demand from the North Island. This is due to th e fact that 5668 sacks went forward by the Waipiata. and up to 2ftoo are expected to be shipped by the Wa-taaarino. Canterbury farmers are not as keen sellers'as they were a fortnight ago. So far the crops have turned out a little better than expected. A large Quantity is still in the ground. The quantities in Canterbury are counteracted to a certain extent by the blight, which is stated to have affected the southern .crops. Supplies of new season's wheat have eased off consioVraldy, and most of the gram coining forward hus been threshed from the stack. The samples generaliy are quite good. Fowl-wheat is not plentiful at the moment, but there is a fair -coastal trade. The export demand for Partridge peas very disappointing. 1- oilowiag are prices quoted 9d • Pearl Ss^lXd* ‘* S Alunters » 3a Fowl-wheat—2s Hd to 2s lid. Potatoes—White. £2 ISs to £2 17s 6d (April, May and June); Dakotas, £2 lis (id <April, May and June.) Onions—Sfis.

Dominion Produce.

The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated April 14, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Tallow—The market continues quiet. Small business has been done iu mutton and beef, sweet and/or mixed; otherwise in absence of business prices are nominal. Hemp—Manila: The market is quiet and unchanged. Sisal: The market is quiet and easier at the close. AprilJune and May-July shipments, sellers tH 17s 6d. New Zealand: The market is unchanged. No first-hand sales are reported. Apples—The Mahana’s shipment was slightly forward, but generally sound. The Mania ri, Tuscan Star, Opnwa, Rangiliki and Port Victor will discharge next week. Current prices: Cox's Orange. Us to i Bs. Hccordia« to condition and sixe: Alfriston, lis to 13s; Dunn's Favourite, 10s to 12s; Jonathans. lack colour, bs to ISs; Worcester Pearmains, forward, Ss to 11s; Gravenstein, 7s to Bs.