GISBORNE PRODUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 215, 10 September 1940, Page 4

GISBORNE PRODUCE.

CONDITIONS GENERALLY QUIET. GISBORNE. this day. A quiet demand for maize and chaS. but a Better Inquiry lor pasture seed prevailed in ori;borne last week, and shipments ol maize roing forward from the Bay of Plenty and Glsborne since the beginning of the month have been sufficient to satisfy the demand irom the consuming centres, where some imported grain is still held, but is difficult to quit. Merchants do not desire to have stocks of imported maize on hand when the hot weather arrives, owing to the danger of weevil infection. The minimum September price Is 5/9 per bushel, f.0.b.. Glsborne. Ryegrass seed values generaUy remain unaltered, but better inquiry has developed for good quality lines of Poverty Bay certified mother and commercial seed. The present quotations for lines with a minimum ?:ermlnatlon of SO per cent is 16/ to 16/8 a bushel or mother, and 13/ to 14/ for commercial. Lower testing lines are comparatively cheaper. No permanent pasture seed is left in store. These prices "*,f-°-b- rates. While the clover market remains unaltered, most of the district's crop was disposed of during the late autumn, and rates for the remaining old pasture seed are from 2/3 to 2/6 a I^ J f -,°' b - Glsborne. Choice South Island mother seed is quoted from 2/9 to 3/ a lb. •w o *. l "' to tn» present good growing conditions, there Is a poor demand for chaff, and supplies are adequate, but with the development of dry weather an improvement would result. Present quotations Sil?^.*/J a> ? en . c, to ,««■•• but choice Blenheim and ?S%& Canterbury lines are stiU quoted up to :..<i.h& .V" ex 6to . re ' »nder-grade lines being available at lower rates. Locally-grown Cape bar«?l.f t< ?f 1 % a / e e * ha <"ted. except for small quantities held for seed purposes. There is a good demand for seed at 6/6 to 8/ a bushel, ex store