WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3132, 10 July 1917, Page 8

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

"Messrs, .Iftery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street,: report wholesale prices, as follows fowls' Tvhoatr. prime, Gs. Bd. per bushel;;fowls'barley, 4s, 3d. per bushel; Capo-Barley, ss. per bushel; • blue peas, 17s. Gd.i per..-bushel;, partridge peas, 7s. per: bushel;,', .niaizo feed, ss. 7d. per bushel; '■•;crushed, maizo, 63. 3d. per bushel;! chaff; oat sheaf, to £8 10s. per ton; hay, meadow, £5 per ton; flour, in sucks, £16 ss. per ton; oatmeal, 25's, £2i :per ton;'.pollard, d£8;10s. per ton; bran, '•£a 10s. per ton; butter, prime bulk, Is. 3d. to Is. id per lb.; eggs, fresh,'ls. 7d. ■to Is. 9d. per doz.; bacon (all best fac■tory). Bides Is. Id. per lb., Tolls Iβ. 2d. •por 1b., ? haius Is. Id. per lb, shouldora lid. per lb.; cheese (factory), medium, il}d. per lb.; cheese, loaf, lid. per lb.; ■Knseed meal: 100's .£l2 55., 50's £\2 155., ,20's JEI3. ss.r linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. per 'ewt.; linseed ground cake, 12s. 6d. per 'cwt.; Trholo linseed, 24a. per owt.; onions, :.£lO las. per ton; potatoes, whito-skin-'Jied table, '£5 15s. to JC6l' 6eod potatoes (South Island gTown), Gamekeeper £S 15s. to £1 por ton, TJp-to-Dates ,iE7 to '£7 JOs. per ton, Northern Stars £0 15s. tov.£7, Evergooda £5 15a. to £7, Breezes Prolific iCG,lss..to £7. All poultry in Tory goodvdernand. Hen.?, 4s. to ss. Gd. per pair;"cockerels, ss. to 7s. Gd. per pair; ducks, Pekiji and Aylesbury 9s. to 10s. per pair; Indian Bunnore Gs. to 7s. per pair; turkeys. Is. Id. to Is. sd. per lb., live weight,.

; It is estimated tKafc there are several hundred tons of potatoes at Dunedin stores at the present tithe, and that there are still fair stocks in.the country (says the Otago "Times")- Unfortunately, a very heavy proportion of tho .potatoes isaffeoted with frost and blight, and tho. holders of tlio stocks are therefore faced ■with heavy losses. Prime lines meet with a good demand, but buyers . avo chary about touching anysorts which are not sound. As regards the blight, a rather unusual state of affairs has to be recorded, as whereas a tuber may look perfectly sound, when it is cut open portion of the inside bears a brown appearance. In past vears the disease has always made its inroads from tho outside. Tho species of blight which has broken out this year has not so far been identified. One expert'gives it as his. opinion that tho disease is what is.termed the Irish blight.