The Potato Market.

Manawatu Herald, 2 April 1898, Page 2

The Potato Market.

♦ On potato market prospects, the Tasmanian Farmers' Association states that " recent: exports have been above the average, partly owing to harvest and thrashing operations being sufficiently advanced in some districts to permit attention to be -turned to digging, partly through the continued dry weather having ripened many of the crops off, but principally through the satisfactory prices consignments are realsing, bringing a profit even to those whose crops are turning out as low as a ton to the acre. Deliveries are likely to be heavier no-y, but we do not look for much diminution in value, as Queensland will be entirely dependent on Tasmania for some time, while Sydney will soon be very nearly in the # same position. Victoria, usually at this time a heaty exporter to West Australia, Queensland, and New South Wales, is experiencing a good deal of difficulty in supplying her own needs, with not much grospect of improvement for some months. South Australia is apparently short, and will probably draw fr*m Tasmania should values decline. West Australu^ind Queensland als? will now draw regularly from us, ?> we can now look forward to a satisfactory outlet for trom 8000 to io,ooo Jacks per week ; beyond

that, bearing in mind the shortage ir crop now being dug, and the more con sidexqble shortage Certain to be dis closed when the late crop is placed or the market, we think Tasmania! growers should not go."