GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 237, 6 October 1928, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

,-j-'-'•--.■, paTAto?'/sHp.RTAGE...-;;, ::., ;../ 'AssrtciatiohV); ' ' ■ >...L-... --».ct»CHErSTCHURCH, :Friday::: ; '-T^e-6,ensatiou7"ofT.tlre'.> v eej£~among, mer- / chaiij's; l;_ae been the -phenomenal.rise; in tne.price' of'potatoes, diie'to' a shortage in : North, Gisbome'antt' Xapier, and, in fact, all ■' QYe'f""l:he'"JJgi;"fpi'"lsland , ;V'Tlie",-'jump from £5-ie/-to-£-10-10/-axid-inore-iit;;the course - '61 "'S' few days"is tlie.'.'-Kigh'es'fc' experienced' liifjHnetlcliimts, for; years. 'Prices aVe' etill firiii af'£lo 10/' to £11: Sales have been made -at as high ;as; £13, and £11; isrstill. being' paid : fairlyfreely. .New- inquiries were-being" made,"as laie : as'3 - esterday. : As ;<i shortage"'is'^^practically'certain "prices' should remain as high as the figure'quoted iintil the new "season's" supplies come to handl' ';,-" ";.' ; '.- ; ";.' ~ ;'.' "";V'''_' ; f,VTfie'buying, for-the.North.lsland is now ,a;..Kandrto-mouth"- business,; and 'farmers lucksro enongh-ito -be still'holding potatoes ;in the pit are realising the reward for' ■their"patience.; -liany-growers are faking out,ilie- ; .largest"of,.their 'seed, for : salens table-;potatoes, but this' is scarcely .likely to affect the price of "seed potatoes, which every spring. ... . .. took 2300 sacks from Lyttel■w a " d ,.'oo lromr.Timaru for Auckland. Xhe Kahika ehould take" a considerable ■quantity. tq.-New- Plymouth when -she leaves, 'and .the"Wmgatui will be gettin" away-next-week-for-Auekland. •' ■ ■ : '_'on present'-" indications about the .usual -acreage 'of. .pMatoes'.will W ' planted this epririg.-- ■--.•■■'•.■;-■,■.■".. :■ . ■ THe'wheat'.market' is inclined .to ha a . Ijttle'^firmer;,than ■_.last, week and Xo.' 1 {trade, .milling is qiio'ted at 5/8 to 5/9 Second grade, is at:s/5 to 5/6. • - ■-■ ' ./Seeils". Tare '.very,.quiet," witii prices generally unchanged. Cowgrase is . a little weakai- and growers are receivin" 6d 't0"7(1.'-Reports fi-bm '. England 'and - the; Continent ;sho* that; large'crops of red , clover which;, is of 'good quality are being .harvestedj being correspondingly, low. There are.no. prospects for the export of 'New ' Zealand red clover this . y.ear. A)U .other, ,'seeds : ; are' at. : tbe.. same price-as-.recently quoted. . . ■'■ .- •'■Oa'ts a're'a'shade .easier "at 3/10 a'bushel /for A" grade ."Carton's and 3/5 for.-B grade!'.' _!','. ; ;'!;'..' ";,.;.,./„ : '.'