WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 180, 19 April 1918, Page 8

WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES

. Messrs. laeiy aitd, C 0.,. Ltd.;/ Allen Street, report "wholesale prices "as 'follow:—Fowl's wheat, prime', Us. 10d.- to 7s; per bushel; crushed maize,-7s. 4(1. per bushel; oat's, feed, Gartons, ss.- 6d. to ss. 7d. per bushel; ohatf, oat sheaf, 10s. to £10 10s. per ton (socks in); flour, in sacks, .£l7 per ton; oatmeal, 25's, 10s, per ton; bran, £1 7s. Gd. per ton; fowls,.is. to'6s. Gd. per pair; ducks, 6s. to 9s. per pair; butter (pound-pat 6), Is. 2d, to 15..,3 d. per .lb.';-.butter (prime bulk), Is. 2d. to Is.-- 3d.'-'per lb.;; eggs, fresh, 2s. 6d. : to 33.- : pcr'dozen; preserved pffga, 2s. 2d.- pert.dozeu; turkeys (dead weight), "10d. to H J per- lb.; dressed pork (choice), 70's.to 90's. : 8Jd. per lb., 90's .to 100's Bd. per lb.;,.bacon .pigs, choice, 7d. to Bd. per lb.; choppers, 4d. to sd. per lb.; beeswax,-2s. per. (all best factory), sides Is. 3d. per lb., lolls Ib. 3d. per ]b„ hams" is. 2d. per lb., Bhoulders Js'.' per. lb.; ..cheese (factory), medium. tOd. to j lflJd.'"pev ,Ib.; cheese (loaf), 115(1. to 115(1. pec lb'.; linseed oil meal, 100's, «£l2 ' 10s:; lier ton; linse&l nuts, 13s. tid. per cwt.; linseed ground pake,'-139. fid. per cwt.; whole linseed, 555. per cwt.; onions, ,C 8 Ifls. to -£9 per ton; potatoes, southern, table, per ton, i 8 15s to JE9: North,'lnland, good, £1 30b. to -is 10s., -sack» ; oaten sheaf chaff, suitable for,-cow feed, 4s. 6d. per sack. .v

'Among-the,testg;"in progress afc-the [Agricultural experimental area at is lciown as the rotation lime-experiment. After ploughing, disced and harrowed, and ; itiedifferent applications of lime .'tlie'' various plots. 'Applications' were ris .follow-.—Ground burnt lime as',supplied by merchants, 15cwt.;per-acre; ground burnt/lime as supplied by merchants, 30cwt. per aorej slaked uliellS,, 1 Sort, per aoro; ground burnt lime as supplied by merchants, Bcivt. per acre; carbonate of lima as supplied by merchants, 30cwt. per acre; carbonate of lime as rubbly material, such as would pass through one-eighth inch mess riddle, 30cwt. per sere;;,carbonate of lime, finest sifted procmb]e,',Bocwt._per acre; carbonate of lime' as' supplied by merchants, IScwt. per acre; ground burnt lime as supplied by merchants, loewt. per acre. Champion swedes are sown over the whole section ah raised drills 28 inches apart, at the' rate of 220z. per aero, with- 2cwt: basic superphosphate and £cwt.. blood and bone per acre. The relative values of 'the lime applications cannot, of course, he found all at once, nnd this is another experiment which must extend over a_ number of years, nnd take in the various crops as they follow in rotation.