WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3129, 6 July 1917, Page 8

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Messrs. Laory and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as- forlow:—fowls' wheat, prime, 6s. MM. per bushel; fowls' barley, 15.,:i1. por bushel; Cape barley, ss. por bushel; blue peas, 17s. Gd. per bushel; partridge peas, 7s. per bushel; maize, feed, ss. lid. per bushel; crushed maize, 6s. 3d. per bushel; chaff, oatsheaf, M per ton; hay, meadow, ia 103. per ton; flour in sacks, £Vi as. per ton; oatmeal,. 25's, Jl2i per ton; pollard,' M 10s. per ton; bran, .£5 10s. per ton; bacon (all best factory), sides Is. Id. per lb., rolls Is. 2d. par lb., hams, Is. 2d. per lb., shoulders lid. per lb.; cheese (factory), medium, lOd. per lb.'; cheese, loaf. lid.-per. lb.;.linseed meal, 100's .£l2 55., 50's. JEI2 155., 20's.<£13 .55.; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. per owt.; linseed, Kitni'nd cake, 12s. Gd. per cwt.; whole linseed, 2is. per cwt.; onions, per ton; potatoes, white-fikinned table, ,£6 per ton; Evergood, .£7 per ton; Up to Date, X 7 ss. per ton; Breeze's Prolific, -E7 per ton; Northern Star, 4.7 per tvii; Gamekeepers, .£G 15s. per ton; All poultry m very good demand. Hens, 3s; 6d. to :>s. per pair; cockerels, as. Gd. to 7s. Gd. per pair; ducks (Pekin and Aylesbury), »s. i<> lfls. per pair; ducks (Indian Runners). Gs to Bs. per pair; butter (prime bulk), Is 4d. per lb.; turkeys. Is. Id. to Is. wi. per lb. live' wcig'ht; eggs, fresh. Is. 9(1. per doz. .

• Farmers of (lio AVnirarapa report that there has been a splendid growth ol grass during the past few weeks, owing to the mild weather. The prospecte for the spring, aro considered to. bo • bricht.