FOWL WHEAT

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 145, 8 March 1918, Page 8

FOWL WHEAT

" JU3H3TOETATION TO BE PERMITTED., •'■ ■-, • It is announced in the Gazette that, ' Rowing -'to the" late .harvest in Canterbury and the difficulty: in supplying rei for the local markets, the ■ 'importation of fowl wheat will be perknitted during this month. On application to the Controller ,of Customs, : . ipermits will be granted to bring the iiwheat from Australia, provided that all : shipments are free from weevil and are •shipped on or before Match-31. ' WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES . " Messrs. Laery and , Co., Ltd., Allen Street/report wholesale prices as fol-low:_Maize,-feed, 7s. 3d. per bushel; 'trashed maize, 7s. 6d- per bushel; oats, ■'feed, 4s. 10d. to sb. per bushel; chaff, :■■■■ oatsheaf, £9 10s. to £9 15s. per ton , ' (sacks); hay, meadow, £5 10s. per ton; 1 flour, in sacks, £16 10s. per ton ;' Cow- . slip oalf meal, 100's, £19 10s.; oatmeal, 125's, £24 10s. per ton; fowls, 3s. to ! 6s. per pair; ducks, ss. to Bs. per pair; butter (pound pats). Is. to Is'. 2tl. per ■lb.; butter (prime bulk), Is. to"U.'2d.- ■ 'per lb.; eggs, fresh, 2s. to 2s. 3d. per ■'•' 'dozen; turkeys (dead weight), 10d. to ,Is. 2d. per lb.; dressed pork, choice, ■'■■■■ !70's to 90's, Sid: per lb.; 90's to. 100 3, ' 'Bd. per lb.; bacon pigs, choice, i\<i .to . :Bd. per lb:; choppers, heavy, 3d. to od. ■.'per lb.; beeswax. Is. 9d. to 2s. per ■, lb. Bacon (all best factory)— Sides, ,ls.-2d. per lb.; rolls, Is. 3d. per lb.; ihamsV Is. 3d. per 1b,.; shoulders, Is. ■ ;per Jb. Cheese (factory), medium,' 10d. ':■ 'to 10 Jd- per lb; ; c^"eese ( loaf,, 11 *" - '•'• iand Hid: per lb.; linseed meal, 100 s, '£12 10s.. per ton; whole linseed. 235. 1 jper cwt.; rice meal, £8 10s. to £9 per - ; ton; onions, £7'los. per ton. Potatoes . '—Local, choice, £6 to £8 per ton; : Canterbury-grown, £6 to £7 per ton ! (sacks in).