CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 235, 28 June 1919, Page 10

CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET

By Telegraph—Press- Association. . i '£ ■ T; Chnstchurch, June 27: It to be.' ; that,,thebrenk in the weather/would improve the demand for feed. 'lines, and-,prices / are firmer) 'not. only;:on accpunt ,of.- the better' inquiry, .but from the-,faot that thoro is practically nothing/..offering from, -tlis country..: The delivery iof grain ahd'-prb-' duce 1 already /purchased.: will .also",-be. checked for a .fey.'; days.-'. There .is eome fluctuations in the oats market, the oilers to growers bejngYfirmer.v especially/: for Algerians:' The/business done on paper.is still being;;c6ntinucd,'but .the course of this branch; of trade difficult to follow, and growers take little interest in it. The wintry weather will ( naturall.T make growers firm','liolders agaiiij'for during the fine ; i)yeeks prior to the, change there was, a disposition to sell' more'free&y. "In the absence of turnips and the failuro of the autumn-sown green feed, oats and : cliaffiwiH. be, required, for/stock, on. the, farms if the "bad weather, continues. Although Algerians have been bought at fs, i£ Jd. per' bushel at country stations, it-is reported they, will i -,command, a higher figure. Danish are'hvo'rth 3s. 9d. to "is., duns 45., and gartens 3s. 9d. to 4s. jjOatsheaf-chaff is firmer under the .better local demand, and is now quoted at-l£6 10s. to <£6 15s. per ton at country stations., The potato' market \showg a little firmer tone, though buyers aro 6till able to purchase at JiG per ton at country (stations. Others quote a rise to £<j ss. and: jE6 7s. 6d. There is a better domand. for? onions, and the price has risen to i£9 : /per ton,,at stations. Cocksfoot .seed andi whito' clover .continue in good seed is also ; selling;:/'a dittle/ more freely, and there is good- inquiry for dressed seed. There is a good demand for peas, and prices aro firrtier. Partridge are worth- Gs. 3d. to per bushel, and 7s. is reported -been paid for <ui extra goood sample. AVhite Ivories are quoted at fa. fid/per bushel, and Prussian Blues at Es. to;"9s., all ■ at country stations. ■ There is ■apparently.,very. little linseed-left, in of'growers/, and -the demand is/still very keen-,'. although there is at preSent no shipping available to Sydney; It'sTs now quoted up to ,£23 per ton' at corintry stations: " •• • ••.' •