FARMING INTERESTS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 44, 16 November 1926, Page 12

FARMING INTERESTS

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN HARVEST ESTIMATED YIELDS OF WHEAT & OATS. Perth, November 15. The Government Statistician estimates the production of wheat in Western Australia for the coming harvest at 28,886,623 bushels from 2,245,983 acres, an average of 11.8 bushels an acre. The estimated yield of oats for grain is 4,819.256 bushels, an average of 15.6 bushels per acre. DAIRY PRODUCE MARKETS DAIRY BOARD ADVICES. The N.Z. Dairy Produce Board has received the following cablegram from the London office of the board dated November 13;— Butter.—New Zealand, first grade, 1485.; finest 150 s. Cold stored, 138 s. to 141 s. Considerable quantity cold stored butter sold, but market quiet on control and other butters. Australian, 140 s. to 1465.; Canadian, 138 s. to 1425.; Argentine, 1435. to 1465. (unsaJlkjd); Irish, 1445. to 1485.; Dutch. 168 s. to 1705.; Siberian, 130 s. to 1325.; Danish. 1725. Danish imports into England last week 1490 tons. Retail prices uuchanged. Cheese.—New Zealand white. 86s. to 875.; coloured, 85s. to 86s. Canadian while and coloured, 86s. to 88b. spot, 80s. 6d. to 82s. c.i.f Market remains verv quiet. Retail prices unchanged. America.—Butter, 48? cents, equal to 1695. 3d. landed, ex duty. Market upward tendency. Montreal.—Butter. 34J cents, equal 1555. c.i.f. Montreal; market firm. No Continental demand colonial butter meantime. CUSTOMS REVENUE. The Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday totalled £5275.

LONDON MARKETS ... HIGH COMMISSIONER’S CABLED REPORT The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated November 13, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London:— Butter. Market quiet. Official quotations are: New Zealand.—Finest salted: Old: November 13, 138 s. to 14-ls. per cwt. (Is. 2.1 d. to Is. 3Jd. per lb'.); November 6, 1455. to 148 s. per cwt. (Is. 3Jd. to Is. 33d. per lb.). Other qualities: November 13, 1345, to 138 s. per cwt. (Is. 2|d. to Is. 23d.. per lb.). Fair demand. New Zealand Control Board official minimum prices: Finest salted, 150 s. per cwt. (Is. 4d. per lb.); first grade, 118 s. per cwt. (Is. 3td. per lb.). Australian.—Salted, practically no demand. November 13, 140 s. to 1445. per cwt. (Is. 3d. to Is. 3jd. per lb.); exceptional, 1465. per cwt.; November 6, 1425. to 148 s. per cwt. (Is. 3d. to Is. 3Sd. per lb.). Unsalted: November 13, 160 s. to 1645. per cwt. (Is. sd. to Is. 5-Jd. per lb.); November 6. 1665. to 170 s. per cwt. (le. 53d. to Is. Cjd. per lb.). Other qualities: November 13, 120 s. to 1365. per cwt. (Is. to Is. 21d. per lb.). Canadian.—November 13. 138 s. to 1425. por cwt. (Is. 2d. to Is. 3d. per lb.); November 6,140 s. to 1445. per cwt. (Is. 3d. to Is. 35d. per lb.). Other qualities: November 13. 130 s. to 13fe. per cwt. Gs. lid. to Is. 2-Jd. per lb.). Irish. —Creamery: November 13, 1445. to 148 s. per cwt. (Is. 3|d. to Is. 32d. per lb); November 6,140 s. to 1445. per cwt. (Is. 3d. to Is.‘3Jd. per lb.). Unsalted: November 13. 1525. to 1565. per cwt. (Is. 4|d. to Is. 41 d. per lb.); November 6, «545. to 1565. p«r cwt. (Is. 4Jd. to Is. 4jd. per lb.). Argentine.—Unsaltcd: November 13, 1425. to 1465. per cwt. (Is. 3d. to Is. 3Jd. per lb.); exceptional. 150 s. per cwt. (is. 4d. per lb.): November 6, 1.505. to 1545. por cwt. (Is. 4d. to Is. 4|d. per lb.). Other qualities: November 13 120 s. io l-l Os. per cwt. (Is to Is. 3d per lb.). Siberian.—November 13, 130 s. to 1.325. per cwt. (Is. IJd. to Is. 2d. per lb.); November 6,130 s. to 1445. por cwt. (Is. Id. to Is. 3{d. per lb.). Other qualities: November 13, 1245. to 1265. per cwt. (Is. to Is. OJd. per Ih.), Danish.—November 13, 1725. per cwt. (Is. 6jd. per lb.); November 6,178 s. to ISOs, per cwt. (Is. 7d. to Is. 7|d. per lb.). Cheese. Colonial market slow’. Official ouototione are :— English.—Finest farmers’: November 13, 102 s to 108 s. per cwt. do|d. to llld. jer lb.); November 6, 1 00 s. to 106 s. per cwt. (IOJd. to lUd. per ih.). Canadian.—Demand is good for finest Coloured and white: November 13, 86s. to 88s per cwt. (9J<l. to fijd. per lb.); November 6,86 s. to 88s. per cwt. (9}d. to 9Jd. per lb.). New Zealand.—Coloured: November 13, 85s. to 86s. per cwt. (9d. .to 9|d. per lb); November 6,85 s. to 86s. per owt. (9d. to 9|d. per lb). White: November .13, 86s. to 87s. per <wt. (9Jd. to 9Jd. per lb.); November 6,86 s. to 87s. pei cwt. (9}d. to 9Jd. per lb.). Control Board minimum prices: Finest coloured, BGs. per cwt. (9{d. per lb.); first grade, 85s. per cwt. (9d. per lb.); white, 86s. to 87s. por cwt. (9|d. to 9}d. per lb,). Shipment of New Zealand produce arrived this week per s.s. Norfolk. Eggs. Prices have advanced for best on no count of the small supply com'ng for ward. Market has closed quiet. Present quotations are: English, Dutch, Danish, French, 275. 6d. to 30s. per long 100; Belgian, 21s. to 245. rer long 100; Australian, 19s. to 21s. per long 100; South African, 14s. 6d. to 20s. per long 100; Argentine and Russian, 12s. Cd. to 17s. per long 100; Polish ind Chinese, 10s. 6d. to 14s. per long 100. Wool and Hemp.

Wool.—Bradford market quiet and Irregular, but better tone in anticipation of early termination of strike. Quotations nominally unchanged. Hemp.—Manila market remains firm at last quotation. Demand is good for near position. Output from January 1 to October 31, 1,074,000 bales, against 1,036,000 same period last year. Stock in Manila, October 31, 155,000, against 183,000; in Great Britain. 7152 against 37,868. Sisal market steady without animation. Business reported in No. 1 November-January shipments. Kenya, £42 10s. New Zealand market quiet and steady with value nominally tinchanged. OTHER ADVICES The Bank of New Zealand. Produce Department, has received the following advice from its London office under date November 12: Butter.—Quiet. Stored, 1365. to 1425. per cwt. Control prices unaltered, but practically no business. Cheese.—Slow. White, 84s. to 87s. per cwt.; coloured, 83s. to 86s. per cwt. Frozen Meat. —The market for wethers is weak. Buyers are holding off. No improvement is expected yet in the demand for ewes. Prices for lamb are expected to decline owing to heavy supplies afloat. Wethers, sd. to 6} per lb.; ewes, 3]d. to 4d. per lb.; lambs, twos, 9|d. to lOd. per lb.; lambs, eights, B’d. to 9d. per lb.; lambs, fours, 7d. to 7RI. per lb. The New Zealand Producers’ Co-oper-ative Marketing Association’s weekly cabled report from London is as follows: Butter. —Market very slow. Stored New Zealand, 1365. to 1425.; Felling slowly in preference to controlled butter, which is still quoted at 148 s. to 1505., with no business doing. Stored butter will rule 10s. or more below controlled prices until cleared. Market may fall to 130 s. at any moment. Cheese.—Slow, very little business doing. Stored New Zealand. 78s. to 865., according to condition; Canadian, 86s. to 88s. Messrs. M. A. Eliott., Ltd. ston North, have received the following''' cabled advice from their London agents:—Bu.tter: Free stocks. 138 s. to 1445.. market quiet: controlled, 148 s. to 1505., practically no business doing. ROYAL SHOW OPENS TO-DAY Dominion Special. Auckland, November 15. Auckland’s first Royal show will be opened at the showgrounds to-morrow. The Governor-General will perform the official ceremony and will bo entertained at luncheon by the executive of the show. Distinguished visitors, show judges and prominent citizens who have taken part in organising tho Royal show carnival week will also he present. "People’s Day.” at the show will be Wednesday, and TTis Excellency will attend to decorate the championship winners. The competition for the best box of butter for export was won by the Whaugarci Dairy Company. and Opouriao won a siinilar contest for cheese, both competitions being confined to Auckland district factories. SYDNEY WOOL SALES SERIES CLOSES VERY FIRM. (Rec. November 15, 11.15 p.ni.j. Sydney, November 15. Tho sixth series of wool sales concluded to-day. Tho mafkot ruled very firm nt. the best rates of hist week. There was good general competition and satis factory clearances niade at unchanged levels. Greasy merino sold to 26Jd. pei