CANTERBURY PRODUCE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 27, 26 October 1918, Page 10

CANTERBURY PRODUCE

[■■;'.■■ By Telegraph.—PreES A6Sooiation. |\ Christchurch, October 25. •' !".' Odd lots of wheat are still being acI counted for,, as'the Wheat. Controller's !■■•■fortnightly statement shows that sales of |'14,788 bushels'of milling .wheat.were rc- ! ported, bringing the total quantity of I milling--wheat •■purchased, to- date to i' 1,926,537 bushels, "in "addition to' whhh j .there were .738,522. bushels of. fowl wheat. Oats are very scarce, and .the shortage I is' partly due to so much of the crop ! having been cut-into chiiff,'instead of I being thrashed. The turnover in chaff ; this season was the largest, despito the • .'shortage of shipping, that has taken place j since the year there was a.-large demand > 'from Australia on account of the drought Is there. There is'still a good demand for ! prime bright chaff for the North Island, i-where the ..weather, .has again .been;- very I cold and-wet- in parts. <"■ For prime, 1 bright' chaff ,up : . to; ,£7 10s.'per i ton at !'■ country stations is being offered. The ! quality of the samples submitted varies I considerably, and the bulk is inferior. ■ Byegrnss is dull.of.sale, as.the ; supply .is. i more than equal to tho requirement's. PrKed clover is firm, and is worth up to 'Is. 7d. per lb. at country stations, and ! white clover Is.-sd. to Is. Bd.. There is j little demand for Vas, owing to the shortage of shipping space. 1 The potato j market, is firm and supplies are now get- ! ting scarce.. Prices have advanced ! Bomewhat on that account, and £W 10s. j to .£lO 15s. ner ton is" now being paid nt :.'; country stations.