CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKETS
By Telegraph—Prims Asnoeiatian Christchurch, March 23. Wheat has been-corning fonriii'd very slowly during the week. Most of Vlie crop in yet in stack, but as thrashu;it operations arc being carried on in all districts the stream of supply should set in next month. Oats are ofTcring freely, but the market is not su keen as it. was a week or two ago. Algerians have eased on account of North Island liujvrs obtaining Australian-drewcd lines, ivhich has reflected on the Canterbury mtrkot to the, extent that prices locally liavo
dropped fully Is. per bushel on quotations of two weeks ago. Prices at present aro not ijtable, and. oniy n few forward sales have been made. The price fi.r cocksfoot has receded about threepence per lb., and it is difficult to get merchants to operate at much above Is. per lb. Better prices are prevailing for clovers. The b.'.vlev market is quiet, but firm. Potatoes are. not yet in much demand, and there aro no buyers for ouione,
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 10
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169CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKETS Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 10
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