CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 94, 22 April 1911, Page 14

CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET.

[BY TELEGRAPH— PKESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, 21st April. Locally there is very little wheat offering, and no sa'es of any consequence are taking place. The nominal price is 3s at country stations, though some shippers are not inclined to offer more than 2s lid, but there are few sellers at even 3s. At present those farmers who are in a position to hold are willing to wait till a more favourable turn in the market.. The same disposition is manifest on the part of New South Wales wheat growers. There is nothing fresh to report in the local oats market, as there are but few available [or sale, and prices are firm. The market has also firmed m Southland o&te, and 2s 2d on trucks at country stations ia now being paid. Oatsheaf chaff ifi advancing in price on account of the approach of winter, and the shortage of feed. The quotations are now 80s to 82s 6d on trucks, and it is reported that, for an extra prime sample, more. has been paid. There has been an improved demand for potatoes, and £3 10s is now being paid at country stations for the main crop. The bulk of the later crop consists of white varieties, there being but few Derwents now grown. The crop is turning out well, both as- to field and quality. Shipments are now being made "from Oamaru, the damage done by the potato fly not being co serious as was expected. It is confined chiefly to potatoes showing above the surface.