CANTERBURY MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 20

CANTERBURY MARKETS.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT. (Lytteton Times, September 4.) Owing probably to the fact of the wet weather experienced recently having made it impossible for much work to be done on the land, the offerings of wheat from farmers have been larger during .the last few days than usu?l, but for the most part holders are unprepared to accept current prices. The continued weakness of the Home market has had the effect of making prices easier, and dtaring the last few wesks prices all around have receded, the curj*nt value of the various varieties no\. ranging from 4s 3d to 4s 4d, on trucks at country stations. Most of the transactions reported during the last few days have been between merchants, purchases from first holders- having beem.* very limited. It is now evident that ihs stocks held by millers are becoming depleted, as several of them came on the market during the current month, and several fairly large 'LiiKß have pafse'd to them. In oat 3 the weakness recently reported has become 6omewhat accentuated in cone.3qu'jnce of th& dearth of orders from the North Island, but few holders will accept offers, and prefer to await developments, being for the "most part confident that values will improve later in the season. Potatoes and onions 'elicit a fair demand, font tihe amount of business has been within narrow limits. Up-io-Datcs command littlo attention, the chief inquiry being for DiSrwtnts, the best class of which realise £3 Onions arsi now becoming a scarce commodity, and it is not expected that much business will be done in this vegetable from this time on. Chaff commands slightly more attention than beforo, but no advance in valuesi has to be ohionicled. The following quotations arc for purchases from farmei's, net cash, sacks extra, except where otherwise specified : — Wheat — Tuscan and pearl 4s 3d to 4s 4d, Hunters 4s 2d to 4a 3d, at country stations, chickwheat 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Oats. — Duns Is 6d, Danish Is sd. Gartons A grade Is 7d to IB 9d, sparrowbills le 7d, Canadians Is Bd, Algerians Is 7d to Is 9d. Chaff.— Oatsheaf £1 ]7e 6d to £2, at-coun-try stations. Peas.— Blue Prussians 3s 7d to 3s Bd, j>ajH;ridg-& 3s 7d to 3s Bd. Beans— 2s lOd to 3s. Poiatoes— £2 15s to £3. Onions — £4. Oatmeal— £lo 10a. Flour.— The New Zealand Flourmillera' Co-operative Association, Limited, quotes the following prices per ton, local or shipping:— Sacks £10 10s. 1001b bags £11, 501b baigs £11 ss, 251b bags £11 10s. Bran, £3 ss, pollard £4. Seeds.— Rj-e-gr ass le 6d to 2s. Cocksfoot 4^d to 4Jdi. White clover (farmers' samples) 6£d to 7d ; cowgraes 6d to 6£d. Dairy Produce. — Cheese, dairy, large sd, loaf 6d : factory, large- s£d to 5Jd. Butter. fre?h local factory prints Is lfT, second grade factory 10id, farm dairy 9d. Hams Bd, sides 7jd, rolls Bid, shoulder rolls and middles (equal quantities) B£d, shoulder rolls only 7|d. middles 9d. Lard, pats Bd, bulk 7ad, bladders Bd. Fresh eggs lOd per dozen. RANGIORA. The grain market has not shown any rign of improvement. Local inquiry ia conspicuous by it^i absence, and Home orders have ceased owing to the cost of wheat and oats bsinsr too high to permit of business. Milling Tu=ca-n, io nominally worth 4s 3d, Hunters 4s 2tf-, and pearl 4s 3d, Garton oa.ts Is 6d, duns Is sd, scarrowbills 1» s<l. Th<n-3 is a little more life- in the market for potatoes, and Dorwents are quoted at £3 ss, Upto-Dates at £2 15s. Seed potatoes ai" very dull and values are nominal. The chaff ma.rket is inactive. Red clover seed is worth 5d to 6£d. a.'.:d white 5d to 6d per Ib. The demand for rytgrass eeed is not up tc expsct-atiors: Undressed farmers' lots Is od to 1-j Bd, machine dressed 2s 3d to 3s. ASHBURTON. The wheat market has been co.n>iderafclv ea~i°r. with vM'y little inquiry from millprs. The only sale reported is one of a line of fair, average quality Hunters, which changed hand-; at 4s 2d on trucks, oqiial to 4s 5d f.0.b., sacks extra. Millers appear to be fully stocked .for the present, and but for the fact that there is very little grain und:r offer there would be great difficulty in finding an outlet. Nominal quotatiors are: — Tu<»can and pearl 4s 3d ■to 4s 4<l. Huntisja 4s 2cl'. Although thei*.n now plenty of available space for Homo shipment, the EnjfliE.li market is too low to atlmit of m-errhants making further sliip-n-.enta of oats at late rates, but thcr© is romp possibility of f wither ?ales being made boi.lrl thf* local market recede, and offers lia\« aireadv been made with this end in mow. The highest pure, howevei, for A jriade (Jartons it) 1-s 9d f.0.b., sacks in, •equal to 1= 6d on trrck-3 at country stations, i.ji'l tins records fully a penny drop on the w^°k. am] equal to 2jid to 3d during th© ;pa^t month. Thcso farmers having supplies aio naturally avei'ie l to 60 large a drop, and salM are Iho';efore mest difficult to make, little busings being reported. Gartonrf a-re worth If 6d to Is 7Ad. B grade Is s£d, Danish lijr Zd to Is 4d.