CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18219, 1 November 1924, Page 10

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

(*T OC2 COMUBBCIAL EDIIOE.)

Friday Evening. Business is gcneraTTy quiet at t 1 'is time of the year, but it is particularly so at present, because generally tpeakinc, the stores are pretty welt bare. ioine forward business is reported in potatoes, which haro been sold tor April-,U;iv-.J une delivery at £5 os to 10s ; 1.0.0.. s.i., which is c<iual to about i 1 t>> tanners on trucks. A good many parcels have been sold oil i-hitj basis. \ot nuu-li spot business is being dene, \\ bite's being hard to dispose ot at LOs, and Daliotas at L'o 10*. It is cx-pi-cted that about C>oo tons will be sent north by the \\ ingatui at the beginning of next- week. Ji (iartons ha-vo boon sold tor forward delivery ut 3s 10clf.o.l>- 3 and A s at 4s. Partridge peas are quiet at is f.o.b-, s.i. There has been some enquiry for tiii-sc from London, but the prices offered are too low to result in business. 'I ho market for cocksfoot- is fairly firm at 13M for standard Akaroa seed, i'u.b.. s.i., but buyers' ideas of values are about id less than the figure. Chaff is firm at £9 os to £9 10s, f.0.b., s.i., but very little is changing hands. llvegrass is "sick." There is not much of it about, but what little is held Ijv merchants they wculd be glad to be quit of in view of the good crops expected in the near future. Southern merchants in fact arc asking for counter offers for this seed. Very little cowgrass and white- clover has changed hands. Merchants are firm in their ideas of value, and are expectinu; further enquiries shortly frcrn some buyers. The beneficial rains which have fallen recently have had a heartening effect oil the fanning community, and reports from the country indicate that good croos of all are expected. The following aro the quotatiens to l>r> pniil to farmers at- country stations. fioe of {•oinmission. sarins extra, except where otherwise stated:— Fowl Wheat (nominal) —6s 6d. Chaff —£7 15s. Oats —B Cartons os 6d. "White ("lover —Is 4d to Is Cd. Cowgrass—!)d to lOd. I'arfridge- Peas—6s to 6s sd. Italian Ryegrass —os 9d to 6s. Perennial Ryegrass—ss 9d to Gs. Cocksfoot—-To lOd. Linsppil—£l7 15s. Barley--os. Potatoes —£5 for "Whites, to £4 os for Dakotas. Flour—Cl-") 10s a ton. Pollard---£6 10s f.o.b. main port 6; 10s o.xtra for smaller packing. .Bran—£o IDs per ton f.o.b. main ports; 10s extra for smaller packing. POULTRY AND EGGS. Good entries of poultry came forward to the market this week, but there was a shortage of prime table chickens. Tho following prices per pair were realised :—Table chickens 7s to 14s, liens 3s to 7s 6d, ducks 4s Gd to 9s, ducklings 8s to lis, geeso 7s to os, turkeys; 18s to 365.

Jiftgs wero again plentiful this week, but-, with the export business, no great difficulty was experienced in keeping down stocks. The Canterbury C-o-op. Poultry Producers. Ltd., report tho following prices per dozen for "Chain" brand: —First grade lieu eggs Is Id, second grade lien eggs and duck tgss Is 3d. ASHBURTON MARKET. The rains that, have fallen throughout th« Ashburton County have made crop prospects very bright. Quite a large percentage of tho oat crops lire out. in enr, and farmers anticipate an early harvest.

The market has been very quiet during tho week, with very little business passing. Any odd lines of fowl wheat held by farmers have now been cleaned up, and most merchants are holding only sufficient to meet local requirements. Tbe price is in the vicinity of 6s 6d per bushel on tracks. There has been no enquiry for oats between merchants for some time. Stocks of Cartons have been disposed of, and the present holdings consist mainly of Algerian. Feed Gartons are worth about 5s 3d to 03 Cd, and Algerians about 5s 6d per bushel on trucks.

During t£e past week, quite a number of small lines of chaff have been offered by farmer?, and merchants have been purchasing good, bright oat-shea£ at about HI 10s. To-day's value, however, has dropped considerably, and sales are difficult to make. Prices to farmers are about £7 2s 6d to i' 7 7s 6d per ton on trucks, country stations, sacks supplied. So far as white potatoes are concerned, there are no stocks held in the district, and neither is there any enquiry for Southern potatoes from the North Island. The only lines being offered are small lots of Dakotas. The value to-day is in the vicinity of £4 5s to 10s on trucks, while 'whites are worth, about i's per ton on trucks, s.e. The grass-seed and clover market is still very quiet. A few small lines of ryegrass iiro being offered by farmers, but as the market has ail casing tendency, prices offered aro not up to farmers' expectations. Bed clover is worth about 9d to lOd per Jl>, according to quality. TIMARU. (special to "the pbbss."} • ' TIMARU, October Dl. There has been no revival of interest in the grain business in Timaru during the past week, and no line is being much sought after at present. Fowl wheat continues firm with small stocks in hand, and some of the millers are being tempted to sell stocks 1 of milling grain at fowl wheat prices, considering it. to be more profitable than making it into flour. Prices to growers nominally are 6s 6d to 6s 9d. Old potatoes aro practically finished for the year, with the exception of a few small October contracts which are going forward by the next steamer to Auckland. Values arc nominally about £5 10s on trucks to growers. Pair quantities of reds are still offering, but aro practically unsaleable. Oats havo cased back a little from the high figures which havo obtained lately, most of the forward contracts now being completed. Canadian feed is quoted at 5s ltd to 6s ex store, and farmers are buying small quantities to tide them over until the harvest comes in. Grass seed is practically all in merchants' hands. The retail demand has improved slightly owing to the good rains; but merchants' stocks are not heavy. Glovers are dull, and are not enquired for at the moment. Prices to growers are nominally from 8d to lOd per lb. Linseed remains steady at £lB on trucks, but only small quantities arc offering. DUNEDIN. (special TO "the TRESS. DUXI2DIN, October 33* There are no s-.iles ot" oats to report. Business is restricted to Canadians, and these are continually cliaitjring bands at sinali profit. In "the absence of sales, nor, una I values are: A Garton3 Gs, B Gartens os ?d (sacks extra). One or two email lots of wheat cajne forward, and those were quickly disposed o£ at ruling rates. Business will be quiet until the new season's crop comes on tho market. The quotation is 7s 3d per bushel —sacka extra—(or good whole fowl. There i 3 still on odd track oi chaS coming forward on consignment, but the principal offerings are from merchants in Timaru, Ashburton. and InvercarpriH. Feeders aro fairly well supplied, and values remain on a par with la-st week's—£B 15s lor prime, sacka extra, ex truck. Gocd potatoes, whites, are enquired for, tut inferior and recU are unsaleable. There ere a few consignments, but the demand is not large and values do not vary much. The quotation i 3 up to £7 10s for be3t white tablee, sacka in. THE PROPERTY MARKET. Yesterday afternoon C 52 acres of sheep grazing land, situated at Burnham, wae put up to auction by the Lands Department. There was an attendance of eight people, but no bids were received. There is every indication that the land irill so off by private treaty at tho upset price.