CENTERBURY PRODUCE MARKDET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 137, 5 March 1919, Page 8

CENTERBURY PRODUCE MARKDET

.;■ By Teleerapli.—l'ress Association. ' : Christchurch. March 4. local millers are easing off'in their purchases of wheat, having scoured stocks to go on with, anil ono of thoir diflicult ties is to obtain labour to take- the grain ! into the mills from tho trucks,- there f having been a rush of deliveries arid I only'a limited- time is .-allowed by the I railway authorities before charging def- iniirrago-on the-tnictsj- -The outs mnri ket is in a doubtful position at present [ Prices' have/dropped; and growers, exI- cept in a low eases, are not willing, to [accept the lower rato->, oiul. merchants, are not prepared lo make further pur- /•■'•■> chases until the market has reached the '{■■' limit of decline nnd become more stable; '•■ B : gfade,.Gai , tons have been purchased us '<■.' lbw:as 35.;10d. per, bushelpu trucks, but V even : this price is not .now obtainable, and'probably it is all that would be I y' offered for A grade. Oplshwif chaff has \ - eased iu sympathy with oats. The \ ■ ■' cocksfoot market is quiet, and mer- \ chants are not buying any large quantity. X; Prices generally range t'rom'9d. to 10d. \ for 121b. to llib. seed