THE CITY MARKETS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1324, 30 December 1911, Page 8

THE CITY MARKETS.

,ANOTILEII SAT ALL I'HUIT SHIPMENT. A small shipment of fruit from Sydney has to bo again recorded ■ this "week. Oranges'sold at Us. to 175.: pineapples, 14s. to 10s., and cherries 13s. per box. Yesterday's Melbourne, boat brought a few cherries, which sold at 20s. to 225. Cd. per case. Peaches are late, but they are beginning to corno in fairly freely from Hawkc's Bay, yesterday's values being as. Gd. to Ss. fid. per case. Cherry plums roid at 2s. (id. to ,Is. Gd. per case, and dessert plums at 6s. to 7s. Tomatoes brought 7d. to Sid. per lb'., French beans od. per lb,, and cucumbers 3s. Gd. to Gs. Gtl. per dozen. Grapes: made Is. od. to Is. 9d. per lb., find gooseberries Is. per case. Other vegetables sold a.s under:—Cabbage, Is. to 6s. Cd. per sack; cauliflowers, {is. to 12s. per sack; parsnips, ss. Gd. per sack; carrots, 4s. per sack; 'heel, is. per sack; white turnips, 3s. per sack; peas, lis. to 12s. Gd. per sack; lottuce (choice), Is. fid. to ss. Gd. per sack: other sorts, Is. Gd. to 35.; asparagus, Gd. to'3d. per bundle. Eggs are firm at Is."id. per dozen. THE DIPPING QUESTION; Most sheet), farmers aro agreed that ev/jn if it were, nut compulsory to dip their sheep it. would pay handsomely to do so. Dipi'ing is necessary for tho following |irincip:'.l reasons, via.: J. Tor the eradication of parasites. 2. Cleansing the skin. 3. JVoutotiug a. healthy and vigorous growth-of foil, bright wool. The (|i:<!S f iou here, arises: What is the. l*sl. mix lure to use for the purpose? Tho only aus"-'e" is: Th'i dip that gives the he-'t iill-iuiiiid results. White's (tin fulfils all the foregoing requirements in quite a remarkable degree. The fact that a large number of the foremost men in the .\.Z. sheep world use it sufficient prcut'- flf its superior mints, for instance, Messrs. W. ,]. and A. F. Douglas, of To Mahanga, 1f.1!., writing under date of 21st July, lfllO, say;—Wo .have used White's dip for. the last three seasons,. it proving most satisfactory, tho wool coming off the sheep won'derfnlly bright and free from vermin. To Malianga Hock. iO.Oflt) sheep. It will surely pay all shtep farmers to , test its merits.—Advt, A factory Managers are invited to drop a \ post-curd for particulars of cheese vats \ . and hoops, the best made, Victor brand, : .'i\ to Albert J. -I'artcn, Carterton. Do it von.*: