WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3067, 1 May 1917, Page 8

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Messrs. Laery ajid Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholosale priocs as fol- i low:—Fowls' wheat, prime, 6s. Od. per' bushel; fowls' barley, 4s. per bushel; Capo barley, ss. per bushel;. blue peas, j 17s. 6d. per bushel; Partridge peas,Bs. 3d. per bushel; maize feed, ss. 6d. per bushel; orushed maize, 6s. per bushel; chaff,' oat sheaf, £6 10s. per ton, hay, clover, £5 10s. per ton; hay," nioadow, £5 per ton; flour, in sacks, £16 ss. per ton; oatmeal,-.- 255., £23 per ton; pollard, £8 per Ion; bran, £0 per ton. Bacon (all best factory)— Sides. Is. Id. per lb.; rolls, Is. 2d. per lb.; hams, Is. 2d. per lb.; shoulders, 103 d. per lb. Cheese (factory), medium, lOd. per lb.; cheese, loaf, lid. per lb. Linseel meal —100's, £11 10s. per ton; 50's, £12 per ton; 20's, £12 10s. per 'ton; linseed, nuts, 12s. 6d. per cwt.; linseed ground cako/12s. 64. per cwt.; whole linseed, 255. per cwt.; rico pollard, £6 per ton; rice meal, £5 15s. per ton ;• Victorian onions, £9 per ton; potatoes, white-skinned table, £7 to £7 10s. per ton; pig meal, £'6 per ton. All poultry in very good demand:— Hens, 4s. to 6s. 6d. per pair; cockerels, ss. 6d. to 7s. per pair; ducks (Pekin and Aylesbury), Bs. to 10s. per pair; ducks (Indian Runners), 6s. per pair. Butter (prime bulk), Is'. 4d. per lb. Turkeys (gobblers), la., Is. 2d. per lb., liye weight; turkeys (hens), lOd., lid. per lb., live weight. Eggs; fresh, 2s. Bd.,j 2s: 9d. per dozen; preserved, 2s. dozen.

Through an : inadvertence a stock sale to be held by ,the Now Zealand Loaiv and Mercantile Agency Co.,- Ltd., at Pahautamii on Friday next was advertised in yesterday's issue as being held at Pahiatua. Farmers are referred to the correct, announcement appearing on pace 10 of this issue. The price or cattle has, says our Masterton correspondent, become somewhat" easier in the Wairarapa, although there is an abundance of.'feed iu the district;