CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 167, 9 April 1919, Page 10

CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET

i'. ! By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, April 8. • ' .There is nothing fresh to report in I. connection with the wheat market There ; is still a fair mnonnt of forward selling i of oats, but at price 3 much lo\ra' than | earlier transactions and' more in keep- ;. 'ing with the price that is now offering i to growers. A few purchases of Gartens i continue to be made at 3s. 2d. to 3s. 4d. ' per bushel at cotintry stations. There i, is practically no difference between A'- ! and B grade, as the oats are of such i uniformly good quality, and are averaging about 4511). per bushel. Dunedin millers are drawing supplies of oats from Canterbury, as the southern oats are not yet ready. Dun oats are worth up to 3s. 3d., and .Algerians 2s. 9d. to 3s. per bushel at country stations. A few sales of oatsheaf chaff ,aro taking place at £i ss. per ton at country stations. 'Potatoes are worth 15s. to .£6 per ton at country stations. There is nothing doing, in cocksfoot, ryegrass or white clover. A little Marlborough cowgrass has been on offer at Is. 4d. f.0.b., but no local seed is yet on tho market. < Peas are dull of sale at Is. 6d. per ;■ bushel for Partridge, and ss. to ss, Gd. •■ for white at country stations.