FORTHCOMING AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2, 20 February 1924, Page 143

FORTHCOMING AGRICULTURAL SHOWS.

Franklin- A. and P. Society : Pukekohe, 22nd and 23rd February. • .. ;• / Rotorua A. and P. Association: Rotorua, 27th February. Opotiki A. and P. Association: Opotiki, 27th February. Tauranga A. and P. Association : Tauranga, 28th February. Waipu Agricultural Association : Waipu, 28th February. Omaha and Pakiri A. and H. Society : Leigh, 1st March. Taumarunui A. and P. Association : Taumarunui, 5th March. Taranaki Metropolitan Agricultural Society : New Plymouth, 5th and 6th March. Waikato Central Agricultural Association : Cambridge, 5th and 6th March. Mangonui County A. and P. Association: Kaitaia, 8th March. Morrinsville A., and H. Society Morrinsville, 12th March. King Country Central A. and P. Association ; Te Kuiti, 13th March. Hawke’s Bay A. and P. Society : Hastings, 18th and 19th March. Mayfield A. and P. Association : Mayfield, 22nd March. ' Methven A. and P. Association : J Methven, 27th March. Temuka and Geraldine A. and P. Association : Winchester, 3rd April. Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association : Palmerston North (Winter Show), 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th June. (Agricultural and Pastoral Association secretaries are invited to supply dates and location of their shows.) ■

British Market for Peas and Beans. The following information was cabled by the High Commissioner, London, on 2nd February : — Peas — Arrivals of blue are heavy from Japan, but market firm and J23 per ton c.i.f. has been paid for February-March shipments spot prices, Japanese, £21 15s. ; Tasmanian, £22 ; New Zealand, £17 to £21. . Demand for maple is limited and New Zealand stocks heavy; New Zealand,' 73s.' to 75s. per 5041b.; Tasmanian, 90s. to 95s.; Tasmanian February shipments, nominal values 90s. c.i.f. English selling freely at 55s. to 65s. — Market quiet ; Home trade at 45s. to 50s. per quarter